# RNLI receives unusual bequest

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/10/08/rnli-receives-unusual-bequest/
- Published: 2000-10-08T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The RNLI is to receive just over half the estate of the late Cynthia Watson which
will be worth over £1 million, enough to help the charity to buy a new lifeboat.
All bequests often carry an interesting personal story, but this one is more unusual
than most.
The RNLI is to receive just over half the estate of the late Cynthia 
Watson which will be worth over £1 million, enough to help the charity to buy a 
new lifeboat. All bequests often carry an interesting personal story, but this one
is more unusual than most.

According to Steve Bird writing in The Times, the publication of the will revealed
that the late Cynthia Watson was, unbeknownst to most friends and neighbours, in
fact the late Peter Acke.

Edward Wakewalker of the RNLI did well in discussing the unusual circumstances of
the donation with The Times, discreetly balancing his “he or she” and “his or her.”“
It’s a shame in some ways” said Mr Wakewalker, “that we don’t know more about Cynthia
or Peter and his or her background.”

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