The Mary Murray Trust

• Reference:GB 1487 WS/6/3/5
• Dates of Creation:1880 - ongoing
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
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• Scope and Content

  From: The History of the Society of Writers to HM Signet [Edinburgh, 1890]:
  In 1880, under the trust settlement of Miss Mary Murray,
  who resided in Dysart, a bequest of £34,000 became vested in
  the keeper, deputy keeper, and commissioners of the signet, as
  trustees for the establishment of a hospital for the education of
  girls of respectable, poor parentage, to be household servants.
  Along with the keeper and deputy keeper, six of the commissioners
  are appointed directors of the hospital. The practical work of
  this charity [was] carried on in the hospital premises at Prestonpans,
  which [were] held by the directors on lease.