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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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