These extracts from probate records show just how wealthy George Silas Guy and Hannah Eliza Guy (nee Martin) actually were. When George Silas Guy died in 1912, he left £151,000. In today's terms (see calc below), that is a staggering £13m+. Furthermore when Hannah Eliza Guy died, she herself left over £14m in today's money. This is interesting because, as reported earlier, in 1896, her cousin Reuben Martin Shipton and his wife (my great grandparents) both died within weeks of each other of tuberculosis aged 31, leaving three orphaned daughters, aged 10, 8 and 6. Although she definitely visited the orphans (specific stories were handed down in the family of exotic fruit being brought to the orphanage by Mrs Guy), there is no record of any further assistance being given to the girls, despite her vast wealth. Further judgement should not be made without more information, but it is certainly intriguing why things happened as they did - why three young girls in tragic circumstances were left alone in a Victorian orphanage, when the extended family possessed massive financial resources via George & Hannah Eliza Guy. The true answer to this conundrum may never be known. If any reader has a view on this, or further information, feel free to make a post below.