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THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF CECIL JOHN RHODES.
PART I.
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.
The sixth and last Will and Testament of Cecil John Rhodes is dated July 1st, 1899. To this are appended various codicils, the last of which was dated March, 1902, when he was on his deathbed.
The full text of the Will and its Codicils will only be published when the Will is proved in South Africa.
The following are the substantive passages of the Will so far as they have as yet been given to the public.
The Will begins:—
I am a natural-born British subject and I now declare that I have adopted and acquired and hereby adopt and acquire and intend to retain Rhodesia as my domicile[1].
(I.) His Burial Place in the Matoppos.
- ↑ Being thus domiciled in Rhodesia his estate is not subject to the death duties levied on those domiciled in England.
