The Trusty Servant May 2016 No.121 | Page 24

NO.121 Christopher Richard Miles (G, 42-46): died 16.11.2015. Brother of PDM (G, 4449). He resigned at the end of the RMAS course to concentrate on farming, first at North Park Farm, Godstone, where he bred Jerseys, which were his pride and joy. Chairman of a cooperative trading cereals. Later, as the farm was overtaken by a gas pipe line and the M25, he converted a large proportion of his farm at Bletchingly into a golf course, which has become an environmental oasis. Fishing and stalking filled his life. He became fascinated in the natural colonisation of Norfolk by the stork and travelled the world to study the bird. He is survived by Jean, his wife of 59 years, and their two sons and two daughters. Christopher Jeremy Morse (K, 42-46): died 4.2.2016. Son of FJM (Coll, 11-15) and father of RSM (K, 72-76), AWM (K, 74-78) and SJM (G, 76-80). Exhibitioner, Sen Co Prae, Latin Prose and Speech Prize, Greek Prose and Verse Prize, Silver Medal English Speech and Gold Medal English Verse. National Service, KRRC. Goddard Scholarship and Ella Stephens Scholarship, New College, Oxford, 1 Class Mod 1951, 1 Lit Hum BA 1953. Whilst at Oxford he won five of the seven major prizes. Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford 1953-68 and 1983-2011. Banker with Glyn, Mills and Co 1953-64. Executive Director, Bank of England 1965-72 and Non-Executive Director 1993-97. Alternate Governor for UK of IMF 196672. Chairman, Deputies of Committee of Twenty (IMF) 1972-74. Appointed KCMG for services to the reform of the international monetary system. Deputy Chairman Lloyds Bank 1975-77, Chairman 1977-93: the youngest clearing bank chairman ever, and by the end the longest serving chairman among the world’s top 50 banks. Chairman, Committee of London Clearing Bankers 1980-82. Member, Council of Lloyd’s 1987-89. Vice President British Bankers’ Association 1991-92. Member of NEDC 1977-81. Governor, Henley Management College 1966-85. Vice President, Business in the Community 1992-98. NonExecutive Director, ICI 1981-89 and T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T thence of Zeneca 1993-99. Freeman, City of London 1978. Chancellor, Bristol University 1989-2003. Hon LLD Bristol 1989. Fellow of Winchester College 196783 and Warden 1987-97. President, Crown & Manor Club 2002-2010. Received Ad Portas 2012. British Chess Problem Society 1977-79. Publication, Chess Problems: Tasks and Records 1995. He was FIDE International Judge for chess composition from 1975. An eminent banker who, but for opposing government policy, could have been Governor of the Bank of England and Head of the IMF. His life could be summed up as conservative, creative, competitive and caring. He was willing to lend his help, be you Chairman of the Board or the washer-up. He is survived by Belinda, his wife of 60 years, and their three sons and a daughter. Obituaries The Times and Daily Telegraph. See Richard Morse’s appreciation above. Peter Murray Agnew Ansdell (B, 43-47): died 5.2.2016. Lausanne University, French History and Literature 1947. National Service, Coldstream Guards, with whom he served in Malaya 1948-50. He first worked with Eburite Corrugated Containers 1950-57; for Bowater Paper Corporation 1957-61; and Collins Publishers 1961-70. He then became Managing Director of Heart of England Cottages 1970-89. In retirement he took up creative writing and won a competition with a story about the Knights Templar at Quenington. At Buckland, since he had the gift of the living, he was instrumental in re-filling a church empty of a congregation. He could play on the piano by ear from the classics to Noel Coward. A gardener who created a lovely garden at every house he lived in. He supported his wife when she was national President of the Donkey Breed Society. He is survived by Susan, his wife of 57 years, and their two daughters and a son. George Graham Ernle Money (G, 43-48): died 16.9.2015. Brother of JEdeBM (G, 4954) and father of JDEM (G, 75-79) and PGEM (G, 80-83). VIII. He was born just when Walt Disney introduced Mickey 24 Mouse, and was nicknamed Mouse from birth. National Service, Royal Engineers, he ser