Having completed his A Levels in the summer, he is spending the winter at the Darren Lehman Academy in Adelaide before he starts [] Read More This would be at a considerably later date but if you are interested in attending please contact the Club Office marlburianclub@marlboroughcollege.org. In 1976, Sharman and Co became the target of the UK's first ever Flying Picket, as it sought to introduce Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology into the industry. As a young Major, he designed and supervised advanced armoured training in Alberta, Canada. Since his early years Roger was an avid follower of the capital markets and invested wisely and well in the shares of a number of different companies. Then came the 2nd world war and he joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1941. Posted by: Category: Sem categoria . Simon Barefoot writes of her teaching If ever there was an advertisement for a rigorous approach, supported by a sturdy learning structure, this was it. He went up to Oxford, where he befriended Christopher French another shy studious man, who at that time remained below the radar. I dont suppose Jeremy ever presented these ditties but he may have had some more respectable Third Programme output. He was thrown into an overcrowded cell from which fellow captives were taken out to be shot. Read More His hobbies included bridge and readingparticularly theology. He served with 17 Indian Division Meiktilla, Burma and Burma Army Signals before returning to the UK in 1947 for service at Catterick Camp. However when the Marlborough Concert Orchestra was founded in 2006 Janet joined soon after its foundation. That led to The Government of Housing (1967), which became a bestselling Pelican book. Here he examined what had happened in the use of artillery in Normandy in August 1944 and, amongst other things, worked on war games and kept in touch with counter bombardment and locating - knowing about which led to going back to Larkhill to do a locating course and then to commanding 115, 2 Div's independent locating battery based in Menden. The story he came up with was not at all what I was expecting, but he had a very mischievous streak, which is why Reggie Perrin is such fun. Read the story here.Further obituary links:GuardianTelegraphIndependentScotsmanNew York TimesDaily Mail. 19 September 2010 Richard Buchanan-Dunlop (C3 1932-38)) died peacefully in his sleep at his villa in Skiathos on 19 September 2010. His grave on the farm is next to Gillians, looking over the land he redeemed and across to Dartmoor. Full Obituary, John Chesshire (C1 1928-33) former captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), who served as Medical Officer to 1st Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment (1 SSR), died on 27 November 20122. It was this, that drove his life over so many decades and, above all, it was this that united him with his beloved Anna. Robert was amost talented Director of Drama from 1970 to 1990, having acted as Head of English from 1968-1969. After leaving Marlborough College, he began a law degree at Kent University but left tojointhe Victoria and Albert Museum as an intern in 1969, which set him on his path as an expert in the field. This award was held over for him for 18 months while he completed his National Service as 2nd Lieutenant with the Royal Artillery. He learned Arabic initially whilst serving with Sultans Armed Forces and through his local military operations. He was demobilized as Lt. He was a former Secretary of The Marlburian Club (1989-96) and continued his involvement with the Club and the School until very recently, attending the OM Wiltshire Dinner last September and Club Day in October. He joined the Colonial Service in Northern Nigeria and spent 16 years there; leaving as a Senior District Officer. 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. When 89, John said: The older I get, the more I think about the future than the past. Certainly the more he aged the more he flourished, his 70s and 80s being probably his most fulfilled years. Shortly after the birth of his younger brother, David, the family moved to South Lawn, Ston Easton in Somerset. 30 Dec 1930 - 13 Dec 2011. In 1991 he took on the position of Associate Advisor in General Practice in the West Midlands Deanery, later Associate Dean; in 2009 he was awarded the Robin Steel Award for Vocational Training in General Practice by the Midland Faculty of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), of which he had been made a fellow in 1990. Further John Cloudsley-Thompson obituaries:The GuardianThe TelegraphThe Scotsman. John was at Marlboroughfrom 1954 to 1958 at Littlefield and went on to read chemistry at Oxford and from thence to a brilliant careerwith Guinness and later with other beverage groups. 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. Those wishing to attend, please email Angela Leap to ensure there are sufficient Orders of Service and refreshments afterwards. He achieved a scholarship to Peterhouse College Cambridge to read history where, in addition to his degree, he rowed and boxed for the College. He was a member of Bovingdon Care; supported Macmillan nurses, the local Hospice of St Francis and Dens Night Shelter in Hemel Hempstead. With thanks to The Guardian who gave permission to reprint. 