Chevening Estate Act 1959

I. Interpretation. U.K.

1 U.K. In this Deed the following expressions shall have the following respective meanings that is to say:—

(a) “The Settlor” shall mean the said Earl Stanhope

(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

[F2 (c) “The Board”shall mean the Board of Trustees of the Chevening Estate (constituted by section 1(1) of the Chevening Estate Act 1987)]

(d) “The Chevening Estate” shall mean all the lands tenements and hereditaments (including Chevening House) described in the First Schedule hereto

(e) “Chevening House” shall mean the mansion house known as Chevening House in the County of Kent

(f) “The Specified Land” shall mean all that part of the Chevening Estate which is described in the Second Schedule hereto

(g) “The Chevening Trust Fund” shall mean and include [F3 (i) so much of the property, rights, liabilities and obligations transferred to the Board by the Chevening Estate Act 1987 as constituted the Chevening Trust Fund immediately before that transfer](ii) all capital monies arising under any power hereby or by law conferred (including without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers conferred by the M1 Settled Land Act 1925) (iii) any other investments cash or property which may from time to time be given bequeathed devised conveyed or transferred [F4 by or at the direction of any person whomsoever]to be held upon the trusts for the time being applicable to the Chevening Trust Fund and accepted by the [F5 Board] . . . F6 upon those trusts and (iv) the property for the time being representing all such investments capital monies cash or property as aforesaid

(h) “The Contents” shall mean all the furniture pictures tapestry books manuscripts china relics objects of art silver linen motor cars carriages garden forestry and farm implements and machinery and all other chattels (not being money or securities for money or wines liquors consumable stores or clothing) which at the date of these presents are the property of the Settlor and are in or about or normally kept in or about Chevening House or on the Chevening Estate

(i) “The Vesting Deed” shall mean the said Vesting Deed of even date herewith

(j) “The Nominated Person” shall mean such person (including the Prime Minister) as may from time to time be nominated (in writing) by the Prime Minister to be the Nominated Person for the purposes of these presents Provided Always:—

(I) No person may be nominated as aforesaid unless such person is at the time when such person is so nominated either (i) the Prime Minister or (ii) a Minister who is a member of the Cabinet or (iii) the widow or a lineal descendant of His late Majesty King George the Sixth or the spouse widow or widower of such a descendant

(II) The Prime Minister shall have full power from time to time to revoke any such nomination (whether made by him or any predecessor of his) and to make a new nomination

(III) If the Nominated Person (being a person who at the date when he became the Nominated Person was either the Prime Minister or such a Minister as aforesaid) subsequently ceases to be the Prime Minister or such a Minister as aforesaid as the case may be he shall (without prejudice to the generality of the power of revocation hereinbefore conferred upon the Prime Minister) cease to be the Nominated Person as from the date when he ceases to be the Prime Minister or such a Minister as aforesaid as the case may be and as if his nomination had been revoked by the Prime Minister on the last mentioned date.

(k) (i) “The Prime Minister” shall mean the Prime Minister for the time being of the United Kingdom

(ii) “The Lord Privy Seal” “the Minister of Works” and “the Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London” respectively shall mean the respective officials in the United Kingdom now commonly known as “the Lord Privy Seal” “the Minister of Works” and “Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London” notwithstanding that their titles and functions may from time to time be changed

(iii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

(iv) “The Leader of the Opposition” shall mean the Leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition in the United Kingdom for the time being.

(l) “The Canadian High Commissioner” shall mean the High Commissioner or Ambassador or other the chief diplomatic representative of Canada in London for the time being

(m) “The United States Ambassador” shall mean the Ambassador or other the chief diplomatic representative of the United States of America in London for the time being

(n) “The National Trust” shall mean The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty at present of 42 Queen Anne’s Gate in the County of London

(o) “The Act” shall mean the said intended Act of Parliament confirming these presents

(p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

Textual Amendments

F1 Clause 1, para. (b) repealed by Chevening Estate Act 1987 (c. 20, SIF 57), s. 3(1), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(a)

F2 Clause 1, para. (c) substituted by Chevening Estate Act 1987 (c. 20, SIF 57), s. 3(1), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(b)

F3 Para. (g)(i) substituted by Chevening Estate Act 1987 (c. 20, SIF 57), s. 3(1), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(c)

F4 Words substituted by Chevening Estate Act 1987 (c. 20, SIF 57), s. 3(1), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(c)

F5 Word substituted by Chevening Estate Act 1987 (c. 20, SIF 57), s. 3(1), Sch. 2 para. 1(1)

F6 Words repealed by Chevening Estate Act 1987 (c. 20, SIF 57), s. 3(1), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(c)

F7 Clause 1, para. (k)(iii) repealed by Chevening Estate Act 1987 (c. 20, SIF 57), s. 3(1), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(d)

F8 Clause 1, para. (p) repealed by Chevening Estate Act 1987 (c. 20, SIF 57), s. 3(1), Sch. 2 para. 1(2)(e)

Marginal Citations

M1 1925 c. 18.