The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-17 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

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The will of the Hon. Lady Robert Kerr, of
Hampton Court Palace, also of the city of Bath,
and of Edinburgh, was proved in London by her
daughter, Miss Lucy Maria Kerr, the solo execu-
trix and principal legatee. Lady Robert Kerr, who
married, in 1806, Major-General Lord Robert Kerr,
son of the Marquis of Lothian, by whom she had
which was executed in 1859,
awt will,
Bath, is very brief, and disposes
0,
family of eight children, was left a widow in 1813,
amongst her sons and daughters,
bequests. There is one of a
lowliefahevribilErtpycosrsioehdpaiipecnrty each
s
singular description, Consisting of " a chest of
swords," which she bestows
Esgclla.nd, upon her son,
Walter Raleigh Kerr, The remainder aainnddero
her entire property in E
else-
where, she has bequeathed to her daughter, the
her own use absolutely. There
are legacies to two of her servants. This distin-
guished lady died
at Edinburgh, at the age of
seventy-six.

The will of Admiral Thomas Dick was proved is
the London Court by the two executors therein
appointed—viz., James Martyn and Chas. Augustus
Smith, Esqrs., both of Greenwich, at which place
the Admiral executed his will so far back as 1849.
This veteran officer, who attained to the great ago
of eighty-six, died in February last at Dawlish,
Devon. He commenced his career in the navy at
the early age of between sixteen and seventeen,
and has served in his country for a very lengthened
period, haying seen a great deal of arduous
naval service—was a sharer in the memorable
action of Camperdown under Admiral Duncan,
when the Dutch Admiral Do Winter sur"
rendered himself a prisoner to him. For:
this victory, and for other subsequent vilivl
actions, Admiral Dick received an honorary
,as by his Wag
of distinction with clasps. The testator D
_g his
will, which is exceedingly brief, disposed °'
property, both real and
personal,°lually between.
re is no other -
his five daughters and their issue. The
bequest mentioned in the will. .
t on the 23 nit., was
who died at Charlton, Ken ,
The will of Gen. Sir George Whitmore, K.C.H.,
InVoamlll:afted, renounced. The
Shapland Whit-
more,
same month by his son, Charles
executor. The Rev. Fredk,
Esq., the actingdcu
proved in the London Court on
oo_ond,troh eevlosnt,haolsf
also
th©
Bra
distinguished him.
S a n
executordy s s
personalty
sworn under.£l6,ooo. This general officer, who at-
EGnovgeinrneeorrs,
self in his military career, and
of knighthood. He received the honour
held the appointment
andf was tained the patriarchal age of 87,
of Colonel Comnaandant of her Majesty's
corps of Royal
for-
merly Lieutenaitslt
of-
moderate dimensions,9.. bears
but there is a codicil executed in
The will, whieli
date in 1851 ;Woolwich.
and has
13
r o Nisi
charted(lli hisfor estates he
in t
The
tGeneral appears to have
made
cester with annui •
April, 1800.
wholehw county nhtiys of faGmlioliyi. :
ties amounting to upwards of £OOO
per annum, including one of two hundred guineas
a
year to his daughter-in-law, the widow of his
deceased son George St. Vincent, and has further
charged his estates with a sum exceeding £13,000
to meet the trusts of settlements and otherwise for
younger children. His estate at Notting-hill, and
all other estates, leasehold and copyhold, as well as
the family estates and freeholds in Gloucestershire,
are devised to his son, Charles S. Whitmore, Esq.,
whom he appoints residuary legatee of the entire
property, subject to the above charges.—From the
Illustrate( London Aims.

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