ESTATE OF £107,351.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20261, 2 August 1937, Page 7

ESTATE OF £107,351.

LEFT TO HOUSEKEEPER. THE LATE LORD ORMATIIWAITE. “ MORTGAGED TO THE HILT.” United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received August 2. 11.16 a.m.) LONDON. August 1. Lord Ormathwaite, who died in March, left his entire property, valued at £107,351, equally to Mrs Rose Spary, his former housekeeper, and the wife of his former valet, and her sons, aged nine and 14 years. Mrs Spary says: "Lord Ormathwaite was almost blind for two years. We helped him in every way possible. He was very good to us and the godfather of our sons, but we were not aware that he was rich. He lived at the rate of £6OO a year. Queen Mary regularly sent Lord Ormathwaite Christmas presents. Last year she visited him, and found him sitting in an invalid’s chair. She tucked a warm rug around him and chatted for an hour.” Mr Spary, -who Is unemployed, does not expect that his wife and children will receive a farthing. He says the estate is mortgaged to the hilt. Lord Ormathwaite was unlucky in his investments and lost a large sum on the turf and Monte Carlo. Tho fact that he had left his mansion with 12 servants to live with Mr and Mrs Spary was proof that he had no money. Lord Ormathwaite was said to own 26,300 acres.