No.129
The Trusty Servant
Commonwealth Fellowship, Cornell
and Princeton 1947-9; Warren
Research Fellowship, Birmingham
University 1949; Professor of
Theoretical Physics, Cornell 1951‑53;
FRS 1952; Professor, Institute for
Advanced Study, Princeton from
1953; member National Academy of
Sciences (USA) 1964; Lorenz Medal,
Royal Netherlands Academy 1966;
Hughes Medal, Royal Society 1968;
Max Planck Medal, German Physical
Soc 1969; Hon Fellow Trinity College
since 1989; received Ad Portas 2011;
author of Disturbing the Universe 1979;
Weapons and Hope 1984; Origins of Life
1986; Infinite in All Directions 1988.
Enrico Fermi Award, 1993; Templeton
Prize for Progress in Religion 2000.
Watch www.webofstories.com/play/
freeman.dyson to see him being
interviewed about his life. Married
(1) 1950 Verena Huber, divorced
1958; (2) 1958 Imme Jung, who
survives him, together with a son and
daughter from his first marriage and 4
daughters from his second marriage.
Obituaries in The Times, The
Telegraph, Guardian; see article above. wrote ski guides to Alpine resorts,
selling over 200,000 copies,
an astonishing number.
A devout Christian. Married 1975
Ann McCaig.
John Robert Tillard (D, 37-42): died
16.12.2019. Brother of PBT. Co Prae,
Head of House, Lords, Soccer XI and
VI 1941-2; Trinity College Oxon 1947-
9, 3 History, BA, MA, OU Soccer XI
1947-8, Relay Team; Army Soccer XI
1947-8 and Cricket XI 1949-50; Sussex
2 nd XI; KRRC 1942; Stick of Honour;
2 Lt 1943; NW Europe 1944-5
(wounded, mentioned in despatches);
Libya 1946, Palestine 1947; Capt,
Adjt, Queen’s Westminster Rifles;
Staff Coll 1953 and Military College
of Science; on staff of CIGS, War
Office, 1955-7, during the Suez Crisis;
he retired in 1958. He briefly worked
at Grosvenor Estates and Clark’s
Shoes, but was not cut out to work in
large organisations; secretary Ski Club
of Great Britain and then ran his own
agency Jobs in the Alps 1972-94 and Sir Christopher John Audland
(H, 39-44); died 29.12.2019. Son of
EGA, brother of GMA, father of
WGA. RA 1944-8, UK, Middle East
and Greece, 2 Lt 1945, Capt 1947;
HM Diplomatic Service 1948-73,
principal UK negotiator at the Bonn
Convention which established
independence of Federal Republic of
Germany 1949-52, Strasbourg 1952-
55, Washington 1955-8, FO 1958-61,
UK Delegate for Heath Negotiations
on UK entry to EEC, Brussels 1961-
63, Head of Chancery, Buenos Aires
1963-7 and FCO, London 1967-70,
Head of Chancery and principal
UK participant in negotiations
between the three Allied Powers
and Russians leading to Berlin
Agreements of 1971 and 1972, Bonn
1970-73; Deputy Secretary-General of
John Edmond Hindley (Coll, 38-43):
died 26.12.2019. Scholar Trinity
College Oxford 1943; School of
Oriental and African Studies to learn
Turkish and Arabic. Intelligence
Corps, MEF 1943-7 where his duties
included patrolling the Canal Zone
on a motorbike; Trinity College
1948, Cl Mods; St Mary’s Teacher
Training, Twickenham, 1954-56;
William Blake School, Battersea
1956-59, Classics Teacher, St George’s
College Weybridge 1959-74; Birkbeck
College London, 1 Latin with Greek
1962; Moved to Cornwall in 1974,
becoming Classics Teacher, St
Austell VIth Form College 1974-86.
A naturally-gifted teacher, always
fully engaged with his subject and his
pupils. He inspired many to go on to
fulfil their potential. Married 1955
Daphne Salisbury, who survives him
together with their 7 children.
30
European Commission 1973-81 and
Director-General for Energy 1981‑6;
KCMG 1987; Special Adviser to EC
Commissioners on International
Energy and Nuclear Relations
1986-9 and to House of Lords Select
Committee on EC affairs 1987-8;
Honorary Fellow, Faculty of Law,
and Visiting Lecturer on European
Institutions at Edinburgh University
1986-90; Council of Lancaster
University,1988-90, pro-chancellor
1990-7. NW Regional Committee
Nat Trust and Lake District National
Park Authority 1989-95; founder
trustee, Ruskin Foundation 1994-
2001; co-founder of European Opera
Centre, Liverpool 1996; DL Cumbria
1996-2006. Author of Right Place, Right
Time 2004 and Jenny: The Life and
Times of a Victorian Lady, 2008. Lived
in a Cumbria house that his family
had held for 450 years and skied in
the Alps into his late 80s. Married
1955 Maura Sullivan, who survives
him together with their 2 sons and a
daughter. Obituary in The Times.
Charles Evan Bruce-Gardyne
(H, 40-45): died 22.10.2019. Brother of
JB-G, father of EDB-G and HACB-G.
RNVR 1945-8, Sub Lt, clearing mines
from around the coast of Scotland.
Magdalen College Oxon, 2 Hist, BA
1950 studying under AJP Taylor; Edin
University, Law, LLB 1954; Writer
to the Signet; practising solicitor
1955; for 70 years also farmed at
Middleton following 13 generations
of his forebears, a place that was
core to him, with its estate and local
community in Angus, together with
his church, St John’s Forfar. He
was the 5 th longest-serving member
Queen’s Bodyguard for Scotland
(Royal Company of Archers).
Married 1966, Dorothy Blair-Imrie
who survives him together with their
2 sons and a daughter.