“To the said Arthur Hugh Clough two thousand pounds;
“To Blanch Athena Clough two thousand five hundred pounds, and to Florence Anne Mary Clough two thousand five hundred pounds. I bequeath to each of them, the said Samuel Shore Nightingale and Louis Hilary Shore Nightingale, the sum of three thousand five hundred pounds. To each of them, Rosalind Frances Mary Nash and Margaret Thyra Barbara Shore Nightingale (daughters of my said late Cousin, William Shore Nightingale) the sum of one thousand five hundred pounds. I bequeath five hundred pounds to the said Henry Bonham Carter as a tiny sign of my gratitude for his wise and unfailing exertions in connection with our Training Schools for Nurses, and also the portraits of Sir Bartle Frere Mohl Hallam Bunsen and the Sidney Herberts. And I also give to him a further legacy of one thousand three hundred pounds for his objects, and to Joanna Frances Bonham Carter a legacy of one hundred pounds. I give to Francis Galton two thousand pounds for certain purposes and I declare that the same shall be paid in priority to all other bequests given by my Will for charitable or other purposes. I give one hundred pounds to Mary Ureth Frederica, the daughter of William Bacheler Coltman and Bertha Elizabeth Shore Coltman, his wife, and fifty pounds to each of their sons, William Hew Coltman and Thomas Lister Coltman. I bequeath three hundred pounds to J. I. Frederick, Esquire, Secretary of the Army Sanitary Commission, three hundred pounds to Sir Douglas Galton of Chester Street, London. I bequeath one hundred pounds each to Mary and Emily, daughters of the late Dr. William Farr of the General Register Office; two hundred and fifty pounds to Mother Stanislaus, Reverend Mother of the Hospital Sisters in Great Ormond Street, for her objects; one hundred pounds to John Croft, Esquire, late Instructor of the Nightingale Training School at St. Thomas’ Hospital, and two hundred and fifty pounds to the Mother Superior at the time of my death of the Devonport Sisters of Mercy. I direct my executors to purchase out of my estate an annuity of sixty pounds on the life of Miss Crossland, late ‘Home Sister’ of the Nightingale Training School at St. Thomas’ Hospital. And also an annuity of thirty pounds on the life of Miss Vincent, now Matron of St. Marylebone Infirmary. And I bequeath to each of those ladies respectively the annuity so purchased on her life absolutely: each annuity to commence from the date of my decease. I bequeath one hundred pounds to Miss Styring, now Matron of Paddington Infirmary; one hundred pounds to Miss Spencer, now Lady Superintendent of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary; one hundred pounds to Madame Caroline Werckner, who nursed the French Prisoners in the Franco-German War at Breslau (now at Lymington); one hundred pounds to the daughters of Margaret, wife of Sir Edmund Verney, in equal shares; one hundred pounds to the daughters of Frederick W. Verney (youngest son of the late Sir Harry Verney) in equal shares; Five hundred pounds to Paulina Irby of Serajevo, Bosnia, for her objects; One hundred and fifty pounds to Peter Grillage (from Balaclava) and Temperance, his wife, whose maiden name was Hatcher, now at Ridgway, Plympton, Devon, to be equally divided between them and in case one of them should predecease me the survivor to take the whole; Fifty pounds toFanny Dowding now McCarthy, formerly in my service; One hundred pounds to Robert Robinson now residing at 101 West Street, Grimsbury, Banbury; One hundred and seventy five pounds to my servant, Elizabeth Mary Coleman, if living with me at the time of my decease, and to Ellen Pearce twenty five pounds under the same condition; One hundred pounds to William Rathbone, Esquire, M.P. as a feeble sign of heartfelt gratitude for his
unbounded goodness to the cause of Trained Nursing and to me; Two hundred and fifty pounds to the said Sir William Wedderburn for certain purposes; One hundred pounds to each of my executors as an acknowledgment of his trouble in executing the provisions of my Will, in addition to any other legacy left to him. I bequeath one hundred pounds to Mr. William Yeomans of Holloway House, with thanks for his kindness to the people of Holloway for me; I leave twenty pounds for a small gold cross or crucifix to be chosen by the said Henry Bonham Carter for Miss Pringle, formerly Matron of St. Thomas’ Hospital.
