No.127
of the bill for work - £37.17s.7d,
including ‘two large planes’ at 1/-
each to Isaac Keen of Southampton.
It is thought the trees should last for
300 years, but to ensure an orderly
and gradual succession rather than
seeing them all replaced at once in
c.2081, cuttings were taken from each
of the trees three years ago and raised
The Trusty Servant
at Hillier’s nursery. In late March six
were planted around Meads, another
in the Warden’s Garden and two
in Lavender Meads, to replace ash
trees suffering from die-back. Several
more will be planted as part of the
Southern Campus project and some
will be planted at St Cross Hospital.
The work has been generously funded
by Sir Richard Storey (H, 50-55), who
has also commissioned artist Emily
Patrick to paint Meads in oils. Let us
hope that a generous Wykehamist
is around to fund their replacement
in time for William of Wykeham’s
1000th birthday in 2320.
Old Wykehamist News
Academic
PW Barker (G, 75-77) has been
appointed Head of School, Design &
Communication at Plymouth College
of Art.
In January, RCL Beale (Coll, 90-95),
3 rd generation Collegeman, took up
his appointment as a Group Leader at
the Crick Institute, the biggest single
biomedical laboratory in Europe.
Oxford University has announced
the creation of the Richard Blackwell
(Coll, 31-36) Pharsalia Professorship
to lead the way in investigating
colorectal disease. The Chair has
been supported by his son NS
Blackwell (A, 60-65).
Professor Richard Dawson (H, 90-95)
has been appointed by DEFRA and
the Devolved Administrations to
the Adaptation Committee of the
Committee on Climate Change,
an independent statutory body
established under the Climate
Change Act 2008 to provide advice to
government on building a low-carbon
economy and preparing for climate
change.
Appointments
JMH Ellison (F, 66-71) has been
appointed Senior Managing Director
with FTI LLP. This follows 13 years
as chairman of KPMG Forensic,
testifying in international arbitrations
around the world.
RHF Fuller (H, 73-77) has taken
over as Chairman of Kempton Park
racecourse.
JOd’A Orders (E, 70-75), a Member
of the Committee of MCC, is now
appointed to the Arts and Library
Sub-Committee.
NWR Shakespeare (F, 70-74) has
been elected an Honorary Fellow
of the Australian Academy of the
Humanities.
The Wykehamical family is well
represented among the 2019-20
English shrievalty:
Bristol - CJC Wyld (F, 70-74);
Essex - Dr FJ Bettley (E, 71-75);
Hampshire - Mrs CS Le May, mother
of HG Le M (E, 05-10) and OW Le M
(A, 12-17);
Northamptonshire - NANS
Robertson (H, 63-68);
Oxfordshire - The Lady Jay of
Ewelme, wife of MH Jay (C, 59-64).
Art
In March, N Botting (G, 77-81) held
an exhibition of his work at the
Portland Gallery in St James’s.
In December, PS Phillips (F, 67-71)
introduced a series on Radio 3 The
Glory of Polyphony.
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Awards
CE Garrett (C, 76-81), our
Ambassador-elect to Kyrgyzstan,
was appointed OBE in the New Year
Honours.
Books
OWs are encouraged to inform us of
all of their publications. We are of
course particularly interested in those
of a biographical nature which include
reminiscences of the school and life at Win
Coll.
50 Treasures from
Winchester College,
edited by Dr
Richard Foster (Co
Ro, 12-; Keeper
of Collections).
Over the past six
centuries Winchester
College has
acquired remarkable
collections of books, documents and
works of art. A new book highlights
50 of the school’s treasures, many
of them published here for the first
time. It includes some of the most
famous items at Winchester, from the
Founder’s Statutes and the stained
glass in Chapel, to the 16 th -century
Winchester Partbooks and Le Moyne’s
Annunciation (1727), currently
hanging in the National Gallery.
There are also some fascinating
objects which are less well known:
the diary of William Emes with its