Director of Christie's, mountaineer, Vice President of the Alpine Club. Bequeathed his collection of mountaineering books to the National Library of Scotland and his collection of Swiss prints and pre-1885 English watercolours to the British Museum, along with his Japanese swords and sword furniture.His drawings by Joseph Mallord William Turner are superlative. Under the terms of his bequest none of his drawings and watercolours may be lent to exhibitions outside the BM (a copy of the will is kept with the report to the Trustees dated 11 July 1958).
