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The Trusty Servant keep the village tidy. He had a great sense of duty and ethics. Married( 1) 1976 Ann Mason( marriage dissolved)( 2) Catherine Southwell( separated), who survives him with his two daughters.
Simon Aubrey Robin Hood Hastings- Bass( K, 64-69): died 6.10.2017, Lords and Soccer XI. Trinity College, Cambridge. His working life was spent in Newmarket, much of it in the Insurance Department of the British Bloodstock Agency. Betting was always a fascination and several household items were named after betting successes. The hoover owed its existence to a winning bet on My Aunt Fancy! He shared many horses with his mother, including El Rey, which won the Newbury Spring Cup in 1988. Latterly ill health dogged him and finally he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. He always had an irrepressible sense of fun and could extract the quirkiness out of any ostensibly bland situation. Married 1997 Ann Mason, who survives him.
Jonathan Philip Basil Bliss( H, 68-71): died 25.8.2017. He showed an early aptitude for computer science. He first travelled and lived abroad, in the USA where he managed a restaurant, the Caribbean where he worked on cruise ships, Australia and the Far East. He returned to the UK in 1981. He sold mainframes for Delta and became a National Computer Sales Manager. He set up the Patisserie Bliss in London which won the London Time Out award for producing the best cappuccino and croissants in London. In 1995 he moved to South Wales where he renewed his passion for computing, working as a computer scientist and software designer. In 2007 he embarked on a Computer Science and Maths degree at Bristol University, where he gained a diploma. He was setting up the Brew Tea Pub in London and building his dream home on the Côte d’ Azur at Ossum near Plan de la Tour when he died with a brain aneurysm. He had fierce courage and when aged 54 he was mugged by two muggers on a motorcycle; he ran after them roaring and was rewarded by the return of his rucksack. His intelligence was bubbling to be expressed. In 2012 he started Composium, bags for kitchen composting. Married 2015 Katherine Jones, whom he met in 1982, who survives him with their two daughters.
Henry James Angell-James( F, 76-80): died 30.10.2017. Son of RFA-J( F, 45- 50). Exhibitioner. Magdalene College, Cambridge where he first read Natural Science but switched to Land Economy. Graduated 1984. He first worked for Savills in London before setting up his own firm, Graftongate, in Birmingham in 2004. This allowed him to commute from the family estate, Berwick near Shrewsbury. Graftongate flourished due to his integrity, drive, originality and ability. He was a governor of Abberley Hall School. Married( 1) 1989 Edwina Garton-Jones( marriage dissolved) and( 2) 2011 Sally Gordon, who survives him with two sons from his first marriage and a son from his second marriage.
Julian Maurice Alexander Bennetts( D, 90-95): died 30.5.2017. Son of DMB( D, 57-62). Exhibitioner. St Hugh’ s College, Oxford, 2.1 English Literature. He then embarked on a career in the City in finance and IT. He remained an avid reader and keen literary critic. In accord with his Buddhist faith he asked the biggest questions and in doing so he found meaning in the smallest things –‘ Where every particle of dust breathes forth its joy.’ Married 2010 Venetia Harwood-Smart, who survives him with their two sons.
Thomas( Tom) Henry Ralph Horton( I, 98-03): died 23.10.2017. Drew Travel Scholarship, which he spent exploring and drawing in Amsterdam. He then attended Edinburgh College of Art followed by studying Architecture and Interior Design at Newcastle University, BA( Hons) and Leeds University. But by then depression was beginning to surface and he withdrew to the family home. However, when the family moved to a new house he took on a new life and threw himself into tidying up the woods surrounding the house, creating vistas and glades. He then embarked on the exhausting task of thinning the rhododendrons and azaleas. He became hugely knowledgeable about plants including their Latin names. His housemaster, Rob Wyke, wrote that he was grateful to have known Tom as a lively, amusing, mischievous schoolboy whose individuality of spirit may have needed a little repressing rather than encouraging. Tom’ s life was short, but he was an intensely visual person who mixed non-conformism with a dash of what he perceived to be stylish. He is survived by his parents and his two sisters and a brother.
We are aware of the following deaths and will be including further information in the next issue:
Anthony Barrons Ruth( Co Ro, 51-90) died 1.05.2018
Wilfred Bruce Davis( H, 38-40) died 11.4,2018
William Frank Philip Currie( B, 41-46) died 6.2.2018
Sherban Georges Cantacuzino( H, 42-46) died 19.2.2018
James Harrison Thresher( Coll, 43-48) died 21.3.2018
John Bamforth( Coll, 43-48) died 6.3.2018
François Wyndham Edwards( D, 43-48) died 3.4.2018
Peter Jeffrey Wordie( K, 45-50) died 26.04.2018
Edward David William Russell( F, 47-51) died 11.4.2018
John Martin Hornby( D, 54-59) died 28.2.2018
Jonathan Marcus Smith( D, 54-60) died 11.1.2018
Richard Ashley Proctor Banks( D, 59-63) died 26.1.2018
Allan Martin Russell Reid( I, 61-66) died 13.1.2018
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