Last Will and Testament of JCG, 1882-06-01
Scope and Contents
Summary of will of Jane Catherine Gamble of 67 Portland Place:
Legacies
Cptn.the Hon.J.T.Fitzmaurice £100
[his wife] the Hon.F.R.Fitzmaurice £300
[goddaughter] Harriet Jane Marcia Fitzmaurice £100
Caroline Victoria Jane Downer £100 (1)
Fanny Maude Lough £100 (2)
[cousin] David Ramsay Buchanan, of Torquay £100
[his wife] Lady Katharine Buchanan 2 rings
[companion 1874-75] Miss M Rogers £100 (3)
Treasurer of Middlesex Hospital £100
Treasurer of Establishment for Invalid Ladies £500
Servants:
all who have lived with me for 1 year & upwards: a year’s wages & £5 mourning.
all other servants: 3 months wages & £5 mourning.
All legacies.given by me to females shall be for their sole & separate use and free from marital control.
£4000 to [executors] Hugh Lindsay Antrobus Esq.)
The Hon.Henry Dudley Ryder ) to form a trust.
William Rolle Malcolm Esq. )
Income from trust to Caroline Jane Nutt (companion) (subject to conditions, should these be broken, beneficiary would be the Royal Hospital for Incurables.
All legacies free of legacy duty; residue of estate to Girton College, Cambridge (4); £100 to each of her executors.
(1)daughter of my dear friend Sophia, wife of James Campbell Downer Esq.
(2) wife of Charles Dibdin, daughter of William Hawes of Montague Place, Bloomsbury
(3) no address or christian name given (space left in will for name)
(4) 'to be paid as an endowment for its educational purposes'
Dates
- Creation: 1882-06-01
Creator
- From the Fonds: Gamble, Jane Catherine, 1810 - 1885 (writer) (Person)
Extent
2 item(s) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
A summary of the Will was amde by Dr Susan Bain in 2004 iand has been incoporated into the catalogue record.
Originator(s)
Gamble, Jane Catherine
Finding aid date
2004-04-16 10:27:21+00:00
Repository Details
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