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Martin Charles Nourse
(D, 45-50; Fellow 93-06): died
28.11.2017. Son of HEN (K, 15-20),
brother of CHN (D, 44-49) and father
of HFMN (E, 90-95). 3 rd generation
of Wykehamists, father to son. He
remembered vividly seeing a VI
doodlebug flying over his train taking
him home for the summer holidays 1944.
Exhibitioner, Head of House. National
Service Rifle Brigade. Scholarship,
Corpus Christi, Cambridge, 2 Law 1955.
During his time at Cambridge he enjoyed
playing the drums in a student jazz band,
but later in life favoured classical music.
Barrister, Lincoln’s Inn 1956, Bencher
1978 and Treasurer 2001. He was on
the General Council of the Bar 1964-68.
QC 1970. Attorney General Duchy of
Lancaster 1976-80. Judge of the Court of
Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey 1977-
80. Judge of the High Court of Justice,
Chancery Division 1980-85. He was
knighted in 1980. Lord Justice of Appeal
1985-2001. Privy Council 1985. Acting
Master of the Rolls 2000. In 2001 he had
a blood clot which was only dispersed by
a new procedure at the Royal Papworth
Hospital, Cambridge, without which he
would not have survived. He made a full
recovery and served for another 9 years
as Deputy Chairman, the Takeover Panel
Appeal Board before retiring in 2006.
A cricket enthusiast and a fan of Ibsen’s
plays, but his great passion was horse
racing. His wife bought him a share in
Peace Prize, which won twice in 2015,
winning the Princess Bella Handicap at
Nottingham and the Tamdown Handicap
at Newmarket. He particularly treasured
being elected an Honorary Fellow of
Corpus Christi in 1988. An outstanding
Chancery lawyer and Lord Justice of
Appeal. Married 1972 Lavinia Malim,
who survives him with their son and
daughter. Obituaries in The Times and
Daily Telegraph.
Geoffrey Hewitson (Co Ro, 63-97):
died 13.2.2018. Father of DGH (I, 77-
81) and JWH (F, 80-85). Educated at
Sir George Monoux Grammar School.
National Service in the RAF, for whom
he played soccer and tennis. State
T he T rusty S ervant
Scholar, Selwyn College, Cambridge,
2 History 1958, Cambridge Soccer XI
1957, MA 1961. He first taught at Forest
School 1959-63. He came to Winchester
in 1963, where he remained for 34 years
as assistant master, master-in-charge
of soccer, Chairman Dons’ Common
Room, Housemaster of Beloe’s 1970-85,
Registrar and finally as Second Master
1991-97. During the latter time he acted
as Headmaster for a term and showed
how easily he could have filled that role
in any school. His calmness and moral
conviction, allied to a laconic sense
of humour provided the boys with the
guidance and security they needed.
Above all he was the most modest of
men. Married 1961 Shirley Warren (died
1980). He is survived by his companion
Judy Shedden and his two sons. Obituary
in The Daily Telegraph. See Tommy
Cookson’s appreciation above.
Rosalind (Rosie) Mary Williams
(Co Ro, 78-01): died 24.10.2017.
Mother of EHAW (B, 91-96), PFAW
(I, 95-00) and MC Frost (I, 91-93).
She graduated with a brilliant First at
Girton College, Cambridge in Modern
Languages (Spanish and French) and
went on to St Andrews for a PhD. Her
thesis was the best the Department
had seen and they agreed to waive her
Viva. She arrived at Win Coll in 1977
and together with her husband PVAW
(Doc Bill) took over the running of the
Spanish Department. With the advent
of GCSEs she was appointed Chief
Examiner for the Cambridge IGCSE
Board. Classes with Rosie, or ‘Mrs Doc’
as she was affectionately called by the
boys, took place in the family kitchen
where whole sets were taught, in
Spanish of course, how to make tapas.
When she and Paul took over Trant’s
she took on extra responsibilities as
Housekeeper and managed to juggle
her position as teacher, mother of three
children and surrogate mother of 60+
boys in her care. Each boy who had a
birthday during term received a birthday
cake made especially for him by Rosie.
She and Paul retired to Spain, where
she transformed a bleak 100-square-
25
metre roof terrace into a magnificent
garden. She was a prolific and highly
accomplished artist and the majority
of her work has been published under
the title Quietly Remarkable: The Art of
Rosie Williams, available from www.blurb.
co.uk. The proceeds go to the Parkinson’s
Disease Society. Married 1972 PVAW
(Co Ro, 77-03), who survives her with
their two sons and a daughter.
William George Frederick Organ
(Bursar, 94-04): died 28.8.2017.
Educated Portsmouth Grammar School.
His life was made up of two careers –
firstly with the Royal Navy and secondly
as a Bursar. BRNC Dartmouth 1961-64
where he won the Graham History Prize.
He joined the Submarine Service serving
at Devonport, Faslane, Portsmouth and
two years in Singapore. He was selected
for the Perisher Submarine Command
Course in 1977, after which he became
a highly respected Commanding Officer,
with command of HMS Porpoise, HMS
Oberon and HMS Valiant. There
then followed two years on the British
Naval Staff in Washington DC. Then
successively he was in command of
1 st Submarine Squadron 1984 and
Submarine School 1987. He was
appointed OBE 1990 and retired from
the Royal Navy. During the last five years
in the Navy he studied at night to earn a
post-graduate diploma in Accountancy
and Finance at Southampton University.
He became Bursar at Uppingham
1990-1994 and at Winchester in 1994,
and so began 11 happy and successful
years until he retired in 2004. Elected
to become a highly effective Chairman
of the Independent Schools Bursars
Association 2002-04. His retirement was
blighted by eye problems and he became
Chairman, The Gift of Sight charity. He
served on the Trafalgar Way Trust, was
on the Winchester branch of the Mission
for Seafarers. He is survived by Joy, his
wife of 53 years, whom he married in
Portsmouth Cathedral, and their two
sons and daughter
Robert Basil Moberly (Coll, 32-38): died
11.2.2018 aged 98 as our 3 rd Sen Man.
Son of RHM (Coll, 1896-01) and father