LATE SIR S. BRANCKER
ESTATE LEFT TO ACTRESS 'United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, 31st December. Sir Sefton Brancker, who perished in the RlOl left £6,690_ all to Miss Muriel Lee, the actress. His will was made in 1927. Miss Lee is aged 50. She is a member of the family related to the American Civil War general Robert Lee. She played many show parts and latterly has been producing plays. At present she is producing talkies at Hollywood. She was the first woman to fly across the equator when she accompanied Sir Sefton Brancker to Konya. Occasionally she flew at aviation meetings with Sir Fefton Brancker.
The air ministry last month granted Lady Brancker a pension of £3OO yearly.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 3 January 1931, Page 3
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