Wills

Henry Frederick Thynne, sixth Marquess of Bath, of Warminster, Wiltshire, founder of the Longleat Wildlife Park: - a Grant of Probate in respect of Settled Land valued at pounds 23,500,000 has been issued.

Sir Kenneth MacMillan, of London SW18, the choreographer, left estate valued at pounds 838,330 net.

Sheila, Countess of Birkenhead, of Charlton , Northamptonshire, the writer, left estate at pounds 2,259,523 net.

Mr Robert James Freeman, of West Lavington, West Sussex, former master of the Worshipful Company of Pipemakers and Pipe Tobacco Blenders and a founder of the Royal Marine Reserve, left estate valued at pounds 476,940 net. He left pounds 1,000 to the Benevolent Fund of the Pipemakers and Pipe Tobacco Blenders' Company;, and pounds 500 each to the Tobacco Trade Benevolent Association and the Royal Marines Benevolent Fund.

Mr William Derek Hurlock, of Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, former chairman of AC Cars, left estate valued at pounds 1,189,420 net.

Mr Francis Edward Collinson, of Dunmow, Essex, left estate valued at pounds 1,303,578 net.

Mr Herbert Duncan, of Whitestone Lane, London NW3, left estate valued at pounds 1,623,957 net.

Mr John Blackburn Garton, of Merseyside, left estate valued at pounds 1,040,775 net.

Mr Robert Hubert Leach, of Ugley Green, Essex, left estate valued at pounds 1,810,120 net.

Mr Michael Christodoulos Mouskos, of London NW11, left estate valued at pounds 1,099,043 net.

Mrs Doris Elinor Stafford, of London NW1, left estate valued at pounds 1,965,705 net.

Mrs Margaret Joan Drew, of Alton, Hampshire, left estate valued at pounds l,422,799 net.

Mr Jonathan Gatty, of Northallerton, North Yorkshire, left estate valued at pounds 1,560,346 net.

Mr James Kenneth Mitchell, of Todmorden, West Yorkshire, left estate valued at pounds 1,267,152 net.

Mr Horace Owen Coulson, of London W11, left estate valued at pounds 1,408,609 net.

Mr Philip James Castang, of London N20, left estate valued at pounds 1,027,054 net.

Mr Anthony George Walters, of Shrewsbury, Salop, left estate valued at pounds 1,577,487.

Mrs Lillian Constance Brewer, of Up Nately, Hampshire, left estate valued at pounds 7,844,809 net.

Mr Sydney West, of Southsea, Hampshire, left estate valued at pounds 2,442,740 net.

Mr John Kenneth Robertson, of Hoylake, Merseyside, left estate valued at pounds 1,034,650 net.

Mr Oliver Frederick Ford, of Lacock, Chippenham, Wiltshire, left estate valued at pounds 1,815,169 net. He left a number of personal bequests, and the residue to form the 'Oliver Ford Foundation' for the preservation of Bewley Court, its contents and grounds.

Mrs Jozefa Bednorz, of Corby, Northamptonshire, left estate valued at pounds 205,557 net. She left 70 per cent of her estate to the Sisters of St Peter Claver, for missionary work; and 10 per cent of her estate each to the Society of Jesus, the Cardinal Glemp Foundation and the Friends of the Catholic University of Lublin.

Catherine Edith Mary, Baroness Archibald, of London NW3, left estate valued at pounds 391,215 net. She left pounds 5,000 to the Anchor Housing Trust, Oxford.

Miss Audrey Margaret Howe, of Hordle, Hampshire, left estate valued at pounds 467,596 net. She left her entire estate to the Anchor Housing Association, for a sheltered housing scheme at Kingston upon Thames.