RECORD: Darwin, George Howard. [ny].09.04. Emma's Property. CUL-DAR262.11.15-16. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2023. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR262.11 contains loose papers from Account books, book sale profits, savings, etc.
These papers were sent to Osbert John Radcliffe Howarth in August 1940. Howarth was the curator of Down House from 1929-1954. Howarth, O. J. R. and E. K. Howarth. [1933.] A history of Darwin's parish: Downe, Kent. With a foreword by Sir Arthur Keith. Southampton: Russell & Co. Text A540
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W. E. D & G. H. D Executors
W. E. D, G. H. D & Emma D trustees & guardians
To sell land except Down, wh. is to be left to Emma D. for life rent free
Whole Income to E. D for life
£500 to E. D immediately
The £10,000 in Settlement after E. D's death Equally amongst children
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upon trust that W. E. D & GHD shall raise out of the trust moneys (includg. the £10,000 in the settlement) £12000 for each child — the residue equally amongst the sons children of deceased children to take parents share
The advance to W. E. D to be taken as £13000 i.e Claythorpe £8500 + bank £4500
Daughters shares to vested in the Trustees of the will to pay int in to daughter to be kept & after their deaths as they shall appt & on marriage to be settled as the Trustees shall settle
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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