Born in Edinburgh in 1888, Hamish Milne was a landscape, portrait and flower painter in oil, watercolour and pastel. He served in a Highland Regiment during the First World War and also exhibited at the RSA at that time. He moved to the West Country in the 1930s and joined the Savages. From 1931 to 1966 he was a regular exhibitor and showed a total of 141 works at their exhibitions. The subjects were mostly still-life, portraits and landscapes of local scenes and some of the Austrian Tyrol. He was responsible for carving the figure of St. George over the Wigwam door, also for the renovation and installation of the Canynge Fireplace and he carved the Totem Pole outside the studio. He was a director of L. Thomas and Sons. He was President of the Savages in 1931, 1940 and 1951 and was made a Life Member in 1961. He was also a life member of the R. M. A. and after his retirement he worked at the RWA restoring paintings. He lived for some time at Weston-Super-Mare and later moved to Clifton, Bristol where he died in January 1981. There is a portrait caricature of him in the Wigwam. A charming nude portrait was donated by the sitter and hangs in 2nd XI Studio. (R. S. B)