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THERE are 58 unclaimed estates in Portsmouth that you could inherit if you are related to the people with these surnames.

The Treasury have released the list of unclaimed estates in the Portsmouth area and there are 58 estates that are yet to be claimed.

An unclaimed estate is when someone passes away without having an effective will in place, and no family comes forward to claim their estate.

When this happens, the deceased’s property will become ‘ownerless property’ and will go to the Crown. However, within a 12-year period from when the Crown possesses the estate, family members can come forward if they believe they are entitled to a share of the deceased’s relative’s property.

People with these surnames could be entitled to an estate from a long lost relative

If someone dies without leaving a valid or effective will the following relatives 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

For example, if you are a grandparent of the deceased, you would be entitled to a share in the estate providing there are no other relatives in the order above you.

Portsmouth and Hampshire unclaimed estates: the full list of surnames which mean you could be entitled to inheritance

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