in 1896, seligman was appointed joint legal owner and trustee of the 'tregullow offices' (later "zimapan villa"), a former cornish mine office belonging to the williams mining-mogul family of scorrier, cornwall, by charles augustus vansittart conybeare, barrister-at-law and mp for camborne, cornwall (1885-1895). seligman was released from his trusteeship in 1902 when conybeare and his wife sold their property, which originally formed part of a marriage settlement, to mining engineer charles rule williams,