Mr. John D. Russell, the senior partner of Binder, Hamlyn & Co. (Chartered Accountants), who died in January, joined the Committee of Management of the Royal National Life-boat Institution in 1954, and was elected a vice president in 1969. He gave invaluable help to the Institution over 18 years in financial and other matters.

He was a member of the Council of Chartered Accountants and a Post Flag Officer of the Royal Yacht Squadron. Mr. Russell served in the 1939-45 war, rising to the rank of Commander, R.N.V.R..