Dear Pat, so sorry to learn that your dear David has left , I share your sorrow but I am sure your dear family will take care of you with all their love. Thank you for this small report of this beautiful life you share with him and all these beautiful memories will help you to bear his absence… Kind regards . Your affectionate cousin Thank you for your nice message Solange, with very best wishes and love from Pat

I worked with David on the Asia Desk at OXFAM during his time there and found him to be unassuming, kind, with an impressive intellect and unusually wide-ranging attitude to the global political situation and where developmental help should best be focused. He also had a delightful appreciation of the wilder eccentricities of other fellow staff members. Michael Harris, then head of the Overseas Division of OXFAM, told me before he arrived that I would be privileged to be working with him "First Class Man", in Michael's words. He told me he learned to walk with the Light Brigade - 60 paces to the minute, presumably during his National Service. It has been a privilege to stay in touch with David and Pat since his retirement and to appreciate their huge enjoyment and love for their growing family. Almost without realising it, David morphed into a mentor and I shall miss him.

Grandpa was wise and kind, pure in his love of his family and his roses. I'll forever cherish memories of younger years spent walking on the Downs, sneaking bits of fennel and going through the treasures cupboad, and those of later years discussing literature and politics over tea and fruitcake. To be with Grandpa was to feel enriched by his love of life. His legacy lives on in all of us.