the rarest flowers, mingling their aromas with faint gusts of amber,

the painted ceilings, the fathomless mirrors, Eastern splendour.

. . . all would speak, in secret, to our souls, in its native language . . .

There, everything is order and beauty, luxury, calm and pleasure . . .*

Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New

* Translation author’s own.

Service of Thanksgiving

SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING

FOR THE LIFE OF SIR HARRY TREVELYAN-TUBAL, CBE, BT.

AT ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, IN THE CITY OF LONDON

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were represented by Sir Thomas Carew Knollys, the Prince of Wales was represented by Colonel Lord Maltravers of Deeside, and the Duke of Kent was represented by the Hon. Jonathan Bowes-Griffon at a service of thanksgiving for the life of Sir Harry Trevelyan-Tubal, CBE, Bt.

The Bishop of London, the Right Reverend Crispin Smythe, read the prayers, assisted by the Reverend Kevin Pegley, Vicar of All Hallows in the City of London. The Ambassador of the United States of America, the Hon. Mr S. Fielding Klipspringer, the Ambassador of France, Comte Henri de Mossigny-Mumm, the Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Sir Tristram Tarkington, the Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex, Lieutenant General (Rtd.) Sir Augustus (Bobby) Popham, MC also attended.

Among others, members of the family present were Lady Trevelyan-Tubal (widow), Sir Simon Trevelyan-Tubal (son), Mr Julian Trevelyan-Tubal (son) and Mrs Kimberly Trevelyan-Tubal (daughter-in-law), Lord Andrew Finch-Tubal (cousin), Mr Thierry Lane (cousin), Miss Daisy Trevelyan-Tubal (great-niece), Master Sam and Miss Alice Trevelyan-Tubal (grandchildren), Mrs Simon Cassirer (stepdaughter), Frieda, Grafin von Westerhagen (sister) and Freiherr Fritz-Dietlof, Graf von Westerhagen, the Hon. Charlotte Stammers (niece), Miss Poppy Trevelyan-Tubal (niece), Monsieur Jean-Pierre Loup, with other members of the family.

The Duke and Duchess of Albemarle, the Duke of Chelsea, the Earl and Countess of Mayo, the Earl and Countess of Wendover, the Macallan of that Ilk and Lady Macallan, the Malcolm, Lord of the Western Isles, Sir Frederick Blackwater (representing the Performing Arts Benevolent Fund), the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Rt. Hon. Oliver Goldstone, QC, MP, Lieutenant General Sir Archibald FitzHealde, KBE (representing the Honourable Company of Pikemen and Musketeers), Mr Adrian Porch, MBE (representing the Fishmongers’ Guild), Sir Dominick Westwood (representing the Royal Opera Company), Mr Ruud Kronwinkel (representing the Koopman Charitable Foundation), Ms Alice Freemantle (representing the Association of Private Bankers) attended.

Among others attending were Mr Nigel Stafford, Mr Bryce Boyd, Ms Estelle Welz, Mr Morné Nagel (on behalf of the Disabled Rugby Footballers’ Trust), Mr Artair MacCleod, Ms Amanda Stapleton, Mrs Arthur Green, Professor Sir Simon Greene (on behalf of the Judaeo-Christian Foundation), Monsieur Paul-Henri Colle (representing the Community of Cap d’Antibes), Ms Shirley Simms, Mr Len Snibble (representing the staff of Tubal and Co.), Ms Tineke Pachod, Mrs Alicia Bruce-Caldesi, Monsieur Franck Dangereux, Ms Inez Duegenheim-Arndt, Ms Lulu Whitbread, Signor Giovanni Paschetto, the Dowager Lady Huntingtower, Comte Hervé de la Marinière.