Telegraph Obituaries

British jazz pianist for whom a special record label was established to bring his music to a wider public

Soldier who presided over the venerable 'Poor Knights’ based at Windsor Castle

Distinguished criminologist who brought an outsider’s eye to the difficult issue of crime and punishment

Boss of Union Carbide who retired from public view in 1986, haunted by the industrial accident at Bhopal

Chairman of Berkeley Group, the upmarket housebuilder, who proved a steadying hand in the boardroom

Former Labour cabinet minister who devised the formula for distributing spending to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Bowler-hatted titan of Trad jazz who conjured a warm, sentimental sound from his clarinet

American tennis player turned coach who taught his pupils to 'laugh and win’

Architectural historian and biographer of Thomas Cubitt who chronicled the destruction of much-loved London landmarks

Croquet champion and masterly tactician who devised a new and highly effective mallet grip

Swiss photographer for Magnum Photos who captured the inner sanctums of artists and revolutionaries

Italian soprano who commuted between Naples and Rome to stand in for a troubled Maria Callas in 1958

Racing car engineer who started out as an RAF instrument maker and contributed to Lotus’s global success

Retail designer whose commissions ranged from M&S to the Lib Dems’ 'dead parrot’ logo

Officer who kept the IRA at bay in the Lower Falls and was once surprised, while shaving, by an anaconda

Dedicated choral director who specialised in the music of William Byrd

Former British Rail train driver who became president of Zambia on his fourth attempt, aged 74

Record label supremo who popularised the 'Miami sound’ with groups such as KC and the Sunshine Band

Rudolf Kortokraks was a German artist who helped run Kokoschka’s summer school and refused to follow the dictates of fashion

Officer who won an MC for his service in North Africa and at Monte Cassino