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My father, David Sainty, who has died aged 96, was a proud Scot, respected solicitor, ardent pacifist, Quaker, music lover (from Gilbert and Sullivan to Beethoven), writer, artist, performer, smallholder, sailor, bibliophile and family polymath.My father, David Sainty, who has died aged 96, was a proud Scot, respected solicitor, ardent pacifist, Quaker, music lover (from Gilbert and Sullivan to Beethoven), writer, artist, performer, smallholder, sailor, bibliophile and family polymath.
He was born in Glasgow and educated at Dalziel high school, Motherwell. Though an impressive lay preacher, he chose the legal profession instead of following his Methodist minister father into the church. After studying at Edinburgh and Glasgow universities, he joined the Glaswegian firm Prentice & Eyre-Todd aged 21.He was born in Glasgow and educated at Dalziel high school, Motherwell. Though an impressive lay preacher, he chose the legal profession instead of following his Methodist minister father into the church. After studying at Edinburgh and Glasgow universities, he joined the Glaswegian firm Prentice & Eyre-Todd aged 21.
His religious upbringing led him to teetotalism and pacifism. When called for service in 1940, at the end of his indentures, he applied to register as a conscientious objector and was assigned to forestry work. In 1944 he applied to be redesignated for relief work abroad. In April 1945 he went the Netherlands with International Voluntary Service for Peace (now International Voluntary Service), moving from there to Germany to work with displaced people.His religious upbringing led him to teetotalism and pacifism. When called for service in 1940, at the end of his indentures, he applied to register as a conscientious objector and was assigned to forestry work. In 1944 he applied to be redesignated for relief work abroad. In April 1945 he went the Netherlands with International Voluntary Service for Peace (now International Voluntary Service), moving from there to Germany to work with displaced people.
He was section leader when the government released him from his obligations in 1946, whereupon he took up the unpaid role of general secretary of IVSP, where he met our mother, Ida.He was section leader when the government released him from his obligations in 1946, whereupon he took up the unpaid role of general secretary of IVSP, where he met our mother, Ida.
After leaving IVSP he rejoined Prentice & Eyre-Todd just before he and Ida were married in Lincoln in 1948. He was admitted as a solicitor 10 months later. After answering an advertisement from Lidderdale & Gillespie, a practice in Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, he and Ida moved to Galloway, buying a smallholding.After leaving IVSP he rejoined Prentice & Eyre-Todd just before he and Ida were married in Lincoln in 1948. He was admitted as a solicitor 10 months later. After answering an advertisement from Lidderdale & Gillespie, a practice in Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, he and Ida moved to Galloway, buying a smallholding.
His meticulous legal work gained him the respect of the courts as well as his clients and he had a great many friends by the time he retired as senior partner. Thereafter he combined consultancy work with his many interests, and had a rewarding collaboration with two of his former comrades to publish an account of IVSP's immediate postwar work. He celebrated his 96th birthday with his family but a few weeks later the first signs of dementia became apparent.His meticulous legal work gained him the respect of the courts as well as his clients and he had a great many friends by the time he retired as senior partner. Thereafter he combined consultancy work with his many interests, and had a rewarding collaboration with two of his former comrades to publish an account of IVSP's immediate postwar work. He celebrated his 96th birthday with his family but a few weeks later the first signs of dementia became apparent.
Ida died in 1999. David is survived by me, my sisters, Liz and Ali, and his grandchildren Phil, Rob, Chris, Lottie and Mike.Ida died in 1999. David is survived by me, my sisters, Liz and Ali, and his grandchildren Phil, Rob, Chris, Lottie and Mike.
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