If you have one of these 111 Dorset surnames you could inherit a fortune

The Government has revealed that there are 111 unclaimed estates linked to people who were either born or died in Dorset. Estates are unclaimed when a person dies without making a will. 

Check through the surnames below to see if any money is left to you.

These are the people with a link to Dorset or surrounding areas, whether born or died in the county, with their date of birth and location (where available) to allow you to search for any relations.

To find out more about whether you can claim, click here to visit the government website.

Name, date of birth, place of birth, date of death, and place of death

Edrick Gordon Lydon Aiken, 01/09/1950, Ilford, 29/08/2019, Bournemouth

Robert James Alexander, 01/03/1944, Belfast, 05/02/2015, Bournemouth

Bernard Arnold, 05/04/1933, N/A, 09/03/2000, Bournemouth

Zena Ann Ashworth, 13/05/1959, Hordle, 01/01/2020, Bournemouth

Kim Baker, 04/07/1920, England, 08/07/2005, Swanage

Santa Bambara,19/10/1948, Italy, 17/09/2016, Poole

Philip Charles Barnard, 09/03/1918, Willesden Brent, 02/05/2002, Bournemouth

Helena Barrett, 10/07/1915, Weymouth, 01/06/1993, N/A

Olga Beaumont, N/A, N/A, 18/12/1992, Bournemouth

Stewart David Bell, 16/01/1976, Birmingham, 31/08/2010, Poole

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Barbara Bishop, 27/10/1931, N/A, 13/06/2014, Bournemouth

Sylvia Bradshaw, 07/03/1931, N/A, 07/03/2011, Poole

James Brittain, 04/11/1937, Ireland, 25/10/2011, Bournemouth

Kenneth Roderick Brookes, 20/03/1922, Bournemouth, 29/01/1999, Bournemouth

Tony Burton, 15/12/1948, Durban in South Africa, 09/08/2004, Bournemouth

Albert George Carter, 12/04/1996, N/A, 01/06/1993, Weymouth

Bridget Agnes Casey, 06/09/1917, Northern Ireland, 12/09/1999, Bournemouth

Tony Wenpon Chan, 15/10/1934, Singapore, 20/04/2020, Dorchester

Julie Anne Church, 31/03/1956, London, 22/10/2018, Poole

Kevin Martin Clancy, 20/09/1950, Dorchester, 15/10/2010

Jack Robert Collins, 23/09/1920, Bournemouth, 19/01/1999, Bournemouth

David Alan Crampton, 09/10/1958, Enfield, 04/11/2019, Bournemouth

Ronald Joseph Curran, 09/10/1918, Birkenhead, 19/03/2000, Poole

Frederick Daniels, 01/01/1914, N/A, 05/07/1995, Poole

Shain Davidnov, 24/03/1943, N/A, 30/04/2019, Poole

Sonia Davidson, N/A, N/A, 31/05/1991, Bournemouth

Howard Merlin Peter Davies, 19/04/1940, N/A, 12/04/1996, Bournemouth

Brenda Dawson, 24/08/1949, N/A, 17/08/2016, Poole

Christopher Edward De Paris, 06/09/1947, N/A, 05/06/2011, Bournemouth

Victoria May Enda Downes, 25/01/1925, Upper Holloway, 10/02/2002, Bournemouth

Wilfred Charles James Duell, 25/01/1925, Christchurch, 13/01/2001, Poole

Desiree Serena Durrant, 15/05/1930, Boscombe, 10/06/2018, Bridport

Herbert Fandry, 27/05/1920, Germany, 09/03/2000, Bournemouth

Joao Ferreria, 21/03/1921, Machico Madeira Islands in Portugal, 26/12/1992, Bournemouth

Ian Forbes-Palmer, 14/08/1914, Exeter, 29/07/2001, Poole

Katherine Franklin, 10/01/1951, England, 02/01/2013, Bournemouth

Mark Franklin, 01/01/1929, USA, England, 03/04/2021, Dorchester

Wilfred Gale, 01/10/1936, Ireland, 23/01/2019, Poole

Edward Charles Gallagher, 03/07/1942, Hammersmith, 05/08/2008, Bournemouth

Michael Charles Gardner, 20/06/1943, Dorset, 17/09/2005, Poole

Joy Bell Gibson, 08/06/1938, Eton Buckingham, 24/10/1991, Bournemouth

Annaliese Godfrey, 15/03/1962, St Marylebone, 14/04/2016, Dorchester

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John Edward Grice, 10/10/1941, Swindon, 20/03/2014, Bournemouth