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 career in the RAF ranged from post-war fighters and jet trainers to the Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft. The culmination of that combination being the production of that famed team of 1963. Her maternal grandfather, Fred Nutbeam, was Head Gardener to the Queen at Buckingham Palace for 25 years and had an Azalea named after him.Helen first came to Kenya in 1999 and began working in IT with Protec, but her love of nature was impossible to stifle. He loved small children, and was particularly delighted by the arrival of two great-grandchildren. August bank holiday was known as St Lubbocks day because he was instrumental in setting this up. The following year he was transferred to the Department of Agriculture and went on to become Assistant Under Secretary of State, then took charge of the Social Work Services Group before being made Under Secretary in charge of health care at the Scottish Home and Health Department. Constructing such an ambitious project in the 1970s, when annual inflation at one point reached 25%, stretched the management capabilities of a local authority to the full, and by the time the project was finished in 1979 it was way over budget and schedule. The family lived in Bath from 1953-1956, and Wimbledon for sixteen years. John Hunt (C2 1924-28). There were fitting tributes paid to CMJ, as he was affectionately known, on Radio 4 and in The Times on 2nd January, and The Daily Telegraph. He was Honorary Research Professor in the Royal College of Surgeons (England), Professor of Immunology at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, and President of the (International) Transplantation Society. He loved good food and experienced the best cuisine wherever he was in the world, and the cheaper the better. Such was his impact that late in 1965 he took over the training licence at the age of 26 when Smyth moved on to Lewes. Here she could make the private life that she so much preferred. 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. I often accompanied Jeremy to the practice rooms below the Memorial Hall and, with my slight facility with reading music, I tried to turn the pages at the correct moment. An obituary will be posted shortly. Athenaze is now the worlds best selling Greek course. Janet was kind, thoughtful and, when you got to know her, great fun Another colleague writes: As the College considered full co-education Janet contributed to the working party that visited several prominent co-educational schools and her comments and questions helped us men to feel that we knew what we were talking about.The post required close liaison with the Head of the College, then as now, The Master, and successive Masters write of her good sense and efficiency: My abiding memory of Janet is of her unfailingly proactive kindness as a colleague. You can read his obituary on The Guardian Website and a wonderful tribute from his son in The Racing Post. This feat he did not achieve, as some have believed, bare-foot; indeed his ankles were so swollen by the time he reached the Arizona mountains that he was forced to resort to wearing miners boots stuffed with bandages, at first managing to average only 1.5 mph.In fact Bruce should never have come to Marlborough at all. In 2000 he received a CBE in the Queens birthday honours list for his services to astronomy. Not only was he a qualified cordon bleu chef, and also achieved grade 8 piano. GGM001 - Officers of the Crown. He married, in 1941, Priscilla Cottrell, who survives him with their three daughters and their son, Lieutenant-Commander Anthony Eagles, AFC, of the Royal Navy. After demobilisation from the army in 1946 and a two-year agricultural degree at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1951 he took on the tenancy of Riverford, a derelict Church Commissioners farm. After he retired in 1977, 17 years after independence, Sir David settled in Vancouver Island for over twenty years and then moved to Kwa Zulua Natal where he continued to ride, shoot and fish until he was well past 90. He went on to study Engineering and Economics at University College, Oxford where, amongst the usual student activities, he joined the University Air Squadron (claiming to be the worst pilot of his year!) He made over 30 documentaries, several of which won awards. Annabel Freyberg, born August 16 1961, died December 8 2013. He didnt make a very auspicious start; such was his nervousness about getting to the right place at the right time on the first day that he overlooked changing out of his bedroom slippers into his polished black shoes, only realising his error as he walked up Middle Temple Lane towards the Chambers. She is survived by Laurence; Rafaela, Marisa and Xavier, her children; and Sebastian, Francesca, Marcos and Emilia, her grandchildrenmoreA Requiem will be offered for Alegra in St Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle at 8.00 am on Thursday 24th January and a Memorial Evensong in thanksgiving for her life will be sung at 5.15 pm that same day. The funeral service will be on Thursday 9th August at 11.00 am in the WesleyMemorial Church, New Hall Street, Oxford. The landscapes he observed in Korea (and in Japan when on leave) were to prove a powerful influence on his painting in subsequent years.After national service Richard taught art at Saxmundham secondary school in Suffolk for nine years. DAVID Donnison, who has died aged 92, was one of a group of outstanding academics who played an important part in shaping social policy during the 1960s and 70s, and, in