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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1994 21 COURT AND SOCIAL Courti Circular BUCKINGHAM PALACE May 16th The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron, the Rainer Foundation, this evening attended the Film Premiere of 'Grumpy Old at the Warner Brothers Cinema, Leicester Square, London WC2, and later attended a Reception at the Savoy Hotel, the Strand. Sir Brian McGrath was in attendance. His Royal Highness was represented by General Sir David Frafor Life of Brian Johnston ser tithe Service of Thanksgiving which was held in Westminster Abbey, London SW1, today. The Prince Edward was represented by Mr Leslie Crowther. BUCKINGHAM PALACE May 16th The Prince Edward this evening en Real Tennis Final of Champagne -Perrier Masters Invitation Tournament Queen's Club, Palliser Road, London W14.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE May 16th The Princess Royal, Patron, the National Autistic Society, this morning opened Clayton Brook House, 90 Atlas Street, Clayton le Moors, Accrington, and was received by Her Majesty's LordLieutenant for Lancashire (Sir Simon Towneley). Royal Highness, President, British Knitting and Clothing Export Council, this afternoon visited Simon Jersey Ltd, Metcalf Drive, Altham, Accrington. The Princess Royal, President of the Patrons, Crime Concern, later visited the Calderdale Community Safety Partnership, Mixenden, Halifax, and was received by ant for Her West Majesty's Yorkshire Lord (Mr John Lyles). Her Royal Highness, Patron, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, this evening attended the President's Dinner in the the Lodge, the University of Liverpool, and was received by Her Majesty's LordLieutenant for Merseyside (Mr Alan Waterworth). Lady Carew- Pole was in attendance.

KENSINGTON PALACE May 16th The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester today visited Derbyshire and were received on arrival by Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for Derbyshire (Colonel Sir Peter Hilton). In the morning Their Royal Highnesses visited Buxton to mark the restoration the Slopes and subsequently opened Byron Lodge, Manchester and District Housing Group's accommodation for the elderly, Byron Street. FORTHCOMING Mr T. Mason and Miss H.F. Darvill The engagement is announced between Timothy, eldest son of Mr and Mrs N.

Mason, of Woolton, Liverpool, and Hilary Frances, elder daughter of the Rev Canon and Mrs G.C. Darvill, of Adel, Leeds. Mr S.R. Bird and Miss A.E. Townend The engagement is announced between Simon Russell Bird, of Harrow on the Hill, only son of Mr and Mrs T.

Bird, of Blackawton, Devon, and Anne Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Dr and Mrs M. Townend, of Alfreton, Derbyshire. Mr E.J. Hever and Miss K.L. McKenzie The engagement is announced between Eamonn, second son of the late Mr Dominic Hever and of Mrs Colette Mallett, of Hinchley Wood, Surrey, and Karn, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Malcolm McKenzie, of Claygate, Esher, Surrey.

Mr D.H. Brown Mrs P.M. McLean The engagement is announced between David, son of the late Mr M.H. Brown and of Mrs D.C. Hodsman, of Bromley, Kent, and Pamela, daughter of Mr and Mrs E.E.

Chapman, of Chislehurst, Kent. Mr R.J. Hodgetts and Miss C.S. Jackson The engagement is announced between Richard, son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Hodgetts, Graffham, Sussex, and younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Jackson, of Willaston, Wirral. WEDDINGS Mr W.M.G.

Bompas and Mrs F.A. Harman The marriage to took place quietly in Suffolk on May 12, 1994, between Mr William Bompas and Mrs Annabel Harman. Mr S.M. Wallace and Miss P.M. Meanley The marriage took place on May 7 at Bramber, Sussex, between Mr Steven Wallace and Miss Polly Meanley.

RECEPTION Prime Minister The Prime Minister and Mrs Major were hosts at a reception held yesterday evening at 10 Downing Street in honour of the European Policy Forum. Mr Brian Johnston The Duke of Edinburgh was represented by Gen Sir David Fraser and Prince Edward, President of the Lord's Taverners, by Mr Leslie Crowther at a celebration of the life of Mr Brian Johnston held yesterday in Westminster Abbey. The Prime Minister, who gave an address, and Mrs Major were present. The Dean of Westminster officiated, assisted by the Rev Paul Ferguson, Precentor of Westminster Abbey. The Rt Rev Lord Runcie and the Rev Ernest Rea, Head of Religious Broadcasting, BBC, led the prayers.

