A DROP IN THE OCEAN
■ BEQUEST TO REDUCE WAR DEBT. The will and four codicils of Sir M ilSo n Mappin, of Thorn bury, Sheffield, the third baronet, having been proved. Sir Wilson Mappin was a former chairman of the Sheffield Gas Company, and a liberal supporter of the hospitals and other philanthropic institutions in Sheffield. His estate, so far as at present can be ascertained, is of the gross value of £448.338, with not personalty of £406,874. 'He left legacies to many old servants, his moors at Moscar and ■White Path to his daughter and sou-in-law, Mr and Mrs John Withers, Thornburv Estate, and the contents of the mansion to Lady Mappin for life, and at her death the trustees of the Mappin Art Gallery aro to have the choice ot pictures. . , . , After making certain provisions lor Lady Mappin. his daughter, and other members of the family, ho left all tho residue of his estate to the Imperial Treasury for reduction of the National Debt incurred for tho purposes of tho recent war.
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Evening Star, Issue 19063, 5 October 1925, Page 8
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174A DROP IN THE OCEAN Evening Star, Issue 19063, 5 October 1925, Page 8
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