£200,000 FOR SEAMEN
KOaiAKCE OF PEER'S WILL. The Merchants' House of Glasgow has received a bequest by the second Lord Inverclyde for £203,617, which is to be used on behalf of seamen or their wives and families in distressed circumstances. The payment of the bequest recalls the circumstances in which a second will by Lord Inverclyde of Castle Wemyss, Wemyss Bay, Renfrewshire, was found shortly after his death in 1905. There was a win leaving all his property to Lady Inverclyde, but, on examination of the contents of the contents of a handbag left by Lord" Inverclyde at his office in Glasgow, Lady Inverclyde found a document containing the bequest to Merchants' House. This was of later date than the other will. it was agreed that Lady Inverclyde should at once receive £20,000 out of the trust estate, that her right in the balance should be restricted to a life rent, and that on her death it should be handed to Merchants* House. Lady Inverclyde died two year s ago. The income of the fund will be about £IO,OOO a year.
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Shannon News, 7 December 1926, Page 3
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181£200,000 FOR SEAMEN Shannon News, 7 December 1926, Page 3
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