New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-19
ROMANCE OF A WILL
, ,dv SackviIIe Stands to Win
Millions of Dollars.

i'' merry OF the late Sir John Murray
me mounting to considerably over
So oo thus disinheriting his brothers
,.,ers They endeavored to upset
a"' ~, q, her favor. on the ground that
lns tod found among Sir Johns papers
U' ,s,rned draft. i'm the late baronets
az u.r,ting of codicil revokinG the be
o,d limiting her benefit under his
v mere life interest in sum Of
va sDso which at her death was to so to
i.r daughter
evidence could be found that this
,.n had even been signed or legally
.n,ed and il was impossible to dis
any trace Of a completed copy.
-se two brothers and sisters of Sir
.na Who was unmarried. insisted that
codicll had been duly executed that
81 merely been msIaid or lost, and
~. ,be,, had every reason 10 know that
,be Two or three closing years of his
10. ,ae testators affection for Lady
..,sviue had undergone a complete
80 tine codicil constituting evidence
-, bs decline Of his regard for her. They
o,ce proceeded to offer reward Of
,,.o Tor this missing codicil. but hith-
,-,o without avail
The other day. In an effort to bolster
.. their case. they brought into court
,'..o Short. VINO FOR the last thirteen
..,rs Of Sir John SCOTS life had been
b.. confidential valet. in order that he
.,,s, testify as 10 what he knew about
80 existence Of this missing codicil. But
Il. evidence helped Lady Sackville rather
~, the SCOTS. For while ne was able
=. show that Sir John always carried
.soyt with him in his dressing case a
called envelope marked Confidential"
nd which he believed might contain
s,ne testamentary document he de-
cared that il had been found by the fam
r in Sir Johns desk soon after his
oath. and that they had shown great
assppoiniment. on the ground that 1t
gss not the document that they wanted.
No Evidence of a Quarrel.
He also under cross-eXamination
Fought 10 light the fact that Lady Sack
vile had motored i'm to London from Sir
INNS country place-quite a long trip
exactly two DAYS before his death. indi-
,,cng that even II there had been a tenn
aorsry quarrel between her and Sir John
n some former time. which had led him
10 Draft the unsigned codicil. their rela-
ions we're Al any rate OF the most friend
b and affectionate description on the eve
o. his death.
This is not the first time that Lady
Sckville has been engaged in litigation
,oneerning the disposition OF property.
When her brother Henry and her sisters
sought TO prove Judicialy that their
ahsr. Lord Sackville. had been duly
married 20 the Franco-Sp Spanish danseuse.
llsephine or Pepita Olveres. and that
they were therefore legitimate. she I'm
hat cause celebre sided against them.
and strove with all her might and main
% prove that her mother had been her
.ahers belle annie instead Of his legal
wife. he reason being that she had mar
I'd her first cousin. Lionel Seckville-
Vest. who. owing 10 the illegitimacy -
hsf brother Henry. had succeeded Doth 10
ne sackville peerage and 10 the Sack
lie estates Consequently, II her brother
md sisters had won their case. and
proved that their mother had been law
igly married she herself would have
,sased 10 be a peeress Of the realm and
hu husband would have been obliged 10
surrender the celebrated knole Park es-
tate in Kent 10 her brother.
History Of Scott Fortune.
Toe history Of the large fortune left
ay the late Sir John Scott is a very curl
us one u originally belonged 10 the
fourth Marquis Of Hartford, who at his
isaih In $50 beQueathed il 10 his brother,
sE Richard Wallace Sir Richard was
never acknowledged by the third mar
cuts. having been born when his mother
vas living in Paris during the NapoleOnic
var with England and the marquis was
England, and after the separation had
as.ed over two Years Sir Richard s
father, I'm fact. was the Count Casimir de
Nortrond
Sir Richard married a French LADY
many years after she had borne him a
Sa, who as a captain Of French Cuiras-
sers greatly distinguished himself in the
var with Germany in 1870. Being illegit-
nate this son could not inherit the
aaronetcy bestowed upon Sir Richard by
Visen Victoria IN recognition Of his many
inian,hropies This. too. served 10 en-
masize the tardy nature Of Sir Richard
marriage, with the result that Lady Wal
Nee was subjected 10 the severest kind or
osifacism by English society. Captain
Wallace, Of the Curasslers, married
s'ainst nis parents wishes and prede-
ceased his father.
Sr Richard made a great favorite OF
Is confidential secretary. John Murray
soft son Of an English physician In
Nacuee az Boulogne
Dispose Of the Wallace Collection.
When Sir Richard Wallace died it was
'''hd that he had bequeathed mere pit
~hee TO his daughter-in-law and to his
rshochiidren. but had left a very con
aueraole sum o. money to his secretary
.'nh Scott. and the bulk of his fortune
: MS widow. also that he had refraned
a." uevising 10 the nation his wonder
~ ~ ART collection. now housed in the Ma
.'n.i Museum. known as the Wallace
.'Neeton' at Hartford House, Manches-
square London. leaving II Instead 10
- VIE, having previously intlmated 70
~ DIS wish that she should either pre-
''N II or bequeath it in her own name
me nation. His idea in this was that
enough England had refused TO accord
:, - any social recognition during his life
"e' The nation should be obliged 10
@'no' her memory forevermore after her
dtmise
LADY Nnmnno .....l...n -, h,,chn nd for