£250,000 BY CHANCE.

Bruce Herald, Volume L, Issue 13, 16 February 1914, Page 4

£250,000 BY CHANCE.

CHARITY WINDFALL. Tho death of a Harrow School boyMr Ceoffrev Charles Ansell, who was heir to a ,£300,000 estate, has resulted in an unexpected windfall of about £2/30,000 tu "London charities. Mr Ansel I was injured while tobogganing on tho Cresta Run in Switzerland two years ago and has just died in London from the effects of tho accident. - Ho was only 17, and t'ho provisions made by the la to Mr Charles Ansell in the event of his sou dying a minor become operative. Briefly, they are that tho estate is to be realised for the benefit of hospitals and other institutions in London, subject t () bequests to relatives and friends and the payment of certain annuities (including one of £2OOJ to Mrs Ansell). Tho bequests specifically mentioned in the will iucludo tho following: £50,000 to King Edward's Hospital Fund. £25,000 to the National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children. £25,000 to the Koyal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. £IO,OOO each to Charing Cross, St. Thomas', St. Bartholomew's, Cuy's, St. Ceorgo's, "Westminster, Middlesex, and London Hospitals. £-1000 each to IS other hospitals. Should any sums remain after the specific bequests have been paid the trustees are empowered to devote them to any charitable. objects they may think proper. Mr Charles Ansell'ft fortune recalls a romance of the South African gold mining boom in 1895. At that time Mr Ansell was a member of, the firm of Ansell, Mankiewicz 'and Tollerman, which reaped large profits from the boom. Mr Ansell lived in Sloane Street, and in 1905 he purchased Minster House, Harpcnden, Hertfordshire, as a conntry residence. Tho transaction had hardly been completed when lie died at the age of 45. The son was a ward in Chancery.