\n There are currently 5,469 estates sitting unclaimed, with no known heirs coming forward.\n<\/p>\n
\n The estates are held by the Treasury Solicitor\u2019s Bona Vacantia Division (BVD), which deals with the property of people who die without a will and without identifiable blood relatives.\n<\/p>\n
\n Among the latest update, published on June 22, 15 estates are linked to people who died in Cumbria.\n<\/p>\n
\n The individuals, whose estates remain unclaimed, are:\n<\/p>\n
David James Adams, died October 20, 2025, Kendal<\/p>\n
John Mark Frith Blezard, died April 20, 2009, Workington<\/p>\n
Jemima Daniels, died February 12, 2018, Carlisle<\/p>\n
Augustus Eglitis, died July 1, 2005, Workington<\/p>\n
Phylis Cecilia Fogden, died September 5, 2010, Maryport<\/p>\n
Jean Graham, died August 28, 2014, Carlisle<\/p>\n
Carol Anne King, died March 24, 2011, Carlisle<\/p>\n
John Leeming, died June 7, 2024, Hensingham<\/p>\n
Rodney David McCaig, died September 5, 2011, Carlisle<\/p>\n
Eugene McGuire, died August 8, 2022, Carlisle<\/p>\n
Diane Meakin, died December 30, 2022, Kendal<\/p>\n
John Robinson, died February 12, 2020, Keswick<\/p>\n
Geoffrey Watson, died January 19, 2017, Carlisle<\/p>\n
Ronald Calder Weightman, died December 15, 2011, Whitehaven<\/p>\n
Ida Wilson, died January 10, 2017, Carlisle<\/p>\n
\n The BVD publishes the list to help potential relatives come forward and claim estates within a set time limit.\n<\/p>\n
\n If no rightful heirs are identified, the assets, which can range from modest savings to significant sums, remain with the Crown.\n<\/p>\n
\n Anyone who believes they may be related to someone on the list is advised to check the official gov.uk website, where guidance is available on how to make a claim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are currently 5,469 estates sitting unclaimed, with no known heirs coming forward. The estates are held by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":491166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[138,246,111,139,69,244,245],"class_list":["post-491316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-finance","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}