BEQUESTS TO MAID.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 110, 19 February 1935, Page 8

BEQUESTS TO MAID.

"COMFORTABLE OLD AGE." ;i V tV'<iji: ; •■.'■ . ' I'". ' * Alexandra Baroness Weardale, of Carlton Gardens, St. James', London, and of Weardale Manor, Bearsted, Chart, Kent, of Baron Wear dale, and formerly widow of Count Matliieii Tolstoy, has left estate of the gross value of .£112,570. Lady Weardale left to her "dear and faithful maid; Kate Collins, who surrounded me with care and affection 'for which I cannot he too grateful," ' £l5O, all her clothes, including a sable coat, and an annuity of £3OO, "as it is my wish she should have a very comfortable life, free of all cares and Avorries." "I do this as proof of my affection for her and my great gratitude for the never ceasing loying attentions she showed me during my life. Nothing I have done for her can equal Hvhat she ha:s done for me and it is "only my duty to ensure to her a comfortable old age. "It is also my wish that she should he given time to decide where she will live, and the hotel bill incurred ''in this respect should be paid out of my estate."" Miss Collins is also to receive a year's wages. ■The- residue of the property goes to 'Lady Weardale's nephew, the Earl of Stanhope. Miss Collins, ,who was lately staying with her sister in Portsmouth, is a frail, grey-haired woman in her fifties. She said that she will return to Loiidon "to spend a comfortable old age.",