Gordon Tait

He was admitted to the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) on 3 April 1939, being proposed by his father, Hugh Minty, and Joseph Emberton.

Although he was made a partner in the practice in that year, he soon joined the Royal Air Force and served in Rhodesia during the Second World War, attaining the rank of Squadron Leader.

After the war, his father's practice experienced financial difficulties, following a sharp decline in business, the death of Ludovic Gordon Farquhar, and the cancellation of a Colonial Office commission.

The subsequent economic revival provided an increase in commissions, and the partnership specialised in corporate headquarters buildings, schools and housing.

He retired in 1979, leaving London to live in his holiday home in Ladymead, East Harting, West Sussex, a property which he had owned since 1962.