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Memorandum to: Mr. J.T. Babb
From: Miss Bridgwater

Dated: March 29, 1955

Miss Simison said that you wished one of the reference librarians to transcribe
this photostat for you.

This is the last Will and Testament of me William Beckford late of Fonthill Abbey
in Wilts but now of Lansdowne Crescent Bath Esquire I direct that my body shall be
embalmed and placed in a chest and be deposited in the Tomb erected in the garden or
ground near the building called Lansdowne Tower I give and bequeath to Richard Samuel
White of Lincolns Inn Fields in Middlesex Esquire who hath long acted as my Attorney
and Solicitor a legacy of five hundred pounds as a token of my regard without reference
to any trust or confidence reposed in him by this my Will I give and bequeath to
each of my Servants hereinafter named during his life namely Andrew Farratt James
Vincent William Naile George Beckett and Richard Beckett an annuity equal to the
amount of the wages and board wages payable to each of them respectively at my decease
all the said annuities to be paid by equal quarterly portions from the day of my decease
and all the annuities and the legacy aforesaid to be paid free from legacy duty and the
legacy to be paid as soon as conveniently may be after my decease I hereby revoke and
make void all uses trusts estates and interests created by me by certain Indentures of
lease and release dated the twenty first and twenty second days of July one thousand
seven hundred and eighty five as to all my real and personal estates therein mentioned
concerning which no revocation has already been executed by me pursuant to the power
therein contained and all voluntary settlements wills and appointments by me heretofore
made thereof and all my messuages or tenements farms lands and hereditaments whatsoever
and wheresoever in England and of whatsoever tenure and all my monies securities for
money jewels precious stones books pictures prints articles of curiosity or virtu
plate and china and all other my real and Personal Estates whatsoever and wheresoever
and all real and personal estate over which I have any testamentary power of
appointment (subject to my debts funeral and testamentary expences and to all
legacies and annuities hereby bequeathed or which I may bequeath by any codicil
hereto I give devise and bequeath until and to the use of my daughter the Most
Noble Susannah Euphemia Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon her heirs executors
administrators and assigns absolutely and for ever but to and for her separate use
independently of her present or any future husband and her receipts alone to be
valid discharges I devise and bequeath all freehold copyhold and leasehold estates
vested in me as a trustee unto and to the use of the said Richard Samuel White his
heirs executors administrators and assigns upon such trusts and with such powers as
the same shall be subject to at my decease and I appoint my said daughter the Duchess
of Hamilton and the said Richard Samuel White Executrix and Executor of this my last
Will In Witness whereof I the said William Beckford have to this my last Will and
Testament and to a Duplicate thereof each contained in one side of a sheet of paper
set my hand and seal this fifteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty two - William T. Beckford - LS - Signed sealed published and
declared by the said William Beckford the Testator as and for his last Will and
Testament in the presence of us being present at one and the same time who in his
presence at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names
as Witnesses - Henry White No 11 Linc. Inn fields Solr. - S.W.Johnson his Clerk

Proved at London 1st October 1844 before the judge by the oaths of the Most Noble Susan in the Will written Susannah Euphemia Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon (wife of The Most Noble Alexander Hamilton Douglas Duke of Hamilton and Brandon) the daughter and Richard Samuel White Esquire the Executors to whom Administration was granted having been first sworn by commission duly to administer

D.W.B.

in coll. d.give and bequeath to earth of my servants thereinafter a
named during his life, namely, Anicardo, Richard, James, John, a
William, Maile, George, Herbert, and Richard, and an annuity at
equal to the amount of title, to be charged and board, to be paid to a
carry of them respectively at my decrease all the said annuities to
be paid on equal quarterly portions from the day of my decrease
and all the annuities and title legacies as aforesaid to be paid free
from legacies, and the title legacies to be paid as soon as convenient
in may be after my decrease, and hereby revoke and make void all a
nunc trusts created and interested created by me in recompense of
fates of lease and release dated the twenty first and twenty second
days of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty, five as to a
all my real and personal estates thereon mentioned, reserving to
them no revocation has already been executed by me, pursuant
to the power thereon mentioned and all voluntary settlements in
coffins and appointments by me aforesaid made thereof and all
my messengers or tenement farms, lands, and附habitants a
consent ever and together with England and of all other tenancy
and all my monies, annuities for money, jewels, pictures, stones,
books, pictures, prints, articles of luxury, or with plate andTA
and all other real and personal estates together with
and all real and personal estate over with in a
have any testamentary power of appointment (except to my
deceased funeral and testamentary expenses and to all legacies and
annuities hereby bequeathed or in will of any decedent by
my coitil father, give devise and bequeath unto and to the
use of my, daughter, The Most Noble Susan, the帝 of
Furties of obhamilton and Brandon, her sons, executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, absolutely and for ever but to and for her depar-
cate use independently of her prevent or any future husband and
her decrees alone to be valid, distributions of devise and bequeath all
freedom to repatriate and leasehold estates created in me as a trustee a
into and to the use of the said Richard, Samuel, and the sons of a
executors, administrators, and assigns, upon certain trusts and covenants
our powers as the same shall be subject to act my decrease and ap-
point my sons, daughters, the Furties of obhamilton and the sons of a
Richard, Samuel, and the sons of the last will and testament of the said
obhamilton, and the coitil father of the said William Herbert, to have to a
this my last will and Testament and to a Supreme Father of earth
fifteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight
and for two, William, John, Robert, and Thomas, signed in
sealed publications and beleged by the said William Herbert, to have to a
for as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of no being a
prisoner one and the same time, to act in his presence at his request and
in the presence of earth other than have described our names as before,
Henry, Michael, John, James, and Thomas, his sons, and his Daughters.

PROVED at London, 12 October 1444, before the尊 above, in the name of a
the Most Noble Susan, in the coll. written Susan, and Euphemia, a
Furties of obhamilton and Brandon, coses of the Most Noble Susan, and
obhamilton, Douglas, Duke of obhamilton, and Brandon, title, daughter and
Richard, Samuel, and the sons of the last will and Testament, in the presence of no being a
prisoner one and the same time, to act in his presence at his request and
in the presence of earth other than have described our names as before,
Henry, Michael, John, James, and Thomas, his sons, and his Daughters,
beleged by the said William Herbert, to have to a
for as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of no being a
prisoner one and the same time, to act in his presence at his request and
in the presence of earth other than have described our names as before,
Henry, Michael, John, James, and Thomas, his sons, and his Daughters,
beleged by the said William Herbert, to have to a
 commission duly to administer