The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-29 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the illustrated London News.)
Probate of the will of ,the Right Hon. George
William Frederick Howard, Earl of Carlisle,
K.G., P.C., of Castle Howard, Yorkshire; Naworth
Gastle, Cumberland; and Grosvenor-place, Lon-
don, was granted by her Majesty's Court of Pro-
bate to the Duke of Devonshire and Richard Du
Cane, Esq., of Gray's Inn, the joint acting execu-
tors. The personalty was sworn under £140,000.
The will bears date 'August 23, 1864, and his lord-
ship died on the sth of December, at the age of
sixty-two, unmarried. Many liberal annuities are
left by his lordship to his brothers, sisters, nephews,
nieces, and other relatives and personal friends. To
each of his executors, £3OO ; to each of his agents,
£lOO ; to three of his servants, £lOO each ; and
legacies to his other servants, free of duty. Provi-
sion is made for the support of the schools founded
by his lordship. He directs that his brother, Ad-
miral the Hon. Edward Granville George Howard,
and his wife, may select any object which might not
improperly be alienated from the family estate, as
memorials of affection. Books, in sets and perfect
volumes, are also to be given and selected by friends
who are enumerated by his lordship in his will.
The best horse in his stables is to be given to Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Frederick Marshall, 2d Life Guards,
with right of selection. There are other specific
bequests. All the furniture and effects, sculpture,
paintings, books, plate, articles of virtu, &c., at
Castle Howard, Naworth Castle, Grosvenor-place,
and elsewhere, are to be held in trust as heirlooms
for the person inheriting the title and estates. His
successor thereto is his next brother, the Hon. and
Rev. William Howard, now Earl of Carlisle.
The will of Lady Ashburnham, relict of Sir
William Ashburnham, Bart., of Broomham, Sussex,
was proved in London, on the 28th ult., by the
surviving executors and trustees, Charles James
Palmer, Esq., of Bedford-row, and Miss Anna
Nouaille, her cousin. The personalty was sworn
under £lB,OOO The will is dated 1860, and a
codicil 1862. Her ladyship died on Feb. 22 last,
at Broomham. By her will she has devised certain
estates, farms, and woodland in Guestling and Ick-
lesham, Sussex, in trust for her nephew, Sir An-
chitel Ashburnham, Bart., and his issue male ; she
also bequeaths to him the family jewels, plate, pic-
tures, books, and furniture absolutely. Her lady-
ship has devised other estates, houses, and land to
Lawrence Ashburnam, Esq., another nephew of her
late husband. Several legacies are left to nephews,
nieces, and others. To her executrix a legacy of
£6OO and other gifts ; to her bailiff, £5OO ; to a
maid-servant, £lOO ; and legacies to her other ser

vants. To the poor of the parish of Guestling and
Seal legacies of £5O to each parish.
The will of Ebenezer Trotman, Esq., of Park
Cottages, Regent's-park, formerly of Furnival's
Inn, architect, was proved in the London Court,

under £12,000 personalty. The executors therein
appointed are William Bennett, of New Park-road,
Clapham-park, and William Perkins, of Canonbury-
park, architect and surveyor. The testator died
Jan. 1, 1865, a bachelor, having executed his will
June 19, 1852. To his sister, Anne Trotman, he
has left a life interest in the whole of his property,
real and personal, and, should she not leave any
lawful issue, the whole of the property at her de-

cease is to be divided amongst the three following
institutions :—The Magdalen Hospital, the Scottish
Episcopal Fund, and the Incorporated National
Society, and to each of them he has left a legacy of
£lOO, free of legacy duty.