Will and Codicils of Sir William George Pearce, Bart. - Hungerford ...

Will dated 3rd May, 1906.
First Codicil dated 25th July, 1907.
Second Codicil dated 18th October, 1907.
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SIR WILLIAM GEORGE PEARCE,
Bart.
2nd November, 1907.
Probate 18th December, 1907.
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SIR WILLIAM GEORGE PEARCE,
Bart.

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trust funds and' property for the time being representing the said
sum of £100,000 to be held by them UPON trust to pay the income of
the said trust funds and property to my wife during her life and
so that during any coverture the same shall be for her separate use
without power of anticipation AND after the death of my wife my
Trustees shall stand possessed of the said trust premises to be transferred
to them as aforesaid in the event of my not leaving any issue
who shall attain the age of 21 years in trust for " The Master Fellows
" and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity
" within the Town and University of Cambridge of King Henry the
" Eighth's Foundation" (hereinafter called Trinity College) absolutely.
3. I BEQUEATH to my said wife all my furniture and effects horses
carriages motor cars yacht and jewellery which at the time of my
death shall be in or about or belonging to or appropriated or
ordered for any of my residences excepting however my fishing rods
guns and rifles and as to such fishing rods I give to my said wife
such of them as she may select for her own use and I give all my
fishing rods other than those selected by my wife for her own use to
my friend Sir Francis Sidney Graham Moon Baronet and I give all
my guns to the said Henry Suttoii Timmis and all my rifles to rny
friend Mark Firth. I give all my wines of every description to be
divided equally between my said wife and the said Mark Firth Henry
Sutton Timmis and William Marshall Rhodes.
4. I BEQUEATH to my said wife the sum of £5,000 to be paid to
her within one calendar month after my decease for her immediate
requirements and in priority to all other bequests hereby made.
5. I BEQUEATH to each of my Executors in case they shall
respectively prove my Will the sum of £1,000.
6. I BEQUEATH the following legacies to the friends and relations
hereinafter respectively named that is to say To the said William
Marshall Rhodes (in addition to the contingent legacy of £1,000
hereinbefore given to him as Executor of this my Will) the sum of
£10,000 To the said Henry Sutton Timmis (in addition to the
said contingent legacy of £1,000 hereinbefore given to him as
Executor of this my Will) the sum L I To my godson the

son of the said Henry Sutton Timmis the sum of £5,000 To Sidney
Munro the sum of £5,000 To Ada Darby the sum of £1,000 To each
of the children of Caroline Spurling hereinafter named that is to say
to Adelaide Spurling, Alice Spurling, Bessie Spurling, Alberta Reeves
and Emily Wedgwood the sum of £250 To the said Mark Firth the
sum of £500 To George W. Munro now at the Fairfield Works the
sum of £1,000 To the said Francis Sidney Graham Moon £500 To
each of the sisters of my mother hereinafter named that is to say
Elizabeth Dunn Rebecca Clarke and Harriett Hubbard the sum
of £1,000.
7. I BEQUEATH to my Trustees the sum of £5,000 upon trust to
invest the same in any mode of investment hereinafter authorised for
the investment of the proceeds of sale and conversion of my general
residuary estate and upon trust to pay the income of the trust funds
and investments for the time being representing the said sum of £5,000
to my cousin William Robert Reeves during his life and upon the
death of the said William Robert Reeves the trust funds and investments
then representing the said sum of £5,000 shall sink into and
become part of my residuary estate
8. I BEQUEATH the following legacies to such of the persons hereinafter
named or mentioned as shall be in my employment or service
at my death and shall not then be under notice to leave whether given
or received that is to say To J. B. Harding my Estate Steward at
Chilton the sum of £1,000 To William Becket my Head Gardener
the sum of £200 To George Holmaii the Captain of my Yacht the
sum of £200 To Ralph Simms my Head Keeper the sum of £200 To
my Valet for the time being if he shall have been in my service for at
least five years prior to my decease the sum of £200 and if he shall
have been in my service for less than five years prior to rny decease
the sum of £100 To my Head Butler at Chilton Lodge for the time
being if he shall have been in my service for at least five years prior
to my decease the sum of £200 and if he shall have been in my service
for less than five years the sum of £100 To Robert Macintosh
Head Keeper at Ralia £100 and to Arthur Hewitt Butler at
Ralia £100.

