Mullingar man's estate unclaimed in UK

The estate of a deceased person who was born in Mullingar is appears on the list of the Unclaimed Estates held by the UK’s treasury solicitor – but any surviving relatives have just one year left to file a claim.

Edward Crumm died on April 25 2011 in Coventry, Warwickshire.

Born in Mullingar on April 3 1931, he was just three weeks past his eightieth birthday when he died, and he was not married.

The only family information registered states: “Deceased may have had a brother who is believed to be deceased. Deceased apparently orphaned and unaware if he had any relatives.”

Anyone who considers they may have the right to make a claim to the estate can do so within twelve years of a death.

According to the UK rules, if someone dies without leaving a valid or effective will (intestate) the following are entitled to the estate in the order shown below:

1. husband, wife or civil partner

2. children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and so on

3. mother or father

4. brothers or sisters who share both the same mother and father, or their children (nieces and nephews)

5. half brothers or sisters or their children (nieces and nephews of the half blood or their children). ‘Half ’ means they share only one parent with the deceased

6. grandparents

7. uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins or their descendants)

8. half uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins of the half blood or their children). ‘Half’ means they only share one grandparent with the deceased, not both

If your relationship to the deceased is traced through someone who survived the deceased but has since died, you will need to confirm who is entitled to deal with that person’s estate. The person entitled to deal with someone’s estate is allowed to make the claim to the deceased’s estate.

To check the unclaimed estates list, which is updated daily, see here