IMMENSE WEALTH
LADY HOUSTON’S WILL DECLARED INVALID Whole Fortune Left to Intimate Friend. Press Association—Copyright. (Received 11.50 a.m.) London, Marell 14. The Sunday Dispatch says that the will made by Lady Houston, whose love for England was well known throughout the Empire, has been discovered. It was made out in favour of a woman w’ho predeceased ner ant: is, therefore, invalid. A search has begun for a later will The Australian Press Assocvition states: invalid will of Lady Houston, whose death occurred re-’ centjLy, was made in 1930. She left the whole of her fortune to the late Miss Julian Hoare, of Hampstead, an aunt of Sir Samuel Hoare, and an intimate friend. It says that if no oth er will is found the estate of 000 will be divided among survivin'..’ relatives.
f ‘Miss Hoare secretly distributed large sums on Lady Houston’s behalf, which was the reason why ’the fortune was smaller than was anticipated.”
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 383, 15 March 1937, Page 5
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