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

RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From 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
being 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 cf St.
Germans, G.C.B. She died in 1835, leaving two
sons and two daughters. His son, heretofure Vis-
count Elmley, of the let Life Guards, was M.P. for
West 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 codi-
cils in 1862, To his son and successor he leaves
the residue of his personal estate. 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 son 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 of £500; also legacies to his coach-
men, grooms, and indoor servants.
The will of the Rev. John Dancombe Shafto, M.A.,
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
D uncombe Shafto, Esq., no executor being appointed
under the will, which is entirely in the testator's
handwriting, and was without his signature thereto,
saving in the attestation clause. The will bears
date April 1, 1863. The personal property `Nils
sworn under £20,000. To his wife he bequeaths
his furniture, carriages, horses, farming stock, and-
certain investments and securities, dividing. th
mainder of his property between her andh
child-
ren. There is an interesting request in
his l
will as
sto his burial, in these words :—"
It
is
my wish to be
e
buried in my own churchyard, on the left •hand side
as you enter the rectory ; to be carried
by six of the oldest and most respect
eac and their
parishioners, who arc to rcceiv©
ahi to h
to f the
rny grave
ea r
dinner."
ley-heath, Kent, and Dalsto nC,
t edrdtleens'e Middlesex, Nycla. 'sopf ri3o veed
The will of James Wm.
"theOcso.l2elby James Tyrie,
executor, the per-
Einscith.,eoLf oßnedxoiney,C.hoierratth,
The
or died Oct. 2 last, hay
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sor,al property being sworn iunngdeerxleclu6toe,aoooh.:s
tt ei set
dayat
previous, bequeathing the whole of his pro-
perty, of every description, to h,s sister Alice, the
wife of Dr. Nathaniel Rogers.
Tha will of George Peters Price, Eq., of Oak-hill,
Surbiton, Surrey, and of the Stock Exchange, was
proved under £30,000 personalty.

A HINT AS TO HASHED MUTTON---a relic of
Abbotsford-lore.--" If meat comes back from the table
wiLich you know must be hashed next day, cut it up before
it gels cool it will then imbibe all the gravy which lies on
the disi:), and be far more rich than if allowed to remain
uncut till next day—a rule never to be neglected with
impunity wit.,ll Mutton, venison, or hares"