Alice Eleanor Lewis of The Parade, Carmarthen, co. Carm.,
- CB6/44.
- File
- 1866-1936.
Original bundle of papers relating mainly to the trust fund of Mrs Alice Eleanor Lewis (d. 4 April 1927) of Dyffryn, The Parade, Carmarthen, comprising deeds, 1866-1936, including the pre nuptial settlement of Rev. David Lewis of Llandygwydd, co. Carm., and Alice Eleanor Jones of Aberystwyth, 1866, which established the trust fund; correspondence, 1923-1932, relating mainly to the distribution of the fund; estate and succession duty papers, 1927; executors accounts and bills of costs, 1927; and case for the opinion of counsel concerning alleged wrongful distribution of the said fund, 1929. The fund was distributed among the surviving next-of-kin 'per stirpes' as per the Administration of Estates Act, 1925, rather than 'per capita' as per the legislation in force at the establishment of the trust. Mrs B[lanche] J[uliet] H[ope] Roberts of Brongenau, Llandre, was the personal representative of F.R. Roberts, dec., the last surviving trustee of Mrs Lewis's trust. Original label marked 're. Mrs A. E. Lewis Trust'.