(reprinted with permission from the Guardian). After leaving school, Jeremy, like the rest of our contemporaries, had a double extended gap year in the form of two years conscription for National Service. Having survived the war, he would later have the honour of acting as an usher at the funeral of the man who steered the country through the darkest days of the 20th century, Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. They had three children, six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. 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. A characteristic of his approach to projects and assignments was his desire to complete them without apparent effort and with as much cheerfulness as possible. 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. His aim was to show that home-delivered food could be a viable alternative to eating out. Old school friend, Richard Russell (B1 1941-48) recalled Denys Hodson, as a pupil, taking part in the mock election of 1945 as the Labour Party Candidate. The success of Tamino in the Palace House Stakes at Newmarket in 1966 was the first of a conveyor belt of winners delivered over the next 47 years. Services will be held on the 27 January at 1pm at Timberhill Church, and then 2.15pm at the Earlham road crematorium . He was married three times. Updated: Mar 3, 2023 / 08:01 AM CST. He was educated at Marlborough and St John's, Cambridge, between which he trained and qualified as a pilot in the RAF on Vampire jets for National Service. 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. During his time with the charity he worked as research director, chief executive, and then director of development. 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. Simon Smallwood (B2 1950-55) died on 14th December 2016.A lifelong wine enthusiast (he became a Master of Wine in 1970), husband to Valerie and father to Rob, Susannah, Caspar & Jessica. The image of Janet and Beverley rafting on an Amazonian tributary or sailing in the Galapagos is far from what we might expect, but I am assured that it happened. Following Brian Williams (CR - The Marlburian Club | Facebook As a boy he haunted oriental bookshops around the British Museum and saved up to buy a brass camel with a mysterious inscription that he kept on his desk.Competitive from an early age, he played rugby at the Dragon School against Antonia Pakenham, now Lady Antonia Fraser, and shot at Bisley for the Marlborough eight. Until I went, I hadnt realised how much else apart from the races was involved in such a day out. Retiring from Swindon might have been an opportunity to cut back. He was Director of a theatre company called Forkbeard Fantasy that was started by 2 University friends, Chris and Tim Britton. While personally under heavy enemy fire, he carried out reconnaissance missions to identify enemy positions which were hindering the advance. The citation for his MC estimated that 500 men had passed through his hands during the campaign. After the expedition he completed a PhD at Imperial College and went on to head the Engineering department for 30 years at the Commonwealth Develoment Department which saw him travelling the world solving all kinds of problems in all sorts of environments. 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. He was answerable to my future godfather and nightclub king, who styled himself Major Peter Davies of London and Alexandria. Nicks Marlborough career was cut short when he succeeded his father as Headmaster of Cumnor House Prep School in 1969, when ill health forced his father to take early retirement. The Register gives brief details of all attendees of Marlborough College between 1843 and 1933. He also helped raise considerable amounts of money for charity and loved his golf tournaments, which aided his very worthwhile projects. Denys Hodson (B2 1941-46) CBE died on 13 January. Between 1956-1957 he was the Physical Training Officer at Royal Marines Barracks, Plymouth. 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. Robert Michael Carr was born in London on March 5 1920 and educated at Marlborough. He even spent four seasons on a whaling ship in the seas of South Georgia in his early years at the firm. He wrote the papers that got approval for Swingfire, FACE, the 175mm M107 and for Rapier. Her funeral took place on Tuesday 30th October at St John's Church, Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill. No Fugs (prefects) patrolled these corridors so we were safe. Guys focus on evidence-based medicine and quality of care meant that he was involved with medical audit from the late 1980s. Athenaze is now the worlds best selling Greek course. He travelled heroically, from early years of hitching, to flying to Singapore with the Air Squadron and driving an ex-army lorry to Sicily. Together they founded African Forest in 2006 at their home on Soysambu Estate with a vision to plant forests all over Africa and create the first indigenous tree seed bank in Kenya. 