Richard Pim died on 16th November 2024, aged 84. Sally, his second wife of nearly twenty years, and daughters Julia and Olivia were with him.

Throughout his life, he told wonderful stories of his escapades when at the Marlborough, and the College managed to produce an outstanding, original, quirky and hugely kind individual.  Richard spent his adult life as a hydrogeologist, finding water in arid lands of Africa and becoming well-known within his profession.

Having retired from travelling and working in the dry places of the world, at Westonbury Mill, Richard built several amusing follies around the millstream and the so-called duck pond (inhabited by coots, not ducks) as he and Sally created an extensive four-acre garden that Richard opened to the public. The Garden is often featured in national newspapers and magazines, including Gardens Illustrated and Country Life. Richard was especially well known for his quirky follies, including the ‘Bottle Grotto’, a hemisphere made from wine bottles, and his giant cuckoo clock that hugely amused visitors to Westonbury Mill.