Former Marlborough entrepreneur Stuart Kidson-Trigg has died suddenly at the age of 60 in America.

Mr Kidson-Trigg was the son of John and Molly Trigg who had a confectioners and boutique respectively in Marlborough High Street in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Stuart Kidson-Trigg, who adopted the extra surname following the death of his grandmother, trained as an ambulanceman after leaving the former Marlborough Grammar School.

He later followed his parents into business and ran a cafe in the High Street in partnership with the late Anne Watts who, with her husband Frank, also ran the Bear Hotel.

They combined their names to form Stuanns which they used to rename the former Manton Milk Bar – in the premises now Stan James bookmakers at 3 High Street.

Mr Kidson-Trigg, whose brother Martin Kidson-Trigg runs the auction house of that name near Highworth, was a member of Marlborough and District Round Table.

He and his first wife Linda lived in Forest Dale Road and they had two children, Christian, who joined his father in California 15 years ago, and Gemma who lives at Ogbourne St George.

At the age of 30 and following the break up of his first marriage Mr Kidson-Trigg emigrated to Florida where he worked as a builder and, more recently, was employed delivering wine racks across the state.

He and his second wife Geraldine lived in Lockeford near Sacramento where he died suddenly on July 20.

His body will be cremated in the States on Saturday and his family in the UK are hoping to scatter his ashes in Wiltshire. A memorial service is to be held at a date to be announced.

He is survived by his son and daughter and seven grandchildren.