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. His great life focus was on house building and construction, having already been the parliamentary liaison officer for the National Federation of Building Trades Employers before he became an MP. His first venture was the upmarket food delivery business Deliverance, established in 1997 with his long-term business partner Rohan Blacker, a fellow fugitive from the legal profession. Colin Cooke-Priest (LI 1952-57) Memorial Service Colin Cooke-Priest sadly died on 6 April 2020 at age 81. Her predecessor said: During the six months before she took up the position she spent many hours studying the challenges and demands with academic precision. He lectured, and wrote for the Economist Intelligence Unit.However, that was only a part of Ants wide-ranging activities. 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. Christopher Frenchs father (Father French) was a clergyman in the east end of London and on enlistment day he staggered through the bombed out ruins to join him. Carr needed all his patience and tact in the negotiations to decide what could be saved and what had to go. He was later appointed Head Master of Leighton Park School, Reading (1971-81). He used to say it was the best moment of the year. David Donnison. David Insall had established a widely-known name for himself in Oman, first as an Officer in the Sultans Armed Forces since 1973 and subsequently in pursuit of a very wide range of natural history, heritage and historical projects connected with the Omani Government and with private sector organisations. 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. He went to prep school in Edinburgh before coming to Marlborough College in 1937. Adrian Marston, christened Jeffery Adrian Priestley Marston, was born in London on 15 December 1927. Then came the 2nd world war and he joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1941. After commanding the 23rd Light AA Battery and R Searchlight Battery in Egypt, in 1943 he became second-in-command of the 1st Heavy AA Regiment, based in India. He is survived by his mother, Peggy; wife, Linda and his three children, Markham (CO 1982-1987), Howard (CO 1988-1990) and Nicola. Common surnames sometimes complicated the search, in one case throwing up 15 potential birth mothers with the same name, six of whom were approached before the right one was found. 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. Annabel Freyberg, born August 16 1961, died December 8 2013. Marlburian Club | Marlborough College Alumni Philip joined the Bank of England in 1990, where he worked on legislation to complete the EUs single market. 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. The Marlburian; The Heretick; Piccalilli; Polyglot. 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. Research & development, forest management, carbon offsetting, developing the medicinal values of trees and sustainable timber are all part of the African Forest business model. Maybe they set up a food back or helped refugees settle in their new environment? 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. ), he created a team spirit which was centered round admiration for him, but also affection. Much later, he received recognition from the French Government for his role, and was made a Chevalier of the Legion dHonneur at a ceremony in Edinburgh in 2016.By late September 1944, he and his troop were reconnoitring in the Netherlands when they were ordered to halt as any vehicle movements would be attacked by the RAF. He was a keen bicycler, regularly cycling to the park at Guindy where he used to chase the deer on his bicycle. To me, he resembled the cartoon character in Roald Dahls the BFG. Michael Birley, Mike, MPB, was for most of his long life the right man in the right place. Marlburian Club | Marlborough College Alumni Full Obituary, Diana Cook, wife of Raymond Cook (CR 1935-67) died in March 2012. You can read it here:. Marilyn managed to make the old outdoor pool work well and the first school waterpolo match was held in this: I have a memory of strawberries and wine accompanying this event - very 'eighties Marlborough'! John died at home in Victoria, BC after a courageous battle with cancer. These included the Glass Reinforced Plastic facilities for the Mine Counter-Measures Vehicle programme, the first such in the world, and the base for many subsequent successful overseas contracts. John is survived by his children, 14 grandchildren and a great-grandchild. The following year he married Gillian Hickling; they had five children, Louise, Rachel, Ben, Oliver and Guy, who all became involved in the farm. Travers Cosgrove, born October 9 1920, died December 27 2013.Click here to read a full obituary which was published in The Daily Telegraph. Sadly, the idea has yet to gain any traction.Richard is survived by his second wife, Valerie (nee Zelle), whom he married in 1970; by their children, Sasha and Ricky; and by four children, Yvonne, Julia, Caroline and Stephen, from his first marriage, to Elaine (nee Good), which ended in divorce.As featured in The Guardian. At Marlborough, his skills as a games coach were quickly recognised, among others, by Dennis Silk, who took him on to help coaching the XV. Its Chairman for over twenty years, Greig presided over a rapidly expanding global business that became one of the leading independent international reinsurance broking houses. Whatever his achievements as an athlete, and they were considerable, I think he found his metier in coaching as he loved to share his own love of running. He was very highly respected for his local linguistic skills and his fondness of Omanis at all levels and throughout the Sultanate. Colin Cooke-Priest sadly died on 6 April 2020 at age 81. 