Father liked rolling tanks but his parents would not have known. Martin had been very successful at Whitgift (key member of the XV, Capt of Cricket, champion gymnast) and at Oxford on the games field and Fives Court. They met at the home of the Finzi family, where Jeremy was a frequent guest, and were married in 1966. Richard returned to the Duke of Yorks Royal Military School, Dover, as a retired Officer teaching modern languages until retirement. He was also most kind and generous with his time within the community of Marlborough and had many loyal friends. Her uncle, Sir John Jackson, a great engineer, had been building army camps and a railway across Salisbury Plain and soon, when the new School of Artillery opened at Larkhill, they moved to Netheravon. The story of when he ordered a Rolls Razor washing machine to be delivered to Preshute for one Absalom Smith is both legendary and true. She ran swimming training courses on Saturday mornings for 25 years and as coach to Easter Courses for 26 years. Of course, with his nonchalant charm and good looks, he was well received. Assigned to the group of scientists given the task of forecasting waves for the landings in Japan during the Second World War, Ursells understanding of the complex mathematics involved in the Cauchy-Poisson problem subsequently become the basis of modern wave-forecasting, and shaped his subsequent career as a mathematical researcher in the linear theory of water waves. Just up his street.He was also a registered scrap dealer; probably the only person to have the two titles of Circuit Judge and registered scrap dealer simultaneously.He loved mid-Devon. Bo enjoyed several days of filming with the BBC for their Swim and Superstars programmes and for the first Open Water Award at Thorpe Park. His next role was providing air defence around Antwerp and the Scheldt estuary, a vital logistical link between Britain and the advancing Allies on the Continent. As a young Major, he designed and supervised advanced armoured training in Alberta, Canada. Diana later became known as the queen of grotto restorers and makers, commissioned to such places as Hampton Court House, Richmonds shell pavilion at Goodwood House and the Bath House at Walton Hall. In the end by the time although we were totally different we were in our late 60s , my grandfather, father and I, doing similar things like making deathbed wills. Time spent on Dartmoor made him a keen naturalist, with a passion for collecting and breeding butterflies and moths. Pat had a good sense of humour - very much needed in the role of a Dame - but she was also firm when required and no one could "pull the wool" over her eyes or dared to stay in bed overlong in the morning on hearing the advancing footsteps of Dame Cotton! He uncovered the stories of the Indian pundit-spies employed by the British, one of whom travelled for four and a half years in Tibet disguised as a holy man, counting his five million steps on a rosary. A journalist to his core, he told the authorities who wanted to interview him afterwards: I must ring my newsdesk and you can overhear my call. His story made the front page of The Times the next day.Hopkirk produced more than exciting adventure stories. He had a huge collection of books on the region many of them rare, primary sources which filled his house in Fulham, west London, to the extend that his wife feared it might sink.In the 1970s he travelled widely through central Asia and also covered the Times-sponsored exhibition of Tutankhamuns treasures at the British Museum and a show of newly excavated Chinese treasures by the Royal Academy. Martin owed something to his mother for her judgement in selecting as her lodger, Anna, who attracted particular attention from Martin. Bruce was fiercely competitive and believed that success was worth striving for. That led to The Government of Housing (1967), which became a bestselling Pelican book. John Russell Metcalfe MBE (C3 1947-1951) died 3rd December 2022 age 89. He told me that he did his best to resist breakfast on both the trains because the best one was to be got on the ferry if he could hold out till after about 10.00! Another favourite occupation was to take the Marmite sandwiches provided for vol tea and mess around in the water meadows upstream beside the Kennett trying to work the derelict sluice gates and enjoying the unforgotten smell of mud and waterweed. Together they bought a cottage in Brittany, near Dinan, and spent much time exploring that coastline. OM. . On his return to the UK he joined the Civil Service Selection Board based in London. 