“4. I give and bequeath the following specific legacies (namely), the jewels from the Queen and the bracelet from the Sultan and the other medals and Orders, together with my engraving of the ground round Sebastopol, to the Managers for the time being of the Reading Room at Herbert Hospital, or at Netley or at Aldershot or at some other place where soldiers may see them, as my executors may in their absolute discretion decide. All my prints, framed or otherwise (except those that I may otherwise dispose of), and including those of the Queen and Prince Albert given me by the Queen at Balmoral, in one thousand eight hundred and fifty six, and of Landseer’s ‘Highland Nurses’ to my executors to be distributed by them amongst the Nightingale Training Schools for Nurses and those connected with us, in such manner in all respects as my executors may in their absolute discretion decide. The framed Michael Angelo photographs, the portfolio of Venice photographs from Mrs. Bracebridge, the two lovely water colour sketches of Embley, and the copy of Turner’s ‘Rock’ by Louisa Elenor Shore Nightingale, my father’s watch and spectacles, the book case in the drawing room given me by the said William Shore Nightingale and Louisa Eleanor, his wife, the portrait of Sir John McNeill, the little Soutari clock and the box (Miss Coape’s) with all the ‘stuff’ in it, i.e. annotated in pencil by Mr. Stuart Mill and Mr. Jowett, with their letters, et cetera, upon it, to the children of the said William Shore Nightingale, living at my death, to be divided amongst them in such manner as they shall agree upon, and in default of agreement as my executors, other than the said Samuel Shore Nightingale and Louis Hilary Shore Nightingale, shall determine. The cutlery given me by the town of Sheffield and any Tallboy or book case or tall stand for papers he may choose to the said Samuel Shore Nightingale. The ‘Colas’ bronze of Sophocles, all copies of the printed three volumes entitled ‘Suggestions for Thought,’ the three volumes of Quetelet given me by Mr. Quetelet with my M. S. papers in the same parcel, and my Dante in three volumes quarto with illustrations, to the said Rosalind Frances Mary Nash. The sketch of the older Parthe to Mrs. Hawthorn, a bookcase or tallboy and the picture of the head of Christ with the Crown of Thorns (Nazarene), in my room, to the said Louis Hilary Shore Nightingale. The Titian ‘Virgin’ with the two sides of Angioletti and the (rare) cast of the Avignon Crucifix to the said Margaret Thyra Barbara Shore Nightingale. To each of them, the said Samuel Shore Nightingale and Louis Hilary Shore Nightingale, Rosalind Frances Mary Nash and Margaret Thyra Barbara Shore Nightingale, such six of my books as they shall select. The picture of Gordon in ‘The last Watch’ to the said Louisa Eleanor Shore Nightingale. The Bible given me by Pleasley to the said Frederick W. Verney. The Michael Angelo Sistine Chapel ceiling, stretched on two screen poles, and my chatelain with the blue seal ring, etc. upon it to the said Bertha Elizabeth Shore Coltman. The desk given me by Lea to Beatrice Lushington during her life, and after her death to the said Louis Hilary Shore Nightingale. The framed ‘Nile’ given me by the said Henry Bonham Carter and the Models of Highgate Infirmary and Chapel made by Patients there to Sibella, the wife of the said Henry Bonham Carter. The prints which belonged to dear Hilary, namely the Correggio ‘Magdalen’ and ‘Christ in the Garden,’ the large Michael Angelo of Isaiah (all framed), also a packet of papers of Hilary’s (in my despatch box) to be divided between Alice Bonham Carter and her sister, Elinor Dicey, or if either of them should die before me, all the said articles to the survivor, but if neither of them should survive me I direct that the said papers shall be burnt. The large framed photograph of her father, Sidney Herbert, given me by his wife, to Mary Herbert, now Baroness Hugel. The large framed Madonna di San Sisto (with a little secret between us about Gwendolen’s likeness) to Maude, wife of the said Frederick W. Verney; such of my blue books, War Office, India and Statistical and Hospital Reports and Books as he shall choose to the said J. J. Frederick, and the remainder of them to the said Sir Douglas. The volume of Prince Albert’s speeches given me by the Queen, with her autograph in the book, to the said Henry Bonham Carter. The life of the Prince Consort given me by the Queen, with her autograph in it, and the Athens photograph book given me by Emily Verney to the said Margaret Verney. The Illustrated New Testament and Prayer Book to my two little Goddaughters, Ruth, child of the said Margaret Verney, and Kathleen, child of the said Frederick W. Verney. The Roman Catholic books in English or French, some of which were given me by the Reverend Mother Clare of Bermondsey, who died in one thousand eight hundred and seventy four, to the said Mother Stanislaus; my Schiller to Miss Shalders, formerly Governess to the children of Mrs. Frederick Verney, and to Blanch Mary Shore Clough some article to be selected by her out of my personal chattels, not subject to other destinations.
