Despite the unrest, Sharman and Co continued to publish, print and distribute newspapers, tossing bundles of papers over the back wall to hidden vans and making their getaway while the Flying Pickets blocked the front gates. The trust honoured Hugh with institution of The Playfair Prize, awarded annually for the best church restoration project in the county. In 1974 the family returned to England where Peter had been appointed teacher and chaplain at Bedford School. He graduated in 1942 and had call-up papers for the RAF in the same post as the offer of a place at Ridley Hall, a theological college in Cambridge with a strong evangelical tradition. A full obituary will appear in due course. Appointed in 1965, Brown was the key figure in this process, his reputation and charisma soon afterwards helping to attract other bright young stars such as Peter Tbori, Gordon Benson and Alan Forsyth. He joined The Sunday Express and was assigned to the French counter-insurgency war in Algeria in 1955, where he accompanied French troops in helicopter assaults on rebels strongholds. A kind and sensitive man who thought nothing of selflessly helping his friends and family. Look beyond Britain to the generality of urban problems across Europe.He became a member of the governments central housing advisory committee and joined the Milner Holland committee on housing in Greater London (1965). Three days later, Murdaugh's father, 81-year-old Randolph Murdaugh III, died. Perhaps my books should be read as cautionary tales.Peter Hopkirk, author, was born on December 15, 1930. 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. After Marlborough, Freeman went up to Oriel, Oxford to read law, though his degree was interrupted by war service as an anti-aircraft gunner. Whether they saw the talent in Martin and recommended him to Marlborough, or advised him to apply, I know not, but he arrived at M.C. He also kept in touch with many of his ex- pupils one of whom wrote; I have hundreds of pages of correspondence.. a wonderful chronicle of both our lives. He was thrown into an overcrowded cell from which fellow captives were taken out to be shot. In 2006, he published two novels: Skinner a kitchen-sink tale of a man beset by schizophrenia and alcoholism who feels that he is told by God to embark on a murderous mission, and The Barn the story of a Londoner trapped in a dull job and life who becomes a ghostwriter. In 1926, Johns father, my grandfather was awarded the job of Town Clerk of Devizes and built up his own practice emerging as a popular celebrated figure there for the rest of his life. His Memorial Service will be held at 12.00pm on Tuesday 15 March 2022 at Portsmouth Cathedral and afterwards, at The Royal Naval and Royal Albert Yacht Club. Two years later, he married Susan Winifred Denham with whom he had two children, a son; Christopher, an aviation firefighter; and a daughter; Charlotte, an acupuncturist. Contents. Robert Stinson (B3 1944-49) died in early April 2013. I was used as a hare and from then on felt I could be part of the outfit. According to Geoffrey, who was never shy about telling a tale against himself, the case was called on, Geoffrey stood up and had been addressing the court in a nervous falsetto for 4 minutes when LCJ leant forward and bellowed tetchily Is there anyone here representing this man?This was but a temporary set back and Geoffreys career flourished. W D L W W. Sat 02 Oct 21. They describe themselves as an art group reveling in eccentric contraptions and kinetic sculptures and as architects of humour and invention. After it was finished, he had a change of direction and did what he had planned to do as a schoolboy study for a fine art degree (at the City & Guilds of London Art School) and work as an artist. Recognised for his significant contribution to the way the academic programme is run today, Mr Marston was responsible for directing the policy and strategy of the RSMs academic programme, ensuring the provision of high quality educational services for all medical professionals. Whilst at Marlborough, he excelled in Boxing and was infamous for being picked up by his housemaster as he was hitchhiking back to school from Swindon where he had just caught a movie. Under Johns direction the weekly News Sheet developed from a rather straightforward, factual chronicle into a publication which engaged with any current topical news. Publication. John had a happy second marriage, to Minty, widow of a schoolfriend; she provided a further decade of companionship, a real Indian Summer for them both sadly cut short by Mintys death in 2004.The time came, in 2013, when John moved in with his son and daughter-in-law in Cley. He liked Jumbo Jennings who was a classicist and I was set to join his house despite the fact that my aunt had blotted her copybook working as the Masters secretary. Lieutenant-Colonel Jimmy Eagles (C2 1931-35), who has died aged 95, was the fifth generation of his family to serve in the Royal Marines and later became Standard Bearer of Her Majestys Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms. He went up to Oxford, where he befriended Christopher French another shy studious man, who at that time remained below the radar. He remained engaged in public debate until the end of his life.David was, first and last, a bottom up person. He loved good food and experienced the best cuisine wherever he was in the world, and the cheaper the better. The son of The Reverend George Trevor, he was born at Madras in British India.He was educated in England at Marlborough College, where he played for the college cricket eleven, featuring in their first match against Rugby School in 1855. He was a devout Christian and lived a long and very happy life - he leaves behind a legacy that won't be