Readings were given by Major Christopher Johnston (brother), Johnston, Mr Andrew Johnston, and Mr Ian Johnston P.A. St J. Baxter, Mr Richard Stilgoe, Mr Michael Denison and Mr Melvin Collins. Cowdrey also gave an address. Canon W.A.

LangCanon George Youell were robed in the sanctuary. and The Lord Mayor of Westminster and Mr Anthony Bianco attended. Among others present were: Mrs Johnston (widow), Miss Joanna Johnston (daughter), Mr and Mrs David Oldridge (son-in-law and daughter), Mrs Barry Johnston and Mrs Andrew Johnston (daughters-in-law), Harry Johnston, Nicholas Oldridge and Rupert Oldridge (grandsons), Emily Johnston, Georgia Johnston, Sophie Oldridge (granddaughters), Mrs Christopher Johnston, Mrs Germaine Tozer (sisters-in-law), Lt-Col and Mrs Francis Johnston, Mr Lawrence Johnston, Mr and Mrs David Carter, Mr Patrick Veasey, Mr and Mrs NEWS Rear-Adml OBITUARIES Rear-Adml Malcolm Searle REAR- ADMIRAL MALCOLM SEARLE, who has died aged 93, long and varied naval career and particularly proud of his service executive officer of the Second War cruiser Sheffield. He was appointed to the Sheff" in March 1941, when she serving in Force with the carrier Royal and the battle cruiser under Adml Sir James Somerville. In May Sheffield took part in the matic chase and destruction of the man battleship Bismarck.

There some very anxious moments had to avoid torpedoes dropped afternoon of May 26, when She by Ark Royal's aircraft, which had taken her for Bismarck. Later that evening Sheffield, dled by salvos from Bismarck, damage and casualties from While on her way to patrol land-Faroes gap in March 1942 field struck a floating mine which a large hole in her hull. In bad and freezing conditions, Searle nised the arduous business of out and shoring up. Temporarily repaired, Sheffield went first to and then to Britain. Sheffield took part in convoys ta and to the Arctic and, in 1942, in the 'Torch" landings in Africa.

That December, while ing the Arctic convoy JW51B Barents Sea, she sank the hapless man destroyer Friedrich which had approached Sheffield ing she was the cruiser Searle left Sheffield in April and was mentioned in despatches. Malcolm Walter St Leger Searle born in South Africa on Dec 23 joined the Navy in 1914 as a candidate nominated by Smuts, going to Osborne and In 1917 the mouth as a cadetoined Thunderer in the Grand Fleet as shipman. In 1927 he specialised nery and, after serving in the ships Revenge and Queen Elizabeth MONTY MODLYN, the Cockney broadcaster, who has died aged 72, was renowned for his cheek. Although he achieved a degree of respectability on the Today programme under Jack de Manio in the 1960s, his stock-in-trade was to put the questions at which other interviewers baulked. "Do you sleep with all four wives at the same time?" he asked General Amin, who thought him a tremendous card, not least when Modlyn followed up by asking whether he castrated his enemies.

Tubby and beaming, and secreting good humour from every fold in his chin, Modlyn was liable to greet a duchess with "'Ullo darlin' and working women with lewd innuendoes about their underwear. "I'm not common," Modlyn would argue. "I'm not nervous and I genuinely love talking to all kinds of folk at the drop of a hat. I'm only myself, being Certainly myselfisteners delighted in the infectious enthusiasm with which he approached his assignments. There was some truth in his contention that, however outrageous his questions, he had the knack of eliciting interesting answers.

CECIL GOULD, the art historian, who has died aged 75, was keeper and deputy director of the National Gallery from 1973 to 1978. A specialist in the Renaissance, Gould joined the National Gallery in 1946 as an assistant keeper and made his name with his twovolume catalogue of the gallery's magnificent collection of 16th century Italian paintings. Published in 1959 and 1962, the catalogue was greeted as exemplary work of scholarship. In the mid-1960s it was Gould's detective work with X-rays which established that the National Gallery's portrait of Pope Julius II, which had been thought to be a copy, was the original by Raphael. Gould also took a leading role in the public appeal which raised the £1,763,000 needed to save Titian's The Death of for the nation in 1972.

