The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-01 00:00:00

Recent Wills and Bequests•

(From the Illustrated London News.)
Probate of the will of the Most Noble George
Charles Pratt, Marquis of Camden, K.G., late of
Grosvenor-square ; Bayham Abbey, Sussex ; Wil-
derness Park, Kent ; and Brecknock Priory, Wales,
was proved in her Majesty's Court on Nov. 16, under
£200,000 personalty—the executors appointed being
his son, the Most Noble John Charles Pratt, Mar-
quis of Camden ; Herbert Hurley Murray, Esq., of
the Treasury ; and his lordship's brother-in-law,
the Rev. Jermyn Pratt, M.A., Rector of Campsey
Ashe, Suffolk ; and they are also, in conjunction
with Mrs. Pratt, the wife of the last-named execu-
tor, appointed guardians of the persons and fortunes
of his lordship's children during their respective
minorities. The will is of considerable length, and
bears date Aug. 28, 1856, with three codicils, dated
respectively 1856, 1861, and 1865. Hislordship died
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his sons, Lord George and Lord Charles, each a
legacy of £7,000, and to each of his daughters a
sum equal to £5,000, and £2OO a-year whilst un-
married. He leaves the furniture, wines, household
effects, horses, carriages, live and dead farming
stock, to his eldest son absolutely ; the jewels, pic-
tures, books, and plate to be enjoyed by the person
in possession of the family estates. His Lordship
devises the Bayham estate and all other his estates
in the counties of Kent, Sussex, Berks, Middlesex,
or elsewhere, to his eldest son and his issue ; the
name of Pratt always to be used, and to quarter his
arms with their own. His Lordship also leaves to
his eldest son the residue of his personal estate, for
his own personal use ; and bequeaths legacies to
each of his executors, as follows :—To Mr. 11. H.
Murray, £5OO, and to the Rev. Jermyn Pratt,
£l,OOO, free of duty.
The will of Sir George Edward Pocock, Bart.,
late of the Priory, Christchurch, Hants, was proved
in the London Court by his relict, Augusta Ellinor,
Lady Pollock, the sole executrix. The personalty
was sworn under £5,000. Her ladyship was the
granddaughter of George William, sixth Earl of
Coventry. Sir George was the eldest son of the
first baronet, and died Sept. 3, 1866, at the age of
seventy-four, leaving two sons and a daughter. Sir
George executed his will in 1863, and has be-
queathed to his wife, Lady Pocock, all moneys at
his bankers and all property he may be entitled to
in reversion or expectancy, to be held for life, and
to be disposed of by her ladyship at her decease as
she may deem right, desiring, however, that a por-
tion may be given to her son, Alfred Drake Pocock ;
and he also leaves his plate and the residue of his
personal estate to her ladyship for her life, and at
her decease to become the property of his eldest son,
Colonel Sir George Francis Coventry Pocock, Bart.
The will of William Curling, Esq., of Denmark-
hill, Surrey, was proved, in London, under £120,000
personalty, by his son-in-law, William Hunter and
Herbert Dalton, Esqs., and Charles Hillman, Esq.,
of Herne-hill, the surviving executors and trustees.
The testator died Sept. 20, 1866, at the age of
eighty-five, having executed his will Aug. 5, 1865.
He leaves to each of his executors a legacy of £lOO,
and liberal legacies to his servants. To his daughters,
Mary and Martha, he leaves equally between them
the furniture, plate, &c. ; and there are legacies to
his nephews and nieces. To the widow of his late
son James he leaves £5OO, and the sum of £22,500
is to be equally divided amongst her children by his
late son on their attaining twenty-one, duty-free.
To his four daughters and their families he leaves
the sum of £40,000, in equal proportions, and also
divides amongst them the residue of his estates, both
real and personal.

The screw steam gunboat Sepoy (tender to the
Dauntless), from Hull, arrived at Plymouth yester-
day and proceeded at once into Hamoaze to have
defects made good.