Could you be a secret millionaire as 42 unclaimed Eastbourne estates are up for grabs

Records released by the Treasury have shown there are 42 unclaimed assets connected to Eastbourne – with some potentially worth a lot of money. When someone dies with no will or no known family, their property passes to the Crown as ownerless property. This is called Bona Vacantia. This can be any sort of property, including money, personal possessions and buildings, and can range from a small value to millions. The latest release by the Treasury solicitor reveals there are 42 unclaimed assets connected to the town, although the details of the value of the property have not been released. People can be entitled to the property if you can show proof of being a relative. If someone dies without leaving a valid or effective will the following are entitled to the estate: - husband, wife or civil partner - children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and so on - mother or father - brothers or sisters who share both the same mother and father, or their children (nieces and nephews) - half brothers or sisters or their children (nieces and nephews of the half blood or their children) grandparents - uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins or their descendants) - half uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins of the half blood or their children) If you find a name on this list and think you could be related you could be entitled to some money. To register a claim for the property, send a family tree to the Bona Vacantia Division of the Government Legal Department. This must show how you are related to the person who has died, and include the dates of birth, marriage and death of all those on the family tree. If it appears you are entitled to claim the property, then you may be asked to prove your relation through birth certificates etc. Here is a list of the people who have died and their date of birth who have connections to Eastbourne. If you recognise their name then you could be entitled to claim their property. Jane Allen - 05/09/1917 Gordon Seymour Armstrong - 17/03/1906 William James Grant Barker - 21/12/1909 Elizabeth Barbara Boddy - 04/11/1920 Vera Brown - (D.O.B. unknown) Minnie Edith Gwendoline Castle - 07/02/1904 Kristina Su-Yin Chung - 05/08/1950 Bridget Cox - (D.O.B. unknown) Gwendoline Davies - 23/11/1924 Angelo De Souza - 31/05/1940 Christine Donovan - 31/12/1931 Gertrude Eileen Gibson - 13/12/1903 Ronald Hall - 02/10/1949 Stanley Holland - 18/10/1904 Kenneth Horowitz - 28/04/1944 Ivan Hurin - 18/12/191 Matthew Peter Ignatowicz - (D.O.B. unknown) Raymond William Jones - (D.O.B. unknown) Irma Koleszar - 06/05/1909 Margaret Lee-Ying - 26/01/1929 Thomas Lowe - 01/02/1929 Mark Lucy - 07/12/1939 Lilian Malone - 06/07/1908 Susan Carol Marshall - (D.O.B. unknown) John Campbell Martin - (D.O.B. unknown) Raymond Francis McKenna - (D.O.B. unknown) M McKenzie - 28/08/1925 Maria Johanna Megrah - (D.O.B. unknown) Terence O’Connor - 12/08/1946 Edward Arthur Parrott - 28/03/1910 Margaret Pilinger - 17/10/1908 Stewart Porter - 15/01/1927 Martin Charles Pratt - 31/10/1959 Lucy Robinson - (D.O.B. unknown) Hermann Francis Ernest Schulz - (D.O.B. unknown) Gloria Ann Silverthorn - 13/05/1945 Reginald Walter Stevens - 06/07/1928 Marjorie Booth Vaughan - 02/05/1906 John Welch - 18/04/1906 Hilda Whittall - 29/11/1893 Tony Wilkinson - 28/05/1948 Betty Wright - 03/06/1919