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LADY ROE, of Litchurch, Derby, who died on July 31, age 64 (wife of
Sir Thomas Roe, M.P.), left estate valued at £41,503 gross, with net
personalty £41,159.
She left the residue of her estate upon trust for
her husband for life, with remainder, subject to his interest, to her
children or their issue in equal shares.
In the event of failure of
issue, then the testatrix left her estate upon trust for her
, for life;
and subject to his interest, she bequeathed £5,500 to
the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary for the purpose of endowing five beds in
memory of herself, ,
, and Elizabeth
Greenwood;
£5,000 to the Governors of , for
founding a scholarship or scholarships in connexion with some branch of
mechanical engineering;
£1,000 to the Corporation of Derby for the
purpose of erecting within two years of the death of the survivor of her
residuary legatees a fountain and drinking trough for horses and dogs,
either near to the Midland Railway Station or the Market-place;
£3,000
to the Railway Servants’ Orphanage, Derby; £2,000 to the Railway
Benevolent Institution; £1,000 to the National Lifeboat Institution;
£1,000 to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals;
£500 each to the Middlesex Hospital for the upkeep of the cancer ward,
the , the Derby Home of Rest, and the Children’s
Hospital, Derby.
The residue of the estate was left to the Railway
Servants’ Orphanage, Derby,
The Railway Benevolent Institution, and the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary.
The Times, Thursday, Sep 16, 1909, page 13, issue
39066, col D
Background Notes
"cousin, W. Kirtley" - this was
William Kirtley, son of
Thomas Kirtley, brother of Emily's father. Thomas had died at the age of 37, from a brain
tumour. Both he and William were railway engineers.
"Matthew Kirtley" - Emily's father. Matthew had been a
well-known railway engineer. One of his goods engines was
shown at the Great Exhibition.
"Ann Kirtley" - Emily's mother.
"Owens College, Manchester" -
John Owens, a Manchester cotton merchant and Non-Conformist,
left most of his fortune for the establishment of a college
which would be independent of the Church of England. The college
ultimately developed into the Victoria University of Manchester.
"Surgical Aid Society" - founded in 1862 to provide surgical
aids (artificial limbs, trusses, ear trumpets, leg irons and
boots) to people who could not afford to buy them.