The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-23 00:00:00

_RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the _lllustrated London Eezes.)

The will of Dr. Baly, M.D., F.R.S., physician
extraordinary to her Majesty, of Queen Anne-street,
Cavendish- square, has just been proved in the prin-
cipal registry by the executors, Robert Martin,
Esq., M.D., of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and
Charles St. Clare Bedford, Esq., solicitor, the
Sanctuary, Westminster. The personalty was
sworn under £7,000. This gentleman's death,
which arose from a frightful accident whilst tra-
velling by railway, is no doubt fresh in the recol-
lection of our readers. He was unmarried, and in
the flower of his age at the time of this dreadful
occurrence. Dr. Baly made his will on Nov. 29,
1859, which was attested by Charles S. C. Bedford,
Esq., solicitor, and H. Dutton, his clerk. The dis-
positions are as follow :—He bequeaths to his
cousin, Marie Josephine Fauvell, a policy on his
own life in the Crown Insurance Office, so recently
effected as the Bth of April, 1859, directing that
the amount arising therefrom should be invested,
and the dividends applied to her education and
maintenance, and the principal sum handed over
to her on her attaining maturity. The doctor be-
queaths any other policy that lie may have effected
to his sister, Elizabeth Baly. The deceased pos-
sessed a third part of a freehold estate left him by
the will of his late father. This he has given be-
tween his two sisters, Mrs. Shipp and Miss Baly,
Mrs. Shipp to hold her portion for life, with the
power of disposition by will, and should she
fail in doing, it is to devolve upon her
sister, Miss Baly, if living, but if deceased,
it is then to revert to the testator's cousin, the
before-named Miss Fauvell. The residue of his
property is to be divided in the same manner for
the benefit of his sisters as the freehold property is
left. There is no other disposition in the will.
The will of the Very Rev. Thomas Hill Lowe,
D.D., Dean and Canon of Exeter, was proved in
the London Court on the 11th of this month by
the two executors nominated therein, namely, his
brother, Colonel Arthur Charles Lowe, and the
testator's son, the Rev. George Lowe, Vicar of
Upper Ottrey, Devon. The personalty was sworn
under £25,000. The will is entirely a family
disposition. The doctor's eldest son inherits by
succession the freehold property; the funded
property the dean bequeaths between his sons and
daughters in different sums, and the residue of his
personal property, including the leasehold estates,
he distributes in equal proportions amongst his four
unmarried daughters. The will bears date the 31st
of May, 1858. Dr. Low passed the whole period
of his life as a minister of the Established Church,
and filled the various clerical grades of deacon,
priest, vicar, and rector, having held successively
two livings. He was made canon in 1832, and in
1839 attained the deanery of Exeter. Dr. Lowe
died on the 17th of January last, at the Cathedral-
close, Exeter, at the advanced age of 80.

The will of Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Charles
AlexanderWrottesley was proved in London on the

13th of this month. The executors nominated are
the Hon. Edward Bennett Wrottesley, the brother,
and the Honourable Arthur Wrottesley, the
nephew. The personalty was sworn under £3,000.
Colonel Wrottesley entered the army in 1817, and,
served in India under Lord Combermere, and was
present at the
.siege of Bhurtpore. He became

lieut.-colonel in 1838, and retired from the military
service in 1848. His will bears date the 20th of
August, 1860, and is very brief, the bequests being
all confined to the colonel's family. The real estate
he had devised to his brother, Lord Wrottesley,
but who is since deceased. There is a legacy of
£4,000, as also other bequests, to the testator's
nephew, the Hon. Arthur Wrottesley ; and the
colonel has appointed his two sisters, the Hon.
Maria and the Hon. Mary Wrottesley, residuary
legatees. Colonel Wrottesley was a bachelor, and
died on the 24th of February last at the age of 61.
He was the second son of the late Lord Wrottesley,
and 'grandson of Charles, fourth Earl of Tanker-
ville.