The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-07 00:00:00

RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(Ft ow the Illustrated London News.)
The will of the Right Hon. Henry Beauchamp
Lygon, Earl Beauchamp, of Powyke, and Madres-
field Court, Worcester, was proved in her Majesty's
Court of Probate by his son, the present earl, power
b&ng reserved to his younger son, the Hon.
Frederick Lygon, M.P., the executor. The
personalty was sworn under £lBO,OOO. The de-
ceased nobleman was a general in the army,
colonel of the 10th Hussars, and deputy-lieute-
nant for Worcestershire. He died on the Bth of
September last at the age of 78. His lordship mar-
ried, in 1824, a daughter of the second Earl of St.
Germans, G.C.B. She died in 1835, leaving two
sons and two daughters. His soc, heretofore Vis-
count Elmley, of the Ist Life Guards, was M.P. for
Wrest Worcestershire, which the deceased earl had
represented for 20 years, and previously member for
the county of Worcester 25 years. The first earl
represented Worcestershire for 30 years. The
testator executed his will in 1861, and two eadi_
ails in 1862. To his son and successor he leaves
the residue of his personal eatate. To his son Fre-
derick he leaves a third of the large sums under his
(testator's)
marriage settlement, over which his lord-
ship had the power of apportionment, and bequeaths
to his said sou Frederick the sum of £46,000, also
the plate which his lordship purchased of the exe-
cutrix of his brother, the second Earl Beauchamp.
To each of his two daughters he has left a third
of the property under settlement, leaving also to
his daughter, Lady Raglan, the further sum of
£lO,OOO, and a like sum of £lO,OOO to each of her
ladyship's two sons. To a former governess in the
family a legacy ct £500; also legacies to his coach-
men, grooms, and indoor servants.
The will of the Rev. John D an combe Shafto, ALA.,
of Buckworth Rectory, Huntingdonshire, honorary
canon of Durham, was administered to in the Lon-
don Court on the 10th ult. by his son, John Edward
Duncombe Shafto, Esq., no executor being appointed
under the will, which is entirely in the testator's
handwriting, and was without his signature thereto,
aving in the attestation clause. The will bears
date April 1, 1863. The personal property was
sworn under £20,000. To his wife he bequeaths
his furniture, carriages, horses, farming stock, and
certain investments and securities, dividing the re-
mainder of his property between her and his child-
ren. There is an interesting request in his will
to his burial, in these words
It is my
buried in my own churchyard, on the left-hand se
ide
as you enter the rectory ; to be carried to the grave
e of my dear
by six of the oldest andost
m resp
Balch a their
parichioners, who are to receive £1 eaectabl nd
dinner. :,;I1
Castcrton, Esq., of B.
The w.
and
of James Wm.
lston,llliddlesex, was proved
ley-heath, .iTent, and Da
in the London Court, on
Oct. 21, by James Tyrie,
Es of Bexley- - heath, the sole executor, the
q.per-
sonal property bein _,
a sworn under £160,000. The
testator died Oct. 2 last, having executed his will
the day previous, bequeathing the whole of his pro-
perty, of every description, to his sister Alice, the
wife of Dr. Nathailiel Rogers.
The will of George Peters Price,
—,q., of Oak-hill,
Surbiton, Surrey, and of the Stock Exchange, was
proved under £50,000 personalty.

A HINT AS TO HASTIED MUTTON—a relic of
Abbotsford.lore.—" If meat comes back from the table
which you know must be hashed next day, cut it up before
it gets cool ; it will then imbibe all the gravy which lies on
the dish, and be far more rich than if allowed to remain
uncut till next day—a rule never to he uegiectpd with
kupuuity with mutton, venison, or hare,"