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An Act to confirm and give effect to a vesting deed and trust instrument relating to the Chevening Estate and other property, and for purposes connected therewith.
[9th July 1959]
Whereas by a vesting deed (in this Act referred to as “the vesting deed”) dated the twelfth day of May nineteen hundred and fifty–nine and made between The Right Honourable James Richard Earl Stanhope (in this Act referred to as “the Settlor”) of the one part and Coutts and Company of the other part the freehold property therein described (consisting of Chevening House in the County of Kent and certain lands held therewith) was declared to be vested in the Settlor in fee simple upon the trusts declared in a trust instrument of even date therewith:
And whereas by the trust instrument set out in the Schedule to this Act (in this Act referred to as “the trust instrument”), being the trust instrument referred to in the vesting deed, the said freehold property and the chattels, investments, moneys and other property therein mentioned were declared to be settled upon the trusts and subject to the powers and provisions set out in that instrument:
And whereas it is expedient that the vesting deed and the trust instrument (in so far as they would otherwise not have had effect) should have effect by the authority of Parliament:
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C1Act amended by Chevening Estate Act 1987 (c. 20, SIF 57), s. 3(2)(a)
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