West Country Wills: Dame Emma Louisa Radford, of 2 Pennsylvania-park, Exeter, widow of Sir Heynes Radford, died at Brighton on April 26, leaving £26,766 with net personalty £24,949 (Estate duty £2,509). Probate has been granted to her nephew Brian Nicholas Radford, of Lester Lodge, Well Walk, Hampstead, and Gerald H. S. Pinsent, of Treasury Chambers, Whitehall S.W. She left her residence and Gateway House, Fitzford, Tavistock, to her daughters Cecily and Ursula Mary Radford; £100 each to her grandchildren, Chloe and Audrey Jane Pinsent; £100 to the Official Trustees of the Charitable Funds, the income to be applied for the maintenance of Lydford Churchyard, and in particular the graves of the Radford family, also for maintaining and insuring the screen dividing the chancel from the rest of the church, and the stained glass windows placed as memorials to members of the Radford family: an annuity of £13 to “my faithful servant and old friend Sarah Sillick”, £50 to Fanny Tonkin, if still in her service, and the residue to her three daughters, Katherine Pinsent, Cecily and Ursula Radford.
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Referenced
GRO0082 Devonport: Audrey Jane Pinsent: 1925 – 2008
GRO0143 Devonport: Chloe Pinsent: 1920 – 2013
GRO0365 Devonport: Gerald Hume Saverie Pinsent: 1888 – 1976
GRO0555 Devonport: Katherine Kentisbeare Pinsent: 1884 – 1949