Ancient, Curious, and Famous WillsHarris, Virgil M. (Virgil McClure)
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Ancient, Curious, and Famous Wills
Harris, Virgil M. (Virgil McClure)
Wills
“5. I give and bequeath all my remaining books, clothes, furniture,
trinkets and personal chattels to my executors, requesting them
thereout to give some remembrance of me to their children and to
the children of my deceased friend, the said Arthur Hugh Clough the
elder, and Blanch Shore Clough, his widow; the children of the said
Bertha Elizabeth Shore Coltman, of the said Sir Edmund Verney, of
the said Frederick W. Verney, of George Lloyd Verney and of Henry
Bonham Carter and Sibella, his wife; to the widow of the said
George Lloyd Verney and to Mr. Burton of Lea School. To my beloved
and reverend friends, Mr. Charles H. Bracebridge and his wife, my
more than mother, without whom Scutari and my life could not have
been and to whom nothing that I could ever say or do would in the
least express my thankfulness, I should have left some token of my
remembrance had they, as I expected, survived me. I further request
my executors to distribute the whole of the remainder of the said
articles, including the useful furniture and books, amongst the
Matrons Home Sisters, Ward Sisters, Nurses and Probationers trained
by us for whom they know me to have a regard, particularly
remembering the hospital of St. Thomas and of Edinburgh and the
Infirmaries of St. Marylebone and Paddington, and including the
successor of Miss Jones, formerly Superior of St. John’s, now at 30
Kensington Square. And I declare that the gifts hereinbefore
directed or authorized to be made by my executors out of the
articles aforesaid shall be entirely in the uncontrolled discretion
of my executors, both as to selection of the gifts and of the
donees, other than those mentioned by name.
“6. I request that all my letters, papers and manuscripts (with the
exception of the papers relating to India and the other exceptions
hereinbefore contained) may be destroyed without examination; also
that the pencil notes in the pages of any religious books may be
destroyed with the books, and I appeal to the love and feeling of
my cherished friends and executors and earnestly entreat of them
entirely to fulfil these my last wishes.
“7. I declare that every legacy hereinbefore given to a legatee for
his (or her) objects, or for certain purposes, shall be considered
in law as an absolute gift to such legatee and that every powder of
appropriation, user or application, hereinbefore contained shall be
exercisible by the legatee on whom the same is conferred without
any liability to account for its exercise.
“8. I direct that all legacies, annuities and bequests given by
this my Will or any Codicil thereto, whether pecuniary or specific,
shall be free from duty, which shall be paid out of my residuary
personal estate.
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