LATE AIR MARSHAL.
WILL OF SIR S. BRANCKER. ESTATE LEFT TO ACTRESS. (Received January 1. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Deo. 81. The late Air-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker, who was killed in the disaster to tho airship RlOl, left £6690, all to Miss Muriel Lee, an actress. His will was mado in 1927. Miss Lee, who is 50 years old, is a member of a family which is related to the American Civil War general, Robert Lee. She has played many parts and lately produced plays. Sho is at present producing talkies at Hollywood. Miss Lee was tho first woman to fly across tho equator, when sho accompanied Sir Sefton to Kenya. She has occasionally flown at aviation meetings with him. The Air Ministry last month granted to Lady Brancker a pension of £3OO a year. i The late Sir Sefton Brancker married in 1907 Miss May Field, a daughter of Colonel Spencer Field, Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20761, 2 January 1931, Page 9
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