Fountain

Mary Gray Ratray

Inscription

Erected in memory and at the cost of Miss Mary Gray Ratray of 41 Tavistock Square London who died on the 6th July 1873.
Edwin Bedford Esq. and Charles Jellicoe Esq. - Executors

Not 'loving memory', nor 'grateful memory', no terms of affection at all. Either these executors never knew Miss Ratray or they knew her too well. Researching Miss Ratray we found little information, other than some serious doubts over the way in which her estate was distributed. See Bedford's page for the details.

Site: Mary Gray Ratray (1 memorial)

W11, Holland Park Avenue

The fountain was restored in February 1993 and again in 1997.

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Mary Gray Ratray

Miss Mary Gray Ratray of 41 Tavistock Square. Died St Pancras leaving a legac...

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Edwin Bedford

Co-executor, with Charles Jellicoe, to Mary Gray Ratray who died in 1873. He ...

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Charles Jellicoe

Co-executor, with Edwin Bedford, to Mary Gray Ratray who died in 1873. Lived ...

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