forgotten. He was educated at Marlborough college and Cambridge University and went on to undertake research in history at Yale University and the London School of Economics.AdvertisementIn 1966 he joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, serving in Budapest, Geneva, Yaound, Moscow and Brussels before his appointment to Unesco. Sundays were focused around Sunday lunch where inevitably family or visitors turned up. Most of his films are with National ArchivesConon Fraser is survived by his wife Jackie, five sons and eight grandchildren. James Sabben-Clare, (CR 1964-68) of Corfe Castle, Dorset, died peacefully at home on 8th March 2017. He is survived by his wife Jacqueline and son James. You can see why it appealed to Geoffrey; he described their work as whacky. A drop in the numbers of horses and owners forced him to bow out in 2012, with his business in voluntary liquidation. After Marlborough, he went on to read philosophy at University College London. Ant retired at the age of 57 at which point he took on a variety of appointments including as trustee of pension funds, membership of the Competition Commission and of the Determinations Panel of the Pensions Regulator. His parents met early in 1920 and married in April that year before sailing to India where Angus was born in a hill station at Ootacamund. He was part of a Marlburian Family. He attended Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge, receiving a BA in Natural Sciences (Zoology) in 1933. Summer holidays were spent in Ireland in much the same vein. He had a leading role during the time that Sydney Cook was the boroughs chief architect. A visionary, he worked his way up the company, becoming Chairman in 1973. But she very much preferred to keep her orchestral life separate. He was very highly respected for his local linguistic skills and his fondness of Omanis at all levels and throughout the Sultanate. He carried though his determination to make the powers of the commission more rights-based and spent time visiting local offices and trying to understand the issues from the perspectives of local staff and recipients. Nick announced his fathers death, and within a day Brookes name was trending on Twitter possibly the first former appeal court judge to become a popular online search term.He married Bridget Kalaugher in 1966. He became Director of Treasury at Intercontinental Hotels. He skied energetically right up to this Spring. One friend writes: We met first at Madingley, a course run by the Alberni quartet and, although we lived far apart, kept playing together, and going on courses, until last year. List of Old Marlburians - Wikipedia. You would pick him out as a former guards officer. His love of horses and riding stayed with him throughout his life. In the same year Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan. Funeral details are as follows:The funeral is at noon in Friday 28th Feb at Preshute Church followed by a wake at Marlborough Golf Club at 1pm.Martin Evans, former Club Secretary (2001-2013). His long-standing interest in church history and architecture, together with his calling as a Lay Reader from 1987, led to him becoming Chairman of the Bath & Wells Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches for seventeen years, helping churches to repair and reorder their buildings. But the most important part of his life to him was his family. These skills he used to the full, whether it was founding the May Day Madrigals, accompanying young pupils or directing the Chamber Choir. On another occasion, when tasked to drop a 4,000 lb bomb on Wrzburg (where Bayons father had attended university), they found the city obscured by cloud. That he was going to be a star was obvious from the start and upon the completion of his pupillage he became a member of the Chambers. Until that wretched disease came along he had been deservedly fortunate in so many ways and he appreciated his life to the full; but it wasnt luck that gave him a life that was blessed with the companionship of his lovely wife, Jill, 2 children, Clara and Charlie of whom he was so proud, a large circle of good friends and a successful career in the law that all owed nothing to luck; it was due to those qualities in him that all of us here today experienced and admired and remember with such affection his character, warmth, humour and ability. His classic victories in addition to the St Legers included the Derby twice, the 1,000 Guineas three times and the Oaks twice, while at the peak of his powers he had an enviable list of well-heeled owners using his services, including the Maktoum family. If you are a subscriber to The Times you can see his full obituary here. Then on to other homes in mid-Devon where he and Jill created beautiful houses and gardens. Michael Barnes-Gorell (LI 1939-43) died on 22nd August. Johns sudden, and untimely, death means a huge loss to his many friends from the College, the town and to ex-pupils far and wide. From the age of 7 he successively attended a Dames School, the Dragon Preparatory School, Oxford and Brightlands School, Newham on Severn, Gloucestershire. His wife Anne predeceased him and he leaves two children, Richard and Sarah. An early familial connection with immunology was that his grandfather was deputy Director of the Indian Medical Service and had established the Pasteur Institute at Coonoor with a mandate to develop vaccines for rabies. Just make your paragraphs twice as long. He was for six years the newspapers chief reporter before becoming a Middle and Far East expert. He also raised his own side to play James Normans XI at Shobrooke, an event that gave much pleasure to many, even, I hope, to Jill and the other wives who provided such wonderful food on those occasions. House captains left never to return. Operation Mobilisation (global Christian missionary organisation) OM. 