10. The shopkeeper promptly gave him the image as a gift. It was the most satisfying aspect of his voluntary work, often rewarded with news of a happy reunion. A Diploma of Education from New College, Oxford, set him up for his first teaching post at Marlborough College, starting in 1960, when he also became an officer in the Combined Cadet Force. Tragically too short a life for all those that loved him. That he chose to join the war effort was a decision he would never regret, as it led to the exciting experience of liberating North-west Europe from Nazi rule on one occasion, a task he undertook single-handedly on nothing more than a borrowed bicycle. After Marlborough and National Service, William Le Blanc-Smith (SU 1952-55), MBE, CBE joined the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards in 1959. Francis Richard Bedwell (C3 1941-1945), son of Francis Christopher Bedwell (TU 1969-73), died December 2022. For general enquiries, please email the Development Office or call on 01672 892385. It was the first built in England in over two centuries. In addition, the death of 19-year-old Mallory Beach, who died in a boat crash in 2019 while Paul Murdaugh was at the helm of the vehicle . Happy to look-up particular names. Father was based in Baden Baden as liaison officer to the French zone but the biggest bonus was the rations (French, British and American). Annabel Freyberg (SU 1977-79), who has died of cancer aged 52, was a gifted and original writer who was arts editor at The Evening Standard before becoming interiors editor of the Telegraph Magazine; she died just 18 months after her nine-year-old daughter, Blossom, lost her own battle with cancer. Read John Byrom's Tribute and Andrew Reid's Tribute. This award was held over for him for 18 months while he completed his National Service as 2nd Lieutenant with the Royal Artillery. Popular Pages. All possible avenues of treatment were explored, but it was not to be. Another uncle was Uncle Jim, a theologian, barrister and MP for Preston, a Lloyd George liberal, who crossed the floor of the House to join Ramsey Macdonalds labour party and earned the undying contempt of my grandmother by coming down to Devizes in his Rolls Royce to borrow money from my grandfather an unbending Tory. He was an active Labour politician, a housing expert on Oxford city council, Oxford council leader and joint leader of Oxfordshire county council. Our mothers took it all in good spirit. William caught the eye of Field Marshall Nigel Bagnall, one of the greatest military thinkers of his generation. This was followed by his devouring of many Agatha Christie novels, their family having a copy of everyone published. John was single and had no relatives: at his direction there is to be a private cremation. He met Ray Budden and, between them, they developed the paralleloscope, the Plotter Fire Control Field Artillery, He also worked on the Radar Field Artillery No.1 Mk.1, on a Decca radar adapted for ground surveillance and issued to 115 Locating Battery. He read Law, graduating BA 1949. Graham Brown (B3 1949 - 53) has sadly died. The only music I ever heard in the requests from mothers and girlfriends were Mr Sandman, bring me a dream and See the pyramids along the Nile/ but remember, darling, all the while/ you belong to me. After turning 40 Angus joined a firm called Save and Prosper, and over time was promoted to Head Office running the sales force so he ended up spending his working days in an office a thing he had vowed never to do. His father was stationed in Southern Africa during the Second World War and Evelyn sailed in August 1940 to join him. Nicholas Grant (B2 1945-48) died on 4th November 2018 aged 87. Lots of music followed with Nick running many successful choirs; becoming the organist of Ringmer Church; serving as a prison visitor and a School Governor and as a part time teacher of Greek.At his funeral at Ringmer Church many tributes were payed to Nick and many friends gathered to sing in his memory. She was always a supporter of the local community and realised that a new orchestra might find it hard to attract players, when there are established orchestras all around. Bill Spray died on 24th July 2012. He also founded the found the New Zealand Choral Federation in 1985.He was appointed MBE in 1978, Professor Emeritus at Auckland University in 1982 and CBE in 1988. They had four childrenCelia (New York); Penelope (California);Giles (Suffolk), and Susan (Scotland), eight grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. Helen is survived by her husband Kenya, daughter Zinzi, her parents Geoffrey and Fay and brother Simon.Helen leaves behind a legacy in African Forest, which Kenya will continue to develop and grow in her memory. He went by train from Marlborough to London where he was met by an aunt, fed, and then put on the overnight train to Glasgow. When he first moved here he lived in a cottage in Shobrooke, coincidentally, I am sure, a few yards away from the Red Lion. Educated at Marlborough College (1941-45), Magdalen College, Oxford (1945-48) and St. Thomass Hospital Medical School (1948-51), he led a distinguished medical career spanning decades.Undertaking his National Service with the Royal Army Medical Corps, Mr Marston went on to work as a Consultant Surgeon and Senior Lecturer at Middlesex Hospital, Royal Northern Hospital and later University College London. Home. He was also a Member of the Royal Yacht Squadron. He obtained