William T. Thomas; Gilbert Frederick Futter; Terence Cuneo

1 portrait of William T. Thomas

Identify sitters

© reserved; collection National Portrait Gallery, London

 Like voting
is closed

Thanks for Liking

Please Like other favourites!
If they inspire you please support our work.

Make a donation

William T. Thomas; Gilbert Frederick Futter; Terence Cuneo

by Planet News
bromide press print, 15 August 1961
9 3/4 in. x 5 1/4 in. (249 mm x 133 mm) image size
Transferred from Evening Standard Library, before 1983
Photographs Collection
NPG x184350

Sittersback to top

Artistback to top

  • Planet News, Photographers. Artist or producer associated with 40 portraits.

Placesback to top

Subjects & Themesback to top

Events of 1961back to top

Current affairs

Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published internationally, inspiring the founding of the human rights organisation, Amnesty International.
The philosopher and peace activist Bertrand Russell is imprisoned for inciting civil disobedience during a sit down demonstration at the Ministry of Defence and Hyde Park.
The farthing coin - used in Britain for the last 7 centuries - ceases to be legal tender.

Art and science

Rudolf Nureyev defects from the USSR fearing that the KGB would arrest him for being gay and for fraternising with foreigners. After seeking asylum in Paris he set up home in London at the Royal Ballet and began his famous partnership with Margot Fonteyn.
The satirical magazine, Private Eye is first published.

International

The East German government erects the Berlin Wall, ceasing free movement between East and West Berlin. The barrier prevented citizens of Soviet controlled East Germany from crossing the border into West Germany to work, or to defect.
Yuri Gagarin, the soviet cosmonaut, becomes the first man in space orbiting the earth on the 12th April.

Comments back to top

We are currently unable to accept new comments, but any past comments are available to read below.

If you need information from us, please use our Archive enquiry service . Please note that we cannot provide valuations. You can buy a print or greeting card of most illustrated portraits. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. Prices start at around £6 for unframed prints, £16 for framed prints. If you wish to license an image, select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Use this image button, or contact our Rights and Images service. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled.

gillian christopherson

27 August 2018, 21:17

Gilbert Frederick George Futter was my father. After a distinquished Army career, where he was awarded the DCM and MM, he became a Yeoman Warder and we went to live in the Tower as a family. This was in approximately 1950 when I was 11 years old. We lived in the Beaucham Tower, this was a flat at the top of the tower. He eventually retired to Devon in a picturesque thatched cottage. He died there aged 72