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Wills and Bequests: Archer

The will (dated June 23, 1881) of Mr. Clement Robert Archer, formerly, Captain 4th Dragoon Guards, but late of Hampton, who died on May 12 last at Arcachon, France, was proved on the 21st ult. by Fulbert Wright Archer, and Clement William Archer, the sons, the acting executors, the value of the personal estate being upwards of £37,000. The testator leaves to his wife, Mrs. Eliza Archer, £300 and all his household furniture and effects; legacies to his three eldest sons; and the residue of his real and personal estate, upon trust, for his wife for life or widowhood, and then for all his sons in equal shares.

Source: The Illustrated London News, No.2256—Vol. LXXXI, Saturday, July 29, 1882, p.128