Stuart Brian Hadley, 18/01/1964, Scotland, 28/06/2017, Poole

Roger Lesley George, 13/07/1938, Bournemouth, 12/08/2018, Leominster

Robert Haymer, 07/03/1938, Dorset, 02/02/2015, Harlow

Marion Elizabeth Teresa Heyne, 16/11/1925, England, 13/03/1996, Bournemouth

Pauline Elizabeth Hughes, 04/05/1941, Sturminster, 13/12/2001, Whitechapel

Brenda Ruth Ireland, 17/03/1922, London, 05/10/2019, Bournemouth

Walter David James, 14/05/1920, England, 21/10/1994, Poole

Ronald Johnson, N/A, N/A, 03/03/2005, Bournemouth 

Peter Michael Judd, 12/11/1954, Shepherd’s Bush, 10/07/2016, Poole

Doris King, 20/11/1910, England, 05/01/2006, Bournemouth

Emma Krohse, 19/03/1906, Germany, 19/03/2006, Swanage

Balasinghan Kumarasamy, 25/03/1939, Malaysia, 23/06/2018, Bournemouth

Peggy Dorothy Laine, 25/11/1922, England, 27/08/2005, Poole

John Lane, 13/07/1938, Southampton, 07/03/2014, Poole, 

Felix Lepard, N/A, N/A, 19/03/1999, Weymouth

Edith Locke, N/A, N/A, 07/01/1992, Sherborne

William John Lucas, 27/06/1950, Ludwell, 24/01/2016, Salisbury

Eric Marsh, 29/01/1920, Portsmouth, 29/10,2010, Poole

Rex Frederick Marsh, 27/10/1925, Weymouth, 12/12/1996, Yeovil

Alma Marshall, 30/11/1922, Hever, 14/10/2002, Bournemouth

Ena Elizabeth May McCann, 13/05/1903, N/A, 05/10/1995, Blandford Forum

Gerald McCauley-Seache, 08/09/1916, Dorset, 03/09/1992, Lambeth

Lawrence McNamara, N/A, N/A, 30/12/2002, Bournemouth

Sidney McNewman, 28/10/1936, N/A, 18/09/2017, Dorchester

Alexander George Mellon, 17/08/1943, N/A, 03/11/2016, Bournemouth

Barbara Moody, 07/07/1923, Bournemouth, 11/07/2015, Bournemouth

Dawn Moore, 12/11/1930, England, 11/12/2018, Dorchester

Richard Moore, 24/10/1946, Folkestone, 10/08/2010, Sherborne

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Catherine Pauline Murphy, 29/06/1920, Northern Ireland, 18/10/1998, Bournemouth

Gordon John Neeves, 30/08/1931, Bournemouth, 27/10/1998, Bournemouth

Stella Muriel O'Brien, 06/12/1926, Poole, 22/11/2009, Leytonstone

William John Padgham, 23/08/1919, Bexhill, 07/01/2000, Christchurch

Vincenyo Paniccia, 01/11/1941, Northern Italy, 09/08/2020, Bournemouth

Helen Elizabeth Penn, N/A, N/A, 24/03/2005, Bournemouth

Phyllis Redfern, 15/01/1916, Poole, 15/01/2014, Goring-by-Sea

John Hurrell Robertson, 09/10/1919, Egypt, 23/12/2011, Dorchester

Ronald Robertson, 03/05/1919, Edinburgh, 08/11/2005, Bournemouth

Charlotte Robinson, 26/12/1914, Austria, 13/10/1996, Bournemouth

James Rowan, 02/07/1934, Scotland, 08/04/2020, Swanage

Harry Smith, 15/02/1928, Bradford, 17/03/2017, Dorchester

Jeremy Robin Smith, 27/08/1954, N/A, 07/12/2020, Beaminster

Michael Reginald Smith, 31/01/1947, England, 22/08/2014, Bournemouth

Margot Sowden, N/A, N/A, 23/12/1995, Bournemouth

Robert Squires, 26/06/1920, Dorset, 15/02/2006, Wincanton

Phyllis Nanette Streames, 02/05/1948, England, 13/04/2007, Dorchester

Judzas Strumskis, 01/02/1913, Lithuania, 22/10/1995, Weymouth

Justin David Sully, 10/02/1968, Taunton, 08/10/2015, Bournemouth 

Frank Swebodzinski, 15/10/1925, N/A, 07/07/2007, Bournemouth

John Walter Sygrove, 29/07/1932, Barnet, 28/03/1993, Lyme Regis

Colin Raymond Taylor, 05/04/1956, London, 13/02/1994, Poole

Ronald Cecil Taylor, 19/08/1926, Dorset, 16/01/2011, Taunton

George Albert Thirion, 31/07/1920, Belgium, 20/11/2017, Bournemouth

Sean Tighe, 17/03/1940, N/A, 26/05/2011, Poole

Gladys Tippett, 16/03/1906, N/A, 17/08/1998, Bournemouth

Peter George Towns, 19/08/1919, Dorchester, 09/06/2006, Westcliff-on-Sea

Mr Truth, 13/03/1954, N/A, 11/09/2001, Weymouth

James John Tuckell, 14/10/1929, Weymouth, 17/10/2019, Andover

Donald Underhill, 06/06/1934, Portsmouth, 11/10/2006, Dorchester

Arthur White, N/A, N/A, 12/01/1993, Bournemouth

Elsie May Whittaker, 19/10/1922, Leyton, 01/08/2005, Blandford Forum

Thomas Patrick Whyte, 10/01/1930, Castlebar in Ireland, 27/09/2004, Bournemouth 

Roy Ernest Wilkie-Page, 21/01/1948, Zimbabwe, 27/04/2018, Sturminster Newton

Elsa Willheim, 08/02/1911, Austria, 10/05/1993, Bournemouth

Richard Williams, 01/12/1904, London, 28/06/1993, Poole

June Adey Williamson, 08/08/1925, Bayswater, 05/04/2005, Bournemouth

Margaret Wilson, N/A, N/A, 06/02/2004, Poole

Vera Nellie Wilson, 27/08/1913, Falcombe, 06/11/2008, Ferndown

Anna Young, 22/03/1913, Dusseldorf in Germany, 30/10/2001, Bournemouth