A DUDLEY IRON MASTER’S BEQUEST: The executors of the will dated 5th December 1899, of Mr. Henry Persehouse Parkes, of Daresbury, Malvern, J.P., and of Henry Persehouse Parkes and Co. Limited., Dudley, ironmaster, who died on the 17th May last, aged 69 years, and whose estate has been valued at £83,965 Is. Id. gross, with net personality of the value of £58,820 15s.6d., are Harold Smith of Coventry; Alfred W. Hickman, of Wolverhampton; and Richard Alfred Pinsent of Birmingham, to each of whom the testator bequeathed £105; to his wife, £500, his consumable stores, the use and enjoyment of his household effects, and an annuity during her widowhood of £500 or in the event of her re-marriage £250 a year for the remainder of her life. Mr. Parkes, having provided for his brother Persehouse made no further provision for him. He bequeathed to his sister Harriet a life annuity of £50: to his sister, Elizabeth Kerr, a life annuity of £100; and to Thomas Gough, of Dudley, a legacy of £52 10e. The testator left his residuary estate in trust for his children, if any, but in the event of failure of this trust an annuity of £100 is to be paid after the death of his sister, Elizabeth Kerr, to his nephew, Gordon Kerr, and the ultimate residue of the testator’s estate to be in trust to found the “Persehouse Pensions” for aged and distressed persons of the middle and upper classes resident for ten years in the counties of Stafford or Worcester. The executors have authority to reconstruct Henry Persehouse Parkes and Co. Limited, and to act as directors, therefore.
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948