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Chookapa , which he sailed to Western Ireland , around Scotland , the Baltic and to Northern Norway . Both his grandfathers were canons , one at St George ’ s , Windsor and the other at Salisbury . He was buried at St Peter ’ s , Limpsfield where he had worshipped for 35 years . Married 1977 Diana Wheatcroft , who survives him with their daughter .
Moray Charles Livingstone Macpherson ( G , 73-77 ): died 5.2.2016 . Son of RMM ( G , 41-45 ) and brother of JRM ( G , 69-73 ). 3rd generation of Wykehamists , father to son . Sen Co Prae , Lords 75-77 ( Capt 77 ), Soccer XI 76-77 , VI 76-77 ( Capt 77 ), Squash 75-77 ( Capt 77 ) and Tennis 76-77 . Captained England Schools Cricket Association XI . Lincoln College , Oxford 2 Jur . Represented Oxford University cricket . OU Authentics 78-81 , scoring 177 against the Grange on tour . Chester College of Law 1981-82 . Qualified as a solicitor with Boodle Hatfield 1985 . He then embarked on career as a solicitor with successively Bond Pearce , Klegal , Osborne Clarke and finally as Head of Legal , at Catalyst Investment Group since 2007 . He enjoyed boating around Southampton and played Golf energetically . In Chaucer ’ s words , ‘ he was a Gentle Parfit Knight ’. Married 1987 Susan Elliott ( marriage dissolved ). He is survived by his daughter .
Edward Valentine Hugh Rham ( Coll , 75- 79 ): died 26.11.2015 . Before going to university he went on a gap year travelling in a VW Beetle across South Africa , selling personalised biros to local businesses . Selwyn College , Cambridge 3rd Class Honours 1982 . He then decided to join the Army . He joined the Brigade Squad at Pirbright where the physicaltraining instructor shouted out , ‘ Rham , what are those two bits of string hanging down from your shorts ?’ ‘ My legs , Corporal ’ ‘ Well , kindly move them a bit faster .’ He went to RMAS but never passed out . He first worked as a banker with Daiwa Securities and then with Infrastructure Capital Partners , where he focused on providing infrastructure finance , concentrating on central and eastern Europe . He worked on motorway projects in Croatia and Poland , latterly with the A4 Krakow to Katowice motorway . Challenging the claims of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was his personal crusade . The last ten years were hard for him : his mother , father and brother all died within a relatively short period , and his sister was institutionalised in Australia with terminal Alzheimers . However , he joined a party of friends in a tour of Slovenia , on which he looked happy and surprisingly fit for someone who was to have a major heart attack a few weeks later . He was summed up by a cousin : ‘ He kept all but a select few at a distance , and had no idea of how much he was loved and valued ’. He never married .
Ralph Edward Hicks ( Coll , 92-97 ): died suddenly of a heart attack on 29.10.2015 . Queen ’ s Gold Medal for English Prose . Exhibitioner , Trinity College , Cambridge History 2 ( 1 ) 2000 and Management Studies 2 ( 2 ) 2001 . MA . Graduate Diploma in Law 2004-06 ( distinction ). He first worked in the Home Office 2002-05 and then the Office for Criminal Justice Reform 2005-08 . He then worked for Ince & Co 2008-10 and since 2010 for Hill Dickinson LLP . He was a keen skier and completed the Five Valleys Challenge in 2009 at Meribel . He was professional and courteous – a pleasure to work with and against . It is a rare thing for opposing lawyers got together after a case to have a beer – but that was Edward . He is survived by Jacqueline ( née Russell ), whom he had married in Chapel on 18 August 2015 .
James Hairstens McGowan ( C , 95-00 ): died suddenly and tragically 15.12.2015 . Cross Country , a member of the victorious team that won the Knole Run ; Athletics and Swimming , he will be remembered for dunking Prince William in the match against Eton . Born in Australia , he moved to Germany and coped admirably with the hard life in the years leading to Winchester . Trinity College , Dublin 2000- 04 German Prize , MA Business , Economics , Social Studies and German .
He first worked for HBOIS 2004-06 , then WestLB 2006-08 and finally for Rabobank , of which he was Director for Europe , Corporate Risk & Treasury Management . He was an invaluable member of the CRTM team from both a business and a social perspective . He passed the Chartered Financial Analyst Exam in 2015 , the most respected investment management designation in the world . As a sporting all-rounder he naturally took up the Triathalon , competing in three in his last year , and despite not being a member of Soccer XI or Lords he played for OWFC and OWCC . The Cricketer Cup captain remembers him hitting the first ball for six . An outgoing young man living for the moment . He wrote in his University application statement , ‘ I enjoy leading life to the full ’ but that does not reveal just how much he enabled others to get the most out of life . He is survived by a brother and a sister .
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We are aware of the following deaths and will be including further information in the next issue :
Benjamin Burford King ( B , 30-35 ) died 27.2.2016 ; Third Sen Man James Irvine Watson ( F , 31-37 ) died 27.4.2016 ; Fourth Sen Man Arthur Ivens Spriggs ( D , 33-38 ) died 12.12.2015 Montague James Lindsay Stow ( D , 34-39 ) died 30.4.2016 Michael Selwyn Longuet-Higgins ( Coll , 39-43 ) died 26.2.2016 Anthony Charles Thomas ( H , 41-44 ) died 7.4.2016 John Garnar King ( Coll , 42-47 ) died 17.5.2012 Philip Michael Foot ( G , 42-47 ) died 17.12.2011 George Henry Hayhurst-France ( I , 43-47 ) died 29.3.2016 Richard Francis Hanbury Park ( B , 46-51 ) died 8.4.2016 Peter Russell Gordon-Smith ( K , 51-56 ) died 17.1.2016 Michael Godfrey Wenman Wykeham ( A , 53-57 ) died 20.3.2016 Adrian Neil Little ( C , 55-60 ) died 2.3.2016 Robin Godfrey Booth ( C , 56-60 ) died 18.3.2016 Malcolm William Duperier Maclagan ( F , 58-63 ) died 5.4.2016 Patrick John Raleigh Scott ( K , 58-63 ) died 22.2.2016 Patrick Willoughby Ward-Perkins ( B , 66-70 ) died 1.3.2016 Adam Philip Shand Crick ( E , 71-75 ) died 2.3.2016
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