Letter from J H [John Henry] Poynting, 10 Ampton Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, to [Joseph] Larmor Dr. [George] Gore of Birmingham has left his residuary estate of almost £6,000 to the Royal Society and Royal Institution for research. Gore separated from his wife and child twenty seven years ago. The daughter remains alive, the wife of an older and retired Weslyan minister, and she would be badly off in the event of his death. Gore left her £5 and stipulated that she should not be invited to his funeral. Poynting asks if there is any way to repair Gore's 'wicked behaviour' to his daughter, wondering if there is a fund for families of deceased Fellows. He would like to know if anything can be done, and he would find out through the Executor what Mrs [Alice Augusta] Fyshe's circumstances are, in such a way as not to raise hopes. Gore left his scientific equipment to Poynting, but it was not worth more than £5 or £6, as Gore sold everything to increase the legacy to the scientific bodies. 12 January 1909