Memorial Service ren, Sir David and Lady West-Russell, the Chairman of the Sports Council and Lady Yarranton, Mr and the Hon Mrs Nigel Churton, Mr John Paul Getty; the High Sheriff of Humberside and Mrs Barker. Mr Marmaduke Hussey, Chairman, Board of Governors, BBC, and Lady Susan Hussey with Mr John Birt, Director-General, Mr Bob Phillis, Deputy Director-General, Miss Liz Forgan, Managing Director, Network Radio, and Mr John Bodnar, BBC Sport. Mr Alan Smith, Chief Executive, Test and County Cricket Board, Mr D.R.W. Silk, President, MCC, with Mr R.D.V. Knight, Secretary; Mr Alex Allan, Mr and Mrs Rex Alston, Mr D.

Amiss, Mr Robert Atkins, MP, Mr and Mrs Trevor Bailey, Mr Michael Barratt, Dr Biddy Baxter, Mr and Mrs Raymond Baxter, Mr D.C.S. Compton, Mr and Mrs Freddie Trueman, Mr and Mrs Ted Dexter, Mr Alec Bedser, Mr Eric Bedser, Mr and Mrs Richie Benaud, Mr M.H. Denness, Mr Graham Gooch, Mr and Mrs Henry Blofeld, Mr and Mrs Peter Dimmock, Mr and Mrs G.H.G. Doggart, Mr and Mrs C. Martin-Jenkins, Mr Peter May, Mr and Mrs R.

Subba Row, Mr Harry Carpenter, Mr Alec Weeks, Mr and Mrs Peter West, Mr John Woodcock, Mr and Mrs Ian Wooldridge. Maj-Gen B.C. Gordon Lennox, Regimental Lieutenant Colonel, Grenadier Guards, and Mrs Gordon Lennox with Maj-Gen and Mrs R.H. Whitworth, Major P.E. Hills, Lt-Col T.J.

Tedder, and Brig A.G. Heywood; Mr Tony Britton, Mr Michael Brotherton, Mr Michael Bunce, Royal Television Society, Mr Humphrey Burton, Brig C.J. Carey, Director-General, Home Farm Trust, Mr and Mrs Frank Coven, Mrs Leslie Crowther, Mr Grass slippery when wet, and other useful forget-me-nots the battleships Rodney and despatches. On leaving Derby House, the C-in-C Sir Max captain, Searle Nimrod, the establishment Mull of appointed Eastern in despatches ning of air strike and in Sumatra When the East Indies Searle the rank of the final Indian Ocean, cula, the goon in May Searle's Intelligence Japanese 26th Destroyer 16. Searle operation tioned against He was reorganising East Indies In 1946 mand, as Destroyer.

Myngs. In to the sea command. went to the plans and modore of Portsmouth; Admiralty chief of naval He was Searle year on the tee on He was two daughters. Modlyn: irrepressible Searle: 'Shiny Sheff' officer the Mediterranean, joined the staff of the submarine depot ship Lucia in 1930. In January 1931 there was a mutiny on board Lucia which was later mishandled by a Socialist First Lord and his Admiralty officials in such a way as to convince the Navy that officers would not be supported by the Admiralty Board, and that mutiny would be condoned for reasons of class.

Searle was actually on his honeymoon at the time, but he felt that his own reputation was affected by the mutiny; he believed that he was under a cloud when he arrived at his next posting, the gunnery school at Chatham. But after service in the cruiser Carlisle in the South Atlantic he went in 1936 as anti-aircraft commander, to HMS Excellent, the at Portsmouth, where he devised defensive tactics against aircraft attack. When Searle next went to sea in 1939 as fleet gunnery officer, Home Fleet, he saw that few of his tactical ideas had penetrated the skulls of his fellow gunnery officers. He followed the flag in Monty Modlyn Montague Modlyn was born on May 23 1921 into a Jewish family which owned two clothes shops and a market stall near Waterloo. He made a stab at journalism and then worked as a hairdresser before joining the family business, with which he maintained a connection until 1959.

During the Second World War Modlyn served in the RAF. His breakthrough into entertainment came in 1942 when he was given leave to present the radio show Down Lambeth Way, a kind of precursor to Down Your Way, in which he first showed his skill at persuading people in the street to air their views. After the war tirelessly importuned the BBC with ideas for programmes, but although he featured in Cockney Cabaret (for the General Overseas Service) and later in Cockney Capers he did not immediately establish himself as a regular performer. He became a Lambeth councillor, and also proved successful as an entertainer in prisons. It was in 1964 that he began his spot on the Today programme, for which he scoured country in search of eccentrics, such as the woman who kept a crocodile in the bath.