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. Following Brian Williams (CR 1962-94) sad death on 28th March, Martin Evans (CR 1968-2018) has written an appreciation of his life. Read More The bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki that August signalled the Japanese surrender, ending, he observed, a cruel war. Carolina Panthers founder and former owner Jerry Richardson dies at 86 He was world doubles champion. He and I sat next to each other in Shell Q, with AH Davis as our form tutor, and became firm lifelong friends. His hobbies included bridge and readingparticularly theology. His first was Ruth St John Murphy to whom he married in 1939. 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. John Lloyd (C3 1937-42) died on 28th February 2013 aged 89. I dont suppose Jeremy ever presented these ditties but he may have had some more respectable Third Programme output. Hence it was referred to in some quarters as Old Marlburians. He loved small children, and was particularly delighted by the arrival of two great-grandchildren. After graduating he became a solicitor in Winchester, working his way up to the position of District Judge in Shrewsbury, prior to his retirement back to Marlborough. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, he was just as critical of policies in Brussels, Frankfurt and Berlin as he was of the eurosceptic tide in London.Obituary by Jagjit Chadha (The Guardian). He then moved to Singapore working for JM Sassoon 1990-1994 and Credit Suisse 1994-1999. Service of thanksgiving at St Dunstan-in-the-West, Fleet Street, on Friday 17th February, at 11.30am, following private cremation. Marlburian 2015-16 by rawdesign - Issuu He moved to Auckland, New Zealand in 1958 to be a lecturer at Auckland University where he remained for 24 years taking the music department from strength to strength to become a centre of excellence. He chaired Stirling Universitys Court for eight years and was made an honorary doctor of the university in 1992. A good example of his love of his follow human beings and his desire to help as much and as many as he could, is illustrated by his volunteering to be a Samaritan. Duty prevailed over rights. His last military appointment was as a Brigadier back in St Christopher House as Director of Weapons A, working on the then new light gun as well as on new 155mm guns, FH 70 and SP 70 and on the M110 as well as on smaller calibre weapons including SA 80. Always fun to be had when he was around. Carr volunteered to fly single-engine aircraft such as Austers and flew wartime sorties as a member of No 654 (AOP) Squadron RAF. He did eventually got as far as the Middle East.Quite what turned Geoffreys head towards a life in the practice of the law I dont know, though Martin thinks his interest may have started with his reading of the Enid Blyton books, The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters and the Mystery of the Invisible Thief, books that Martin says Geoffrey continued to re-read well into his 20s. I dont think that I was the only one who regarded it as pointless ringing it. Typically, he had left his application rather late; others have coaching to prepare for the interview and spend days rehearsing for the process; Geoffrey just turned up. Such was his modesty about his own ability, he only applied to be a Judge when another prompted him to do so. Dianas training in figurative drawing at the Ruskin School of Art at Oxford proved very helpful as she fashioned mythical figures in the grotto. Looking back on her career here a colleague wrote When you consider how difficult things must have been for Janet in her early days one should recognise the immensity of her contributionJanets musical life did intersect with the College. Europe was the focus of the working and personal life of my friend Philip Whyte (PR 1979-84), who has died of pancreatic cancer, aged 49. Richard was a committed Christian, attended church regularly and was actively involved in parish church life. For my part I had no natural discipline or acting abilities that have skipped a generation. It was held at Camp IV on May 2nd. The team did not reveal the cause of death. The display included several courageous descents down an 85 feet high Commando Slide.Leading from the front as always, Captain Easterbrook volunteered himself for the most daring and spectacular deed. At Cambridge he became an expert on fluid mechanics and, in particular, the behaviour of waves. He was there from 1945-49, which of course included the famous winter of 1947. His duties ranged from supervising the clearing of the Glasgow slums during the Binmens Strike of 1979 to acting as ADC to HM The Queen, when she was in residence at Balmoral. 