The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-17 00:00:00

RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS'

(From the Illustrated London News.) igth
The will of the Right Hon. Peter Robert,
Baron Willoughby de Eresby, second Bal:tica
Gwydyr, and joint Hereditary Great Chaniberl e,
of England, has been proved in London by the
es
cutors, P. R. Burrell, Esq. (his nephew), E.
mond, Esq., R. A. Warren, Esq., Lord ElP";
stone, and A. B. Cochrane, Esq., M.P. The Pe:
;,
sonalty was sworn under £120,000. The isre
estates in England, Scotland, and Wales are left '-
trust for the use of his lordship's only son, the flefe'
Alberic Willoughby (now Lord WilloughbY
Eresby), and his issue. In the event of the preselig
Lord Willoughby, who is unmarried, dye
without issue, the estates are entailed on
eldest sister, Lady Aveland (to whom the
female barony of Willoughby de Eresby
descend) and her issue ; and an annuity of £dl
a year is bequeathed to the remaining sister, I'oo
Carington. The barony of Gwydyr would, l'itop
above case, devolve on P. R. Burrell, Esq., of Sh as
Park, Suffolk (nephew of the late Lord), Vi
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annuity of £2,000 a year. A legacy of £l,oo'
aio
been left to each of the trustees, who are or
nominated executors. There are several
legacies and annuities, and a bequest of one Y
full wages to each of his lordship's servants. i3to.
The will of Lieutenant-General Sir Samuel
don Ellis, K.C.8., R.N., late of Charlton, P'Tbe
was proved in the London court last mouth.ileory
executors are his relict, Lady Ellis, and 11 ro•
Edwin Drayton, Esq., of Maresfield Powderare, Di
The will is dated June 23, 1857, and is attestealo
Francis Seaman, of Catel, Guernsey, and 1' as
W. Ellis, Commander, R.N. Sir Samuel die, the
the 10th of March last. He has bequeathed het
whole of his property to his wife, Lady Ellis, -°r
ladyship's own absolute use and benefit.
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The will of Vice -Admiral Robert •""t 'OO
F.R.S., was proved in the London Collr 40
the 9th inst., by his relict. The personaiti; 110
sworn under £5,000. The will is dated 18° 0,4
was then a Captain R.N., having entered the
,556,
1818, became Captain 1834, Rear-Admiral 'par
Vice-Admiral 1863. He had been M.P. IClniodt
ham, 1841 -3 ; was Governor of New
1843-6; and latterly, up to the time of his deatbi of Os
occurred April 30, at the age of sixty, was chierfracle:
Meteorological Department of the Board of -Loa
This gallant and highly-gifted Admiral was troce°
son of the late Lord Charles Fitzßoy and °colt
Anne, daughter of the first Marquis of Londolls6, ic
K.G., and was twice married—first, in 161ajor
Mary Henrietta, second daughter of the late
General O'Brien (she died in 1852) ; and sec 04'
in 1854, to Maria Isabella (who survives 001
daughter of the late J. H. Smyth, Esq., °f,fiti
Hall, Wakefield. He executed his will on
of the same year in which he last married ; 1,30
66, 013
brief, and is attested by John Parkinson,
k
coin's-inn-fields, and F. C. Jarrett, hiss r- 0.001
has left the whole of his property to _Ali as
appointed her sole executrix, and also gnaw Gelid;
his infant children, together with his brothe"so
Fizßoy, Esq. ; JaMes G. Smyth, Esq., °f
A,
Hall ; and Sir Walter C. James, Bart. orret
The will of Samuel Porter, of Bridge 03_4 hi
well, Essex, was proved in the London c° Dg
£lO,OOO, the executors and trustees P' of Coo
nephew, William Brown, and Joseph Lally. i.
chester. The will is dated Feb. 232 1 chsfA
testator died in March last, and has left Infri;siaaP;i
table bequests, viz. :—To the London 3'l' oeoefoi
Society, Wesleyan Missionary Societtisaioa
Baptist Missionary Society, and Church Dist PS,O
Society, each £4OO ; to the Colchester or•
Idiot Asylum and the Naval and milita7roloopb3
Society, each £2OO ; to the Society f°l.ritio so,
ing Christianity amongst the Jew 5911313,0
Foreign Sailors' Society, and E";
-.sex boa.
sionary Society, each £lOO ;to the itaj, 0
gregational Union, Colchester 1-10TcDools,,o,
fant Asylum at Croydon, and the two S.
taiouto
Walthamstow for sons and daughters
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_5
aries, each £5O; to the poor of Bradw
ousli y0a,,0
all adult men in his employ,
men and boys under 21, £2 each ; yeaslio
£4 each ; tthe olafer
female domestic servant, £lO ; and to
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servants, £5 each. He has begneaul,or life, to
nephew and executor, William Brow') :isgoa
estate and farm of Bridge Hall,
convey the same to his great nephew_ I.v P la thca
son of his nephew, on his attaining 2, °e_...hotiSettoi
farms, called Viners, Horn, and 6-117;30,
leaves to his nephew and nieces, IN I'd sot) 'ff)
h • all at°
with
Elizabeth BreA, and Louisa Smi coc
his niece, Louisa Fisk •; and appoints by°
residuary legatees.