The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-10 00:00:00

RECENT WILLS AND BEQ UESTS.

Major-General Russel: The will of the late Major
General Henry Charles Russel, R.A., of Rosemount,
Woolwich, has been proved in the London Court by
the Rev. Matthew Robert Scott, M.A., senior chap-
lain, Royal Artillery, and Edward H. Green, Esq.,
of prangewell, Herts, the joint executors. The
will was made on the 3d January, 1857, and he
died on the 7th March last, of paralysis, at the age
of 75. He has bequeathed, to his wife his residence,
with all the furniture, absolutely, and directed that
the sum of £ll,OOO in the funds in his name at the
time of making his will should be held in trust for
his widow, to receive the interest and dividends for
her life, and at her death for their four daughters,
appointing them also residuary legatees. He has
made no provision by will for his only son Thomas,
from his being amply provided for.
S. L. Stephens : The will and codicil of Stephens
Lyne Stephens, Esq., of Roehampton, Surrey, and of
Lynford Hall, near Brandon, Norfolk, who died at
Roehampton on Feb. 28, was presented for probate
in the registry by Messrs. Tysoe and Co., solicitors,
Frederick-place, Old Jewry, and the grant made, on
the 29th of March, to Mdme. Yolande Marie Louise
Lyne Stephens, the relict and sole executrix, who
administered to the personalty as being under
the value of £700,000. The trustees are Sir B. W.
Bulkeley, Bart., M.P. ; Sir John Wm. Lubbock,
Bart. ; and John Lubbock, Esq. (the latter being
appointed by the codicil in the room of Baron
Rehausen' deceased). To each of his trustees he
has left a legacy of £5OO. He has bequeathed to
his wife an immediate legacy of £5,000, and the
residence and estate of Roehampton, with all the
furniture and effects, and the lands and tenements
and property there, fin her own absolute use, He
also bequeaths to her the mansion and estate of
Lynford Hall for her life, together with the sum
of £300,000 in trust, for her to receive therefrom
the interest, dividends, and proceeds for her life, as
well as a life interest in the residue of his property.
He has left some handsome bequests and annuities
to his relatives and personal friends; but the bulk
of his property is bequeathed to his widow for her
life, and at her decease it is left to the issue of his
uncle, William Lyne, and of his deceased uncles,
the Rev. R. Lyne, Edward Lyne, and Joseph Lyne.
The will is dated Dec. 5, 1851, and the codicil Oct.
29, 1859, and witnessed by M. Tatham and M. 11.
Tatham, solicitors, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
F. W. Collard—The will and two codicils of the
late F. W. Collard, of 26, Cheapside, pianoforte-
manufacturer, who died there on the 31st of Jan.,
1860, at the advanced ago of 88, were proved in the
London Court, on the 28th of March, by John P.
Theobald, of Furnival's Inn, solicitor • Robert Ad-
dison, of Regent-street, music-publisher; and H.
G. Bohn, of York-street, Covent•garden, publisher,
the trustees and executors, who administered to the
personal effects under £140,000. He has left to
each a legacy—namely, Mr. Theobald, £500; Mr.
Addison, £150; and Mr. Bohn, £l5O. To his widow
he leaves an annuity of £l,OOO, and all his house-
hold furniture, plate, &c., absolutely; to his sister
Sylvia Collard an annuity of £2OO ; and to his sister
Phisbe Collard an annuity of £5O; to his godson
Alfred Beverley Collard, son of his nephew, F. W.
Collard, hookas devised his freehold at Hampton,
Devon, which he had lately purchased. There are
numerous bequests to the various members of his
family, viz., his brother, sisters, uncles, nephews,
nieces, cousins, and to other relatives, and friends.
To his faithful servant, Susan Henigan, the interest
of £l,OOO for her life, and at her demise that amount
to be sunk in an annuity for the life of her daugh-
ter, to be for her own free use and control. All
legacies to be free of legacy duty. The residue,
which forms the principal part of his property, he
leaves to be divided equally between his two
nephews, Charles Lukey Collard and Frederick W.
Collard, who are brothers, and were in partnership
with him. The will bears date the 15th June, 1853,
and the codicils in 1858 and 1859.—illustrated
London News.