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. Only a handful of his cases attracted publicity, with perhaps the most prominent being an appeal in 2003 by one of the men convicted of conspiring to steal diamonds worth 200 million from the Millennium Dome. More importantly, Nigeria was where he met Audrey who, having graduated from Cambridge, had qualified as a teacher and been sent to Nigeria. It was to be their family home for 40 years. His Memorial Service will be held at 12.00pm on Tuesday 15 March 2022 at Portsmouth Cathedral and afterwards, at The Royal Naval and Royal Albert Yacht Club. It was inevitable that such an able man was at some point going to leave Marlborough to take up a Headmastership. He served as a Gunner in 25 Training Regiment at Marske-by-Sea on the North Yorkshire coast, training on 5.5 medium guns, before being commissioned in November 1943 from 123 Officer Cadet Training Unit based at Catterick. On his 100th birthday he was to note: I have had an interesting life but now I live in complete tranquillity, which I enjoy. It is reported that he spent his afternoons in the summerhouse, surveying the garden and listening to the radio.Sources Wikipedia , The Daily Post Wales and The Times Obituaries. He continued playing hockey and joined the mounted horse artillery battery in the OTC being commissioned as a Territorial shortly before war broke out. He is very stiff-backed.. During childhood, Batchelor used to play hockey along the balcony of his father's house in Binney Road. However, when Geoffrey approached Martin at the start of term and asked Martin, can you help me with something? he was met with the retort No, and you call me Mercer here.Geoffrey went on to win a scholarship to Marlborough. He was then posted to 7th Armoured Div Signals in BAOR, Germany in 1953. Despite Colditz having a reputation for being impossible to escape from, Giles and a Dutch fellow prisoner did just that and Romilly Sr later told his story in a memoir, The Privileged Nightmare. Obituries can also be read from The Independent and The Guardian. He was the sixth of seven children born to John Arthur Malcolmson Morley (known as Arthur) and to Ruth, known as Mums, whom he adored. It includes Regiment and Rank details for those who served in the Great War, plus school attendance and business details. The war ended with his being granted a regular commission and being a GSO3 based in Trieste where he and Biddy lived after marrying in Poulshot in October 1945. He ripped up the rulebook in this area and devised a system written in Greek symbols, of course which revolutionised the time tabling process. Born into a century of change he was the ideal man - as a young teacher, headmaster and housemaster - to embrace the demands of new generations on old institutions with alacrity and glee. In addition to this, he was also a prominent Corps rugby player and boxer.From 1957-1958 he served with 45 Commando in Malta, North Africa and Cyprus. He is survived by his wife Anna, who played a large part in school life, and their three children, Kate, Jamie and Toby. Maybe he was put off by his fellow prep school boys running around throwing cricket balls saying I am Larwood. Son of the Rector of Birmingham,educated at The Downs School and Marlborough College,he served in the Lincolnshire Regiment andwas Education Officer in Palestinebefore going up to Jesus College, Cambridge in 1947. Diana Reynell, grotto designer, died on August 1st 2017, at the age of 83. Helen was born in Devon England to Geoffrey and Fay Thornton. He was appointed CBE in 1981 for services to the arts. An open exhibition in modern languages (German & French) to St Johns College Oxford followed where he obtained his degree. His wife, Julie Goodwin, whom he married in 1954, died in 2009, and he is survived by a daughter and a son. Dorothy died in 1992. He is survived by his wife, Sue, of 54 years, daughters Penny (Ian), Kit (Jeremy) and Merion (David), and grandchildren Eric and Julia. He was commissioned in the Royal Horse Artillery, and left the Army in 1946 with the rank of battery commander. Family lore says that his opening chat up line was Would you like to come and see my puppies. He was thrilled with the arrival of his grand daughter, the cherubic Jemima. Conon Fraser (CO 1943-48), author and former TV presenter, film maker, and long time member of PEN, died last month after a long battle with heart and lung failure. Janet was appointed to teach Spanish at Marlborough College in 1968, at the same time as the first intake of Sixth form girls. You could fill an entire page with a list of his big-race successes. Once retired he was delighted to be made Honorary Secretary of The Yarmouth, Isle of Wight RNLI lifeboat which was another of his passions as a keen Sailor. He deployed his tennis skills to great effect on the grass court he created at his home. She went to Marlborough College in the Sixth Form and then on to Cheltenham College of Art and Design to study fashion. Venue: MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE. He too was to succumb very soon after the trial to dementia. During his retirement he completed an MPhil thesis at the University of Birmingham on the history of GP education in Birmingham drawing on this extensive professional experience.A cardiac arrest in 2007 prompted his complete retirement, which permitted him to indulge his interest in foreign travel and work on his familys genealogical archive. Marriage may have been discussed because my mother would tell me from time to time that father, who was under 21 , had to seek the consent of his parents in Devizes, who were not keen and only gave in at the very end. Janet Rest In