‘Genteel’ spinster leaves museum £2m in her will – The Herald
Thursday, March 13th, 2008‘Genteel’ spinster leaves museum £2m in her will
An unassuming pensioner who spent much of her life browsing at Scotland’s National Museum has surprised officials by leaving the institution £2m in her will. Adele Stewart, a spinster who lived a modest life in a terrace house in Edinburgh, died aged 79 in 2006. (more…)
