No. 125
The Trusty Servant
John Michael Finlay Best( I, 51-56): died 28.11.2017. Son of JRFB( I, 25- 30) and brother of AFB( I, 53-58). Stroked VIII 1958. National Service, Royal Navy. Lincoln College, Oxford, 3 Law. Qualified as solicitor with Theodore Goddard. He then set up his own practice, Faull Best & Knight. Subsequently he became business manager to Time Out publications. He finally worked in the family business, Wholesale Supplies Ltd, first in Guernsey and then in Jersey. He was keen on opera and sailing – he sailed the Atlantic in both directions. Married( 1) Danae Brooke( marriage dissolved) and( 2) Diane Leroy, who survives him with two son of his first marriage.
John Andrew Steadman( Coll, 51-56): died 16.11.2017. Chapel Choir, Bib Prae, Senior Science Prize. Merton College, Oxford, 2 Chemistry 1961. MA 1965. He first worked for ICI 1961-74 and then for the Department for the Environment 1974-95, looking at the problem of what to do with Nuclear Waste. He took early retirement in 1995 and became a volunteer at the National Trust’ s Shaw’ s Corner, home to George Bernard Shaw. He continued his singing with Hertford Choral Society and the Royal Choral Society. He joined the local amateur dramatic society, the Stockton Masquers, for whom in one play a girl had to slap his face! That slap led to 53 years of marriage. He later joined the Hertford Dramatic and Operatic Society, for whom he enjoyed acting in Amadeus and Faulty Towers. He is survived by Pat, his wife of 53 years, and their son and daughter.
Archibald( Arch) Richard Courage( A, 52-57): died 12.8.2017. VI 1957. Whilst in Furley’ s he gardened for a former housemaster- Harry Altham- he was keen on cricket but had little gardening knowledge! He joined the 15 th / 19 th Hussars in the last intake of National Service. He became an Associate, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1966 before joining Courage Ltd, Brewers, where he remained until his retirement in 1992. He loved his golf at Southerness Golf Club over other Golf Clubs with better names – he loved the view across the Solway Firth. Although he was hampered by illness, his flair for photography provided compensation when he could not be doing things himself. He is survived by Fuss, his wife of 50 years, who allowed him to be himself, and their three daughters.
Charles John Richard( Rick) Elton( F, 54-59): died 9.10.2017. Brother of FPWE( F, 56-60). Golf Team, VIII and Hockey XI. College of Law. Hockey for Cornwall, Western Counties Championships for 3 years. Guildford Hockey Club 1 st XI until onset of Multiple Sclerosis in 1969. Owing to loss of reading sight as a result of MS he was unable to qualify as a solicitor but he worked in Law for 15 years. He was a superb hockey player and for many years was on the verge of an England trial before he was struck down. He founded his own hockey club in Cornwall which was the most powerful club in the county. He was also an excellent golfer with a handicap of 6 at St Enodoc and he played at number 1 in the squash-club team at Newquay. He fought MS with his typical ferocity and determination but by the nature of the disease the sufferer is diminished after each attack. He was eventually reduced to a disability buggy, which he drove in a manner more appropriate to Jenson Button. He always spoke fondly of his days at Winchester and he contributed monthly to the Bursary Fund for the last 17 years of his life. He married Jo Orr in 1968 just a year before his MS was diagnosed. She won the admiration of all by taking over the responsibility of being the breadwinner and started her own business. She survives him with their son and daughter.
Jeremy Rupert Knight( G, 56-61): died 26.11.2017. Son of RWK( G, 23-28) and father of MAOK( G, 87-92). VI 59-60( Captain) and Soccer XI 1960. Having won Junior Steeplechase he came second in Senior Steeplechase 1959 and 1960. Articled with Kemp Chatteris & Co, ACA 1967. He then embarked on a successful career as an accountant. He first worked for Gulf Oil Co in 1967 and then successively for Brooklands Motor Co, Volvo Concessionaires Ltd, Miles Druce Metals, Redman Heenan International Ltd before moving in 1979 to Saudi Arabia with Allied Medical Group Ltd( Riyadh). He later worked as General Manager for NEM General Insurance Association Ltd 1987 and then as Head of Finance with Haseltine Lake & Co 1992-2003. He was always remembered as a sportsman. He played rackets, squash and fives at Winchester. He had a single-figure handicap on the golf course. He and Adrienne, his wife, overcame the death of their daughter and younger son in a car accident when their second son was in the middle of his GSCEs. In 2012 he was diagnosed with a rare bone-marrow cancer. With determination he lived for another 6 years. He played 18 holes of golf just 11 days before he died. Like the good accountant that he was he contributed a modest sum to Winchester College every month for the last twenty-three years of his life. Survived by Adrienne, for whom he was a‘ rock and soul mate’ for 48 years, and their son.
Roger Barry Huyshe( Coll, 62-65): died 12.11.2017 during a cycle ride in Derbyshire. He took a gap year working for English Electric. Exhibitioner, Jesus College, Cambridge, Mathematics 1966- 69. He worked initially with British Steel before Barclays 1987-96, for whom he was responsible for creating the entire security system for Barclaycard. He later worked for Protek Systems and then Electronic Data Systems before retiring in 2008. He played croquet seriously, winning the National Croquet Classic Championship for amateurs in 1989. At Cambridge he played both chess and Go, returning to Go later in life to compete in National and International tournaments. He served on the board of British Go Association, becoming President in 2016. In retirement he joined the Shropshire Wildlife Trust and was Treasurer of“ Hintstock Village Initiative”, an organisation formed to
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