(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Scholarships for American students at Oxford and Cambridge and scholarships for British students at Harvard and Yale, will be established through the fund left by Lady Henry, widow of Sir Charles Solomon Henry, who died last week.
The sum available for the purpose estimated from £150,000 to double that amount ($727,500 to $1,455,000), makes the bequest the largest of its kind made in this country since the establishment of the Cecil Rhodes Fund. The fund will be administered by twelve trustees, each of the four universities appointing three.
The scholarship fund will be known as the “Charles and Julia Henry Fund.” The only condition imposed is that it shall be used for the encouragement of the education in America of British subjects and in England of American citizens.
The chief family beneficiary under the will is Lady Henry’s sister, Mrs. Martin Vogel of New York, who receives a large sum of money and jewelry and other personal effects. To Martin Vogel is left all Lady Henry’s personal papers and books, while her two other sisters, Miss Irene Lewisohn and Mrs. Alice Crowley, will benefit substantially.
Bequests to London charities amount to $90,000, including $50,000 to St. Thomas’s Hospital.
Ten thousand dollars is bequeathed to Sir Thomas and Lady Carey Evans, son-in-law and daughter of former Premier Lloyd George.
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