Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1884 — A Bequest of the Marchioness of Bute. [ARTICLE]

A Bequest of the Marchioness of Bute.

The late Marchioness of Bute left a large sum of money (about £15,000) to trustees, who were directed to build several houses on a piece of land at Colinton, near Edinburgh, which were to serve as homes for poor widows or orphans of officers of the British or Indian armies. The houses are to be occupied free of rent and taxes, and they are to be kept in repair by the trustees. Six excellent houses, thoroughly well, built, in a very picturesque, old-fashioned style, have now been completed, and each has a lawn in front and a productive garden back. The site is an excellent one, being within a pleasant walk of Edin burgh and 500 feet above the sea, at the foot of the Pentland Hills. Several thousand pounds have been expended in the work. The houses will be known as thd‘ Lady Flora Hastings Home, as they have been raised in memory of that unfortunate and blameless lady by her sister.— London Truth.