FORMER Labour MP Frank Field left £904,929 in his will, with the bulk going to his staff, charities and friends’ families.
Anti-poverty and social justice campaigner Lord Field of Birkenhead never married, had no partner and did not drive or own a TV until 2005.
Frank Field left £904,929 in his will, with the bulk going to his staff, charities and friends’ families[/caption]
Lord Field died aged 81 in April last year after a prostate cancer diagnosis[/caption]
His few indulgences were reported to include chocolate, an occasional bottle of wine and visiting a different church every Sunday for music.
Probate records show he left £100,000 each to his housekeeper and his parliamentary researcher.
He left £20,000 to his secretary and £1,000 each to his two carers.
His clergyman friend, the Rev Nicolas Spicer, got £25,000.
The rest was split 11 ways between charities, family and pals.
The rest of his estate was split into 11 parts with one part each going to the charities Cool Earth Action which Lord Field co-founded, and Feeding Britain based in Tufton Street, South West London.
Another part was left to the be spent on “the poorest children’s activities programmes” at the three academies in the north of England run by the Frank Field Education Trust which he founded.
A further two parts was left to Andrew Forsey and Patrick White who were former heads of his Parliamentary office, and their respective wives.
One more part each was left to the children of Matthew Owen, a director of Cool Earth Action, and to the children of his author friend Liam Halligan.
The final four parts were split between his niece Rosie Field and his godchildren Alex Gee, Sally Meacher and Teresa Warren.
Devout Anglican Lord Field, who lived in Westminster, died aged 81 in April last year after a prostate cancer diagnosis.
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