his case, well beyond. John forged a long and richly rewarding partnership with Willie Carson, who rode more winners for him than with any other trainer. All those wishing to attend are asked please to email Winchester College Society. Venue: WHITTON SPORTS AND FITNESS CENTRE Marlburian Pitch. He was a Teaching Scholar in the department of Zoology at Birmingham University, and Assistant Keeper at the British Museum of National History, before serving as a commissioned officer in the Royal Artillery during World War II. He then trained as Marine Radio Officer and Flight Radio Officer at Air Service Training, Hamble. He began his National Service in 1949 with a secondment to the Kings African Rifles, chasing armed bandits on the Italian Somaliland border. Like his father, who had won a DSO and an MC, he joined the Corps of Royal Engineers, and was posted to 244 FCRE. After his fathers retirement, Guy became senior partner and oversaw the expansion of the family practice into Greenbank Surgery. De Blank was a pioneer on a par with Elizabeth David, Jane Grigson and Terence Conran; one of the people who revived British taste buds after their long postwar hibernation. He was one of those capable people who deserved to be a Minister but sadly never was. As Senior Prefect in Michaelmas 1943 his No2 was later a Warden of St Edwards and one his closest friends Richard Bradley and his No3 was a mere Field Marshal! 12.00 He loved the Devon countryside and the activities it enabled him to indulge in making cider, planting trees, felling trees, chopping logs, bonfires. There was the annual ritual of trying to find the metal court markers at the start of each summer, they having somehow buried themselves over the winter; once the markers were unearthed the lines were marked out, never completely straight but eventually a sort of rhomboid shaped playing area was arrived at. His was not another country as far as I was concerned. He went to Summerfield House. In 1969 Conon joined the National Film Unit in order to make films about New Zealand and New Zealanders way of life in greater depth. In the unlikely event that I ever again hear Claire de Lune or Passepied rendered on a wheezy harmonium I will be straight back in Clatford or Ogbourne St Andrew, preferably on a blazing summer afternoon. He continued for a few more years but although mentally alert he was interviewed for television about his wartime experiences just a few months before his death his mobility was severely impaired by myositis, a degenerative muscular condition which caused him to gradually lose control of his limbs.He is survived by his devoted wife Ann to whom he was married for 69 years, their four children, Jonathan, Charlotte, Catherine and Andrew, and six grandchildren. A legendary athlete Bruce might be, but he was also a man of many parts: he could carve an excellent sonnet; he could read history and science with almost the relish he reserved for the novels of Patrick OBrian; he could discuss any aspect of media interest; his taste for music was catholic and while small talk was not his forte, he could stun with sudden humour, pith or wisdom, sometimes even when he seemed to be dozing. Donald was President of the (RAS) when I was at University and was the first Director of the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge from whence he came to act as my external examiner for my astronomy and astrophysics Honours thesis viva and from when we became good friends. The local musical community has lost a treasured friend and supporter, whose contribution over forty-eight years has been inestimable and her passing leaves gaps in the orchestras that we shall not readily fill.To start with Janet lived in College accommodation, but she moved as soon as possible into Innerleith on the edge of town. Runner beans and raspberries were the staple summer diet. If so, I never heard it. JOHN Gordon (B3 1954-58) has died aged 77 was the UKs permanent delegate to Unesco from 1983 to 1985, and remained deeply committed to its principles of peace, security and sustainability throughout his life.His time there proved to be a turbulent one, during which the US government withdrew from Unesco and the UK threatened to follow suit, eventually doing so on 5 December 1985. As with everything Roger did he did this job 100% - until he retired at 65. 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. This was curtailed by the onset of dementia, initially at home and for the last three years as a resident of Bradbury Court in Malvern. On one of these operations against Kiel, their Mosquito was badly damaged but they managed to return to base. Bornin England and educated at Marlborough College, he served with Royal Signals in Germany,Korea, Hong Kong, Borneo, and Britain more, It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Robert Avery on Tuesday 17th April after a long illness which he bore with great fortitude. He was a light aircraft enthusiast from his first flight in a Gipsy Moth at the age of 10. Richard Hartley (C2 1945-50) died December 2022. It can be a daunting arena for even an experienced barrister, let alone a still white wigged one as Geoffrey was at the time. These ranged from The skins waterproof! when we were heading out for a 10 miler in the pouring rain, to Running is supposed to add to your enjoyment of life, not detract from it! when there was a clash of priorities between a scheduled training session and an important family commitment. Nick Dorey (PR 1972-76): Running became an inclusive club under his coaching, with pupils of all ages training and socialising together, whatever their abilities. He inspired a huge number of people through his example, his transparent integrity and his optimism. Although we have had to say goodbye to Geoffrey, we will not forget the many memories of happy times with him and the many laughs we had together; each of us will have our own special memories of our times with Geoffrey and we thank him for all that he did for us, for his friendship, his hospitality, his wit, his bon-homie and for enriching our lives in so many ways. 