...knew and loved him. They miss him now throughout Twickenham. You go down Barclays Bank - "Where's Mr Palmer?" Yeah, he was a huge part of the local...

...used to bring him magazines with steam trains. I still have trouble going past Tesco's magazine rack without picking up the railway magazine. That's probably...

...back up his research. Most vital would be the marriage in September, 1940, in Surrey North East. OK, bye. Bob's got his work cut out for him tracking down...trying to obtain copies of two certificates that took place in the 1940s in Surrey North East.

...his estate? Joan Malkin nee Pelais passed away on the 30th November, 2007 in Waterlooville, Hampshire. If no relatives come forward, her money will go to...

...Yes, Christopher William Villiers. Mike had managed to trace Christopher to South Africa but there the trail ran cold. I couldn't find him in South Africa....to South Africa but there the trail ran cold. I couldn't find him in South Africa. I know ther

...Wright? He wasn't. Oh, right. Looks like I've got that wrong! Were you born in Basingstoke? All right. I'm sorry to have troubled you. As David thought, the...

...out at him. Robin Hardy Palmer, who died, aged 58, in West London. He died in Isleworth but very, very recently. It looks like he owned the property, which...

...a great nephew to William Westbrook Banting, is alive and well and living in Western Australia. That is big news. Mike's established that the rights to be...

...old property. Quite a nice little flat actually. It's in a lovely part of Twickenham so I would imagine that's got a bit of value. It makes me think that...proceeds of the sale of his former home, Robin then bought his own property in Twickenham. Altho

...we can go and it looks like the government will get it. The law in England and Wales states that in the search for heirs, you can only go back as far as the...

...by solicitors looking for heirs. Hold on, is that it there? But in 2009, Mike Tringham received a very odd request from a very old friend. This case...so that's when he decided to call on his friend's genealogical experience. Mike decided to treat this

...it back. Fraser & Fraser is one of the oldest firms of heir hunters in Britain. It's owned by Andrew, Charles and Neil Fraser. They make their...

...vault, he had discovered someone who did. William Westbrook's heir was one Christopher Banting, grandson of his brother, Cecil Banting. But you flutter...brother, Cecil Banting. But you flutter that maybe we've got a proper name, Christopher, not just

...including George III and the great war heroes, Admiral Lord Nelson and the Duke of Wellington. Bantings were also involved in the first great public...

...Back in the office, in the absence of any certificates, Dave Milchard, aka Grimble, has managed to piece together Robin's family tree using the census and...ever see in your life but he's up to date on the phone. Do you want to talk to Grimble about it

...it didn't catch on with the public until many years later. When Frederick the Duke of Sussex died, one of the children of King George III, then it became...

...morning one case leaps out at him. Robin Hardy Palmer, who died, aged 58, in West London. He died in Isleworth but very, very recently. It looks like he...contained the remains of a renowned Victorian family, the Bantings, and lay in West London's famo

...brothers whose great-great-grandfather was Thomas Banting. Thomas's brother, William, had a son called William Westbrook Banting and it was he who had built...and it was he who had built the vault. In his research, David came across William Westbrook's

...vault there in Kensal Green. The Reverend David Banting is a vicar of the Church of England and a keen amateur genealogist. He was convinced that he was...

...how you may be entitled to inherit some of the unclaimed estates held by the Treasury. Could thousands of pounds be heading your way? In the UK, two thirds...can find an obvious heir, their money goes to the government. Last year, the Treasury pocketed

...Malkin nee Pelais passed away on the 30th November, 2007 in Waterlooville, Hampshire. If no relatives come forward, her money will go to the government....

...by one to try and locate the certificate. Frasers have ordered a copy from the General Register Office as a back up but that won't arrive until tomorrow. The...

...to Robin Palmer's £200,000 estate is on. We now have a first cousin alive in Tiverton. Oh, fantastic. For every case that is solved, there are still...and an uncle of the deceased. And we have now got a first cousin alive in Tiverton. Oh, fantastic. R

...phone to speak to the heirs and make some appointments. And you've a brother, Robert? Rodney, sorry, yeah? All the family seem to have stayed in Devon so...

...The plot in question contained the remains of a renowned Victorian family, the Bantings, and lay in West London's famous Kensal Green Cemetery, known as the...mausoleums. We discovered that there was plenty of interest in the surname, Banting. One of t

...most prestigious part of the cemetery. Everybody who was anybody was buried in Central Avenue, right outside the magnificent Anglican chapel, which has the...

...just any old undertaker, he was undertaker to the Crown. Bantings had had the Royal Warrant to bury royal bodies as and when needed. Between them, the...

...positive outcome for the team after all. The first heir that they've traced is Stephen Raymont, Robin's first cousin, who, along with his two sisters, stands...& Fraser. How are you getting on? First of all, Paul has to establish that Stephen is ac

...for future royal state occasions, although Bantings were initially barred from Buckingham Palace, by a grief-stricken Queen Alexandra. She was unable to let...

...of a renowned Victorian family, the Bantings, and lay in West London's famous Kensal Green Cemetery, known as the Valhalla of England because it provided the...of grief. Many of these burials were taking place at the new and fashionable Kensal Green Ce

...and, without a date of birth for Robin's father, the team can't identify which Reginald Palmer he is so any family trees they come up with will ultimately be...If so, he was married to another woman before Robin's mother. There's a George Reginald Palm

...trains particularly. He went to the Bluebell Railway several times and with Mencap holidays he would go to other steam railways. He loved anything like...

...the oldest firms of heir hunters in Britain. It's owned by Andrew, Charles and Neil Fraser. They make their commission by solving cases and signing up heirs....and the Treasury has just published its weekly list of unclaimed estates. Neil Fraser's firs