Statesman’s Unexpected Legacy: The Pynsent bequest, which made Pitt master of £3,000 a year, was totally unexpected. He had never seen Sir William Pynsent, and had no reason to look for anything from him. More than one of our statesmen, notably Burke, has received a legacy through the cancelling of “paper” in the hands of a richer friend at death or the forestalling of a legacy by a present during life. In our own times legacies to John Redmond and to Keir Hardie were entirely creditable to the recipients.
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