THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me HENRY FRED HANN of 139
Victoria Road North, Southsea in the City of Portsmouth Physician ana Surgeon,
1. I HEREBY REVOKE all former Wills and testamentary dispositions made by me.
2. I DIRECT that my body shall be cremated at the nearest Crematorium and the ashes buried at Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth and my funeral shall be conducted very quietly and simply.
3. I APPOINT my wife ELLEN
SCOTT HANN and my brother-in-law TOM SCOTT FOSTER of 50 Bembridge Crescent, Southsea aforesaid Dental Surgeon (hereinafter called
"my Trustees") to be EXECUTORS and TRUSTEES of this my Will.
4. I GIVE the following legacies to be paid free of duty namely:-
(a) TO my wife the said Ellen Scott Hann the sum of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS to be paid out of the first moneys coming to the hands of my Trustees.
(b) TO my brother-in-law the said Tom Scott Foster the sum of FIFTY POUNDS if he shall act as Executor and
Trustee of this my Will.
(c) TO my brother-in-law Henry Fido of Langport, Somerset the sum of FIFTY POUNDS.
(d) TO Mrs. Barge of Newtown, Yeovil the sum of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS.
(e) TO Frederick J Webber the sum of FIFTY POUNDS. (f) TO my sister Louisa Luff of Southgate, London the sum of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS and if she shall die in my lifetime I GIVE the said sum of Two hundred pounds to her husband G Luff.
(g) TO my sister Emma Hann of Sherborne, Dorset the sum of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS,
(h) TO my sister Bessie Walters of Sherborne, aforesaid the sum of TWO HUNDRED POUNDS
(i) TO Miss Winnie Simms and Miss Annie Whittle of 12 Princes Street, Cavendish Square, London W the sum of FIFTY POUNDS each.
(j) TO the Yeatman Hospital, Sherborne aforesaid the sum of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS in memory of my old association with Sherborne and the Wesleyan Sunday School there in my early youth AND I DECLARE that the receipt of the Treasurer for the time being of the said Hospital shall be a sufficient discharge
for the said legacy.
5. I GIVE all my household furniture, plate, linen, china, glass, books, pictures, prints, jewellery, curios, trinkets and other household effects and ornaments, to my said wife absolutely. I also give to her absolutely all my shares of whatever denomination, debentures, stock or other holding in any public or private company at the time of my death.
6. I DEVISE my freehold house being Number 139 Victoria Road North, Southsea aforesaid to my said wife absolutely
7. I GIVE DEVISE AND BEQUEATH all the rest, residue and remainder of my real and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever situate of or to which I shall be seised possessed or entitled or over which I shall have any power of disposition by Will at the time of my death unto my Trustees UPON TRUST that my Trustees shall
sell, call in and convert into money the same, or such part thereof as shall not consist of money and shall with and out of my ready money and the money produced by such sale, calling in and conversion, pay my funeral and testamentary expenses, death duties and
debts and the legacies bequeathed by this my Will or any Codicil hereto and shall invest the residue of the said moneys with power for my Trustees from time to time at their discretion to vary the said investments and shall stand possessed of the residuary trust, moneys and the investments for the time beirig representing the same IN TRUST to pay the income thereof to my said wife Ellen Scott Hann during her life and after her death upon the
trusts following that is to say:-8. UPON TRUST to realise such parts of my residuary estate as shall not oonsist of money and to pay the proceeds thereof and of my residuary estate (hereinafter called "my trust fund") to the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the City of Portsmouth acting as the Local Education Authority (hereinafter oalled "the said Authority") for the purpose of assisting any boys or girls who shall distinguish themselves as scholars in any school under the control of the said Authority to oontinue their education at one of the Universities or any College affiliated to a University AND I EXPRESSLY authorise and request the said Authority:- (a) TO pay and apply the income of my trust fund at such time or times in such amount or amounts and to such person or persons as the said Authority shall for the time being determine
(b) TO vary revoke or suspend such payments from time to time in order to meet
the special requirements of each case, as it is my wish that each case shall be treated separately on its merits and that the amount of any allowance shall not be fixed for all cases.
(c) IN the event of the income in any year not being allotted and used I wish the said Authority to retain or accumulate such income and either to invest the same or any part thereof or to apply the same in augmentation of the income in subsequent years.
(d) IF it shall appear to the said Authority that the "income
of my trust fund is not required for the purposes aforesaid then I AUTHORISE and REQUEST the said Authority to use and apply the
income of my trust fund for the purpose of assisting any deserving young man or woman to enter upon a professional career in which he or she is likely to be a credit to his or her school
and town it being my wish that the said Authority shall use the income of my trust fund for this purpose if it considers that the fund would be so put to better advantage owing to lack of deserving scholars for the first named purpose.
(e) THE two purposes above mentioned may be put into operation at the same time at the discretion of the said Authority,
(f) MY trust fund shall be called and known as "Dr.Hann's Trust".
(g) THE receipt of the Treasurer for the tiire being of the Corporation of
Portsmouth shall be a sufficient discharge for any moneys paid by my Trustees under this clause.
9. I EMPOWER my Trustees
notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained at their discretion to continue all or any part of my personal estate in the state or upon the investments in or upon which the same shall be at the time of my death, however doubtful or hazardous or limited, the description or nature of the property or investments may be.
10. I DECLARE that the power of appointing new trustees conferred by statute shall for the purposes of this my Will be vested in my said wife during her life.
11. I DECLARE that my Trustees may postpone the sale and conversion of any part of my real and personal estate for so long as they shall think fit and that the rents profits and income to accrue from and after my death of and from such part of my estate as shall for the time being remain unsold and unconverted shall after payment thereout of all incidental expenses and outgoings be paid and applied as though it were the income of my said residuary estate. IN WITNESS whereof I have to this and the three preceding pages set my
hand this eighteenth day of August one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven H.F.HANN
SIGNED by the said Henry Fred Hann the Testator as and for his last Will and testament in the presence of us both being present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the
presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses..
E.Dines and E.Pitt (derks to Messrs.G.H.King & Franckeiss, Solicitors, Portsmouth.)