This success brought him his own show, The World of Monty for Tyne Television, and then, in 1969, Thames Television employed him as a reporter on their evening magazine programme Today, presented by Eamonn Andrews. In 1973 Modlyn was one of the original team on Capital Radio, and four years later he joined LBC, where he hosted Monty at Large, in Cecil Gould Young Cecil was educated at Westminster and the Courtauld Institute. His studies were interrupted by the Second World War, however, and he never took degree. Gould served with the RAF in France, the Middle East, Italy, Belgium and Germany. On demobilisation he was given a job at the National Gallery and after spending a few years on such unrewarding tasks as organising the hire of uniformed staff, began work on the 16th century collection.

In the 1950s Gould also had the somewhat thankless duty of dashing the dreams of those who descended on the Gallery twice a week with dusty oil paintings under their arms in the hope that they would prove to be forgotten masterpieces. Tall, handsome and incisive in manner, Gould was an inveterate traveller and County Cricket Club, National Playing Fields Association, National Westminster Bank. National Cricket Association, National Listening Library, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, New College, Oxford, Noel Gay Organisation, North London Hospice, Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. Polite Society, Portsmouth Down's Syndrome Trust, Primary Club, Reckitt and Colman, Riff Raff Club, Royal London Society for the Blind, Royal Navy Cricket Club. St John's Wood Society, Surrey County Cricket Club, Sussex Cricket Society, Swanage Cricket Club, Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, Vincent's Club, Oxford, Wanderers Cricket Club, Warwickshire County Cricket Club, Whalley Range Methodist Church, Manchester, Zoological Society of London, and the Bloomsbury Society: together with many other friends.

TODAY'SEVENTS The Princess Margaret, and Patron, Diabetes the Heart Disease Research Trust, will visit the Wynn Institute for Metabolic Reserch, Wellington Road, 3.30. Queen's Life Guard mounts, Horse Guards, Queen's Guard mounts, Buckingham Palace, 4. British Library: Penelope Wallis: "English 13th century manuscripts," 12.30; "Medieval liturgical manuscripts," 1.45. National Gallery: Mari Griffith lecture: "Spanish Eyes (3): Three Portraits by Study Evening: Neil MacGregor "Painting People: Putting you in your place," 6.30. The Wallace Collection, Manchester Square: Peter Hughes: Etienne Levasseur, 1.

St Bride's, Fleet Street: Timothy Peake piano recital, 1. Nelson, Warspite and was again mentioned in In the afternoon The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester attended a Luncheon at High Peak College, Harpur Hill, Buxton, and afterwards opened Thornhill House. home for the elderly. Great Longstone, Bakewell. Later Duke of Gloucester visited Milldam Mine, Great Hucklow, The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Unitarian Holiday and Conference Centre, Great Hucklow.

Finally Their Royal Highnesses visited the Camphill Gliding Club, Camphilloward Page and Major Nicholas Barne were in attendance. YORK HOUSE May 16th The Duke of Kent this afternoon arrived at RAF Northolt from Rome. Duchess of Kent, Patron, this morning opened the new Ward and Operating Theatre Complex, the Robert Jones and trict Hospital, Oswestry, ShropAgnes si Hunt Orthopaedic and Disshire, and was met on arrival by Mr Algernon Heber-Percy (Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire). Her Royal Highness, Patron, this afternoon visited Derwen College, Oswestry, Shropshire. Duchess of Kent, Patron, the Dyson Perrins Museum, this evening attended a reception and dinner, St James's Palace, London SW1.

Mrs Peter Troughton was in attendance. The Princess Royal, Patron of the National Autistic Society, will open Crossways at Folly Road, Mildenhall, Suffolk, on July 1. Later she will the Nancy Oldfield Trust Centre at Irstead Road, Neatishead, and floating base on Barton Broad, Norwich. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS Sir Eric Mensforth, President, Westland Aircraft, 1979-85, is 88; Sir Edward Playfair, former senior civil servant, 85; Sir Alec Ogilvie, Chairman, Powell Duffryn, 1969-78, 81; Miss Birgit Nilsson, operatic soprano, 76; Sir John Garlick, former senior civil servant, 73; Marshal of the RAF Sir Michael Beetham, Chairman of the Trustees, RAF Museum, 71; Lord Tombs, Chairman, RollsRoyce, 1985-92, 70; the Earl of Airlie, the Lord Chamberlain, 68; Sir Ronald Halstead, Deputy Chairman, British Steel, 67; Prof D. Cameron Watt, historian, 66; Sir Rodric Braithwaite, former diplomat, 62; Mr Colin Hope, Chairman, 62; Mr Dennis Potter, playwright, 59; and Mr Michael Roberts, jockey, 40.

