Robert Roy Golding, known to many as Bob, passed away on January 4, 2022 after a short illness at the age of 84.
Husband of Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant for Bristol Peaches Golding, he was responsible for helping form the first collection for Jersey Zoo, running the Zoological Garden at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and establishing the first RSPCA wildlife hospitals in the UK.
Bob, who was born and raised in Bristol, also made improvements to Cotswold Wildlife Park, Windsor Safari Park and supplied interpretative materials for a large proportion of aquariums in the UK and Europe.
