Memoriam for Jackie Millar
The ashes of Jackie Millar, who helped to run the Actuarial Tuition Service at Staple Inn from 1967 to 1987 and who, sadly, died last September were formally scattered in the Rose Garden at Staple Inn this April.
A short ceremony was led by her husband Jim Lagden whom she married in 1980, with a reception following at Staple Inn. Jim, a partner at Bacon and Woodrow until 1966, left the actuarial profession to enjoy the wider fields of arts and community festivals, historical walks and talks and local history museums. However, he could not resist returning to write up the annual Students Society (now SIAS) Supper Entertainments with Bernie Fisson and many others, including Jackie, and this is how the couple first met.
Jackie, who knew many of the actuarial students at the time, assisted Jim in founding FIASCO magazine in 1979. The magazine, a forerunner of The Actuary, was intended as a light-hearted magazine for SIAS. Later, in 1990, Jackie and Jim were also involved in launching The Actuary magazine. Over the years they developed a joint affection for the historic buildings of Staple Inn and they were delighted to gain permission for this ashes ceremony and for Jim’s wish for his ashes to join Jackie’s in due course.