MARRIAGES Mr C. Van de Linden and Miss L.P. Hywood The engagement is announced between Colin, son of Mr and Mrs C. W. Van de Linden, of Rusape, Zimbabwe, and Lisa, only daughter of Mrs V.G.

Hywood and the late Mr R.H. (Tikki) Hywood, of Harare, Zimbabwe. Mr K.R. Wright and Miss S.N. Sharp The engagement is announced between Kevin, only son of Mr Robert Wright and Mrs Lynn Raabe, of Michigan, United States, and Sarah, only daughter of Mr and Mrs Jeremy Sharp, of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.

LUNCHEONS Ministry of Defence Field Marshal Sir Peter Inge, Chief of the Defence Staff, was host at a luncheon held yesterday at Admiralty House by the Ministry of Defence in honour of Gen Shamin Alam Khan, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan. The Continuing Professional Development Foundation Mias Jonathan Harris, President, host at a luncheon Continuing Professional Development Foundation held yesterday at 6 Carlos Place, London, W1. The guests included: Mrs Mary Allen, Mr Clive Darlow, Prof Geoffrey Holt, Mr Mark Kelsey, Mr Alan Powell, Mr William Shaw, Miss Prudence Skene, Prof Peter Warr, Mr Jimmy West, Miss Ann Widdecombe, MP, and Mr Simon Wood. DINNERS Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine The Princess Royal, Patron, was present at the annual dinner of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine held last night at the University of Liverpool. The 1900 Club Mr Michael Portillo, MP.

Chief Secretary to the Treasury, was guest of honour at the Economy dinner 1900 Club held last night at the Carlton Club. Sir Gerard Vaughan, MP, was in the chair. SERVICE DINNER RAF Club Dining Society Mr Jeremy Hanley, MP, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, guest of honour at a held by the RAF Club Dining Society last night at the Club. Francis Johnston, Dr James Johnston, Mr Armyn Hennessy, Mrs Isabel Yeld, Mrs Robina Morrison, Sir Roger and Lady Moon, Lady Johnston, Mr and Mrs Stephen Johnston, Mr and Mrs Jeremy Holroyde, Mrs Sarah Stangroom, Mr and Mrs Peter Williams, Miss Anna Williams, and Mrs John Veasey, and other members of the family. The Marquess of Salisbury, Viscount and Viscountess Davidson, Viscountess Montgomery of Alamein, Viscount and Viscountess Mountgarret, Viscountess Tamworth, Viscount Whitelaw, Lady Ampthill, Lord Archer of Weston-superMare, Field Marshal Lord Bramall, Lord Lieutenant for Greater London, and Lady Bramall, Lord and Lady Carrington, Baroness Dacre, Cordelia, Lady Greenway, Lord and Lady Howard de Walden, Lady Maclean, Lord and Lady Orr-Ewing, Lord and Lady Shuttleworth, Lady Stallard, Lord and Lady Williams of Elvel.

Mr David Hunt, MP, and Mrs Hunt, the Hon Neville and Mrs Berry, the Hon James and Mrs Douglas-Home, the Hon Kenneth Lamb, the Hon Mrs Roper-Curzon, the Hon Angus and Mrs Sinclair, Sir Roger and Lady Cary, Lady DunningtonJefferson, Major Sir Richard and Lady Rasch, Lt-Col Sir John Smiley, Elizabeth, Lady Williams, the Provost of Eton and Lady Acland, Sir Roger and Lady Bannister, Dame Josephine Barnes, Sir Robin Butler, Secretary of the Cabinet, Lady Butler, Sir Arthur Collins, Sir Edward Ford, Sir Paul and Lady Fox, Lady Fraser, Sir Roger Gibbs, Sir Graham and Lady Hills, Sir John Hogg. Lady Holland-Martin, Lady Hutton, Lt-Col Sir John Johnston, Sir Michael Marshall, MP, Sir Hector Monro, MP, Lady Norton, Lady Riches, Sir Michael Sandberg, Lady Villiers, Sir Brian War- had a was as World "Shiny was Ark Renown draGer- were on the Sheffield error mis- stradsuffered splinters. the Shefblew weather orgapumping Iceland to MalNovember North defend- GerEckholdt, thinkHipper. 1943, was 1900 and Dominion General Dart- battleship a midin gunbattle- in Gould: incisive Cecil Hilton Monk Gould was born on May 24 1918, the son of Lt-Cdr RT Gould, a polymath who became celebrated as a member of the BBC Brains Trust during the Second World War. Robert Dougall, Mr and Mrs Downton, Mr David Faber, MP, Mr and Mrs W.H.

