death duties swallowed one half of hartley's £100,000 estate. his daughter challenged his will and took a portion of the residual value. using the remaining funds, the city of southampton founded the hartley institute (1862) by combining a museum, library and venue for public lectures. this institute became, in turn, hartley college (1896), hartley university college (1902), university college of southampton (1914), and eventually the university of southampton (1952). hartley's house was demolished.