Peace.Christopher Joseph, My friend and colleague Richard Constable, who has died aged 83, was the great-great-grandson of the landscape painter John Constable, and was himself an artist who did a great deal to further his ancestors reputation and legacy.Born in Lewes, East Sussex, to John, a military officer, and Eileen (nee Saltmarsh), Richard was brought up on a farm in Devon. Fraser Scott was born on 9th September 1919 in Salisbury's Cathedral Close where his father an Instructor in Gunnery (IG), Major WFF Scott MC, and his wife were quartered. John Hicks wrote to Jill saying I counted my friendship with Geoffrey as one of the most treasured gifts which I have received from my professional life. He was a light aircraft enthusiast from his first flight in a Gipsy Moth at the age of 10. I couldnt count the number of occasions on which Janet would wisely anticipate a knotty administrative problem ahead and, at the same time, present me with a lucid analysis of all the best options for its solution.In 1991 Janet relinquished the post of Director of Studies and became the first Senior Mistress. He is survived by his wife Ruth, Professor of Chemistry in Cambridge, with whom he had two children. He told the story of this colonial family, of Burma and his early life in a revealing account, Last of the Guardians (2005). He joined the Royal Navy in 1944 and served aboard HMS Zealous on the Arctic convoys. Justin de Blank (PR 1940-44) restaurateur and food merchant whose commitment to quality helped to launch a gastronomic revolution, died on 17th December 2012. His final school report was very similar in content to his Army report and his ability to organise and his interpersonal skills were noted in both. Three months younger, I came to the College in the summer term 1948 and we became friends virtually at once. In the morning he took another train to Greenock from where he caught the ferry up to West Loch Tarbert where he was met by one of the family for the 11 mile drive to Ardpatrick to be home around lunchtime. You can read his full obituary from the Newmarket Journal here. His observations about teaching or pupils were made quietly and were understated but always accurate and relevant. and later Guernsey A.S.C. He was a much loved president of the Marlburian Club in 2004-5 and will be sorely missed.You can see full obituaries in The Telegraph and the Melton Times. An avid fisherman, scuba diver and sailor, Shaw once landed a 280lb Queen Mackerel, one of the largest ever recorded, whilst skin diving off the waters of Hong Kong in 1979. After Marlborough and National Service, William Le Blanc-Smith (SU 1952-55), MBE, CBE joined the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards in 1959. She went to Marlborough College in the Sixth Form and then on to Cheltenham College of Art and Design to study fashion. Trained as a certified scuba diving instructor, pistol marksman, marathon runner, explorer, mountaineer - he scaled Everest a number of times, not quite to the top.Hinson was Malaysian with a British education. As this happens let us hold in our memories all Janets qualities of intellect, musicality, humour and friendship and let us remember her as she was in the lovely photograph that graces the cover of the Order of Service. He was based in London, staying with his newly wed brother when a charming young lady came to visit. Typical Martin! The granddaughter of General Lord Freyberg, VC, the postwar Governor-General of New Zealand and one of the most highly decorated soldiers in the British Army, Annabel combined huge moral courage and considerable intellectual gifts with a cheerful bohemianism and an enormous gift for friendship. The snobs in the 1950s terrified me because unlike my father I stood out. Michael was a great expert on housing and was a really thoughtful influence on government policy. Thank you. old marlburian deaths. I mention this because father was now in a completely different milieu to his parents, who had their set pews in the churches in Devizes usually at the front if I recall the position properly. OM. Mr Terrence Tan Li-Chern Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, Barrister of the Inner Temple, Accredited Mediator, Singapore Mediation Centre. Alegra Gunner, wife of Laurence Gunner, Chaplain at Marlborough College (CR 1986-96), passed away on 21st December. He retired in 1987 after a distinguished career in which he made major contributions to the practice, teaching and administration of medicine in the region. On her first marriage she became a Catholic and in the 1970s had the swamis down to their house at Parkdale in Devizes who taught her how to make poppadums on the aga. From what I have heard of his parents, I think that they probably quietly approved of his initiative, if not of his choice of horses to back.After school he went travelling; he loved Turkey and the Middle East and travelled extensively though those areas. As in Bloomsbury or Pimlico, the dwellings were in rows entered directly from the street and every dwelling had its own open-to-the-sky external space; and as with a Georgian square, the 1.8-hectare (four-acre) park at the centre of the scheme constituted the picture in the frame, the landscape offset by the hard edge of the terraced housing. His elder brother, Peter (Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville), was the Northern Ireland secretary of state credited with initiating the peace process.His education was traditionally privileged: he attended Marlborough school, and after two years national service with the Royal Engineers in the Middle East, went to Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied classical literature, ancient history and philosophy.

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