Henry Brownrigg, a friend for nearly 30 years, passed away on December 22 after a protracted illness.
He was educated at Winchester and New College Oxford where he gained a First in English Literature. Though he obtained an important post with Shell Oil in Persia, he decided that world was not for him.
For the last 50 years he was to be found in Portobello Road of a Saturday, where he catered to a large following. Besides dealing in Asian antiques he was an avid collector and some of that vast collection now resides in the Victoria and Albert Museum.