Yeats once described the English mind as meditative, rich, deliberate; it would be hard to find a better description of the music of Birtwistle. Harrison Obituaries Find out more, Harrison with Princess Anne in 2002 at the naming ceremony for Wight Lightning, Harrison speaks at the Wight Lightning naming ceremony, Jock Zonfrillo, Glasgow-born chef and former drug addict who became an Australian culinary star obituary, Jim Fox, British star pentathlete who exposed a notorious cheating scandal obituary, Barbara Young, actress with credits ranging from I, Claudius to Coronation Street obituary, John Cockcroft, Telegraph leader writer, Tory MP and passionate European obituary, Wee Willie Harris, eccentric Soho coffee-bar rocker who carved a place in pop history obituary, Ray Shulman, musician and songwriter who co-founded prog-rock favourites Gentle Giant obituary. Harrison Birtwistle in 1973. In 1956 he married June Forster, whom he met at school. He liked sailing, rugby, he liked his wine, he liked women, he was good fun socially. The following year he celebrated winning Antiguas Sailing Week in his elegant 115-foot ketch Sojana by offering to fund the restoration of Clarence House, a historic mansion overlooking the islands English Harbour, where Princess Margaret had spent part of her honeymoon; he also made a personal loan to finance an extension to the yacht harbour. There's an 'unsubscribe' button at the bottom of every newsletter we send out. This surely lies behind the idea of a continuity which has been fractured, a phrase Birtwistle used half a century later when asked to capture the essence of his music. Family interest will endure in his memory and the Foundation will extend his legacy for many years to come.". After he bought the business in 1979, it developed a screen-based telex messaging system for multiple addressees that won contracts with major companies and with the UK Home Office for use in emergency services networks. In 2005 Peter was made an Honorary Doctor of Technology by the University of Loughborough in recognition of outstanding service to business, sport and disability. Sir Peter Harrison, who has died aged 84, was a rumbustious electronics entrepreneur who claimed to have brought the internet to the UK. His attention to detail was like no other I have come across he spent hours pouring over every meeting note and every team budget spreadsheet, all of the data coming off the training boats and the ambitious boat designs that were under discussion. However, records within each county may not be available for the full year range. I was working for a branding consultancy in London and Peter and Ian wanted some help on the naming/branding for the team. Sir