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The Trusty Servant from 1985 until 1994 when he retired . He was active in the Chamber of Shipping and the Baltic Exchange . He was chairman , National Industrial Relations Commission at the time of the Falklands War . The powerful union leader , Sam McCluskie , demanded triple pay for the crew of Canberra , the war zone beginning at the Needles . The Prime Minister said the ship would sail and the outcome was double pay from the Equator . He was a great fan of Gilbert and Sullivan and on one occasion having attended the matinée of The Mikado he had supper in the Savoy Grill and promptly attended the evening performance . Married ( 1 ) Susan Parkhouse ( died 1997 ) and ( 2 ) Jenifer Keane who survives him with the son and daughter of his first marriage .
Ian Charles Nicholson Alcock ( D , 48-53 ): died 13.8.2017 . Trinity College , Cambridge , 3 Agriculture . He first worked for Huntley and Palmer in Reading before becoming a stockbroker 1959-74 . He foresaw the downturn and left to become a farmer in 1974 . He bought a farm in Aberdeenshire , which he farmed organically until 2011 , but he retained an interest in the market , keeping in touch whilst in his tractor cab . In 1992 he successfully challenged the Scottish Office to allow him and his wife to be buried on their own ground . He wrote seven books about deer and stalking illustrated by his wife , a wildlife artist . He loved the land , the nature , the wildlife and his deer . Married 1971 Diana Brown ( died 2016 ).
Henry Michael Edward Cadogan ( G , 48-53 ): died 8.11.2017 . He rowed in the VIII which won the Schools ’ Head of the River 1952-53 . RMA Sandhurst 1953-55 , Commissioned into Royal Welch Fusiliers 1955 , with whom he served in Berlin , Malaya , Cyprus , Kenya , Hong Kong , BAOR and Northern Ireland . During his time in Cyprus he was ADC to GOC Cyprus , General Darling . After being an instructor at RMAS and attending Staff College he became the 3 rd generation , father to son , to command a battalion of the
Royal Welch Fusiliers – in his case 3 ( V ) RWF . This was an important time of expansion for the Territorial Army with an increasing number of Drill Halls . He then became Defence Attaché Damascus and Beirut 1983-85 for which he was appointed OBE , and was Military Advisor to the Minister of Defence , UAE 1985-87 . Retired as Colonel 1990 . He became Schools ’ Liaison Officer for the North-West 1990-96 and threw himself into the life of the North Wales Community . He was Honorary Colonel of 3 ( V ) RWF 1989-96 , DL for Clwyd 1996-2010 , High Sheriff for Clwyd 1998- 99 and President of SSAFA for North Wales . He was the founding chairman of the Army Benevolent Fund for North Wales : he initiated the annual ABF Lecture , which raised considerable funds over his 15 year tenure . A keen sailor , he was elected a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron in 1997 . Publication : The Road to Armageddon , 2009 , a collection of his grandfather ’ s letters that ended tragically with the annihilation of the first battalion of the RWF in October 1914 . He continued to shoot and ski into the year he died . An amusing and excellent companion , a countryman , gardener , lepidopterist , he was also keen on art , furniture and opera . He was a perfect gentleman . He is survived by Daphne , his wife of 50 years , and their son and daughter .
Christopher John Royden ( F , 50-55 ): died 11.9.2017 . Son of JLR ( F , 21- 26 ) and brother of TCR ( 51-56 ). 3 rd generation of Wykehamists , father to son . President of Fishing Club 1955 . Christ Church College , Oxford , 3 History , MA 1964 . A member of the Bullingdon Club and hunted with the University Hounds . National Service with 16 th / 5 th Queens Royal Lancers , with whom he served in BAOR and Catterick . Rackets for the Regiment in the Army Championships . After a brief spell with Baring Brothers , he went to Chile 1963- 65 and Peru 1966 to help run the family import-export firm . Owning 6 million acres and a million sheep on either side of the Straits of Magellan the company seemed set to prosper but then came agrarian reform and the company ’ s land was effectively stolen . He returned to the United Kingdom in 1966 and then on to Australia 1969-71 . He then became a stockbroker with Spencer Thornton & Co 1974-88 before becoming Associate Director of Gerrard Vivian Gray Ltd 1988-2012 . He succeeded his father as the 5 th Baronet in 1976 . He had the great gift of making everybody , from whatever background , feel at home and welcome . He is survived by Dido , his wife of 55 years , and their two sons and a daughter .
Anthony Lacey Askew ( K , 51-55 ): died 26.12.2017 . VI 53-54 and Soccer XI 54-55 . Christchurch College , Oxford , 3 History . National Service with the Ox & Bucks Light Infantry , with whom he served in Cyprus ; when a bomb was detonated near his Land Rover he leapt out , charged up the hill and routed the EOKA terrorists . After Christchurch he worked first for Justerini & Brooks , then logging in Borneo , car-hire in Spain , property in British Virgin Islands and farmed olives and oranges in Southern Spain . He then farmed in Worcestershire 1970-93 and was proud owner and breeder of Herefordshire cattle . He was a JP 1985-93 . After selling the farm in 1993 he took up horology and spent 15 years buying , restoring and selling antique clocks . Married ( 1 ) 1966 Lula Skinner ( died 1991 ). Married ( 2 ) 1993 Lucile Charveriat , who survives him with his son and daughter .
John Michael Porter ( K , 51-56 ): died 30.8.2017 . Hockley Prize . National Service with the RAF , with which he qualified as a fighter pilot 1956-58 . On one occasion he landed his Vampire with wheels up . He qualified as an accountant 1963 and thereafter he worked at the accountancy training school at Caerhun Hall , North Wales for the remainder of his working life . In retirement he aided the fundraising for St David ’ s School in Llandudno to build a new boarding house . He continued his golf which he had started at Winchester . Married 1968 June Parsons who survives him with their two sons .
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