Adrian Sumption obituary

My father, Adrian Sumption, who has died aged 76, worked in television broadcasting as a project engineer for much of his life, while devoting large chunks of his spare time to helping the young and people with disabilities in his local community.

He was born in Wellington, Somerset, to Quaker parents, Harold Sumption, who worked in advertising, and his wife, Ruth (nee Burrows), a teacher. After leaving Ackworth school near Pontefract, West Yorkshire, he moved to London, where he helped to form the blues band Dissatisfied, which supported artists such as Howlin' Wolf and the Yardbirds in the 1960s. In 1965 he married Karin Lusby, whom he had met at school.