THE VANDERBILT WILL.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17112, 6 April 1921, Page 10

THE VANDERBILT WILL.

Probate, as regards, the English estate, has been granted in London on the will of Mr "William Kissam Vanderbilt," tho father • of Consuelo Duchess of Marlborough. To his widow he left this property, 10 und 11 Hue Leroux, Paris, and his elfects there and all .his motors in jb'ranco absolutely, and, in lieu of dower, the use for life of his Chateau at Calvados, Normandy, his properties of Haras due Quesnay and farm adjoining, two outlying' farms, and all their contents and property thereon, except his racing horses and bloodstock, with remainder to his daughter, Consuelo Lmchess of Marlborough. :. He left 2,500,000 dollars to the trus- ' tees of the marriage settlement of his daughter, the Duchess of Marlborough', in discharge of his obligations tinder that settlement, free of all death duties, taxes, or charges whatsoever. Ho also left 2,500,000 dollars upon trust to his said daughter and hor issue as she may appoint, or equally, this bequest and tho reversion to the Normandy property not being subject to the trust of any marriage settlement.

He left 1,000,000 dollars to each of his grandsons, tho Marquis of Blandford and Lord Ivor Churchill, and a' like sum upon trust for his grandson, William Kissam Vanderbilt (3rd); 10,000 dollars each to Margaret Rutherford Mills and Barbara Rutherford Hatch; his property at Islip, Suffolk County, New York, to his sou Harold; all his interest in the estate of his late nephew Alfred G. Vanderbilt to his son William; and his lands and buildings at Wheatland avenue, Newport, Rhode Island, and the contents of "Marble House," Newport, to whichever son should succeed to that liouse on the decease of his (testator's) widow. The residue of his property he left equally between his two sons, William Kissam Vanderbilt and Harold Stirling Vanderbilt. •

Tlie value of the English estate is only £3193, that of the American estate is estimated at "up to one hundred million dollars." He directed that all his racing horses and bloodstock in France, his property" at Poissy, Seine et Oise, and of La Chaumiere, Deauville, should be sold, the proceeds forming part of his resittuary estate. The following pictures and bronzes were beaueathcd to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: —"Portrait of Mrs Elliott," by Thomas Gainsborough; "Portrait of an Old Man in Jewelled Turban," by Rembrandt; "Portrait of Col. Cousmaker," by Sir Joshua Reynolds; "Portrait of Lady Guildford." by Holbein; "La Toilette de Venus," 'by Francois Boucher; "Danse," by Greuze; two Louis XIV. cabinet bronzes, by Gouthiere, from the Hamilton Palace sales; "Courtyard Scene," by Pietor De Hooge; "Marine Scene." t.y William Van De Velde; "Landscape," by Cuyp; "Ceufe Cassee," by Greuze. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars were left to the Vanderbilt University j Tennessee: 50,000 dollars to the rector, churchwardens, and vestrymen of St. Marlds Oliurch, Islip, New York, upon trust for church purposes as they may see fit; 15,000 dollars to his butler, James Lovegrove, if still in his service; and 5000 dollars to his valet, William Kavanagh, similarly.