Extract of will of William IV

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"manner in all respects as she the said Lady Mary Fox notwithstanding "Coverture shall by her last Will and Testament or any Writing in the "nature thereof to be signed and published in the presence of and "attested by two or more credible Witnesses direct or appoint And in "default of such direction or appointment Then In Trust for such Child "or Children of her the said Lady Mary Fox as shall be living at her "decease as joint tenants if more than one And if there shall be no such Child then to stand possessed thereof Upon such trusts as the "same would have been subject to under or by virtue of the proviso "hereinafter contained in case the said Lady Mary Fox had "died without leaving any Child in the lifetime of His said "Majesty and the same to go and belong to the persons who in that "event would have been entitled thereto on the death of His said "Majesty And as to one other of the said last mentioned four "ninth parts or shares Upon such Trusts for the benefit of The "Right Honorable Elizabeth Countess of Erroll the Wife of The "Right Honorable William George Earl of Erroll and subject to "such powers and with such limitations over in all respects as "are hereinbefore declared with respect to one other of the same "four ninth parts or shares in favor of the said Lady Mary Fox "and as if the same were here repeated with the change of name "only but so nevertheless that in default of any such appointment "as aforesaid by the said Elizabeth Countess of Erroll or in the event "of her dying in the life time of His said Majesty her eldest Son "for the time being shall be excluded from taking any share "thereof And as to one other of the said last mentioned four "ninth parts or shares Upon such Trusts for the benefit of The "Right Honorable Lady Augusta Gordon the Wife of The "Right Honorable John Frederick Gordon commonly called Lord "John Frederick Gordon and subject to such powers and with "such limitations ever in all respects as are hereinbefore declared "with respect to one other of the same four ninth parts or shares "in favor of the said Lady Mary Fox and as if the same "were here repeated with the change of name only but so nevertheless "that in default of any such appointment as aforesaid by the said "Lady Augusta Gordon or in the event of her dying in the lifetime "of His said Majesty her eldest Son of her first Marriage shall be 3