The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-08-28
ESTATE WILLED
TO 3 CHILDREN
BY VANDERBILT
Paintings Left to MetrOpOl-
itan Museum and $780,
900 to University.
BUTLER GETS $4,000
Duchess of Marlborough
Has Use Of $5,000,0OO and
1-3 Of $5,OOO,OOO More.
FUND FOR GRANDSON
Unofficial Estimate Places
Value of Property at
S75,OOO,OOO.

A synopsis Of the will Of William
Nissan Vanderbilt showing that he
left his three children-William X.
Vanderbilt, Jr.. Harold Vanderbilt and
Consuelo Duchess Of Marlborough
the bulk Of his fortune was made pub
lie yesterday by Anderson & Anderson,
former attorneys for the testator. The
will Is to be filed in Suffolk county,
as Mr.. Vanderbilt claimed Oakdale,
Suffolk county, as his legal residence.
The public bequests include gift Of
certain paintings to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, legacy of s250,00O
to Vanderbilt University at Nashville,
Tenn. and a legacy Of $4,000 to st.
Marks Church at Islip, L. l. To his
butler, James Lovegrove, he left
$4,000, and to his valet, William
bavanagh, he left $4,000.
Mr.. Vanderbilt died In Paris on July
%. His body was placed in the family
maisoleum at New Dorp, Staten Island,
Thursday. He executed his will on
March Is, 1919. 1t states that he has
made provision for his wife. the former
Mrs, Lewis Morris Rutherford, during
his lifetime, but desires her to have
the use for life OF his Paris residence.
his chateau in Normandy and his ad-
Joining farms. After her death his
daughter, Consuelo, Is to have this
property.
No mention OF the Vanderbilt man.
sion at Fifth avenue and Fifty-second
street, the estimated value Of which is
So, 900, 900, Is made in the will. 1t falls
to the two sons, William K. Vanderbilt,
Jr.. and Harold Vanderbilt, as residuary
legatees.
Provisions for the Duchess.
For their sister Consuelo, Duchess OF
Marlborough, the testator directed that
$2.500.000 be set aside to carry out the
provisions of her marriage settlement
and that an additional S2,500,000 be set
aside and the income paid to her, thus
bNlllb lllG use VI POsUUu,UVV anu
one-third OF another S5,000,O00 due un-
der her grandfather's will, In her will
she may name the persons to whom she
wants the principal of the S2.500. 900
trust fund paid. To each Of her chill
dren, the Marquis OF Blandford and
Lord 1vor Churchill. he left $1,OO0,0OO
To William x Vanderbilt Sd, son OF
William X. Vanderbilt, Jr.. he left
$1,O00,o0O in trust. He explained. that
he had made no bequest to his grand
daughters. Consuelo and MurIel Wander
bilt, daughters OF William K. Wander
bilt. Jr.. as he believed that their father
was better able to determine the pro-
vision that should be made for them
To Margaet Rutherfurd Mills and Bar
bara Rutherfurd Hatch. daughters of
his second wife by her former husband,
he left 500, 900 each.
His sons. William X. Vanderbilt, Jr.,
and Harold Vanderbilt, are the execu-
tors of his estate and the residuary
legatees. AS he did not appoint the
beneficiaries OF $1,000, 900 trust under
his fathers will, the two sons and their
sister, the Duchess of Marlborough, will
share this fund 0Qually. He directed
that all taxes on the estate be paid
from the residue and recommended that
his executors invest In securities of the
New York Central Railroad and It's al
lied lines, United States bonds and New
York city bonds or English and French
securities. His French racing stable
and his property at Palsy. Seine ct
Olse, France. are to be converted into
cash and added to the residuary estate.
Long Island and Newport Property
His home at Oakdale, l.. l., known as
Idlehour. he gave to his son Harold. II
either of his sons receives the property
at Newport known as Marble House
upon the death Of their mother Mrs. O.
H. p. Belmont, its present owner, the
son inheriting this property is to be-
come the owner of Mr.. Vanderbllt's
personal property within the house. II
neither son receives the house the per-
sonal property Is left to Harold Wander
bilt II he survives his mother; II not, to
William X. Vanderbilt, Jr.
The paintings left to the Metropolitan
Museum OF Art follow: Portrait of
Mrs. Elliot by Galnsborough; Portrait
Of Col. Coussmaker by Reynolds: Por-
trait OF Lady Guildford by Holbein !;
LA Toilette de Venus" by Boucher !;
Dana" by Greuze Court Yard Scene,
by Peter de Hodge; Marine Scene, by
Van der Velde; Landscape. by Cuyp
"Oeufs Casees," by Greuze.
The attorneys refused to give any
Idea of the total value Of the estate.
When the testator's father. William H.
Vanderbilt. died he left each Of his
children S10.000.000 and divided the
residue OF his estate between his two
sons. the testator and Cornelius Van
derbilt. This residue was said to be
over 100000. 1t is estimated un-
officially that William X. Vanderbilt's
fortune will be at least 100000.