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Cambridge , 1 Nat Sci pt 1 1944 , pt 2 Physiol 1945 . MA , MB BChir 1948 . Burney Yeo Scolarship , King ’ s College Hospital 1945-48 . Surgeon Lieutenant RNVR 1950-51 . Medical Officer , Arctic Survival Experiments , HMS Truelove 1950 . Medical Research Council , Department Expedition Medicine , Cambridge 1952-57 . PhD . Lecturer , Sheffield University 1957-62 and Senior Lecturer Physiology , Aberdeen University 1962-67 . Professor of Physiology , Leeds University 1967-89 . Civilian Consultant in Physiology , RN Medical Service from 1970 . Emeritus Professor Physiology Leeds University and Hon Research Fellow since 1989 . He had a great love of walking and with the Leeds University Walking Club he walked Coast to Coast , the Offa ’ s Dyke and the Pennine Way . He followed the opera with the U3A Opera Group , hosting his last opera on 7th January 2016 . Married ( 1 ) Elizabeth Bennett ( died 1985 ) and ( 2 ) 1989 Morag Macdonald ( died 2015 ). He is survived by his two sons and two daughters .
Michael James Ryall ( I , 39-44 ): died 2.9.2015 . Soccer XI . Commissioned Somerset Light Infantry 1945 , with whom he served in India , Singapore , BAOR , Cyprus and Gibraltar . He acted as ADC to GOC South West District 1950 and was on the staff of GHQ FARELF 1957 . Retired Major 1968 . He then worked for the Financial Information Management Systems for the NHS until he retired in 1986 . He retired to West Bagborough where he was a member of the PCC and the Village Hall Committee , for which he was instrumental in organising The Highland Fling to raise money for the Village Hall . Married 1950 Ursula Mallalieu ( died 2012 ). He is survived by one son and one daughter .
Christopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke ( Coll , 40-45 ): died 27.12.2015 . Father of FCB ( F , 66-70 ), PDBB ( F , 69-73 ) and PLHB ( Coll , 72-76 ). French and German Speeches , Ross Homer Prize , Editor The Wykehamist and Bib Prae . Scholarship , Gonville and Caius College , Cambridge 1948 , History 1948 , MA 1952 . National Service , R Hampshire Regiment and later
RAEC as a Captain . He returned to Caius as a Fellow 1949-56 and then from 1977- 94 . Professor of Medieval History , University of Liverpool 1956-67 , where he was so young that he was mistaken by the head porter for an undergraduate . Professor of History , Westfield College , London . Dixie Professor , Ecclesiastical History , Cambridge University 1977-94 . FBA 1970 , FRHistS , LittD 1973 . Hon D University of York 1984 . President , Society of Antiquaries 1981-84 . Appointed CBE 1995 . Received Ad Portas in 2011 along with Fellows of the British Academy and Royal Society . Among his publications : From Alfred to Henry III , which examined England before and after 1066 ; London 800-1216 – the shaping of a city and the medieval idea of marriage . He loved to read Beatrix Potter and Winnie the Pooh to his grandchildren . He enjoyed Jane Austen , Dorothy Sayers and Agatha Christie and he was once caught sneakily reading one of the latter ’ s novels tucked inside an academic paper . At his funeral at Caius his coffin made the journey to Chapel via the Great Gate and was carried on its final journey through the Gate of Honour . Endearingly modest , he said that ‘ Historians need to be humble … or they ’ ll get too big for their boots , because the world in a sense is at our feet .’ Married 1951 Rosalind Porter , who died after 62 years of marriage . He is survived by two sons . Obituaries The Times and The Daily Telegraph .
Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe , Lord Howe of Aberavon ( E , 1940-45 ): died 9.10.2015 . Brother of CTH ( F , 42-47 ). Exhibitioner , Co Prae . Founder of Film Society at a time when there was only a silent projector , he much enjoyed selecting suitable musical accompaniment for the films . He ran the House National Savings campaign . Commissioned Royal Signals 1945 , with whom he served in East Africa , during which time he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro . Scholarship , Trinity Hall , Cambridge 1948 , 2 ( 1 ) Law 1950 , LLB 1951 , MA 1956 . Whilst at Cambridge he was both Chairman of CU Law Society and CU Conservative Association . He was co-founder of the Bow Group , becoming Chairman in 1955 . Called to the Bar , Middle Temple 1952 , QC 1965 . Having contested Aberavon in 1955 and 1959 he became MP for Bebington 1964 , which he lost in 1966 . Whilst out of the Commons he became Deputy Chairman , Glamorgan Quarter Sessions 1966-70 . During this time he was chairman of the inquiry into allegations of cruelty by staff to patients at Ely Hospital . He successfully insisted that his damning report be published in full . He was appointed Solicitor General in 1970- 72 ; Knighted 1972 ; Minister of State for Trade and Consumer Affairs 1972-74 ; PC 1972 ; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1979- 83 . His first Budget in 1979 was over-ambitious but his Budget in 1981 , in the heat of world recession , was crucial and proved to be the turning point in the Government ’ s fortunes . He became Foreign Secretary 1983-89 , the longest serving since Sir Edward Grey ( C , 1876-83 ). Among his achievements was the agreement with China over the future of Hong Kong . Tension with Mrs Thatcher grew and in 1989 he was moved to become Leader of the House of Commons and Deputy Prime Minister . He will be remembered for his resignation speech , which brought about Mrs Thatcher ’ s downfall , but without him Mrs Thatcher might never have achieved many of her aims . He was received Ad Portas 1990 , appointed a Life Peer 1992 and CH in 1996 . Publication : Conflict of Loyalty 1994 . He became interested in democracy , aged 14 , when his div don , ‘ the Bin ’, encouraged the boys to decide matters of significance regarding the work of the div . He credited his ability to work long hours with little sleep to training acquired at Winchester , where he was on Fire Watch for two hours a night . A don accompanying a group of boys to a dinner in Parliament , when Sir Geoffrey treated the group to the most penetrating analysis of constitutional issues , reported that the young Wykehamists adored him . Survived by Elspeth , his wife of 62 years , and their two daughters and one son . Obituaries in The Times and The Daily Telegraph .
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