DOCTOR’S REMARKABLE WILL.
Dr. Robert Reid Renloul, of Hartington Road, Liverpool, who left £lB, 708, with net personality £12,558 directed that after his death a doctor should “divide all the soft tissues of both my wrists down to the bones.” He added that it “migh help on the study of medicine if my kidneys were examined by microscope and reported upon in the medical journals.” He also directed that his remains should be •cremated and the ashes scattered to the winds and that no (lowers “or outward show of grief or regard shall be used at the cremation or in connection with my passing. lo his housekeeper he left a £loo life annuity, his gramophone and records, pictures and all effects in her room, kitchens, larder, pantry, etc. To his son, Richard Lawrence Rentoul he left £IOO, his personal jewellery and certain books, and residue on his property upon trust tor his nephew, Steele Henderson Rentoul, Presbyterian minister, and Westercraigs, Dennistoun, Glasgow, for life.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3007, 6 March 1926, Page 1
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164DOCTOR’S REMARKABLE WILL. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3007, 6 March 1926, Page 1
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