[defrost]

Assistant to Thomas "if the ladies will open their parts to where the gentleman come in" Beecham?

Seems hardly surprising, although "

  following a tip-off by informants in London; his bags were searched by Customs officials, who found a large amount of what was then considered pornographic material, which included photographs, prints, books, a spool of film, some rubber masks, and sticks of incense.

" sounds as if it'd all be rather tame by modern standards.

I must admit I did think you may have confused a musician with the designer, .. although I'd pegged someone more in the vein of Percy Grainger (who's a bit too early in history and an Australian citizen so .. not) than Eugene.

Who hasn't been tripped up by an ex partner with an interest in the occult?