The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-30 00:00:00

IEQITESTS.

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(From the Illustrated London News)
The will of Sir John Maxwell Tylden, Knt., J.P.,
D.L., of Milstead Manor, Kent, was proved in the
London Court, on the 15th inst., by his nephew,
the Rev. William Tylden, M.A., incumbent of Stan-
ford, Kent, and Mr. John William Warro Tyndall,
1, Cavendish-square, the joint acting executors.
The personalty was sworn under £12,000. Sir
John was formerly lieutenant-colonel command-
ing 52d Foot ; had served in the Peninsula,
India, and North and South America ; and was
nephew of the late Lieutenant-General Sir S.
Auchmuty, G.C.B. ; was a magistrate and
deputy lieutenant for Kent. Sir John was twice
married, and died a widower, May 18, 1866, at the
age of 79. Ills will bears date Dec 13, 1863, and a
Codicil March 26, 1861. He bequeaths to the
three sons of his nephew and executor, the Rev.:W.
Tylden, Richard, William, and Henry, £9OO
amongst them, iu equal shares. To Helen Margaret
Tyndall, the daughter of
,his executor, J. W. W.
Tyndall, his house in Manchester-street absolutely.
His freehold at Milstead and 50 shares in the East
Kent Railway, to Helen, wife of his executor, J.
W. W. Tyndall, absolutely. The residue, real and
personal, he leaves to his daughter, Elizabeth Jane,
wife of Mr. Charles Collins Onley Tylden Wright,
absolutely. The will of Mr. St. George Kilbee, for-

merly of Orsett-terraco, Gloucester-gardens, after-
wards of Foulis-terrace, Brompton, and late of St.
Paul's School, whese he died, on the 31st ult., was
proved in London, inst., by the executors and trus-
tees, the Rev. Herbert Kynaston, D.D., prebendary
of St. Paul's and head-master of St. Paul's School ;
Mr. Robert Henderson, of Mincing-lane ; and Mr.
George Anderson Gibb, of Victoria-street. The
will is dated May 30, being the day preceding his
death, and commences with the following charitable
bequests :—To the poor of Cheltenham, £lOO ; the
Society for Aged Women, Glasgow, £2OO ; Royal
Infirmary, Glasgow, £200; Association for Pro-
moting the • General Welfare of the Blind, Euston-
road, £200; and Bishop of London's Fund, £1,500.
To his executor, Dr. Kynaston, for himself and
wife, £3,000; to his executor, G. 11-. Gibb, £300;
to Edmund Kennedy, C. 8., Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief of the colony of Vancouver Island,
£3,000; and legacies to several other friends. To
his old servant, Elizabeth Knight, £lOO. He
leaves his boxes, with their contents, deposited
at St Paul's School or elsewhere, to Ellen Mor-
ton Routledge, and bequeatns to her uncle
and aunt, William and Ann Routledge, each an
annuity of £lOO. The interest of the residue
of his property he leaves to the said Ellen M.
Routledge, and the principal to her children ; but
on failure of issue, a contingent interest in a portion
of the residue will revert to the Bishop of London's
Fund.

The will of Mr. John Smyth, of Stevenage, Herta,
was proved in London, under £lOO,OOO personalty.
The executors and trustees appointed are his brother,
Mr. George Smyth, and his cousin, Mr. Edward
Smyth. The will is dated March 13, 1862, and he
died Feb. 20, 1866. He devises all his freeholds in
llcrts, Beds, and elsewhere to his brother, George
Smyth, and his heirs, and ho appoints his said
brother residuary legatee. lle bequeaths to his
sister, Susannah Smyth, an annuity of £lOO ; to his
cousin and executor, Edward Smyth, a legacy of
£5OO ; to his nephew, James Smyth, the interest of
£4,000 for his life, and the principal to his children
—to his cousin, James Smyth, the interest of £3,000
and the principal for his children ; and has left
legacies to his other relatives and friends, and also
to his servants; to his solicitors, Samuel and
Thomas Vessey, each a legacy of £lOO.