The next clause announced that he left and devised and bequeathed to his
daughter Maud, absolutely and for ever, the residue of his property of
all kinds, sorts, and descriptions whatever, subject to the bequests
above mentioned; and the payment of all just debts and demands for which
the testator was liable at the time of his death; and the cost of his
funeral, which latter he desired to be simple and unostentatious, and
yet not unbecoming the house of which he was head. The residue was not
to be paid over to the legatee, but held in trust for her until she had
attained the full age of twenty-two. It was the testator's wish that his
daughter should not marry until she had attained the full age of
twenty-two: but married or single, to her the residue was to go when she
attained her twenty-second year. With regard to her marriage, the
testator would make no restrictions. He felt sure his daughter would
make no unworthy selection, and she would remember that although the
title and estates were passing away to a younger branch of the family,
she was the only representative of the elder branch now surviving. The
testator desired that, should she not marry before her twenty-second
year, she should lean upon her guardian for advice at any time later
than her twenty-second year. The testator desired it to be clearly
understood that the guardian's power extended absolutely only to the
property of the residuary legatee; and that she, being at the time of
executing this will and testament, full twenty years of age, in all her
personal movements, and in the marrying or not marrying, or in the
choice of a husband, was free from the greetings of these presents. That
is to say, the guardianship of the residuary legatee, as constituted
herein, was that of administering her fortune, and of looking after her
welfare, without, except in the matter of the property, power of
constraint or interference in matters personal to the residuary legatee.
The testator, however, reposed the most unlimited confidence in the
guardian, and advised the residuary legatee to be largely guided in
matters personal by the advice of the aforesaid guardian.
Following this paragraph came one reciting the property of the deceased
man, the most important passage of it being this:
"And such Consols as may be found registered in my name in the books of
the Bank of England, an account of which, and the Consols themselves,
are in the custody of Henry Walter Grey aforenamed, to the value at this
date of five hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling."
Then came the final paragraph:
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