Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 202, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1910 — DISCLOSURES OF A WILL [ARTICLE]

DISCLOSURES OF A WILL

Prominent London Barrister Found to ~Have Been Wedded to His Servant for Many Years. One of the most unusual romances in many years was unfolded in London recently by the death of Arthur Joseph Munby, a prominent barrister of Fig Tree Court, 83 years old. His will disclosed the fact that for more than thirty-seven years he was wedded to Hannah Cullwick, a servant, and though the world did not know of the union, he was devoted to her and she had as her highest ambition to serve him and cook for him. He spent many

months of each year witlf her in Shift nal, and her relatives knew of the wedding, but his relatives were ignorant of the marriage. So devoted was Munby that he wrote verse to her. she did not care for books and learning and she had no comprehension of the vast learning of her husband or his wealth. She did not want to be dependent upon him and was accustomed practically all her life to work ouL Munby had ample means to support her luxuriously, but she did not want to live in London, hating the city. Munby’s business required him to spend part of the year there, but the remainder of the time was devoted to his wife. She died a few months before him, at the age of 84, but Munby did not change his will in which re referred to her as a servant and said of her: “Hannah,has always refused and still refuses to have the position which as my wife she might and could have had, and has always insisted, and still insists, on being my servant as well as my wife, her one grievance being that she cannot be my only servant, and whereas owfeg chiefly to this noble and unselfish resolve of hers 1 have never been able to make known of my said marriage to my family, or to the world at large, and the same is known only to her kindred and three of my most intimate college friends, of whom Robert Spencer Borland knows the full circumstance? anc knows her personally.”—New York Press.