WILLS AND BEQUESTS.
The will of Rosetta Sophia Lady Lushington was proved, in the London Court, on the 3rd ult. Her Ladyship was the relict of Lieutenant-General Sir James Law Lushington, G.C.B., formerly chairman of the Hon. East India Company and M.P. for Petersfield, Hastings, and Carlisle, who died in 1859. Her Ladyship died at her residence, Dorset-square, on May 15, 1867, aged eighty-nine. Her will is dated Oct. 3, 1863; and probate was granted to the surviving executor, Edmund Smith, Esq., banker, of North Ferriby, Yorkshire. The other executor appointed was Major-General Duncan Sim (since deceased). The personalty was sworn under £5000. Her Ladyship has left several legacies to relatives and friends and to her servants. To the wife of the Right Hon. Sir Stephen Rumbold Lushington, P.C., of Norton Court, her late husband’s brother, she leaves her diamond and ruby hoop ring. To Edmund Smith, her executor, she leaves her books and £100. To her niece, Sophia D. Lushington, her writing-desk and album. Her late husband’s uniforms, accoutrements, decorations, ribbons, orders, and medals she divides amongst her nephews, with a request that the medals descend to their eldest representatives. To her butler, who had given his undivided attention to her since her widowhood, a legacy of £100. The residue of her property, including the rent due from the estate at Murston, she leaves to her nephew Franklyn Lushington absolutely.