Mr. Thomas Orrell Gray, O.B.E., J.P., who had been a member of the Committee of Management since 1935, died on the 7th May, 1961. He had served on the Finance, General Pur- poses, and Establishment Committees of the Institution, became Vice-Chair- man of the Finance Committee in 1939 and Chairman of the Establishment Committee in 1947. He was appointed Deputy Treasurer of the Institution in 1947, and was elected a Vice-President in 1952.

Mr. Gray was honorary treasurer of the Birmingham Branch and Manager of the Birmingham Branch of the Westminster Bank Limited for many years until his retirement in 1943..