“5. I give and bequeath all my remaining books, clothes, furniture, trinkets and personal chattels to my executors, requesting them thereout to give some remembrance of me to their children and to the children of my deceased friend, the said Arthur Hugh Clough the elder, and Blanch Shore Clough, his widow; the children of the said Bertha Elizabeth Shore Coltman, of the said Sir Edmund Verney, of the said Frederick W. Verney, of George Lloyd Verney and of Henry Bonham Carter and Sibella, his wife; to the widow of the said George Lloyd Verney and to Mr. Burton of Lea School. To my beloved and reverend friends, Mr. Charles H. Bracebridge and his wife, my more than mother, without whom Scutari and my life could not have been and to whom nothing that I could ever say or do would in the least express my thankfulness, I should have left some token of my remembrance had they, as I expected, survived me. I further request my executors to distribute the whole of the remainder of the said articles, including the useful furniture and books, amongst the Matrons Home Sisters, Ward Sisters, Nurses and Probationers trained by us for whom they know me to have a regard, particularly remembering the hospital of St. Thomas and of Edinburgh and the Infirmaries of St. Marylebone and Paddington, and including the successor of Miss Jones, formerly Superior of St. John’s, now at 30 Kensington Square. And I declare that the gifts hereinbefore directed or authorized to be made by my executors out of the articles aforesaid shall be entirely in the uncontrolled discretion of my executors, both as to selection of the gifts and of the donees, other than those mentioned by name.
“6. I request that all my letters, papers and manuscripts (with the exception of the papers relating to India and the other exceptions hereinbefore contained) may be destroyed without examination; also that the pencil notes in the pages of any religious books may be destroyed with the books, and I appeal to the love and feeling of my cherished friends and executors and earnestly entreat of them entirely to fulfil these my last wishes.
“7. I declare that every legacy hereinbefore given to a legatee for his (or her) objects, or for certain purposes, shall be considered in law as an absolute gift to such legatee and that every powder of appropriation, user or application, hereinbefore contained shall be exercisible by the legatee on whom the same is conferred without any liability to account for its exercise.
“8. I direct that all legacies, annuities and bequests given by this my Will or any Codicil thereto, whether pecuniary or specific, shall be free from duty, which shall be paid out of my residuary personal estate.
“9. In case any of the children of the said Arthur Hugh Clough, the father, or of the said William Shore Nightingale shall die in my lifetime, then I give and bequeath the legacy, or legacies (specific or pecuniary) hereinbefore given to such child, to his or her children (if any) who shall be living at my death and if more than one in equal shares.
“10. I devise and bequeath all the residue of my personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever and all my real estate of every tenure and wheresoever situate unto and to the use of the children of the said William Shore Nightingale who shall be living at my death, and the child or children then living of any deceased child of his absolutely, and if more than one in equal shares, but so that the children of any deceased child of his shall take equally between them only the share which their parent would have taken had he or she survived me.