LEFT TO EX-EMPLOYEES

Grey River Argus, 6 August 1937, Page 8

LEFT TO EX-EMPLOYEES

PEER’S FORTUNE. LONDON, August 1. Lord Ormathwaite, who died lasi March, left his entire property valued at £107,351, equally to Rose Spary, his former housekeeper, and the wife of his former valet and her sons, aged nine and fourteen years. Mrs. Spary says that Lord Ormathwaite was almost blind for two years. “We helped him in every way possible. He was very good to us and the Godfather of our sons, but we were unaware he was rich. He lived at the rate of £6OO yearly. Queen Mary often sent Lord Ormathwaite Christmas presents. .Last year, she visited him, and found him sitting in an invalid chair. She tucked the gift of a warm rug around him and chatted for an hour.” Mr. Spary, who is unemployed, does not expect that his wife and children will receive a farthing. He says the estate is mortgaged to the hilt. Lord Ormathwaite was unlucky in his investments and lost a large sum on the turf and at Monte Carlo. The fact that he left his mansion, with twelve servants, to live with them, was proof that he had no money.