9. I BEQUEATH the following charitajgle legacies that isjojja^ to the
Savernake Hospital the sum of £500 To the Shipwrights' Company
the sum of £500 To the Missions to Seamen whose offices are now
situate at 11 Buckingham. Street Strand AV.C. the sum of £2,000 • To
the Oxford Diocesan Commission the sum of £1,000 UPON tmst to
apply the income thereof for the purpose of increasing the stipend of
the Vicar for the time being of Hungerford Parish Church JTo the
/^Trustees for the time being of the Hungerford Parish Church House
built by me the sum of £2,500
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trust to applv
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the income thereof
to or towards the maintenance and keeping in repair of the said
Church House AND I DECLARE that the re-vipt of the Treasurer or
other proper officer for the time being of any of the said Institutions
Societies or Authorities shall be a sufficient discharge for the legacy
given to such Institiition Society or Authority.
10. I DECLARE that all the legacies hereinbefore given shall be
free of duty.
11. I DEVISE and BEQUEATH all my real estate of every tenure and
whether situate in England Scotland or elsewhere AND all my
personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever not hereby
otherwise disposed of (including as well real as personal estate over
which I have any general power of appointment or disposition by
Will) UNTO and to the use of ray Trustees their heirs executors or
administrators respectively according to the nature thereof UPON
tr-ust that my Executors shall sell call in collect and convert into
money the said real and personal estate and premises at such time
or times and in such manner as they shall think fit (but as to reversionary
property not until it falls into i n unless it shall
appear to - my Trustees that an earlier sale will be beneficial) and so
that they shall have the fullest powers and discretion to postpone
the sale calling in collection or conversion of the whole or any
part or parts of the said premises (including leaseholds or other
property of a terminable or wasting nature and including also all
my shares in the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Limited and in Camniell Laird and Company Limited < during such
period as they shall think proper and to retain the same or any part

thereof in its present form of investment without being responsible
for loss. PROVIDED always that the trust for sale hereinbefore declared
shall as regards the Chilton Lodge Estate be subject to the direction
in Clause 12 hereof contained.
12. I DIRECT that my Wife shall during her life be entitled to the
personal use occupation and enjoyment of Chilton Lodge aforesaid,
together with the stables, coachhouse, gardens, pleasure grounds and
appurtenances belonging or therewith held and that while my wife
shall desire to use the said house as her residence the Chilton Lodge
Estate shall not be sold without her previous consent in writing.
13. MY Trustees shall out of the moneys to arise from the sale,
calling in, collection or conversion of my said real or personal estate
or forming part of my said personal estate, pay my funeral or testamentary
expenses and debts and the legacies bequeathed by this my
Will or any Codicil hereto and make provision for the duty on any
legacies bequeathed free of duty.
14. MY Trustees shall at their discretion invest the residue of the
said moneys in the names or under the legal control of my Trustees
in any of the modes of investment authorised by the Trustees Act
1893 including first charges registered under the Land Transfer Acts
1875 and 1897 on freehold or leasehold hereditaments in England or
in or upon the debentures debenture or rent charge or the guaranteed
or preference stock or shares of any Railway Company in Great
Britain incorporated by any Special Act of Parliament or in or upon
the stocks funds or securities of the Government of any British Colony
or Dependency and my Trustees may at such discretion as aforesaid
transpose any such, investments into others of any nature hereby
authorised.
15. MY Tmstees shall pay the income of the said trust premises
for the time being constituting or representing my residuary estate
(hereinafter referred to as my residuary estate) to my wife during her
life and so that during any coverture such income shall be for her
separate use without power of anticipation.
16. After the death of my wife my Trustees shall stand possessed
of my residuary estate in trust for all or any my children or child