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. 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 spent his 20th birthday in a Canadian Military Hospital near Bayeux where he underwent surgery to remove the shards.He continued to serve in France and Belgium as the Allies swept through, liberating the towns and villages from four years of Nazi rule. His National Service completed, Jeremy attended the Royal Academy of music and entered the world inhabited by such masters as Gerald Finzi and Vaughan Williams. Of these, 1,016 are listed. The housemaster summoned him back but that was the end. 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. Edmund was born in July 1951 and brought up in London. Many who went on to important roles in Eastern Europe had been through his workshops, including Hanna Suchocka, who became Poland's first female prime minister in 1992, and Viktor Orban, prime minister of Hungary since 2010.Alan Brooke Turner was born in 1926 and educated al Marlborough. To me, he resembled the cartoon character in Roald Dahls the BFG. 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 spent his last few years in Tye Green Care home, close to his children, where he was popular with staff and residents alike. The two men were awarded the DFC, both having been previously mentioned in despatches for their skill and courage. He was a fine man in every way and, in the words of the Leading Article in The TIMES was" THE VOICE OF SUMMER ".See also The Independent and The Guardian. He was awarded FRSC and FRSE in 1969. 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. Janet joined the North Wiltshire Orchestra in 1968 and was still playing with us until the summer of 2015. In 1942, whilst still at school, two events occurred: he gained a scholarship to Brasenose College, Oxford and he volunteered for the Royal Armoured Corps in 1942. They slipped the handcuffs on him and off they went through the woods. He was married to Victoria and had two children, James and Jonathan. Donations , if desired to Injured Jockeys Fund and Thenford Church to J & M Humphris, 32 Albert Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 5DG. "Mid-Sized Sedan" - Stabbed to death by Dr. Charles. None of you will be surprised to hear that although he had a superb intellect, he was never a dry academic. He had three children educated at Marlborough. Only in his final years, and especially in the last six months of his life, was his work recognised with the award of the Royal Institute of British Architects royal gold medal in September 2017 and a series of public appearances to sell-out audiences, culminating in a for one night only performance at the Hackney Empire, at which he received a 10-minute standing ovation. When he first moved here he lived in a cottage in Shobrooke, coincidentally, I am sure, a few yards away from the Red Lion. Until I went, I hadnt realised how much else apart from the races was involved in such a day out. Carr commanded a battery of 96th Parachute Field Battery RA from 1956 to 1958 and then 41st Light Parachute Light Battery RA. There were no lights. In June 1960, unsurprisingly, he was the first choice to command the Royal Marines Commando Display Team that played an important part in the Military Tattoo associated with the British Exhibition in New York. After four years' postwar service in the RAF he went up to Balliol to study classic He joined the Foreign Service in 1951 and served in Warsaw, Jedda, Lisbon,Geneva and Moscow as cultural attache. 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. For general enquiries, please email the Development Office or call on 01672 892385. Community More.. P W B (Peter) Barrows (C3 1945-49) died on 26th October 2012. These were good years as far as my recollection goes. He possessed a formidable knowledge of the Bible, buttressed by his learning in Classics and Hebrew. Martin Hartley Guy Rogers (B1 1939-43) died on 28 December 2012, aged 87. He may have been reckless in his physical activities but was a safe pair of hands in his legal career. The citation for his MC estimated that 500 men had passed through his hands during the campaign. It could have applied to any of us and this pastoral side of the job is fulfilling although we are told judges are not keen on deathbed wills. From long-living stock his father died at 97, his mother was 103 in 2012 he put his memoirs down on paper for his family after writing an article for his church magazine, How To Die in Nine Easy Lessons, comprising practical advice on preparing for the inevitable, but declared he had no intention of succumbing just yet. Piers succeeded his father as the 4th Baron Wedgwood of Barlaston and after a colourful Marlborough career he was commissioned in the Royal Scots Regiment. He met his third wife, Kathleen