FORTUNE WON

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 786, 5 October 1929, Page 32

FORTUNE WON

DIKE'S FAMILY WILL BENEFIT INTEREST ON £50,000 The family of the Duke of M an . ; Chester has won a victory in the New York State Supreme Court, which has ruled that they are entitled to the ini come from the quarter-million dollar j (£50,000) Trust Fund left in this country by their grandmother, Consuelo | the Dowager Duchess. The suit was opposed by the En-. lish trustees of the estate, who contended that while the Duke lived his children could not benefit by the fund The court held that the intention of ! the testatrix was clear, and that the i younger children, after the youngest ! has reached the age of 21, were enI titled to share in the income. | The litigation in the American ; courts arose front the alleged vagti* i wording of the Dowager Countess Consuelo's will. The Dowager Countess, who was a daughter of Senor Antonio Yznaga de Valle of Louisiana, married the Sdi Duke of Manchester and was the mother of the present Duke. She died in 1909. She left her fortune for the benefit of her grandcihldren, the trust created under her will and codicil being administered by a trust company. A dispute arose out of the wording of the will, and in June last the present Duke submitted the will to the United States courts for arbitration The Duke's four children who vili benefit under the court’s ruling are:— Viscount Mandeville. Lord Edward Eugene Fernando. Lady Mary Alice, and Lady Ellen Millicent. who is just 21.