was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Cameron, Lord Cameron, Anthony Elliot Ritchie, Robert Allan Smith and Sir John Atwell. He was a Trustee of the National Library of Scotland and of the Carnegie Trust for Scottish University. He was also a member of the Royal Company of Archers. In 1980 his MBE was upgraded by Queen Elizabeth II to a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). He was also a member of the Hakluyt Society. He retired from the Ben Line in 1982 but continued as a Director of the Bank of Scotland until 1990. He died on 30 November 2000. Family In 1948 he married Iris Hemingway. They had two sons and two daughters. From 1970 they lived in "Glenhighton" in the village of Broughton in the Scottish Borders. He also had a large Edinburgh house at 9 Newbattle Terrace in the Morningside district. Publications The Life and Adventures of Thomas Coryate (1962) The East India Company Journals of Captain William Keeling and Master Thomas Bonner, 1615 to 1617 (1971) Teaching the Professor (1987) - his exploits with Enoch Powell Sir Thomas Roe 1581-1644: A Life (1989) The Ben Line 1825-1992 (1992) Esmond de Beer (1895-1990): Scholar and Benefactor (1995) References 1919 births 2000 deaths People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh British biographers British Army personnel of World War II 20th-century British businesspeople Lothians and Border Horse officers