Long-serving Conservative councillor Sir Peter Batho has died - he represented the Saxmundham area on both Suffolk County Council and Suffolk Coastal District Council at different times
Sir Peter was a farmer at Saxmundham. He was a Baronet - he inherited his title which was first given to his grandfather in the 1920s after he served as Lord Mayor of London.
He was elected to Suffolk County Council for the then Leiston and Saxmundham Division in 1989 and he served for four years.
Sir Peter was then elected to Suffolk Coastal council for Saxmundham in 2003 and served on that council for 12 years - he was council chair in 2006/7.