Frindall, Mr Jocelyn Galsworthy, Mr F.G. Gillard, Mr Michael Green, Mr Alan Hart, Mr David Hatch, Mr Stephen Hearst, Mr Robert Hudson, Mr and Mrs Richard Hutton, Mr D.J. Insole, Mr David Jacobs, Mrs Max Jaffa, Mr Eric Koops, Mr David Lemmon, Editor, Benson and Hedges Cricket Year, Mr and Mrs A.R. Lewis, Miss Frances Line, Mr Michael Melford, Mr R.L. Miall.

Mr and Mrs Cliff Michelmore, Mr James Moir, Mr and Mrs Michael Noakes, Miss Sylvia Peters, Mr Tim Rice, Mr Colin Shaw, Director, Broadcasting Standards Council, and Mrs Shaw, Mr Ned Sherrin, Miss M.L. Sims, Mr and Mrs A.E. Singer, Mr and Mrs Anthony Smith, Mr John Snagge, Mrs Betty Surridge, Mr Stuart Surridge, Mr Bob Taylor, Mr Julian Tutt, Mr Russell Twisk, Editor-in-Chief, Reader's Digest, Mr J.J. Warr, Mr and Mrs Edward Lane Fox, Mr Martin Lane Fox, Mr Michael Tolkien, Mr Tim Heald. Representatives of Abbots Bromley Cricket Club, Buccaneers Cricket Club, Churches Advisory Council for Local Broadcasting, Cornhill Insurance Test Series, Cornwall County Cricket Club, Country Life, Cricket Society, The Cricketer, Epsom, Ewell and District Literary Society, Eyre Estate, Forty Club, Friends of Llandall Cathedral, Hampshire County Cricket Club, Handicapped Adventure Playground Association, International Cricket Council, Iris Fund, Kent County Cricket Club, Little Berkhamsted Cricket Club, London Cricket College, London Society of Rugby Football Union Referees, London Friends of the Home Farm Trust, Metro Sports and Social Club for the Visually Handicapped, Middlesex Sheffield, Searle went to Liverpool, on the staff of Western Approaches, Adml Horton.

After promotion to took command of HMS Campbeltown, on the anti training Kintyre. In Dec 1943, he was chief of staff to the Vice Fleet and was mentioned a third time for the planOperation Crimson, the Fleet's bombardment of Sabang in April 1944. Vice Admiral became C-inFleet in November 1944, remained as chief of staff with commodore, and planned stages of the naval war in the including Operation Draamphibious assault on Ran1945. analysis of Ultra Special led to the sinking of the heavy cruiser Haguro by the Flotilla off Penang on himself had thought this somewhat rash and had cau- appointed CBE in 1945 for the headquarters of the Fleet. Searle had his first sea comcaptain (D) of the 4th Flotilla Home Fleet, in 1947 he shifted his pennant destroyer Agincourt his last The next year Searle Admiralty as director of from 1951 to 1953 was comthe Royal Naval Barracks, he then returned to the as a rear-admiral and deputy personnel.

appointed CB in 1955. retired in 1956, but served for a "Way sub-commitAdmiralty reorganisation. married and had a son and which he chatted to people in different parts of London, as well as a phone- -in programme which attracted some 200,000 listeners. In 1978 Mrs Thatcher, then the Opposition, appeared' in the studio to put Bert of Newham right about the lame ducks of British industry, and to assure Oscar of Wandsworth that he be compulsorily repatriated. enthused Modlyn, "you're a remarkable woman." But the phone- programme was scrapped in 1979, and next year Modlyn found himself dropped altogether from LBC after defying the station's ruling by making radio commercials for the London Electricity Board.

Afflicted by ill-health, he never really revived his career although in 1982 Modlyn Through, a portrait on Radio 4, celebrated some of his finer moments. His autobiography, Pardon My Cheek, was published in 1971. Modlyn worked indefatigably for charity, especially the RSPCA, wasp appointed OBE in 1983., He married, in 1959, Dorothy Harris; there were no children. opera enthusiast. His writing style was plain, his erudition manifest.

