Members will learn with deep regret of the death of Alan Hammond on 16 February 2020. 

Mr Hammond was first elected a Member of the Baltic in 1955 for Harley Mullion & Co Ltd.  He went on to represent Diamantis Pateras between 1962 and 1973, and in 1974 he was elected a Principal for Transmarine Shipping Agency until retiring in 2002.

He also served as a Baltic Director between 1986-1988 and 1991-1997.

His funeral will be held on 11 March 2020, at 1130 in Our Lady of Sorrows, Lower Road, Effingham, KT24 5JP.

The family have requested no flowers, but donations to The MS Society would be most welcome.