Do the names Frederick Oram, James Walker-Smith, or Cesil Haimes mean anything to you?

Could they be a name you remember from your childhood, a distant relative who the family has lost touch with?

If so, then you could be in line to inherit their estate, as just some of the names from Basingstoke to feature on the Bona Vacantia list. The list covers the estates that are unclaimed by any relatives of the deceased, which are waiting to be inherited.

The Bona Vacantia list was set up in 1925, and since then, all estates worth over £500 which have gone uninherited, either through lack of a will or lack of known relatives, have been placed on it. It is a last resort for when no living relatives can be found, with estates unclaimed after 30 years becoming the property of the Crown, and passed to the Treasury.

The exact value of the estate isn’t revealed until an application is made by a relative, with unknown family members potentially in line for a significant windfall.

For more information on how to apply to inherit an unclaimed estate, visit: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/make-a-claim-to-a-deceased-persons-estate

Frederick Leonard Oram

Born: Beddington, Sutton

Date of Birth: 20/7/1944

Place of Death: Basingstoke

Date of Death: 24/1/2021

Placed on Bona Vacantia List: 15/7/2021

Marital Status: Unmarried

Lynda Bull

Aliases: Lynda Harrison (Maiden name), Lynda Anne Bull

Born: Hampshire

Date of Birth: 4/7/1901

Place of Death: Basingstoke

Date of Death: 14/1/1998

Placed on Bona Vacantia List: Unknown

Marital Status: Married to John Bull

Charles O’Shea

Born: Ireland

Date of Birth: 15/7/1929

Place of Death: Basingstoke

Date of Death: 6/8/2000

Placed on Bona Vacantia List: Unknown

Marital Status: Unknown

Dennis Joseph George Wilson

Alias: George Wilson

Born: Kew

Date of Birth: 18/4/1920

Place of Death: Basingstoke

Date of Death: 6/2/1999

Placed on Bona Vacantia List: Unknown

Marital Status: Unmarried

Charles Dixon

Born: Nigeria

Date of Birth: 3/3/1938

Place of Death: Basingstoke

Date of Death: 4/8/2018

Placed on Bona Vacantia List: 26/10/2018

Marital Status: Unknown

Jan Hojdysz

Born: Poland

Date of Birth: 10/6/1914

Place of Death: Basingstoke

Date of Death: 21/10/1995

Placed on Bona Vacantia List: Unknown

Marital Status: Unmarried

Additional Information: Jan arrived in the UK in October 1947 after serving in the Polish Free Army (service number 123/H/1914/III). He may have been born in Leszna, Poland.

Cesil Haimes

Born: St Marylebone

Date of Birth: 8/12/1922

Place of Death: Basingstoke

Date of Death: 5/6/2005

Placed on Bona Vacantia List: Unknown

Marital Status: Unmarried

Cynthia Jane Carter

Born: Sunderland

Date of Birth: 1/6/1930

Place of Death: Basingstoke

Date of Death: 12/11/2001

Placed on Bona Vacantia List: Unknown

Marital Status: Unmarried

Ann Winifred Mount

Born: Thanet

Date of Birth: 22/3/1945

Place of Death: Basingstoke

Date of Death: 26/6/2008

Placed on Bona Vacantia List: Unknown

Marital Status: Unmarried

Helena Mary McHugh

Born: Warsaw

Date of Birth: 5/3/1927

Place of Death: Basingstoke

Date of Death: 17/12/2006

Placed on Bona Vacantia List: Unknown

Marital Status: Widow

Thomas Andrews

Born: Unknown

Date of Birth: Unknown

Place of Death: Basingstoke

Date of Death: 28/8/1991

Placed on Bona Vacantia List: Unknown

Marital Status: Unknown

James Walker-Smith

Born: Unknown

Date of Birth: Unknown

Place of Death: Basingstoke

Date of Death: 24/9/1998

Placed on Bona Vacantia List: Unknown

Marital Status: Unknown

Stuart Reginald Foulser

Born: Basingstoke

Date of Birth: 30/3/1934

Place of Death: East Horsley, Surrey

Date of Death: 6/7/2007

Placed on Bona Vacantia List: Unknown

Marital Status: Unmarried

Antonio Ricardo Verace

Aliases: Antonio Ricardo Anton; Antonio Ricardo Perace; Anthony Michael Verrall

Born: Basingstoke

Date of Birth: 10/12/1944

Place of Death: Portsmouth

Date of Death: 30/1/2019

Placed on Bona Vacantia List: Unknown

Marital Status: Unmarried