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President seven times and was made Honorary President in 2007 . He was President , Highland Cattle Society three times , being President for the centenary celebrations at Balmoral . He was proud to be Vice President the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland 1999 . Later he was Trustee of the Argyllshire Gathering , serving three times as Senior Steward and for countless years as Ball Steward : he was a qualified teacher for the Scottish Country Dancing Association . He did a huge amount for the local community , including the Loch Awe Community Council , the Scottish Landowners Federation and the NFU . Served as a JP for 30 years , with half the time on the JP Advisory Committee , and as DL for Argyll and Bute 1998-2006 . A true gentleman and outstanding countryman . Married 1955 Elizabeth Tremlett ( died 2005 ). He is survived by their son and daughter .
Charles Raymond Connell ( A , 45-50 ): died 15.11.2015 . Co Prae . National Service , Scots Guards 1951 in Cyprus and Egypt . Clare College , Cambridge 1952-54 Economics . He then joined the family firm , Charles Connell and Co , shipbuilders and owners . He started in the drawing office and progressed to Managing Director in 1961 . When he underestimated the amount of steel required for a new ship , resulting in a loss of £ 750,000 , his father just commented , ‘ Well , you will have to get it back ’. But the firm was in crisis and was wound up in 1981 . This gave him the opportunity to become an entrepreneur . He purchased the run-down estates at Garrogie and Stronelairg and built them up , winning the Laurent Perrier Conservation Award in 1996 . At Colquhalzie he introduced a chickenfarming business and in Argyll he set up a salmon-farming enterprise . In his younger days he once drove straight across a roundabout : his explanation that it was the shortest way home was accepted in those more tolerant days ! He was always a countryman at heart : point-to-pointing and hunting were an important part of his life and , last season , he enjoyed 20 days grouse shooting and shot a fine stag . ‘ He loved his time at Win Coll and always spoke fondly of it , if not the cold showers and lack of loo doors , then certainly the rest ’. Married 1971 Tugela Croxton ( died 2009 ). He is survived by his partner , Pamela Codrington , and his two daughters and a son .
Ruan Peregrine James Galloway McWilliam ( K , 45-49 ): died 1.11.2015 . Frazer Scholarship , Balliol College , Oxford 1950 , 3 Psych and Physics 1954 . He first worked for the Nuffield Foundation 1955- 57 and then for the Medical Research Council from 1957 until he retired in 1972 . During this time he designed artificial limbs for victims of thalidomide . It gave him great pleasure to see the smile on their faces when it all came together . On his retirement he was able to concentrate on his great love of abstract painting , selling a good number of prints to large London stores . In partnership with Trevor Avery he worked on a project looking at the connections and legacy of 300 child Holocaust-survivors who came to the Lake District in 1945 . The exhibition now has a permanent home in Windermere Library . Married 1956 Jane Malleson , daughter of Captain J Malleson VC RN , ( died 1995 ). He is survived by their son and daughter .
Henry Gerard Mather Leighton ( K , 46-50 ): died 26.8.2015 . Corpus Christi College , Oxford 1950 , 2 History 1953 . President , Oxford University Archaeological Society . AW Peake Prize . MA 1957 . ACA 1957 . FCA 1967 . He then embarked on a career as a chartered accountant , first with Grace , Darbyshire and Todd in Bristol . He subsequently became Deputy Chairman , The West of England Trust Ltd . He became involved with Tyndall Managers Ltd , Gordon Johnson Stephens Ltd , Jordan Publishing Ltd and SG Warburg . He was chairman , Bristol Diocesan Advisory Committee for care of churches , and of Wells Cathedral Fabric Committee . He was a member of the Bristol Cathedral Fabric Committee . He was President , Bristol and Gloucester Archaeological Society 2004- 05 . President , Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society 2008-09 .
Publications : Bristol , A Great City 2010 . As a colleague wrote : ‘ As members of the School Archaeological Society they were given privileged access to construction and preservation in the cathedral – they watched over the shoulders of the experts as ornaments were cleaned and re-gilded .’ Married 1984 Juliet Buttenshaw , who survives him with their son and daughter .
Francis Paul Bowyer Nichols ( C , 46-51 ): died 21.6.2015 . 3rd generation of Wykehamists father to son . National Service , Irish Guards 1951 ; BAOR and Guard of Honour for HM Queen Mary ’ s funeral 1953 . Balliol College , Oxford 3 PPE 1956 , OU Polo . Yale University 1956 , Yale University Cricket , MA Economics 1957 . He first worked for the Commonwealth Development Corporation 1957-62 . And whilst in Central Africa he developed an infallible technique for distinguishing the sex of Tung trees , which need to be planted alongside each other to reproduce – this was vital as the crushed nuts were used to make varnish . He worked as an economist for the Country Landowners Association 1964-66 , then for Charter Consolidated 1966-73 , before becoming a farmer in Essex 1973-99 . He was the principal writer of LEPRA ’ s funding proposal to the Lottery , which donated £ 500,000 , and he rode a bike across the Orissa desert to raise funds . At the age of 80 he started a Master ’ s degree at SOAS to study Zen meditation . He was a dedicated prison visitor , and taught medication at a YOI in Suffolk , but the course ended abruptly when the participants threw cushions at each other . Married 1966 Maureen Cleave , who survives him with their two daughters and a son . Obituary The Times .
Winfrid Guy Comyn Platt ( E , 46-51 ): died 14.10.2015 . Bisley VIII 1950-51 . National Service , Royal Fusiliers , with whom he served with distinction in Korea , Mentioned in Despatches . Magdalen College , Oxford , 2 Modern History . He first worked for Shell International Petroleum 1956-66 . And then for the British Tourist Board 1972-87 . He travelled out to South Africa each year to spend a month or two
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