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. His myriad other roles included trustee of the Dementia Services Development Trust, chair of Civil Service Selection Boards, vice-convener of the Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations, governor of Edinburgh Academy and voluntary work with the Historic Buildings Council for Scotland. He is greatly missed by all who knew him more. Here Roger discovered the delights of the countryside a passion that was to live with him throughout his life. 21/02/2023. My mothers attitude to religion was much similar to that of King Henry IV of France. He farmed for about 10 years near Marlborough, and then near Andover. You would pick him out as a former guards officer. A solo sailor in his junk-rigged boat, Sulaire, he went where the wind took him. His first marriage was to Susan Lee they went on to have Mark (B1 1974-79) & Hilary and consequently four grandchildren. Marilyn or Bo was able to enjoy several years here with the 3 grandchildren. 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. Angus went to prep school in Peebles and then to Marlborough College in Wiltshire. I wonder whether later potential Prime Ministers would have taken the time and trouble to write personally to schoolboys., Richard was involved in the College Press (the printing press they used is situated in the new Art Deparement building and still used for art prints). Peters work as a historian and journalist included a history of the tea trade and the internationally successful Natural Wonders of the World (1978) which looked at the scientific explanations for the formation of some of natures greatest landmarks. You can read his obituary on The Guardian Website and a wonderful tribute from his son in The Racing Post. In retirement in Reading, Berkshire, and subsequently at Huntly, Aberdeenshire, he recruited sapper veterans to attend the post-war annual reunions at sHertogenbosch. She predeceased him and he is survived by their three sons and a daughter. Martin could do this with commensurate skill, not simply by fixing a students errors but by talking them through their frustrations gently and patiently to a successful conclusion. During childhood, Batchelor used to play hockey along the balcony of his father's house in Binney Road. Davies moved around with his eastern thoughts and when I last saw him aged 21 he seemed to be following a fellow called Puck Subud. He learned Arabic initially whilst serving with Sultans Armed Forces and through his local military operations. 18/01/2023. Jeremy (C1 1948-52) and Jonathan (B1 1948-52) Dale Roberts were born together on 16th May 1934, the sons of Dr Michael Dale Roberts and his wife Christabel. He was also principal private secretary to the Secretary of State for Scotland, Jack Maclay, and was involved in organising many Royal visits, for which he was made a CVO in 1964. The Rev John Burdett (C2 1938-43) died on Monday 10 December aged 86. We barristers can be a gossipy bunch, sometimes too eager to make a critical comment about another; my experience over Geoffreys 43 years in the law is that no one ever had an uncomplimentary thing to say about him.Geoffrey had his struggles. 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 would talk about music, he could remember the running times and competitions won by people he had met over the years, but most of all he use to love talking about his family especially his grandchildren One particular morning on the Downs, I asked him his thoughts on euthanasia and he replied - well not today - I am feeling pretty good, and he then timed himself to see how quickly he could run the last furlong!Julian Lloyd (CR 1991-present): Running can be a solitary activity. Meanwhile their student passengers were open mouthed with shock; the lights turned green and the traffic began to honk and hoot, although whether with applause or frustration was not clear! On his return to the UK he joined the Civil Service Selection Board based in London. One wrote: "a kind man who was interested in the wellbeing of those he commanded. The Old Man was dying. 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. Antony Laurence Easterbrook was born in Torquay on 20th March 1929 and was educated at Marlborough College where he was captain of both the athletics and rugby teams. He continued to garden and welcomed the arrival of his 11 grandchildren teaching them the twin aspects of the countryside and finance. When he was four he had appendicitis and his father took him for treatment to Colombo about 100 miles away. He was then called to the English Bar, Inner Temple in 1988. His residence was deemed the most suitable for Her Majesty to stay in. Another early interest, which was one that had run in the family for generations, was painting, and in 1945 Richard won an art scholarship to Marlborough College in Wiltshire.He took his entomological equipment and paints with him when posted