MARK DIXON (1859-1942)
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Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the
Parish of Wortley-de-Leeds in the County of York.
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Age:
23 21
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Father’s name and surname:
James Dixon Samuel Baldwin
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Witnesses: Tom
Dixon, Elizabeth Ellen Maudaby
Death in the Sub-district of Leeds South in
the County Borough of Leeds.
When and where died:
41A Tong Road UD
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Age:
83 years
Occupation:
Butcher (retired)
Cause of death:
I(a)
Carcinoma of Tongue
II Cachexia
Certified by J A Kelly MB
Signature, description and residence of informant:
A Dixon
Son
In attendance
4 Rosemount Terrace
Leeds
When registered:
THIS
IS THE LAST WILL
-of me-
MARK DIXON of 41a Tong Road Wortley in the City of Leeds Gentleman.
1. I APPOINT my son Albert
Dixon my grandson Mark Dixon and my friend William Bateson of Leeds aforesaid Solicitor
(hereinafter called "my Trustees") to be the Executors and Trustees
of this my Will.
2. I GIVE all my plate linen
china glass books pictures furniture and other household effects unto my son the said Albert Dixon absolutely.
3. I GIVE the following
pecuniary legacies free from legacy duty namely:-
TO my
sister Sarah Norwood the sum of two hundred pounds.
TO Annie
Dixon the widow of my late son William Roberts Dixon the sum of one hundred
pounds.
TO my late wife's sister
Emma Lofthouse provided that she shall be living at
the date of my death the sum of one hundred pounds.
TO
Clarence Shaw Thornton Howe the sum of fifty pounds.
TO the
said William Bateson the sum of fifty pounds.
TO Nellie
Dixon the widow of my late son James Dixon the sum of one hundred pounds.
TO my friend James Heslop of 14 Fearnley Street Wortley aforesaid the sum of twenty five pounds.
4. I GIVE one thousand two
hundred ordinary shares of one pound each in the company known as The Leeds
Consumers Ice and Cold Storage Company Limited to my said son Albert Dixon
absolutely and three hundred of such shares in the same company to the said
Clarence Shaw Thornton Howe
absolutely both such gifts to be free
from legacy duty.
5. I GIVE DEVISE BEQUEATH
AND APPOINT all the rest residue and remainder of my estate both real and
personal unto my Trustees UPON TRUST to sell call in and convert into money the
same or such part thereof as shall not consist of money and with and out of the
moneys produced by such sale calling in and conversion and with and out of my
ready money to pay the before mentioned legacies my funeral and testamentary
expenses and debts all death duties and the costs of proving this my will and
the expenses incidental to the realisation of my estate AND shall stand possessed
of the clear residue thereof UPON TRUST to divide the same into two equal parts
or shares AND as to one of such equal parts or shares I GIVE the same to my son
Albert Dixon absolutely AND as to the other of such equal parts or shares I
GIVE the same to my grandson the said Mark Dixon and my granddaughter Doris
Davies absolutely and in equal shares.
6. PROVIDED ALWAYS that if
any or either of them my said son Albert Dixon and my said grandson and
granddaughter the said Mark Dixon and Doris Davies shall die in my lifetime
leaving issue who shall attain the age of twenty one years
then and in such case such issue shall take and if more than one equally
between them the share which his her
or their parent would have taken if such parent had survived me.
7. I DECLARE that my
Trustees may postpone the sale calling in 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 decease 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 to the person or persons and in the manner to
whom and in which the income of the proceeds of such sale and conversion would
for the time being be payable or applicable under this my Will if such sale and
conversion had been actually made.
8. AND IT IS MY DESIRE that
the said William Bateson who is my solicitor shall continue to act as such in
all matters relating to my property and affairs and shall make the usual
professional charge AND I DIRECT that he shall notwithstanding his acceptance
of the office of Trustee and Executor of this my Will and acting in the
execution thereof be entitled to make the same professional charges and to
receive the same pecuniary emoluments and remuneration for all business done by
him and all attendances time and trouble given or bestowed by him in or about
the execution of the trusts and powers of my Will or the management and
administration of my trust estate both real and personal as if he had not been
a Trustee or Executor but had been employed by my Trustees as their Solicitor
and he shall be entitled to retain out of my trust/estate or be allowed by and
to receive from his Co-Trustees out of the same estate the full amount of such
charge any rule of equity to the
contrary notwithstanding.
AND LASTLY it is my wish and
desire that my remains shall be cremated.
IN WITNESS whereof I have
hereunto set my hand this 5th day of November
One
thousand nine hundred and forty two.
MARK DIXON
SIGNED by the said Mark
Dixon the Testator as and for his last Will 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.
John Anthony Kelly Marjorie Dove,
97 Armley
Ridge Road, Cashier with Wm.Bateson & Co.
LEEDS.12. Solicitors,
28, Park Square,
Medical Practitioner LEEDS.1
