Townend, Peter Robert Gascoigne, son of Roy George Townend, regional man. War Damage Commn., and Millicent Edna Amy Amelia, d. of Peter Gascoigne, musician, of Oxford; b. 8 Mar. 1935; adm. Sept. 1947 (W); left July 1950; at St Paul’s Sch. 1950-4; Christ’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1954, BA 1957, MA 1962; ed. Lookout magazine Malaga, Spain 1962-6; Roy. Coll. of Music 1964-7; freelance concert organist and conductor; European correspondent Vision, New York, USA 1966-9; acted at Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Italy 1969-70; a writer and photographer; author of Out of Focus 1971, Zoom 1972, Fisheye 1974, Triple Exposure 1976; m. 17 Apr. 1973 Hon. Katharine Patricia Smith, formerly wife of Ivan Moffat, Beverley Hills, CA, USA, and d. of William Henry Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden, chmn. W. H. Smith & Son; d. 6 June 1999.