on national service to Korea (1951-52). Funeral service to be held at Great St Mary's, Sawbridgeworth, on Monday 24th September, at noon. what to do with snake holes in yard. Click on obituary of William Le Blanc-Smith. Her longest friendship was with the late Beverley Heath, mathematics master at the College. Bill Freeman died in June 2012 after a short illness. There are photographs of my grandfather appearing at a funeral in evening dress instead of morning dress much to the amusement of my father. He joined the Colonial Service in Northern Nigeria and spent 16 years there; leaving as a Senior District Officer. Peter maintained a wide circle of friends from his days at school and university, as well as from his long and varied working life. They slipped the handcuffs on him and off they went through the woods. At the bottom of the slide, a waiter would walk over to Captain Easterbrook and serve him a Gin and Tonic, which he would swiftly drink, before proceeding to waltz off as though he had just walked calmly down a flight of stairs. In central Europe antagonism over the stationing of intermediate nuclear forces was building. 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. Bo had worked at Jollies in Bath and then Bulsoms in Chippenham where she met Dick and they married in 1960. He was also an excellent university administrator.Ebsworth was a Fellow of Kings College and Christs College, Cambridge, Faculty member at Princeton, Crum Brown Professor of Chemistry and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Durham. John left India in December 1947 with an abiding admiration for his Madrassi soldiers, who, though not generally regarded as the traditional military backbone of the old Indian Army, had remained loyal to their officers to the last. lucinda cowden family. In the early spring of 1945, after the successful Allied assault on the Rhine, his squadron crossed the river and came under the command of the British 6th Airborne Division. From when he was a boy, watching the fighters flying from RAF Duxford a few miles from his home, Bayon had wanted to be a pilot. It was exciting to watch a Marlborough tradition being triumphantly revived as Bruce shepherded his flock across the Downs! He had a distinguised career as a Consultng Engineer, and in later years, he and his wife Mary had run a Retreat House together and he was a lay reader. But in his last years he derived his greatest pleasure fromseeing hisbeloved family, listening to musicandliving by the sea in the Channel Isles. At this point he designed his first built scheme, a group of five houses in north London for a co-op that he and four of his friends set up for the purpose. It was here that he met his wife Margaret, with whom he would go on to have three children; John (C3/TU 1965-69), Katie and Henry (TU 1970-74).He was persuaded to join the family company, Christian Salvesen, in 1948 and was made partner in 1955. The military liked immaculate and disciplined men like my father but he was due to meet a completely different collection of individuals. Ring Sights went on to develop a variety of weapon sights many still in service and, even in his 70s, he would go out in the field down at the School of Infantry during trials.He served on the local authority as a Liberal Democrat councillor. Brother of Robin Wise and Colin, husband of the late Emmy, father of the late Will and grandfather to Jemima and Bertie. From Marlborough he went up to Jesus College Cambridge to read medicine. The Headmaster was Basil Garnons-Williams, a former housemaster of C1, also on the staff was Reggie Fair (B1), Master i/c Cricket. This was Olyffe, and they took an instant shine to each other. Tony Williamson (B2 1947-55), a former Lord Mayor of Oxford and prominent 'worker priest' has died aged 85. Their plan was to cook an international menu of the highest quality and deliver it by a fleet of mopeds to peoples front doors in time for dinner. That same year he attended the state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill. A regular visitor to Albania to support justice reform, he was awarded the countrys highest honour for a foreign national, Knight of the Order of Skanderbeg.Brooke maintained his commitment to transparency and to the uses of technology to the end of his life, tweeting ahead of cardiac surgery that his son, Nick, would post an update the following day. Later on he also attended INSEAD for an MBA in 2000-2001.Switching from the law to stockbroking, his first employment was at Hoare Govett 1988-1990 in London. He was part of a team who hosted a visit by the Queen in Nigeria in 1956. He and his wife did the same work, though less frequently, for Barnardos in Glasgow, The Child Migrants Trust in Nottingham and the Catholic Child Welfare Council. Roger wanted to raise money but also wanted to ensure that everyone received a prize even if it was only a balloon. It was this, that drove his life over so many decades and, above all, it was this that united him with his beloved Anna. He also took a job on a merchant ship intending to work his passage to exotic lands.