The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-18 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The will of Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour,
G.C.8., G.C.H., Admiral of the Fleet, was proved
in her Majesty's Court, on the 9th inst., by Lieut.-
General Francis Hugh George Seymour, C. 8., and
William Frecleiick Ernest Seymour, E:iq.; the E ons,
and his son-in-law, William Richard Ormsby Gore,
Esq., the joint acting executors and trustee:. The
personalty was sworn under £BO,OOO. Tne gallant
Admiral had seen long and active service, having
entered the Royal Navy in 1797, and died at his
residence, Eaton-square, on the 20th ult., aged 83.
He wasthe eldest son of the late Admiral Lord 11.
Seymour, grandson of the first Marquis of Hert-
ford, K.G., and heir presumptive to th vt title.
The present Marquis was born in 18)0. his 3011
bears date Oct. 8, 1869. He has bequeathed
to his wife, Georgiaua Mary, daughter of the late
Alniral, the Hon. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley,
G.C. 8., an immediate legacy of £5OO, the enjoY-
went during her life of his leasehold residence, and
the use of his plate, furniture, books, &c., together
with the sum of £12,000 under settlement for her-
self and children, and a life interest in the residue
of his property. The plate at her decease he leaves
to his sous. Ile leaves to his eldest son, until he
should succeed to the title and estate of Marquis of
Hertford, a charge of £250 a year on his estate at
Elinswell, in Suffolk ; also to receive in like manner
£5OO a year from his residuary estate, and a sum of
.£5,000t0 meet some expenses incurred infrelandond
leaves him the presentations given to his father and
himself by his Majesty George IV., and his father's
gold medal for " the glorious first of June ;" also
the gold collar and sword presented to the testator
by his ;Majesty William IV. He devises to his son
William Frederick his estates in Suffolk, subject to
the above charge of £250 a year. He leaves a sum
of £l5O to be divided amongst his servants. After
the decease of his wife he leaves several bequests to
the ,members of his family, and. divides the ultimate
residue amongst his sons and daughters.
T 6 will of Dame Elizabeth Anne Campbell,
relict of General Sir Alexander Campbell, Bart.,
K.C.8., was proved in the London Coact, on the
11th inst., by Edward Marjoribanki and Hugh L.
Antrobus, Esqrs., of the Strand, the jaiat aetinee
executors. The personalty wassworn under £12,000.
The will is dated November 2, 1864, and two
codicils February and March, 1863 ; and her
ladyship died on the 20th ult., at Tunbridgo
\Vella. She bequeaths to each of her executors
a legacy of £5O. She leaves to her son-in-law,
the Hon. and Yen. Henry Reginald Yorke, Aich-
deacon of Ely, a legacy of £l,OOO and some
plate- and furniture. To her granddaughters she
leaves ler jewellery and ornaments of the
person. To 'her grandson, Captain Philip Yorke,
she leaves his grandfather's Seringapatam medal of
gold ; to her grandson Reginald his grandfather's
i'alavera gold medal. To Isa Willis, junior, she
leaves her Yizagapatatn bracelets. Ihere are other
:peciiic bequests. To her maid servant Hallett sLe
leaves several articles. The money deposited by
her ladyship in the Provident Savings Bank,
Charing-cross, she leaves to Mrs. Ellis. The
residue of her property she leaves to be divided
amongst her four grandsons, Philip, Reginald,
Horace, and Alexander Yorke, in equal shares.
The will of Mrs. Catherine Thurtle, widow, for-
merly of Norland-square, Notting-hid, and la, cut
Kildare-gardens, Westbourne Park, was proved in
Loudon, on the 24th ult., under £14,000 person'
ilty. The testatrix died on the 3d ult., aged 781
having executed her will on May 18 last. The
executors appointed are James Gay Layard, of St•
Stephen's-road, Bayswater ; Henry Lewis Layard,
of Aldridge-road-villas, Bayswater ; and Henri
Taylor Raven, of Harcourt-buildings, Temple, who
alone is acting. The testatrix has disposed of the
principal part of her property to the said Henry
Lewis Layard, the husband of her niece, Cathe-
rine Thurtle Layard, for the benefit of hiatsed,
wife, and children, and has appointed him the resi-
duary legatee. '1 here are the underinentioued
,charitable bequests :—To the Brompton COLISUIDr
tion Hospital, £200; and to each of the following
societies a legacy of £lOO, viz.—British and Foreign
Bible Society, Church Missionary Society, Colonial
,and,,Continental Church Society, Church Pastoral
Aid Society, London Society fo: Promoting Chris-
tiati:ty amongst the Jews, London City Ali sione,
Religious Tract Society, Church of England scrip-
ture Readers' Society, St. Mary's Hospital, King's
College Hospital, and Lock Hospital.
The wills of the und.lanentioned were recently
proved :—J. Parsons, Oxford, £160,000 ; Thoruas
Giitfiths, Durham, £60,000 ; Josiah Webb, Portse3,
£25,000; Joseph Robinson, Liverpool, £50,000;
and Charles Lowe, Lincoln, £30,000.