what was then a big grant from the Joseph Rowntree Trust to study the impact of the 1957 Rent Act which had given unscrupulous landlords such as Peter Rachman the incentive to terrify and expel tenants who had enjoyed controlled rents.He worked as a consultant for the UN Economic Commission for Europe, surveying housing policies. But the Seconds have a demanding role. Unsurprisingly, he made a favourable impression with his knowledge, judgement and easy charm and got the job. Those wishing to attend, please email Angela Leap to ensure there are sufficient Orders of Service and refreshments afterwards. At the end of the war he took up his post in the Colonial Service in Nyasaland (Malawi), starting as a District Officer and served there for 18 years through the turbulent times of the Winds of Change, before returning to England in 1964. Martin Rogers was born on 11 June 1925 in Birmingham. He treated his family, friends and even those who might have become his enemies with kindness and an open heart except on the croquet lawn, where he was a devious and ruthless opponent, hidden beneath the veneer of the perfect gentleman with a winning smile. However, inevitably, the Japanese bombardment of Singapore city and port meant a weakening of the allied defences. On arrival he was attached to the 1st Indian Medium Regiment, equipped with 5.5 guns, whose soldiers were Madrassis. She proved well able to plan the solutions with the eye of a chess Grand Master. The company became one of the most important in the Scottish economy and Sir Gerald was a significant force in many of the pioneering changes and in the modernisation of the companys corporate structure. The Marlburian Club @OldMarlburians It is with great sadness that Marlborough College and the Marlburian Club announce the death of Roger Ellis, Master of Marlborough 1972-1986, who has passed away at the age of 93. Investigation methods were eccentric to say the least. Eventually the rescue mission was cut short as the proximity of the Japanese forced them across the island to Padang, but not before they aided the evacuation of around 2,500. He is missed by family and friends. The Marlburian Club staff were particularly saddened to hear of Martin's death as he regularly sent in an entry for the Club Magazine crossword competition and 2012 was no exception. Add to Cart Marlborough's Wars Starter Army With Free Marlborough At Blenheim 101.00 85.85. John was at Marlborough college when the second world war was declared in 1939, and, after having finished his education in Trinidad and Ontario, sailed back in time for his 18th birthday to join up. He too was to succumb very soon after the trial to dementia. Optical Microscopy. Carr commanded a battery of 96th Parachute Field Battery RA from 1956 to 1958 and then 41st Light Parachute Light Battery RA. I dont suppose Jeremy ever presented these ditties but he may have had some more respectable Third Programme output. As such he prosecuted and defended in many of the most high-profile cases in the south-west. Athenaze is now the worlds best selling Greek course. Naturally creative and highly intelligent (she was a member of MENSA) Helen was frustrated by the teaching methods and left College early. He then returned to Nigeria, this timeas Deputy High Commissioner in Kaduna. By October, his guns were protecting the Canadian and US Armies around Louvain in Belgium. After the expedition he was Pratt was awarded the Polar Medal and a mountain in the Shackleton Range of Antarctica Pratts Peak was named after him. Those months in Razmak provided John with the only opportunity during nearly fifty years service to fire in anger, when his Troop engaged the camel gun belonging to the notorious Faqir of Ipi, whilst it was shelling Miram Shah, the administrative headquarters for North Wazirastan, on what is now the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. He became central to the growth of Spinal Research, and during his 16 years with the charity he helped raise substantial sums that financed a worldwide research effort into spinal cord injuries. He will be hugely missed, not just by family, ex pupils and many friends, but by a great circle of music makers who were looking forward to him conducting a performance of Bachs St Matthews Passion next March.Nick Milner-Gulland was a talented, kind and considerate friend to many people and one most endearing characteristic was his great sense of humour, which helped to see him through some testing and challenging times, and gave great pleasure to those in his company.There will be a Service of Thanksgiving in Ardingly Chapel on Saturday 14th April 2018 further details will be published on the website nearer the time.MCWE/CAJ, Peter Godfrey, Director of Music at Marlborough College from 1949-58, died on 28th September 2017.Peter was born in 1922 in Bluntisham, Cambridgeshire. His last overseas posting was to The Gambia as High Commissioner. Houghton. We have lost track of how many times on holiday here, but think it could be 40! Fran