Humfry Gilbert Garth Payne

English archaeologist, director of the British School of Archaeology in Athens from 1929 to his death.

From 1931 to 1936, Dilys Powell spent part of each year in Greece, frequently attending excavations where her husband was working, including the excavation of the Heraion of Perachora, as well as attending an excavation at Abydos, Egypt. Payne died in Athens in 1936 from a staphylococcus infection. They had no children.