Mr. James Bryce Allan, who had been a member of the Committee of Management since 1930, died on the 12th of May, 1960. He had served on the Construction and General Purposes Committees of the Institution.

Mr. Allan was a son of the founder of the Allan Line and at one time a director of J. & P. Coats Ltd. He was a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron and lived in Perthshire, and later at Saltash in Cornwall..