His publications included studies of Leonardo da Vinci, Correggio and Bernini and Trophy of Conquest: the and the Creation of the Louvre (1965), which gave a fascinating account of Napoleonic looting, justified by one of the Emperor's loyal henchman grounds that "it is in the bosom of free folk that the works of celebrated men should remain; the tears of slaves are unworthy of their Lewis Puller Jr. Committed suicide at Fairfax, Virginia, aged 48. A son of Gen 'Chesty" Puller, the most highly decorated marine in American history, Puller Jr lost his legs and parts of both hands after stepping on a landmine during the Vietnam war, afterwards suffering from depression and alcoholism. His autobiography, Fortunate Son, won the Pulitzer prize in 1992. BRIDGE RESULTS By Our Bridge Correspondent England has won the Dunhill Cup, an invitation team event for 18 countries, played in Bonn.

The England team was Dick Shek, Gus Calderwood, Mark Horton and Richard Winter. The countries played in two pools. After a round robin within each pool, the two winners played a final of 24 deals. England held off a late challenge from Sweden and Israel to win their pool. In the other pool Belgium overtook favourites, Poland, in the last round.

In the final between pool winners, England beat Belgium 61-52. Round robin scores: Pool 1 England 152; 2 Sweden 3 Israel 147; 4 Germany 137; 5 Denmark 136. Pool 1 Belgium 171; 2 Poland 165; 3 Austria 161; 4 Czechoslovakia 150; 5 Finland 147. East Wales retained the Perry Shield, the interregional championships of Wales. In the women's event, for the Spickett Bowl, 5 the winner was West Wales.

3 Mid-Wales 113; 4 North 103. Women: 1 Scores: Open: 1 East 172; 2 West 148; West 161; 2 East 146; 3 North 132; 4 Mid- Wales 96. SOME gardeners are said to be miffed at the news of plans to put health warnings on hundreds of types of plants when they go on sale. Potentially poisonous plants including hya- OLIVER of the valley, cinth bulbs, lilies PRITCHETT chrysanthemums and azaleas may have to be specially labelled after July 1, according to a code drawn up by a working party of Horticulture Trade Association. I believe some good can come of this.

After all, the news comes just in time to alert people to the appalling hazards awaiting them Chelsea Flower Show. Let us hope that the organisers of the show have the sense to put up some strongly worded warning signs. Goodness knows how many people might otherwise absentmindedly nibble on a lethal amount of honeysuckle while discussing mulch with an expert. Visitors to the show might so easily crunch a daffodil bulb, mistaking it for a pickled onion, or gorge themselves on tulips because they are too impatient to queue for the tea tent. One shudders to think how many young people at the show will give in to temptation to roll up some wisteria leaves and smoke them, only too blithely unaware of the long-term risks of the wisteria habit.

And there is the danger that they may experiment and move on to smoking "hard" plants such as a fearsome cocktail of lupin blended with -menot. As a matter of fact, hazard warnings can make a most attractive feature in a garden and I am sure they are the coming thing. The Chelsea Flower Show will quickly catch up with this Colourful "deadly poisonous" labels can add a touch of brightness. In my own garden, I designed a special "potential section with lilies of the valley planted in one border in the shape of a skull and crossbones. This makes a charming sight alongside the fluttering red flags warning people not to get too close to the thorns on the rose bush.

Obviously, there is some risk from people getting dirt under their fingernails and spreading germs, so I have laid out a row of "Now Wash Your Hands' signs in the east-facing border. They are planted about eight inches apart and look most effective. Garden suppliers are getting round to selling an excellent selection of warning notices. For my lawn, I have a beautiful pottery plaque with italic lettering OLIVER PRITCHETT on it saying "Grass Slippery When Wet" and also a varnished cross- of tree trunk with the message 'Worms For Bird Consumption Only" written on it in poker- work. Apart from looking very fetching, these notices must have been responsible for saving countless numbers of lives.

We have no precise fig. for the number of people who fall into lily ponds, swallow raw goldfish and then develop ous stomach complaints, but it could easily run into hundreds. Fortunately, it is now possible to get 18-feet high rustic-style security fencing to keep people the recommended two yards away from the edge. Alternatively, you can get the new patented filledin lily pond with "rubble effect" topping and garden gnomes seated around it, dressed as officials of the Health Safety Executive. Another thing that adds DO NOT TRIP OVER THIS SIGN a welcome splash of colour to my own garden is the large illuminated sign giving the latest pollen count, so that hay-fever sufferers know exactly what sort of risk running.