Partridge, at an archaeology lecture. For many periods including ACW and later 19th c. warfare the gamer loses little in terms of uniform detail and gains a great deal in terms of ground scale. He then earned a Certificate in Education at Oxford. ), MPhil (Birmingham), FRCGP, DObstRCOG, FPCert/DFFP7.12.194626.10.2016Guy Houghton was the third generation of his family to serve the south Birmingham suburb of Hall Green as a General Practitioner. As Martin said at one of the well-attended reunion dinners, it was the year, when the team arrived unbeaten at the last match, and by the final whistle, the Sherborne coach had already walked out and Marlborough ended the season unbeaten and with not one try scored against them. In August 1944 he landed in France, tasked with the air defence of 21st Army Group around Cherbourg. He was sent back to Shrivenham to do the 4th Nuclear and Technology Course before taking command of 94 Locating Regiment, the successor of 1st Survey and it was a very happy return with some soldiers still there from wartime service with him. 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. Ive no doubt he dealt firmly but kindly with those who did not come up to scratch. Roger was mentioned in Despatches. Neave Brown at home in Fleet Road, Camden, in 2015. He deployed his tennis skills to great effect on the grass court he created at his home. He was working his latest book The Enderby Settlement about Britains whaling venture from 1849 52 on New Zealands Subantarctic Auckland Islands up to the night before he died. He had a legendary reputation, of course, but this would have counted for little amongst the Marlburians had he not also been alongside them, infecting them with his ambition, helping them to achieve more than they thought possible, enjoying their company and happy about their successes. Born in Kolkata (then Calcutta), he was the second son of Peter and Deirdre Banyard. There were complaints from visiting players that Geoffrey was able to combine his considerable tennis skills with his knowledge of the eccentric shape of the court and the location of various dandelions that altered the balls bounce, all to devastating effect.And he was a world champion in Sticke tennis, a type of Real tennis. Nicholas Milner-Gulland (CR 1966-69)Died 26th November 2017The death is announced of Nicholas Milner-Gulland, who was a Member of CR from 1966-69 teaching Classics. That year, he went to Singapore to join the Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery, which was manned by British gunners and with which he was serving at the time of the Japanese attacks on Singapore.As the Japanese army closed in on the British at Singapore in January 1942, Geoffrey Rowley-Conwy was a formidable character and he fought a strong fight boosting morale with heavy attacks directly on Japanese mortars instead of troops. His particular skill was to deploy humour, clarity and deep personal understanding of the effects of spinal trauma in a way that bridged the gap between research scientists and potential funders. He went to prep school in Edinburgh before coming to Marlborough College in 1937. Obituary by Ian Alston (PR 1957-62). Attlee sent a card, in his own hand, wishing the Labour candidate well 'in an obvious Conservative stronghold.' After graduating, he spent a year teaching in Quebec before returning in order to propose to and later marry Margaret Allen (Tiggy) whose brother Hubert had been his contemporary at St Johns. There was John Lubbock, who got into terrible trouble in the army when his telephone calls were taped and sent to the Brigadier (the record of the conversation was who is more common than the Brigadier? Najibullah believed Hopkirks dramatic account of 19th-century Anglo-Russian rivalry in central Asia was on the Ministry of Defences required reading list for British soldiers who were deployed to Afghanistan.Hopkirk did his homework in the India Office archives at the British Library and knew and consulted academics and museum curators. 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 Memorial Service is to be held at 12.00 on 9th January at St Lawrence Church, Marston St Lawrence. In October 1946, he joined the first technical staff course at the Military College of Science, Shrivenham, supplemented by practical training at Loughborough Technical College. He was promoted to the court of appeal in 1996 and served there for a decade, becoming vice-president of the courts civil division.During his career Brooke developed interests in both modern technology and racial equality before the law. Conscription was with the Royal Navy, where he was posted to the public school slot of captain of the heads. There his chief interest was the CCF, for service to which he was appointed OBE in 1989.He took early retirement in 1993 to enable a return to Australia (where he had met and married his wife, Bridget) on a Royal & Ancient Golf Club tour. Towards the end of a Civil Engineering career John trained for the Non Stipendiary Ministry, and became a priest in 1980. Discover more about the Old Marlburian Reading Prize, a longstanding part of the Shell academic calendar. Crosswords were a lifelong habit, and he retained his prowess at them even after other functions of his brain were starting to show their age. Home. He responded with his customary honesty, though without the bluff confidence that normally went with it: Well, sir, we appear to be about eight miles north of Derby.