The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-11 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The will of his Grace the Most Rev. John Bird Sumner,
D.D., P.C., Archbishop of Canterbury, was proved in her
Majesty's Court of Probate on the Ist inst. The trustees
and executors nominated are his son, the Rev. John H. R.
Sumner, M.A.; his son-in-law, the Rev. John Thomas,
D.C.L.; and his nephew, Charles Sumner, Esq., Barrister-
at-law. The personalty was sworn under £60,000. The
will bears 1858, signed J. B. Centaur, and witnessed by
Felix linyvett, Esq., solicitor, and W. H.
Ihs secretary,viithali,soli solicitor,
Parliament-street.
The will is contained
in a few brief sheets. Dr. Sumner's Wife died in 1829, the
year after his elevation to the see of Chester, having seve-
ral children. The Archbishop bequeaths all his copyright
and MSS. to his son, Robert G. M. Sumner, and his son-
in.aiv, John Thomas, subject to the tight of the Society
for Promoting Christian Knowledge, to publish any of his
expositions of Scripture. To his daughter Georgians, who
is already provided for, he leaves a legacy of £l,OOO. To
the trustees of his late daughter Eliza he leaves one-tenth
of his entire property, real and personal, for the benefit of
her only child. The estates in Cheshire, Lancashire, and
Northumberland, and all other his estates, real and per-
sonal, he directs to be divided between his sons John and
Robert, and his daughters Maria and Louisa. On the de-
cease of his daughter, Louisa Sumner, a sum of £5,000 is
left to be divided amongst the children of his late
daughter, Ann Colpoys ; and cm the decease of his
daughter Maria the interest of her share to be paid to her
husband, the Rev. John Thomas, and the principal to their
children on comimg of age. His Grace has left legacies to
all his servants proportioned to their length of servitude.
The will of John Wm. Spicer, Esq., of Esher, Surrey,
was proved in London under £160,000, the executors nomi-
nated in the will being the testator's son, John W. G
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dicil his brother, Henry Christopher Roberts, Esq., as an
executor, to whom a power was ery d The testator
died possessed of a handsome fortune,re' consistinge
both of
realty and personalty. Mr. Spicer was a partner in that
long-established and wealthy firm of Messrs. Combe, Dela-
, field, and Co., brewers. The will was executed in 1859,
and a codicil in 1860, and contains the following disposi-
tions :—To his wife, in addition to £l,OOO a year under
marriage settlement, he leaves a further annuity of £BOO,
with an injunction to his executors and trustees that she
is to possess during the remainder of her days those com-
forts which she has hitherto enjoyed. To his eldest son ho
has devised his real estate, together with the residue of the
personal property. To each of his two younger sons lega-
cies of £5,000, and to his other children £2,000 each. There
is also a legacy of £5OO to a son of the late Major Spicer,
H.E.I.C. Legacies are also left to servants, varying in
amount according to the time they have been in his estab-
lishment.
The will of Major-General John Charles Beckwith, C. 8.,
was proved in London by Captain John Halliburton Mur-
ray, R.N., the testator's brother-in-law. The property in
this country was sworn under £25,000. The General died
in July last at A la Tour Remont, Italy, having executed
his will in 1859 and a codicil in 1860. To his wife he be-
queathed his plate, furniture, money in England and at his
foreign banker's, together with an immediate legacy of(
£l,OOO and many other bequests, as well as having settled
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upon her an annuity. The General has bequeathed lf
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annuities to his sister and nieces, and made bequests
other members of his family, appointed his
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stowed upon his servants.—.l/

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