This is positioned close to the "rockery" which is, in fact, a heap of tastefully arranged -aid Whatever precautions we take, in the end we have to acknowledge that gardening is always going to be a dangerous occupation. You cannot entirely eliminate the risk of getting a greenfly in your eye, blundering blindly into a trellis and becoming entwined in a particularly vigorous clematis and, deprived of your usual nutrients, withering away after five or six days. Flowers themselves provide the greatest hazard of all. When they are in bloom they tend to attract insects which sting us. One is to remove all flowering plants from the garden and just concentrate on your display of warning signs and labels.

On the other hand, you could do what I do: leave just a few flowers and erect a prominotice saying "Beware of the CHESS Kasparov is lost after 11 moves By Malcolm Pein, Chess Correspondent GARRY KASPAROV'S revival at the VSB tournament in Amsterdam proved to be short lived as he was crushed almost effortlessly by the Ukrainian, Vassily Ivanchuk, in the latest Intel world rankings. Kasparov's Sicilian Defence is rarely breached but yesterday the champion was completely lost after just 11 moves. Confronted by a novelty on move 9, Kasparov replied with a blunder and the stunning reply forced him to give up his queen for bishop and knight. Although Kasparov lasted 39 moves the rest of the game was little more than a mopping up operation. Ivanchuk shares the lead with Kasparov on 2.5/4.

The latter now risks losing his Nol place in the rankings for the first time in nearly 10 years. The Professional Chess Association's list puts him at 2808, with Karpov close behind at 2797. The list includes all games up to March 31 1994. VSB Round 4: Ivanchuk 1-0 Kasparov, Sicilian Najdorf, 39 moves; Timman 1-0 Short, English Opening, 64 moves. Scores: Ivanchuk Kasparov 2.5: Short Hi Timman 1.5.

Ivanchuk, Kasparov, VSB (4) I e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 614 Qc7 7 013 g6 8 Be3 Bg7 9 h3 10 fxe5 dxe5 11 Bxh6 12 Qxf6 0-0 13 Nd5 Qa5 14 b4 Qd8 15 Ne7 Qxe7 16 Qxe7 exd4 17 Bc4 Nc6 18 Qc5 Be3 19 Rf1 Nd8 20 Be6 21 Rxe3 dxe3 22 Bxe6 Nxe6 23 Qxe3 a5 24 b5 Rac8 25 0-0-0 Rc5 26 Rd5 b6 27 Qg3 Rc7 28 Qd6 Rfc8 29 Rd2 Rb7 30 g4 Nc5 31 Qf6 h6 32 e5 Re8 33 h4 Kh7 34 h5 g5 35 Rd6 Re6 36 Qd8 Kg7 37 a3 a4 38 Kb2 Rbe7 39 Rxb6 1-0 Timman, I d4 3 Bg5 5 Bxf6 7 Bd3 9 Bc4 11 Qd3 13 Nbd2 15 a4 17 h5 19 Rfel 21 Nxe5 23 Bd3 25 27 Kg3 29 Be4 31 Bxb7 33 Khl 35 Rxe6 37 Rdl 39 Rel 0-1 J- Kasparov, VSB (3) Torre Attack Nf6 2 N13 g6 Bg7 4 c3 b6 Bxf6 6 e4 Bb7 c5 8 d5 e6 0-0 100-0 Na6 Nc7 12 d6 Ne8 Bg7 14 h4 a6 Qb8 16 e5 f6 fxe5 18 hxg6 h6 Qxd6 20 Qxd6 Nxd6 Bxe5 22 Rxe5 Rf4! Raf8 243 a5 Kg7 26 Rh5 Ne8 Nf6 28 Re5 Nd5 R4f6 30 Nc4 Rxg6 32 Kh2 Rxg2 34 Nxb6 Rb8 Rxb7 36 Rd6 Rg5 d4 38 Nc4 Kh7 Rh5 40 Rg7 Kasparov 8 6 5 4 3 2 3 3 2 a g- Timman Final Position Judit Polgar's margin of victory was 1.5 points at the Comunidad de Madrid tournament after a last round draw with Magem of Spain left her with Ivan Sokolov of Bosnia was second with 5.5. Sergey Michael Adams's opponent in the WCC quarter-finals, defeated Alexey Shirov in, the last round. Madrid final scores: Polgar (Hun-. gary) I Sokolov (Bosnia) Shirov (Latvia), Illescas (Spain), Kamsky (USA) Salov (Russia) Tiviakov (Russia) 4.5: Magem (Spain) 3.5; Bareev (Russia) San Segundo (Spain) 2.5..