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for, go to, and be paid and applied and received by the person or persons respectively, who, for the time being, would, under and by virtue of the trusts herein before declared, be entitled to the interest and income of the money to arise by sale thereof, if such sale or sales was or were made, and in the same manner and proportions, as he, she, or they would, in that case, be entitled to the same. And I give and bequeath all the household furniture, implements of household, wines, plate, china, linen, pictures, and prints, which shall be in and about my house at Merton at my decease, and not otherwise disposed of by this my Will, or any Codicil or Codicils which I may hereafter make, to the said Emma Lady Hamilton for her own use and benefit. Provided always, and I hereby declare it to be my will, that in case any or either of the trustees hereby nominated and appointed, or any future trustee or trustees to be appointed under this present provision in their or any of their place, shall depart this life, or be desirous of being discharged of and from the aforesaid trusts, or shall go to reside beyond seas, or shall neglect or refuse or become incapable to act in the said trusts before the said trusts shall be fully executed and performed, then and in that case, and as soon and as often as the same shall happen, it shall and may be lawful to and for the surviving or only acting trustee or trustees for the time being of the same trust, estates, monies, and premises under this my Will, or the executors or administrators of such surviving trustee, or of the last acting trustee, to nominate any fit person or persons to supply the place of the trustee or trustees respectively, so dying, desiring to be discharged, or going to reside beyond seas, or refusing, or neglecting, or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid, and that immediately after such appointment, the trust estates, monies, powers, and effects, then vested under and by virtue of this my Will in the trustee or trustees so dying, desiring to be discharged, or going to reside beyond seas, or refusing, neglecting, or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid, shall be conveyed, assigned, and transferred so and in such manner that the same may vest in such new trustee or trustees jointly with the surviving or continuing trustee of the same trust estates, monies, and premises, or solely, as the case may require, and in his, her, or their heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns upon the trusts hereinbefore expressed and declared of and concerning the same, and that every such new trustee shall have and may exercise the same powers, privileges and authorities of sale and exchange, and of giving effectual receipts, and all other powers and authorities whatsoever as if he had been appointed a trustee by this my Will, and as if

Emma Lady Hamilton as aforesaid, to hold the same unto and to the use of the said William Nelson and William Haslewood, their heirs and assigns for ever, upon trust that they the said William Nelson and William Haslewood, and the survivor of them, and the heirs and assigns of such survivor, do and shall as soon as conveniently may be after my decease, sell and dispose of the same lands and hereditaments, either together and in one lot, or in parcels and several lots, and either by public auction or private contract, as to the said William Nelson and William Haslewood, and the survivor of them, his heirs and assigns shall seem meet, and convey the same when sold unto the person or persons who shall agree to become the purchaser or purchasers thereof, and to his, her and their heirs and assigns for ever, or for such person or persons, and for such uses, ends, intents and purposes, as he, she, or they shall direct or appoint. And I hereby declare and direct that the receipt or receipts of my said trustee or trustees for the time being shall be good, valid, and sufficient acquittance and discharge, or acquittances and discharges, to the person or persons respectively, who shall agree to become the purchaser or purchasers of all or any or any part of my said lands and hereditaments hereby directed to be sold for all or any part of the money to arise by sale thereof, or for so much thereof as by such receipt or receipts respectively shall be acknowledged to be received; and that thereupon the person or persons respectively, who shall agree to become the purchaser or purchasers of all or any part of my said lands and hereditaments hereby directed to be sold, shall not be answerable or accountable for the misapplication or non-application of all or any part of the money to arise by sale of the same lands and hereditaments, after paying his, her, or their purchase-money to my said trustee or trustees for the time being, or to his, her, or their order. And I also further direct that the money to arise by sale of all or any part of my said lands and hereditaments hereby directed to be sold, shall (after a deduction of all costs and charges attending such sale or sales as aforesaid) be added to and deemed a part of the residue of my personal estate hereinbefore given and bequeathed, and follow and be subject to all the dispositions, limitations, and trusts hereinbefore declared of the same, and in increase of the primary fund for payment of my debts; and that in the meantime, and until such sale or sales shall be made, the rents, issues, and profits of my said lands and hereditaments hereby directed to be sold, or such part or parts thereof as from time to time shall remain unsold, shall be held in trust

