McDaniel College in Maryland has announced that it is to receive around $6.7 million from the estate of a former alumnus. The donation will be the largest financial bequest the college has ever received, and will be used to set up an endowment for scholarships.
Art historian Sir Denis Mahon provided in his will that £100 million worth of Italian Baroque masterpieces be left to the nation, according to a BBC report this week.
The 57 paintings were, at the time of his death, on long-term loan to galleries and museums around the UK. The loan was made on the condition that no charge was levied for admission and that the paintings were not sold. The bequest has been made on the same conditions.
The people of Malahide in North Dublin are set to benefit from a substantial bequest by former resident Patrick Michael Gaffney, reports the Herald.ie.
Mr Gaffney, who died last year, left €1.5m in his will to secure the future of a local tourist attraction - the Fry Model Railway - and Malahide's historic Casino building.
A bell ringer from Suffolk has left a bequest of £120,000 in his will to his local church to ensure that the tradition of bell ringing can continue there, reports the BBC.
Marshall University in West Virginia has received a $721,000 bequest from the estate of Huntington businessman J. Robert “Bob” Fletcher to fund the engineering professorship bearing his name.