who being male shall attain the age of 21 years or being female
shall attain that age or marry if more than one in equal shares
absolutely. AND if I shall not leave any child me surviving who shall
attain the age of 21 years or being female shall marry under that age
my Trustees shall stand possessed of my residuary estate in trust for
Trinity College absolutely.
17. Mr Executors and my Trustees may employ and pay a Solicitor
or any other agent to transact all the business of the trust and any
Trustee for the time being who shall be a Solicitor shall be entitled to
receive all usual professional charges and emoluments notwithstanding
his acting as such Trustee.
18. The exercise of the statutory power of appointing new Trustees
shall during the life of my wife be subject to her consent.
in
May, 1906.
whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 3rd day of
by the said SIR WILLIAM GEORGE^
PEAECE the testator as and for his last Will
and testament in the presence of us both
present at the same time who at his request / (Signed) W. G. PEARCE.
in his presence and in the presence of each j
other have hereunto subscribed our names
as Witnesses.
(Signed)
(Signed)
CHARLES DYTOX,
Chilton Lodge, Hungerford,
First Footman.
ARTHUR MARSHALL,
Chilton Lodge, Hungerford,
Second Footman.
I, SIR WILLIAM GEORGE PEARCE of Chilton Lodge, Hungerford
in the County of Berks, Baronet, HEREBY DECLARE this to be a
Codicil to my Will, which bears date the ora day of May 1906. I

HEREBY REVOKE the appointment o£ William Marshall Rhodes as
one of the Executors and Trustees of my Will AND I REVOKE the
legacy of £1,000 bequeathed by my said Will to the said William
Marshall Rhodes as an Executor and Trustee thereof, but I hereby
confirm all other gifts made by my said Will to the said William
Marshall Rhodes beneficially. AND I HEREBY APPOINT William
Henry Whaite of No. 8 Winchester Place, Highgate, in the County
of Middlesex, Esquire, to be an Executor and Trustee of my said
Will in the place of the said William Marshall Rhodes AND I DECLARE
that my said Will and all the devises bequests powers and provisions
therein contained shall be construed and take effect in all respects
as if the name of the said William Henry Whaite had been
originally inserted therein throughout in lieu of the name of the
said William Marshall Rhodes as an Executor and Trustee thereof
and I bequeath the sum of £1,000 to the said William Henry Whaite
in case he proves my Will AND in all other respects I confirm my
said Will.
9n Ii(iittms5 whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of
July 1907.
j§lJp[lTtEr by the said SIR WILLIAM GEORGE
PEARCE the testator as and for a Codicil to
his last Will in the presence of us both
present at the same time who at his request
in his presence and in the presence of each
other have hereunto subscribed our names
as Witnesses.
(Signed)
W. G. PEARCE.
(Signed)
ALBERT SILVERTHORNE,
Clerk to Messrs. Lyne & Holman, Solicitors,
5 & 6 Great Winchester Street, E.G.
(Signed) BESSIE CHAPMAN,
2 Deanery Street, Park Lane,
Parlour Maid.
[P.T.O.

I, SIR WILLIAM GEORGE PEARCE of Chilton Lodge, Hungerford,
in the County of Berks, Baronet, HEREBY DECLARE this to be a
Codicil to my last Will which bears date the 3rd day of May 1906.
I HEREBY REVOKE the legacy of £10,000 by my said Will bequeathed
to William Marshall Rhodes and I HEREBY REVOKE the bequest of
wines in my said Will contained so far only as the bequest of one
fourth part thereof in favour of the said William Marshall Rhodes is
concerned.
lit tEittUSS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of
October 1907.
by the said SIR WILLIAM GEORGE
PEAKCE the testator as and for a Codicil to
Ms last Will and testament in the presence
of us both present at the same time who at
his request in his presence and in the presence
of each other have hereunto subscribed
our names as Witnesses.
(Signed) W. G. PEARCE.
(Signed)
E. DYLEN, Lady's Maid,
2 Deanery Street, W.
(Signed) BESSIE
CHAPMAX, Parlour Maid,
2 Deanery Street, W.
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