Background
Lapage was born at Shaftesbury, Dorset, the son of Reginald H. Lapage, vicar of Shaftesbury, and his wife Dora Ehlvers.
Lapage was born at Shaftesbury, Dorset, the son of Reginald H. Lapage, vicar of Shaftesbury, and his wife Dora Ehlvers.
He was educated at Monkton Combe School where he was a contemporary of fellow Olympic rower Alfred Mellows.
During World World War II Lapage saw service as a Fleet Air Arm pilot in the Pacific. Lapage became a Christian missionary and was ordained in Kenya in 1961. On 19 May 2012 he carried the Olympic torch in the relay for the 2012 Olympic Games, in Street Austell, Cornwall.
After the war Lapage was at Cambridge University and was a member of the winning Cambridge boat in the 1948 Boat Race.