Raoul Millais, grandson of the pre-Raphaelite painter Sir John Millais, has died at his home near Chipping Norton at the age of 98.

He was the last in the line of a dynasty of artists. His grandfather was Sir John Everett Millais, Bt, co-founder of the pre-Raphaelites, while his father, John Guille Millais was a well-known wildlife artist, explorer and hunter.

Raoul Millais was a keen hunter, hunting foxes in England, shooting grouse in Scotland and travelling to Africa in search of big game.

He also became a big fan of bullfighting - and was hailed in the Spanish press as the best painter of bullfights since Francisco Goya.

His own hunting career came to an end in 1937 when he was injured in a fall from his horse. After the Second World War which he spent in the Scots Guards, he and his second wife, Kay, restored Westcote Manor, a tumbledown 14th century house, where he lived until his death.

He frequently travelled to his studio in Scotland where he kept, preserved by vodka, a goldfish bowl containing the remains of a badger, two hedgehogs and a mole which had been run over by traffic. After his wife's death in 1985 Mr Millais continued to live at Westcote Manor.

He leaves two sons from his first marriage and one from his second.

Story date: Monday 22 November

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