SIR SEFTON BRANCKER’S WILL.
MONEY LEFT TO ACTRESS. LONDON, Dec. 31. , Sir Sefton Branckcr, late director of Civil Aviation, who perished in the RlOl disaster, left £6690, which was bequeathed to Miss Muriel Lee, the actress. His will was made in 1927. Miss Leo io aged 50. She is a member of a family prominent in the American Civil War, General Robert Loo being one of her line. At present sho is producing talkies at Hollywood. Miss Lee was tho first woman to fly across tho Equator, when sho accompanied Sir Sefton Brnnckor to Konya Colony. Occasionally sho flew at aviation mootings with Sir Sefton. The Air Ministry last month granted Lady Branckcr a pension of £3OO a year.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 27, 2 January 1931, Page 7
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119SIR SEFTON BRANCKER’S WILL. Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 27, 2 January 1931, Page 7
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