Wills

Mr Stephen Michael Harding Oliver, of London SW7, the composer, left estate valued at pounds 141,954 net. After personal bequests he left the residue to form the Stephen Oliver Trust, for charitable purposes relating to modern opera, its promotion, practice and performance, and the relief of poverty of any person of moderate or limited means seeking training in modern opera.

Christopher Frank, Lord Kearton, of Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, chairman of Courtaulds 1964-75 and chairman of the British National Oil Corporation 1976-79, left estate valued at pounds 336,170 net.

Professor Peter John Murray, of Farnborough, Warwickshire, former Professor of the History of Art at Birkbeck College, London, left estate valued at pounds 297,199 net.

Mr William Robert Brudenell Foster, of East Lexham, Norfolk, former High Sheriff of Norfolk, left estate valued at pounds 747,749 net.

Mr Reginald Murrell, of Barnstaple, Devon, left estate valued at pounds 1,181,668 net.

Edith Mary Fairs, of Camberley, Surrey, left estate valued at pounds 1,017,836 net.

Mrs Eveline Gertrude Llewellen, of Streetly, West Midlands, left estate valued at pounds 1,576,174 net.

Mrs Doreen Mary Eccleston, of Holne next the Sea, Norfolk, left estate valued at pounds 1,149,958 net.

Mr Reginald Neale Pocock Hatherell, of Bath, Avon, left estate valued at pounds 1,198,056 net.

Mrs Doreen Mitchell Hendry, of London SW19, left estate valued at pounds 1,018,291 net.

Mr James Hugh Seaman, of London W13, left estate valued at pounds 1,195,792 net.

Mr Thomas Harrison Charlton, of Durham, left estate valued at pounds l,338,677 net.

Mr Moses Charles Lloyd, of Southport, Merseyside, left estate valued at pounds 3,298,840 net.

Miss Nora Smith, of Llandudno, Gwynedd, left estate valued at pounds 1,139,329 net. After leaving pounds 4,500 and a life interest in a further pounds 120,000 in personal bequests, she left pounds 5,000 to the Conservative and Unionist Party Association; and the residue to a trust, for charitable purposes.

Sandra Mary, Lady Bernstein, of London SW1, left estate valued at pounds 4,571,532 net. After personal bequests she left pounds 150,000 to establish the 'Sandra Bernstein Charitable Trust'.

Miss Muriel Doreen Pile, of Devizes, Wiltshire, left estate valued at pounds 243,907 net. After personal bequests of pounds 50,000, she left the residue to the National Trust.

Mr Deran Ewart Rushton, of London SE3, left estate valued at pounds 535,602 net. He left pounds 12,000 and half the residue in personal bequests, and half the residue to the Mihran and Aznin Essefian Charitable Trust, with the wish that they publish the memoirs of his father Samuel Zorian.

Lillian Fay, Lady Peck, of Bournemouth, Dorset, left estate valued at pounds 2,016,079 net. After personal bequests of pounds 259,000, she left pounds 40,000 each to the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians; half the residue to the RAF Association Richard Peck House Convalescent Home, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, and one quarter each to the Cheshire Foundation and Salvation Army.