The Warwickshire Herald. — 1885-08-08 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

RECENTLY PROVED WILLS.  The will, as contaised in paper writings marked A and B, of the Right Hona,urable William, Earl if Dudley, late of Dudley House, Park lane, has just been pre, eat by the Right lion. urable Geargiana Countess of Dod!ey,the widow, Visc. un't Newpottand the Honourable Charier Rowley Hay, the executors, the value of the personal ei.tatia in the United Kingdom amounting to upwards of £1,026,000. The testator gives to his wife an immed ate leg icy of £5,000, all her paraphernalia and the presents made to her on her marriage ; and he appoints her guardian of his infant children during their respective nainorities. His jewellery rind personal ornaments he leaves for the use of his wife for life ; then certain of has jewellery. of which he g'vea a lisp, is to be enjojed as he:deems, with the hereditamente limited by the will of John William, Earl of Dudley; and the remainder of his jewel Pry is to go to his daughter, Lady Edith Ward. He also leaves to his wife an annuity of £2,ooodus ing the joint lives of herself aid ha niother,Lady Ward, and on the deo h of the latter the said annuity is to be increased to £7,000 per annum ; an annuity of £7,000 to his mother, Lady Ward, and an annuity of .t 1,590 to his sister. the Honourable Mrs. Jobe So•annali Claughton. These annuities are to be paid, in ad4ition to any other arms the annuitants may be entitled to, out of the e.tates of which he is tenant for life, lie bequeaths £5,000 each to his nephews and nieces, Thoiiiae Caughten, Gilbert Claughton, Piers Claughton, Lucy Claughton, aril Mrs. Henrietta Maria Forbes ; £5,000 each to his solicitor. Mr.Benbow and his mining agent, Mr. Smith; and legacies to his executors, land agents, domestic servaets, gardeners,garnekeepers.and stable servants ; certain pereeiotis, which he has been in the habit of paying, are also to be kept up.£50,000 is left upon trust for his daughter, and £90,000 for each ol his five younger suns, in addition to the £60,000 they are entitled to receive under the will of J. William, Earl of Dudley. The residue of his real and personal estate he leaves to his son or grandson, who shall succeed to the her editaments under the limitations, in the will of the said John William, Earl of Dudley.—The will, with two colicils, of the Right Hon. Frances, Dowager Countess of Gains. borough, extra Lady of the Bedchamber to her Majesty, late of Hyde Park-square, has just been proved, the value of the personal estate exceeding I:6 000. Thetea•tatrix directs her executors to present to her Ma-esty the Queen her little silver workbox, in dutiful and affectionate remembrance of an old and attached servant and subject. There are numerous specific beque-ts, many of artiees presented to ha r by the Queen and the late Prince Consort. She also bequeaths £3O to the Bible Wcmen'a Mission, Portmammarket ; £lO to the City Missionary Society; and in to the Jews' Society.  Phillip Buckley, a boy, while bathing in the canal at Stanthorne, near Middlewich, Cheshire, sank and wis drowned. The agonised mother, whose attention we. called to the accident by finding her child's cloihes on the bank,at once seized a rake, and jumped into the water, but was unsuccessful in effecting a riecue. Having had a quarrel with her lover, Miss Elizabeth Foxley, of Willaston, determined to commit suicide at Audlean by drowning herself. She took off her 'bat, boots, watch and chain, placed them on the footpath, and then plunged foto the canal, but she we. reemusd by a young man uamed Claydon. She is now ander remand.