The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-02 00:00:00

RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the Illustrated London News.)
The will of the Hon. Windham Henry-Wynd-
ham-Quin, of Dunraven Castle, near Bridgend,
Glamorganshire, and Clearwell Court, Gloucester-
shire, was proved in the London Court, onNov. 21,
by the executors and trustees—namely, Captain H.
Galway, R.N. ; Gwinnet Tyler, Esq., of Mount
Gornos, Cardigan ; and John H. Dighton, Esq., of
Newland, Gloucestershire. Captain Galway and
Mr. Tyler, together with the wife, are appointed
guardians of the children. The personalty was
sworn under £30,000. The testator has bequeathed
to each of his executors a legacy of £lOO. To his
wife an immediate legacy of £l,OOO, and the linen,
china, horses, carriages, absolutely, and the use
and enjoyment of the furniture, books, plate,
and pictures for her life, which, after her
decease, he leaves to his eldest son ; he also
leaves to his wife, as a residence, the mansion of
Clearwell, with £l,OOO a year. He possessed an
interest in the Clearwell estate to the extent of
£lB,OOO and upwards ; the surplus arising there-
from devolves to his eldest son. His personal estate
he directs to be sold, and the proceeds invested in
the purchase of a freehold estate for the benefit of
his eldest son, Windham Henry Wyndham-Quin,
and his issue male. He devises all his real estates
to trustees, to settle the same to the like uses cor-
responding with the other settled estates ; and
charges his estates, real and personal, with an an-
Iluity of £2OO to his daughter Caroline, and with
£lO,OOO to each of his younger children. A sum of
£lO,OOO, secured by policies on the life of his
mother, the Countess Dowager Dunraven, under his
Marriage settlement, he leaves, after the decease of
his wife, to his sons and their male issue.
The will of Sir Thomas Whelan, Kt., Alderman
of Dublin, late of Elmville, Harold's Cross, was
proved in the London Court by his relict, Lady
'Whelan. Sir Thomas had held the distinguished
offices of High Sheriff and Lord Mayor of Dublin.
He died on the 16th of October, at the age of 65,
having executed his will in June, 1859, and a codicil
April, 1864. By the will he had left the whole of
his property, real and personal, to his wife abso-
lutely ; but by the codicil he bequeaths, on the
decease of his wife, all his land and house property
in the town of Carlow to his grandson Clement
John, son of George and Mary Davis, of Kildare,
on his attaining 21; but should he die previously
thereto, then he bequeaths the same to his grandson
George Edward Davis.
Charitable bequests are left by the following tes-
tators—narnely, Augustus Shakspear Oliver Massen,
Esq., of Hill-street, Berkeley-square, £5OO to the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
"---Miss Mary Catherine Garnett, of Hardwicke
Tornsham, Devon, has bequeathed to the four fol-
lowing institutions, the Middlesex Hospital, Cancer
hospital, Consumption Hospital, Brompton, and
the Idiot's Asylum, each £lOO ; and to the Home
Mission, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, and the Temporary Home for Lost and
Starvin g Dogs, each £3o.—Mr. Jas. Breed, farmer, of
Sarrat-green, Rickmansworth, Herts, has left several
small bequests for religious purposes, chiefly among
the Baptists :—Surgeons' College, Baptist Foreign
Missions, Home Mission, County Town's Mission,
Building Fund, Harrow Chapel, Chenies Chapel, to
each £5O ; the chapels at Rickmansworth, Sarratt-
green, and Chipperfield, each 19 gs., and a like sum
to the Baptist Tract Society and the Society for
Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews ; to the
British and Foreign Bible Society, Rescue Society,
London, and the Orphan Working School, each
£5O. The residue of his property is to be devoted
to charitable purposes, and to such society or insti-
tution as the executors may think proper, four years
after the testator's death.