By Lizzie Edmonds PUBLISHED: 13:07 EST, 12 January 2014 | UPDATED: 13:08 EST, 12 January 2014 Generous: Jane Hutton, who died aged 83, left £1.7million to charity in her will A generous widow with no close family donated almost all of her £1.7million estate to charity in her will. Jane Hutton, who developed dementia and lived in a care home near in Aberdeen, died last year aged 83. Mrs Hutton, who has been described as frugal by friends, had been married to husband Neil, but the couple had no children. The retired secretary left orders in her will for her £1,684,364 estate to be handed over to a variety of good causes after her death.
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Jane Hutton from Aberdeen lost her husband and had no children
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Ordered her £1.7million estate to be split between five charities in her will
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Selected charities included Cats Protection and British Red Cross
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Friends of former secretary said she was 'frugal' and never indicated how much money she had saved away
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