The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-02 00:00:00

RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the Illustrated London News)
The will of the Right Hon. Charles Grant Lord
Glenelg, P.C., was proved in the London Court on
the 18th ult., by his niece, Florence Charemile
March Phillips, the sole executrix. The deceased
nobleman and distinguished statesman had been suc-
cessively Chief Secretary for Ireland, Vice-Presi-
dent and President of the Board of Trade, President
of the Board of Control and Colonial Secretary, and
Treasurer of the Navy. He died at Cannes, in
France, on the 23d of April, at the age of 83, a
bachelor. his will bears date Oct. 27, 1864. He
has boo ueathed his property among his nieces, as
follows :—To Julia Matilda Grant and Flora Sophia
Grant all his shares and stock in the Bank of New
South Wales and in the Oriental Bank ; to Adelaide
March Phillips £2OO ; to Florence Charemile March
Phillips all his securities in the East India Railway
Company, and appoints her residuary legatee of all
the rest of his property, real and personal. The
will of the Right Hon. Georgiana Lady Raglan was
proved in the London Court by her husband, the
Right Hon. Richard Henry Fitzroy Somerset, Baron
Raglan, only surviving son of the late Field Mar-
shal Lord Raglan. The grant of probate is limited
to the effects which her ladyship became possessed
of under the will of her father, the late Earl
Beauchamp, consisting, amongst other things, of a
sum of £lO,OOO, and Over which she had the power
of appointment, and di'sposes thereof in favour
of her husband, who is also entitled to the family
estate of Cefutilla, in Monmouthshire, appointing
as trustees the Most Noble Charles Gordon, Duke
of Richmond, and her brother, the Hon. Frederick
Lygon. Her ladyship died at the early age of 33,
leaving issue four sons. The will of Mr. William
Henry Lambton, of Chesham-place, Belgrave-
square, was proved in the London Court on the
10th ult., under £500,000 personalty. The ex-
ecutors and trustees appointed are the Right Hon.
the Earl of Zetland ; Mr. George Fenwick, of Sty-
ford, Northumberland ; and Mr. Henry Ralph
Lambton, his eldest son. The two last named are
the acting executors. The testator carried on the
banking business at Newcastle-on-Tyne, under the
firm of Lambton and Co. Ile bequeaths to his
wife his residence in Chesham-place for her life,
together with the furniture, which, at her decease,
will revert to his eldest son ; his carriages and
horses, his wines, and all consumable stores, he
leaves to her absolutely ; and, in addition to any
settlement, leaves her a life interest in £23,000, the
principal, at her decease, to go to his youngest
daughter. He bequeaths to his brother, Hedworth
Lambton, an annuity of £2OO, and leaves annuities
to the groom and footman of his late uncle, Mr.
Ralph Lambton. His estate, houses, and land at
Newbiggin, Durham, he leaves to his eldest son ab-
solutely. He divides the residue of his property,
real and personal, into seven parts, leaving two-
sevenths to his eldest son and one-seventh to each
of his other sons and daughters ; and to Lieutenant-
General C. H. Ellice, C. 8., the husband of his
daughter Louisa, should the General survive his
daughter, he leaves an annuity of £5OO. His will
is dated July 5, 1861, and two codicils, 1864 and
February, 1866 ; and he died, on April 3, 1866, at
the age of 73.