Mr. Augustine Courtauld, the famous explorer, who had been a member of the Committee of Management since 1951, died on the 3rd of March, 1959, at the age of 54. He served on the finance, boat and construction and operations committees.

He took part in many expeditions to Greenland, the best known of which was that in 1930, when at his own request he remained by himself throughout the winter months. When Gino Watkins and the remainder of the relief party found him in May 1931 he had been snowed up for two months.

Mr. Courtauld served in the Royal Navy in the last war, was a Deputy Lieutenant of Essex, a Justice of the Peace, a county councillor, and in 1953 was High Sheriff of Essex.

He presented the Walton and Frinton life-boat to the Institution in 1953, and it was from this life-boat that he was buried, in accordance with his wishes, at sea. A memorial service was held in Chelmsford Cathedral on the 14th of March, which was attended by Earl Howe, Chairman, and other members of the Committee of Management.

His autobiographical work Man the Ropes was reviewed in the September 1957 number of the Life-boat on page 512..