Here are photos from History Man of Willie, his family, and friends. You can click on photos to enlarge them and view as a slideshow.
Maternal grandmother Jessie Carmichael
Mother Hughie on Lismore
Father Hector (far left) and four brothers
Paternal grandfather Hector, step grandmother Amelia, Hector junior (centre) and three siblings
Hector and Hughie with Billy aged 3
Hector and Hughie engaged on board the Oban ferry
WIllie and the Lamont memorial in Tobemory, Mull 2006
Billy aged 3
Billy at Priestmead School, Harrow, aged 6
Willie and Linda just married, London 5th April 1961
Willie and sister Iona at Kings College Cambridge, summer vacation 1954
Linda and Willie on honeymoon in Lismore, Summer 1961
And then there were three — Catriona 3, Ailsa 2 and Tara 6 months; Aberdeen, Christmas 1965
Willie in Kingston prepared for graduation ceremony at Sussex University 1969
At the village fete on Kingston Green, with Grandparents Hughie and Hector 1969
Linda and Willie on honeymoon in Lismore, Summer 1961
Playing tennis in Ravenscourt Park with Catriona, Summer 1962
Aberdeen in the snow. Willie, recovered from TB, with Ailsa 1963
Linda in Aberdeen with Catriona and Ailsa 1964
On holiday in Brittany 1969
Hector and Hughie, newly married
Catriona, Ailsa, and Tara outside 9 Bramleys, Kingston 1969
At Stony Brook USA in 1970/71
Willie with Lara, his first grandchild, outside the Manor House in 1993
Manor house garden June 1992
Manor house garden June 1992
Willie’s retirement party at Sussex University 1999
Christmas at the Manor House with Ciaran 1995
Bellagio 2000, rehearsal for A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Bellagio 2000, elegant dining
Willie on campus with his Sussex History students
Willie with Nell, his last grandchild, at North Court, Isle of Wight in 2008
Venice, Adriatic cruise 2006
Manor House, Denton. The garden, January 1985
At the Manor House with Oliver 1993
Our first holiday at North Court, Isle of Wight in 2004 for Linda’s 70th
The garden in East Street Lewes 2006
Albania, Adriatic cruise 2006
Golden wedding, 5th April 2011
Grandchildren; De la War Pavilion, Bexhill 2010
With Best Man John Butcher and our sisters; Janet, Iona, and Paddy
Tara, Ailsa, and Catriona
East Street Lewes. Christmas 2009
Rosie 2012
Oliver, 2009
One of several holidats at North Court over 10 years — 2008?
Grandchildren; De la War Pavilion, Bexhill 2010
Oliver’s graduation (English) University of Exeter, Great Hall 2014
Ciaran, 2009
Luke 2012
Golden wedding, the grandchildren
Ciaran’s graduation (International Relations) University of Sussex, The Dome 2014
Lara’s graduation (Modern Dance) University of Kent, Canterbury Cathedral 2012
Rosie 2013
Ishbel at the V&A 2014
Ishbel 2013
Rosie with Mouse the cat 2014
Ruby
Saul
Nell
Duart Castle, Mull 2013
Port Ramsay Lismore, where Willie’s cousin Calum and wife Rena still live
Willie’s 80th Birthday 2nd February 2014 with Arsenal gift
Willie in Summer 2014
Calum, Rena and Tara outside the family home on Lismore 20013
William Montgomerie Lamont (1934-2018) 