for, go to, and be paid and applied and received by the person or persons respectively, who, for the time being, would, under and by virtue of the trusts hereinbefore declared, be entitled to the interest and income of the money to arise by sale thereof, if such sale or sales was or were made, and in the same manner and proportions, as he, she, or they would, in that case, be entitled to the same. And I give and bequeath all the household furniture, implements of household, wines, plate, china, linen, pictures, and prints, which shall be in and about my house at Merton at my decease, and not otherwise disposed of by this my Will, or any Codici or Codicils which I may hereafter make, to the said Emma Lady Hamilton for her own use and benefit. Provided always, and I hereby declare it to be my will, that in case any or either of the trustees hereby nominated and appointed, or any future trustee or trustees to be appointed under this present provision in their or any of their place, shall depart this life, or be desirous of being discharged of and from the aforesaid trusts, or shall go to reside beyond seas, or shall neglect or refuse or become incapable to act in the said trusts before the said trusts shall be fully executed and performed, then and in that case, and as soon and as often as the same shall happen, it shall and may be lawful to and for the surviving or only acting trustee or trustees for the time being of the same trust, estates, monies, and premises under this my Will, or the executors or administrators of such surviving trustee, or of the last acting trustee, to nominate any fit person or persons to supply the place of the trustee or trustees respectively, so dying, desiring to be discharged, or going to reside beyond seas, or refusing, or neglecting, or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid, and that immediately after such appointment, the trust estates, monies, powers, and effects, then vested under and by virtue of this my Will in the trustee or trustees so dying, desiring to be discharged, or going to reside beyond seas, or refusing, neglecting, or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid, shall be conveyed, assigned, and transferred so and in such manner that the same may vest in such new trustee or trustees jointly with the surviving or continuing trustee of the same trust estates, monies, and premises, or solely, as the case may require, and in his, her, or their heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns upon the trusts hereinbefore expressed and declared of and concerning the same, and that every such new trustee shall have and may exercise the same powers, privileges and authorities of sale and exchange, and of giving effectual receipts, and all other powers and authorities whatsoever as if he had been appointed a trustee by this my Will, and as if

Lis name had been inserted in this my Will, instead of the name of the trustee here by appointed in or to whose place such new trustee respectively still come or succeed. Provided always, and I hereby further declare it to be my will, that the several trustees Lereby nominated, and the trustees to be appointed by virtue of the provision last herein.before contained, and each and every of them, and the heirs, exerators, administrators, and assigns of them, each and every of them respectively, shall be charged and chargeable only for such monies as the same trustee and trustees respectively shall actually receive by virtue of the trusts hereby reposed in him and then, notwithstanding his or their, or any of their giving or signing, or joining in giving or signing, any receipt or receipts for the sake of conformity. And that he, they, any one or more of them, shall not be answerable or accountable for the other or others of them. or any or either of them, for the acts, receipts, neglects, or default of the other or others of them; but each and every of them only and respectively for his own acts, receipts, neglects, or defaults respectively; and that he, they or any of them shall not be answerable or accountable for any banker, goldsmith. broker, or other person with whom or in whose hands any part of the said trust monies shall or may be deposited, or lodged, for safe custody or otherwise in the execution of the trusts herein before contained; and that he, they, or any of them shall not be answerable or accountable for the rise and fall in the price or value of stock, or the insufficiency or deficiency in title or value of any security or securities, stocks or funds, in or upon which the said trust monies, or any part thereof, shall be placed out or invested, or of any lands and hereditaments to be purchased or taken in exchange, as aforesaid, nor for any other misfortune, loss, or damage which may happen in the execution of the aforesaid trusts, or in relation thereto, except the same shall happen by or through his or their own wilful default respectively, and then and in that case each person respectively shall singly and alone be answerable for such loss or damage as shall arise from his or her own default. And also that it shall and may be lawful to and for the trustees in this my Will named, and such future trustee or trustees to be appointed as aforesaid, and every or any of them, their and every of their heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, by and out of the money which shall come to his and their respective hands, by virtue of the trusts aforesaid, to deduct, retain, and reimburse to and for himself and themselves respectively, and also to allow to his and their co-trustee and co-trustees all costs, charges, damages, and expenses which he, they, or any of them shall or may suffer,

sustain, expend, disburse, lay out, or be put unto, in, or about the execution of the aforesaid trusts, or in relation thereunto; and that it shall and may be lawful to and for my said trustee and trustees, or either of them, in his or their discretion, to compound any debt or debts owing or to be owing to me or to my trust estate, and to accept part thereof in full of the same, or to give or allow an enlarged day for payment thereof, and also to sign the Certificate of any Bankrupt, and to pay any debt which shall be claimed to be due and owing from me in such manner and on such evidence as he or they shall think fit to admit. And that he or they shall or may refer to arbitration, or to arbitration and umpirage, any difference which in the execution of the trusts of this my Will shall or may arise between him or them and any other person or persons who shall be or is or are or shall or may claim to be a debtor or debtors to or creditor or creditors of my said trust estate, and that the award and determination which shall be made on such reference or umpirage, shall be binding and conclusive on all persons claiming any benefit under this my Will. I nominate and appoint the said William Nelson and William Haslewood to be executors in trust of this my last Will and Testament. And I revoke and annul all and every Will and and Wills, Testament and Testaments, made by me at any time or times heretofore, and declare that this present writing alone contains the whole of my last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I, the said Horatio Viscount Nelson and Duke of Bronté, have to the fourteen first sheets of this my last Will and Testament, contained in fifteen sheets of paper, set my hand, and to the fifteenth and last sheet my hand and seal, have also affixed my seal to the top of the first sheet where the several sheets are fastened together, and have executed a duplicate hereof this tenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three. NELSON AND BRONTE. (L.S.)

Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the Right Honorable Horatio Viscount Nelson and Duke of Bronté, as and for his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request, in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto, the word "uses" being first interlined over the erased word "trust" in the eighth sheet, and the word "farms" being first interlined between the words "grounds" and "lands" in the tenth sheet.

HORATIO LEGgatt,

WILLIAM SLAughter, Jun.,
HENRY FLETCHER,

Clerks to Messrs. Booth and Haslewood,

3, Craven Street, London.

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