Prichard (LI 1939-43) was a dedicated and popular schoolmaster, able to move with the times and to bring everyone with him. Between 1956-1957 he was the Physical Training Officer at Royal Marines Barracks, Plymouth. This would be at a considerably later date but if you are interested in attending please contact the Club Office marlburianclub@marlboroughcollege.org. PDRA Princeton NJ 1958-9, with DF Hornig and J Weil.Evelyn was University Demonstrator at Cambridge from1959-64 and Lecturer from 1964-7; Fellow of Christs College, 1959-67; tutor 1964-7. He was ordered to capture a strategic strongpoint near Citt di Castello, north of Perugia, before a battalion attack on Monte delle Gorgacce.Taggart came under intense fire from machine guns as he led the attack. His father was a naval surgeon and his mother was the granddaughter of Christian Salvesen, who founded the firm. Discover more about the Old Marlburian Reading Prize, a longstanding part of the Shell academic calendar. Having found letters written from the trenches in WW1, he published his fathers letters in a small book entitled From Trench to Sky, as his father, having been badly wounded in the Somme, joined [], Robin was born in Putney on 26th April 1931 to Gordon and Rosemary Ferguson and brought up in Reigate. He was certainly a larger than life character and thrived as a member of B3 with the remarkable Jake Seamer as Housemaster. Always fun to be had when he was around. Amongst the long distance runners, famously individualists ('lonely'! Despite having very different political views from some of his friends, there was never an acrimonious discussion. His many TV series included The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, A Bit of A Do and The Very Secret Army. He was then responsible for running down the Regiment, leaving a few weeks before its final disbandment, as he had obtained a Competitive Entry to the Army Staff College in Camberley, Surrey, attending the course in 1956. Robert Stinson (B3 1944-49) died in early April 2013. The family lived in Bath from 1953-1956, and Wimbledon for sixteen years. Audrey would cook the most amazing meals using produce from the garden and the hedgerows her pastry making skills in particular deserve mention and Roger would polish off these meals with gusto and cheap plonk which he kept in a cellar in the downstairs loo. He wrote a book on the history of whaling in which he expressed his passion for the industry citing countries who signed up to quotas but did not stick to them as the cause of its demise.The company stopped whaling in 1963 and, under his leadership, the company diversified into North Sea drilling, trawlers and refrigeration systems for food storage and delivery. Later she moved back, but was always ever helpful. He was a keen bicycler, regularly cycling to the park at Guindy where he used to chase the deer on his bicycle. This was a truly educational experience and so many owe him a huge debt of gratitude for the time and care he gave them. Excited to discover what country he was going to be able to explore he asked where they were and was told that it was Falmouth. John Lloyd (C3 1937-42) died on 28th February 2013 aged 89. He was called to the bar in 1963 and joined the Inner Temple.In court, Brooke was said to wear his robes like a catwalk model off the shoulder. The following week he flew to the Wellington hospital in St Johns Wood and had several more treatments over the next 5 months. Essentially an over achiever and with all the energy required for working and playing hard, he also gave back to the community as the managing director of Stand Up for Kids, a childrens charity in New York.Hinson was diagnosed with cancer more than 10 years ago, but was successful in fighting it several times, until more recently. Since the death of Alex Murdaugh's wife and son on June 7, 2021, authorities are examining a case involving the death of a 19-year-old student and exhumed the body of the family's longtime housekeeper. He added that "While the Conservative candidate won, Labour's Denys Hodson did do much better than expected in that 'Conservative stronghold'; and while the nation returned a Labour government.. Subsidies. Oxford and Cambridge dropped Latin as a compulsary entry qualification in 1960. Before that he had won a Scholarship to Winchester College where he excelled in Mathematics, Classics and Cross-Country Running and Rowing amongst other sports. Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, in a speech marking Brookes retirement from the court of appeal in 2006, also said of him: He has a slightly craggy exterior and an unruly and unruled head of hair (which is one of the more cogent arguments for wigs in the court of appeal), and which can even lead to an impression of slight disorganisation. That impression is totally misleading. Completed in 1966, the Winscombe Street houses followed the latest ideas coming from the US about zoning, with an adults zone on the top floor, a childrens zone on the bottom floor (spilling out into the garden) and an intermediate zone containing kitchen, dining and entrance on the middle floor. During the 1961 Bay of Pigs fiasco, and while working in Havana, he was arrested by the Cuban secret police and accused of spying for Washington. His travels through Asia resulted in six books and he was arguably the leading 20thcentury expert on the region. His hobbies included bridge and readingparticularly theology. Full obituary, A teacher of outstanding ability, with all the gifts of intellect, personality and character John Dancy (Master 1961-72) Head of House and Secretary of Rugger at Kings School, Wimbledon, an Open Exhibitioner at Magdalen, Oxford and with a DPhil arising from research into Paramagnetism, Frank came to Marlborough in 1957 to continue his research and - almost immediately - head the Physics Department. He told the story of this colonial family, of Burma and his early life in a revealing account, Last of the Guardians (2005). In recent years he criss-crossed the globe, for instance spending a weekend in Chile whilst on the way to New Zealand and South-East Asia.However, at the core of his life was his family. Robert Michael Carr was born in London on March 5 1920 and educated at Marlborough. But Titmuss, just appointed to the new chair of social administration at LSE, was searching for someone to be his deputy as reader. In 1965 he was promoted to brigadier and posted to Western Command as Commander Royal Artillery Lancashire and Cheshire Division in North-West District. With his friend and colleague Andrew Carter (CR 1965-70), Nick inspired many pupils to take an active part in musical events, whether it was listening to LP recordings, singing and playing in small groups and working with the Chapel Choir. John Cloudsley-Thompson was a naturalist, soldier, adventurer and a pioneer in the study of desert wildlife. Roger studied classics but as he says his last year of school was more focused upon war than study. At one moment, when there was trouble with insurgents and the British might have marched on Cairo, his troop were assigned to support 1st Battalion Durham Light Infantry once again commanded by "Crackers" May who had been in command when he had been shot with them in Italy ten years earlier. That same year he attended the state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill. In 1963 he and other members of staff took 114 boys from 3 schools to the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro in relays! He was an inspirational teacher, first privately, then at Morley College and for thirty years at the Royal College of Music where he held the post of Professor of Composition. Between 1965-68 he was a Lecturer at Westminster College, Oxford after which he joined Marlborough. The College has lost one of its great scientific alumni. August bank holiday was known as St Lubbocks day because he was instrumental in setting this up. Following Brian Williams (CR 1962-94) sad death on 28th March, Martin Evans (CR 1968-2018) has written an appreciation of his life. He may have been reckless in his physical activities but was a safe pair of hands in his legal career. Here Roger discovered the delights of the countryside a passion that was to live with him throughout his life. However, 133 of his troop joined him in a plan to sail to Sumatra in a 66-tonne diesel-engine launch but before they could sail, the local commander of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) took him and the launch under command in order to search for other British or Commonwealth troops who may have reached Sumatra. During childhood, Batchelor used to play hockey along the balcony of his father's house in Binney Road. He worked for a number of years for Hambros Bank in London and Essex. Born in Kolkata (then Calcutta), he was the second son of Peter and Deirdre Banyard. Initially educated by a governess, he attended Highfield boarding school and Marlborough College where he enjoyed sports before giving them up to help with farming for the war effort. He adored any dish with apples: Johns a pudding man he would say. The string player has the immense riches of a repertoire that includes some of the most sublime music ever written. Sarcoma took hold and despite trying all manner of treatments, in the UK, Singapore and US, over the last two years he was fighting a losing battle. SIR Eric Yarrow Bt MBE (CO 1934-39), Past President of the Marlburian Club, father of Norman (CO 1973-78), Peter (CO 1973-78) and David (CO 1979-83) and the late Richard (CO 1966-71), died on the 22nd September aged 98. During school holidays in the early years of the Second World War he volunteered for night fire watch in Hereford Cathedral. He was then educated at Marlborough College. Many years ago he anonymously endowed a fund to enable Members of Common Room to undertake training to further their careers and many members of Common Room have benefited from his generosity, and will do so in the future.

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