The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-07 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The will of Elizabeth, Comtesse de Chatauvil-
lard, wife of Alfred Louis de Blance, Count de
Chatauvillard, formerly of Dieppe, but late of
Enghien, both in France, was proved in London,
on the 27th of December last, by Charles Earle,
Esq., of The Firs, Leamington, and Thomas Young,
Esq., of Sackville-street, Westminster, the execu-
tors therein nominated. Her ladyship's effects in
this country were sworn under £7,000. The will
was made in this country in 1854, and a codicil in
France in 1857; both are written in the English
language. Her ladyship died at Engnien
on the 4th of July last, being possessed
of property in England and Ireland, under
marriage settlement and the will of her late father,
Robert Beely, Esq., of Ireland. The Countess has
left an annuity to a friend, and bequeaths the rest
of her property over which she had a power of dis-
position to her son and daughter, the latter being
the wife of Baron Camille du Port d'Alis.

The will, with five codicils, of General the Hon.
Edward Pyndar Lygon, C. 8., of Spring-hill, near
Broadway, Worcestershire, and of Upper Brook-
street, Grosvenor-square, were proved in her
Majesty's Court of Probate on the `z6th of last
month. The executors nominated are General the
Right Hon. Henry Earl Beauchamp, the brother;
the Right Hon. Lady Jemima Catherine Louisa
Lygon, the sister • and the Hon. Frederick Lygon,
the nephew of the testator. The personalty was
sworn under £60,000. The will and first codicil
were executed in 1846, and the other codicils
between 1851 and 1859. The becpiests are
confined to his family. He has devised his estates,
both real and personal, to his brother, Earl Beau-
champ, and his sister, Lady Jemima, bequeathing
to his sister a life interest therein, and, on her
decease, the whole is to devolve to the Earl and his
issue. General Lygon was a bachelor, and died on
the 25th of November last, aged 74.
The will of Tl•omas Thornton, Esq., of Bruns-
wick-square, Brigl- tor, has been proved in London,
and the personalty sworn under £200,000. Probate
was granted on the 21st of last month to the execu-
tors, Lieut.-Col. George Thornton, E.1.C., the bro-
ther; Henry S. Welch and Alfred 13. Welch, Esqrs.,
the nephews; and Henry J. Thornton, Esq., the
cousin of the testator. The bequests are various. The
principal legatees are his two sisters, his brother,
two nephews, and a niece. For his sister who has
resided with him he has made a handsome provi-
sion, and has left her the residence in Brighton, with
the furniture, carriages, and other effects, and has
appointed his two sisters and his brother, the
colonel, residuary legatees for their respective lives,
and on their decease bequeaths the residue to his
two nephews and niece, Mrs. Clark (the children
of his sister Adelaide, Mrs. Welch); and to each of
them he l'as left an immediate legacy of £10,000;
and bequeaths to his two nephews his collection of
shells, birds, and other curiosities, together with
his books. To each of the ten charitable institutions
hereunder mentioned he has left a legacy of £4O0—
namely, King's College Hospital, Deaf and Dumb
Asylum, School for Indigent Blind, Asylum for
Idiots (Reigate), Philanthropic Society, Gover-
nesses' Benevolent Institution, London Orphan
Asylum, Merchant Seamen's Orphan School, Sussex
County Hospital, and the Brighton Infirmary.—
From the illustrated London News, Jan. 6.