THE WILL OF JAMES SMITHSON. 



I JAMES SMITHSON Son to Hugh, first Duke of Northumberland, & 

 Elizabeth, Heiress of the Hungerfords of Studley, & Niece to Charles 

 the proud Duke of Somerset, now residing in Bentinck Street, Caven- 

 dish Square, do this twenty -third day of October, one thousand eight 

 hundred and twenty-six, make this my last Will and Testament: 



I bequeath the whole of my property of every nature & kind soever 

 to my bankers, Messrs. Drummonds of Charing Cross, in trust, to be 

 disposed of in the following manner, and I desire of my said Execu- 

 tors to put my property under the management of the Court of 

 Chancery. 



To John Fitall, formerly my Servant, but now employed in the 

 London Docks, and residing at No. 27, Jubilee Place, North Mile end, 

 old town, in consideration of his attachment & fidelity to me, & the 

 long & great care he has taken of my effects, & my having done but 

 very little for him, I give and bequeath the Annuity or annual sum of 

 One hundred pounds sterling for his life, to be paid to him quarterly, 

 free of legacy duty & all other deductions, the first payment to be 

 made to him at the expiration of three months after my death. I have 

 at divers times lent sums of money to Henry Honore Sailly, formerly 

 my Servant, but now keeping the Hungerford Hotel, in the rue Cau- 

 martin at Paris, & for which sums of money I have undated bills or 

 bonds signed by him. Now, I will & direct that if he desires it, these 

 sums of money be let remain in his hands at an Interest of five per 

 cent, for five years after the date of the present Will. 



To Henry James Hungerford, my Nephew, heretofore called Henry 

 James Dickinson, son to my late brother, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry 

 Louis Dickinson, now residing with Mr. Auboin, at Bourg la Reine, 

 near Paris, I give and bequeath for his life the whole of the income 

 arising from my property of every nature & kind whatever, after the 

 payment of the above Annuity, & after the death of John Fitall, that 

 Annuity likewise, the payments to be made to him at the time of the 

 interest or dividends becomes due on the Stocks or other property 

 from which the income arises. 



Should the said Henry James Hungerford have a child or children, 

 legitimate or illegitimate, I leave to such child or children, his or their 

 heirs, executors, & assigns, after the death of his, or her, or their Father, 



