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Will - Hon. & Rev. Charles Douglas of Earlsgift
This
is my Last Will and Testament conceiving that my
only remaining unmarried daughter Louisa Emma is by the provisions of her Aunt
Lady Charlotte Douglas will better provided for than any of my other children
and further conceiving that my married daughter Adelaide Charlotte by her
marriage to Mr Ogilby and from the circumstance of the share of the accumulated
funds received from her Aunt Lady Charlotte Douglas’s Will being so much
greater than those of the other married sister is also provided for than them I
do hereby will and bequeath to the rest of my children born of my first wife
Lady Isabella Douglas namely to my two sons William Grant and Gordon James and
also to my daughters Anne Jane Surtees Augusta ffrederica Cox Julia Mary
Montgomery Caroline Prothero whatever property I may die possessed of also
whatever sums may be out at the different Assurance Offices in which I have
insured my life with the exception of those Insurance Offices in favor of my
wife according to her Marriage Settlements and also whatever sum may be due
after my death from my Successor to the living of Donagheady for the charge on
the Glebe house to be divided between them share and share alike But in case of
my aforesaid daughter Louisa Emma marrying before my death in which case the
amount of the principal sum left and bequeathed by the Will of Lady Charlotte
Douglas would by the provisions of that Will go to my two surviving sons
William Grant and Gordon James share and share alike and conscious that in that
case and under those circumstances my two sons would be better provided for
than most of my married daughters I do in that case will and bequeath all the
property I may be possessed of all the sums due from the Assurance Offices to
which they are entitled and the sum due from my Successor for the charge on the
Glebe house to the above named daughters Anne Jane Surtees Augusta ffrederica
Cox Julia Mary Montgomery and Caroline Prothero to be divided equally among
them share and share alike But as my son
William Grant lent to me from a legacy bequeathed to him the sum of three
hundred pounds which loan I am repaying back to him by instalments I desire and
it is my will that whatever sum of that
loan remains unpaid at my death then the amount be repaid in addition to
whatever he may by this my will be entitled to further I will and bequeath to
Mrs Caroline Arabella Heath as a slight
token of grateful remembrance for past kindness conferred upon me a flat gold
watch and chain that I have been in the habit of wearing which I request may be
delivered to her and I do further express my wish and request that my brother the
Honble. Col. Douglas Pennant and my nephew Lord Aberdour will see for me the
provisions of this my last Will and Testament be carried out to the full
meaning and intention and as much as lies in their power attend to the interest
of such of my children as require their protection
Charles Douglas (Seal)
Dated the 3rd day of March 1856 Signed sealed and
delivered in the presence of us –
Arthur
J. Douglas 18 Cockspur Street London
Ed. G. Douglas Dalmally ~
Prerogative
In the Goods of the Hon. and Rev. Charles Douglas deceased.
Arthur
J. Douglas of Cockspur Street London in the County
of Middlesex in England Esq. maketh oath and saith that deponent is an
attesting witness to the last Will and Testament hereunto annexed of the Honourable and
Reverend Charles Douglas deceased saith said deceased duly executed said Will
by signing his name opposite his seal at the foot or end thereof as same now
appears and by publishing and declaring the same to be and contain his last
Will and Testament in presence of this deponent and of Edward W Douglas the
other subscribed witness thereto who with this deponent severally subscribed
their names as witnesses thereto in the presence of said deceased and of each
other all three being present at one and the same time –
Arthur J. Douglas –
Sworn this seventh day of February 1857 Before me –
Robert Higginbottom
Curate of the Parish of Templemore.
The last Will and Testament of the Honourable and Reverend Charles
Douglas late of Earlsgift in the County
of Tyrone Clerk deceased
(having and so forth) was proved in
Common form of law and probate thereof
granted by the Most Revd. Father John George and so forth unto the Honourable
Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant [in Will the Honourable Colonel Douglas Pennant]
of No. 36 Belgrave Square Middlesex one of the Executors of said Will according
to the tenor thereof he being first sworn by Requisition Saving the right of
Lord Aberdour the other Executor of said Will according to the tenor thereof
and of every person whatever Dated the sixteenth day of March 1857.
M. Keatinge
} D. Regs.
} A. J. Hawkins
Proved at London the 27th
May 1857 before the Worshipful James Parker Deane Doctor of Laws and Surrogate
by the oath of the Honourable Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant the brother one of
the Executors according to the tenor to whom Admon was granted he having been
first sworn duly to administer power reserved of making the like grant to the
Right Honourable Sholto John Douglas normally called Lord Aberdour the nephew
the other Executor according to the tenor when he shall apply for the same.
Source – PUBLIC RECORDS
OFFICE. THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Catalogue Reference: Prob 11/2251
