HINT OF PERIL
LORD THOMSON'S WILL
SCRIBBLED BEFORE LEAVING
(Received Bth October, 10 a.m.)
LONDON, 7th October. The "Daily Mail", says that just before leaving on board the RlOl Lord Thomson hurriedly scribbled his will on a slip of notepaper as though he realised at the last moment the danger, of the flight. The will roads:—
I am setting out on a flight to India, and, in case anything may happen to me, I leave all my property in possession of my brother, Colonel Roger Gordon Thomson.
The late Lord Thomson was unmarried. His brother, Colonel Roger Thomson is 52 years of age, and has one son and two daughters. Ho served throughout the Great War, winning the D.S.O. and q.M.G.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 86, 8 October 1930, Page 11
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HINT OF PERIL
Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 86, 8 October 1930, Page 11
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