A New Appointment for Dr. Mervyn Miller

Our Architectural Adviser

At their meeting on 17 October, the Council of the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust appointed Dr. Mervyn Miller as the first Honorary President of the Trust. Dr. Miller, who retired from the Trust Council in September, has served as the Director Appointed by the Royal Town Planning Institute for 21 years. Dr. Miller is a Chartered Architect and Town Planner, historian and lecturer. In 1998 he was awarded a Visiting Fellowship by Oxford Brookes University in recognition of 25 years contribution to conservation of the historic built environment.

The Meeting approved an amendment to the articles of association to enable the Trust Council to appoint an Honorary President, and Dr. Miller was nominated to fill the role. He was presented with a painting by Annie Walker, who lives in the Suburb, showing the panorama from the Hampstead Heath Extension, with the horizon crowned by the spire of St. Jude’s Church, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.

In thanking the Chairman of the Trust Council, Steven Licht, Dr. Miller referred to the daunting task of conserving the legacy of the social vision of Dame Henrietta Barnett, founder of the Suburb, the practical and artistic skills of Sir Raymond Unwin, and, in Central Square, the commanding virtuosity of Sir Edwin Lutyens.