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This is the last will and testament of me
CHARLES BRUDENELL BRUCE Marquess of Ailesbury Whereas I have by Deed
Poll of appointment dated 21 June 1819 and by an indenture of
appointment dated 23 July 1833 and by other deeds on their
respective marriages irrevocably secured to my son Lord ERNEST BRUCE
and to one of my surviving daughters ELIZABETH Countess Danneskiold
certain devices of two sums of £30,000 each charged on my settled
estates in the county of Wilts and raisable at my decease and to my
older surviving daughter the Lady AUGUSTA WENTWORTH a fifth share
of one of the said sums of £30,000 ?...ing that appointed by the
said Deed Poll of the 21 June 1819 and upon her marriage. I also
secured to the trustees of her marriage settlement the further sum
of £9,000 which has been since paid by me to the said trustees and
whereas by the same deed Poll and Indenture of appointment I also
appoint my said daughter the Lady MARY ANNE JEMIMA BRUCE since
deceased a fifth share of and in each of the said two sums of
£30,000, but subject to revocation and new appointment by me by Deed
or Will at any time during my life ..... by another indenture dated
the 10 November 1834 I and my eldest son EARL BRUCE jointly declared
a certain part of our settled estates with a further sum of £3,000
also raisable at my decease with interest ... for my said daughter
Lady MARY ANNE JEMIMA BRUCE with power reserved to me ..... to
make void that provision ..... and whereas my said daughter Lady
MARY ANNE JEMIMA BRUCE departed this life in 1841 having by her last
will and testament bearing date 20 July 1841 and bequeathed certain
legacies therein mentioned and having appointed my son in law THOMAS
FREDERICK VERNON WENTWORTH Esq the sole executor thereof and whereas
I am desirous of exercising the powers of revocation by the said
Deed poll of the 21 June 1819 and the said Indenture of 23 July
1833 respectively reserved to me and concerning £3,000 part of the
sum of £6,000 one firth share of the sum of £30,000 by the said deed
poll of the 21 June 1819 and the sum of £6,000 one fifth share of
the sum of £30,000 of the said Indenture of 23July 1833 ......
Now I do by this will in exercise and
execution of the said several powers ..... revoke and wholly make
void the appointments to or in favour of the Lady MARY ANNE JEMIMA
BRUCE....... and I do by this my will in further .... appoint that
the sum of £3,000 part of the said sum of £6,000 ... shall and from
immediately after my decease ... be paid as follows that is to say
the said sum of £3,000 ... to my said son Lord ERNEST BRUCE ....
the sum of £3,000 ... to my said daughter the Lady AUGUSTA
WENTWORTH..... and the sum of £3,000 to my said daughter ELIZABETH
Countess Danneskiold ....I appoint my eldest son GEORGE WILLIAM
FREDERICK EARL BRUCE and my wife MARIA ELIZABETH Marchioness of
Ailesbury executors and Guardian of my youngest son Lord CHARLES
BRUCE during his minority And I request my son LORD BRUCE and also
my son LORD ERNEST ( in case he should survive his brother) to give
£200 a year to my son CHARLES during his life in addition to the
interest of his fortune of £20,00, from the time of my decease so
that like my other younger children he may have £1,000 a year I
request my son LORD BRUCE the favour that he will give my wife the
option of residing for a time in my house in Grosvenor Square until
she should have found a suitable residence for herself I further
request my son LORD BRUCE or his heirs or my son Lord ERNEST in the
vent of his suriving his brother , that they will out of regard to
me make an addition to my wife whilst remaining my widow of £1,000
per annum by way of increase to the present jointure rents of £1,500
..... And I do hope that this request may not be considered
unreasonable or the request of £200 annuity to my youngest son
CHARLES considering the great improvements that have been carried
out generally on my estates which had they not been made the money
so laid out would have been appropriated to the discharge of the
debt of £104,000 on the settled estates for the payment of which a
trust was created during my life and which by this time was inteded
to have been and would have been liquidated and had it been so I
should ahve had it in my power by subsequent savings to have done
of myself for my wife and my son CHARLES what I most earnestly now
request my sons and my successors to do I bequeath the residue of
my personal estate to my wife But in the event as I fear will be
the reason above stated the case of my debts and liabilities
exceeding in amount my personal estate or of the surplus being but
trifling, then I request my son LORD BRUCE to give to my wife such
a sum of money as may be sufficient to procure for her a suitable
outfit and I appoint my said son LORD BRUCE and my said wife MARY
ELIZABETH Marchioness of Ailesbury executor and executrix of this my
will as witness my hand this 23 March 1847
Ailesbury
signed by the above named Charles Brudenell
Bruce Marquess of Ailesbury
witnesses Lumley Cary, solicitor, William
Wright, his clerk
Proved at London 11 July 1856 by the oath of
the Most Honourable George William Frederick Marquess of Ailesbury
the son, one of the executors .
PROB 11/2235
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