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Winnington

Source: The Illustrated London News, Sept. 8, 1883, p.246

Wills and Bequests

The will (dated Feb. 4, 1873), with a codicil (dated July 27, 1881), of Dame Anne Helena Winnington, formerly of Stan­ford Court, Worcestershire, but late of No. 116, Queen's-gate, who died on March 28 last, was proved on the 6th ult. by Francis Phipps Onslow and Herbert Winnington Domvile, the executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to over £14,000. The testatrix gives £2000 and certain diamonds and jewellery to her daughter, the Hon. Helena Caroline Hanbury Tracey; to the Rector and churchwardens of Stanford £650, upon trust, to apply the income in support of the elementary parochial school of the said parish, and a further sum of £500, upon trust, to apply the income in relief of the necessitous poor and in support of the clothing club of the same parish; £500 to the Rector and churchwardens of Clifton on Teme, the income to be applied in assisting the necessitous poor and in support of the elementary parochial school of the parish, and a legacy of £200 to the parish of Sapey for a similar purpose; £100 to the Worcester Infirmary; £60 to the Torquay Consumption Hospital; and legacies to her executors, god­children, and others; the furniture and effects at Stanford Court and her pearl set are made heirlooms to go with the mansion house. The residue of her property she leaves to her son, Sir Francis Salwey Winnington. The deceased was the eldest daughter of Sir C. Domvile, Bart., and the widow of Sir Thomas Edward Winnington, the fourth Baronet.