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with his niece and nephews. He made his home in Southern Spain for the last 30 years, where he died. He never married.
Michael David( Scotty) Scott( A, 47-52): died 30.11.2015. Brother of DIS( A, 44- 48). Lords 49-52( Capt 52), VI 51-52( Capt 52), Soccer XI 51-52, Fives 49-52, Prince’ s 52. He played for Southern Schools at Lords. National Service, Coldstream Guards in BAOR. Worcester College, Oxford Law, Rugby Fives 1955-57, Rackets 1957 and OU Cricket Blue 1957. When Yorkshire played Oxford they arrived with no wicket keeper and he was lent to them and was always proud to have kept to Fred Trueman. Fives was his best sport and he reached the British Amateur Final. He first worked in the advertising business and, having acquired the Reid Paper Group’ s Loo Paper account, he was sacked when he delivered a jingle‘ Tops for Bottoms’ – it was considered a step too far. He then became a stockbroker, first with Merrill Lynch in the US, where he learnt the art of salesmanship, then in US securities with Dominick & Dominick Ltd, and finally he set up his own company MD Scott & Co. He was deeply into race-horses and in 1985 he won the Northumberland Plate with Trade Line. Married 1972 Eve Bramwell( marriage dissolved). He is survived by his brother.
Peter Hamilton Fulke Bullard( G, 47-51): died 29.4.2015. RMAS 1952-54, Athletics Team 1954. Served in UK and in Germany, Kenya and Berlin. Retired as a Major 1971. Awarded King George Silver Jubilee Common Prize by Chartered Institute of Secretaries 1969. Company Secretary, RMC Group plc 1971-96. After retiring he enjoyed travelling the world, allowing time for his interests in photography, military history, particularly the American Civil War, and supporting his favourite rugby team – Harlequins. He is survived by Judy, his wife of 53 years, and their son and two daughters.
Thomas Jeremy Threlfall( K, 48-53): died 9.2.2016. Brother of CHT( K, 43-48). He bicycled 20 miles each way to Thruxton
Airfield and gained his wings before leaving school. National Service, RAF 1953-55. Caius College, Cambridge, 2 Engineering, MA. Secretary CU Automobile Club, during which time he completed a four-day uninterrupted 10,000 miles round Montlhéry at an average speed of 97mph. He first worked for Taylor Woodrow Construction 1958-61, helping to build the Thor Rocket. He rejoined the RAF in 1961 when he flew Valiant and Victor nuclear bombers. Towards the end of one mission a coded message was received to release the payload on Minsk. His deliberate nature led him to verify the instruction – the operator had used yesterday’ s codes and the real message was‘ return to base’. He refuelled the winning Harrier in London to New York air race 1969. He left RAF in 1971. He became director, Plowden & Thompson Ltd, glass manufacturers from 1975, chairman from 1989. He also went into commercial property, letting eight properties to the likes of Tesco. He won Class 2 and fuel economy prize, Daily Express Offshore Powerboat Race 1972, the Vintage Sports Car Club Lycett Trophy 1981-83 and was President VSCC 1981-84. He is survived by Diana, his wife of 52 years, and their son and two daughters.
Ronald Graham Borneman( E, 49-54): died 3.2.2016. Brother of PWB( A, 52-57). Exhibitioner. Golf 53-54. Scholarship, New College, Oxford, 2 PPE 1959. AMICA. He first worked as a merchant bank executive with Ionian Bank Ltd. FCA 1962. He then worked for the chartered accountants Barton Mayhew & Co before working as a financial director with Mackenzie Hill Holdings Ltd, and then as chairman of Staples & Staples Ltd. He loved wildlife and the country and was remembered for planting a field of daffodils. A typical English gentleman who took the good and the bad in his stride with a stiff upper lip and a laugh in his eye. Married 1979 Patricia Taylor, who survives him.
Robert Nicholas Philipson-Stow( F, 50- 55): died 28.9.2015. National Service, Royal Horse Guards 1955-57, with whom he served in Cyprus. Whilst there his troop gave chase to some terrorists and mortar rounds were fired in an attempt to halt them but missed wildly, taking down power lines and cutting off power to half the island. Articled Chartered Accountant 1963. FCA 1973. He first worked for Miles Druce, for whom he was Company Secretary 1966-68, and then worked as a stockbroker for Henderson Crosthwaite & Co 1970-86. He became Chief Operations Officer, Guinness Mahon Holdings plc 1986-99, before becoming Chairman, Thames Tube Ltd 1999-2000 and Line Management 1999-2006. DL, Greater London 1999. Governor of Malvern Girls’ College 1993-2002. He served for 40 years as Treasurer, Pendock PCC and was instrumental in saving Pendock parish church. He was remembered for his work with Birmingham University on the medieval history of Pendock. His great passion was the Crown & Manor Boys Club at Hoxton, being involved for over 40 years, 15 years as chairman of the Executive Committee, and was chairman of the Council from 2000-10. His provision of storage for the club’ s equipment and furniture whilst it was moving premises saved the club thousands of pounds. He is survived by Nickie, his wife of 52 years, and their two sons and a daughter.
Anthony Edward( Max) Seager( G, 51-56): died 27.11.2015. Lords 1954-56, during which he partnered GD Dean( A, 50-56) in a record-breaking opening partnership of 154. VI 1955. National Service, Duke of Wellington’ s Regiment 1957. Christ’ s College, Cambridge 1958-6, 3 Law and Economics. MA. Qualified ACA 1965. Member of London Stock Exchange, partner Blackwells. Later he worked for Barclays de Zoete Wedd Ltd, where he became a director of Barclays Corporate Services Ltd 1992-95. But his life was in sport. He joined Esher Cricket Club: during his playing career he scored over 3,000 runs and took over 500 wickets. He was the Treasurer for over 40 years, Club Secretary 1996-2011, during which time he was instrumental in planning a new cricket pavilion, and in 2013 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by Surrey.
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