Richard Carew-Pole’s obituary has now appeared in the Times (https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/sir-richard-carew-pole-tp6g9s39q). It gives a very good sense of his charm, intelligence and practicality. I first met him when he was a trustee of the Heritage Lottery Fund. Christopher Le Brun very sensibly recruited him to help with fund-raising at the RA and we started at the same time. As the obituary makes clear, he was very good at it, both thoughtful and assiduous, attending every meeting, reassuring donors that it was a good cause, and raising a vast amount of money himself. He was good with everyone. A great loss.