LONDON ESTATE.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 May 1924, Page 1

LONDON ESTATE.

CLAIMANTS RESIDING IN DOMINION. AUCKLAND, May 13 A claimant to ono of the wealthiest estates in London is at present living in Auckland. She is -Miss Garvey, of 2(1(5 Jervois lload. It was by reading m the “New Zealand Herald” of Saturday last of another claimant, at present resident in London, that Miss Garvey was induced to tell of her fainilv’s connection with the fortune.

The property involved is the Angell Estates, which include a large area of South Loudon. The area involved lies principally between Kenningtou and Croydon and embraces Brixton, Ktreaihnni, Stockwell, Lambeth and Balliam. All these districts are very closely populated and the rent roll to-day must he enormous. Tt i» to this princely estate that Miss Garvey avers she is one of the hoirs-in-laws.

ft is 110 years since the original owner, John Angell, died, but -Miss Garvey says her father possesses papers, deeds and documents showing unbroken descent from the man who made his will so carelessly in 1.“7-1. that his estate has been in Chancery ever since. No legal action has so far placed any of Angoll’s descendants in pos-

Yes. my father Inis all the deeds complete.” said Miss Garvey this morning. "I have had it drummed into niy ear.' ever since I was a baby that we were heirs to the Angell millions. and yoi, although we have all l bis money, or the right to get it, 1 have in go out to work. Tt makes me feel wild with fate, hill you never know how life will work.”

“But,” she proceeded more hopefully, "1 may he lifted from comparative poverty to millions. I* atlier made a lighl lor the properly some twenty year' ago, before coming out to Now Zealand, lie had not enough money to continue the uclii.ni ami had to abandon it. He is now living with my lii-nthcr at Waikaia. Switzers,. Otago.”

Miss Garvey traces her descent train Miss Angell. daughter of Use original John Angell. "Miss Angell.” said Miss Garvey, "married a llallield. A daughter cl this union married a Waddingion, of Kettlothorp Hall. Lincolnshire. My great-grandmother was the child ot this marriage and she married the late Canon Garvey, of Lincoln CathedraL His son, and my grandfather, was the itev .1. Garvey, of Fullbock. Lincoln. Finally, there is his son and my father, John Francis Garvey. M.v mother was a niece of the late Dr Waddington, formerly practising in the Waikato.” Mr and .Mrs Garvey thus both trace hack. through the \\ addiugtotis and Hatfields, to the original Angell. Other members of ihe family in New Zealand are Miss Garvey's married sister at Saddle Hill, Dunedin, and tluve brothers, Mr \Ynddingtoii Garvey, of To Awanmtu, Mr Garvey, teller ill the Hank of New Zealand at Dunedin, and the one mentioned earlier as being with his fat tier at Waikaia. Il they could press their claim to a successful issue, they would la* the wealthiest family in New Zealand. John Angell died in 17-S-I, ami since then there have been several law suits relating to his will. That is not surprising when its contents are exanisied. The will, which wa.s dated .September, 1771, gave to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor and the Archbishop of York for the time being yearly sums of f 100, out of John Angcll’s estate at Ewell and Lambeth, L'.'l’il'i out of "collections ol spurn lights at Newcastle,” and C-oO cut of "lighl houses at Sunderland." Tlu-se sums were to be held in lru~( and to be paid half-yearly for the support of "a college or a society ol seven decayed, or unprovided, gentlemen by descent.” The seven beneficiaries were to be called “Gentlemen of St John’s College, near Stockwell. * Hue of the seven was to be styled "president.” The will provided for the "gentlemen and two clergymen to eat together.” charges for their board and liquor being i-iileulated at !!-(> per annum each. "Their clothing,” it is added, was "to be light coloured cloth all of one colour,” for which, and tor a hat "which shall have narrow gold lace.” each was allowed about L'3 per annum. ’I hi- was a style of hal w hich .f<illii Angell himself usually wore. The gentlemen wen- in lie chosen out ol the counties of Surrey, Kent, Northampton. Somerset. Sussex. Essex, Norfolk, Sull'olk. Lincoln, Northumberland, Stnfl’urd, Salop, Ilerllnrd, Leicester, Bedford. Cambridge, Buckingham and Worcester, Caermurtheii, l'ri-i knock, and Caernarvon.

John Aie.'oll lift. Ct MX if) to Imilil tlic enllejze nt the middle i)l' ii piece oT jfj-oiiiid ;,i. Stoekwell. cal lull Unrdenhnsli. 11' not liiiih in hi- lifetime it was in lie i ommeneed immediately after his Inirial. If tin? eollejje should lie dissolved hy the (Jovenimelit I lie will provided that the revenues should revert to the po-sessors ol the e>(ate. The at Stoekwell lias never heen huilt.