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races. Married 1956 Ann Chrisp,
who died in 2011. Survived by his 4
daughters.
Thomas Reginald Hines (K, 44-49):
died 15.8.2019. Uncle of ET Watson,
NJKitson and JFK. Lt RE 1950;
Corpus Christi College Cambridge
1951, 3 Hist 1954; member of
London Stock Exchange 1960-90
with Argenti Christopherson which
became Montague Loebl Stanley and
which then became Brewin Dolphin.
Stockbroker and commuter for 30
years, totally devoted to his family
and followed with considerable
interest the progression of their
careers and lives. He had a passion
for sailing around the West Country
and across the Mediterranean in
various craft, crewed by random
press-ganged family members. In
later life he enjoyed developing a
meticulous garden. Wonderfully
understated and calm but with a
mischievous, wry sense of humour: he
was renowned in Devon for amusing
his guests, the transatlantic ones in
particular, by taking the train down
from the City and appearing, Monty
Python-esque, in the living room of
his remote farm still dressed in his
bowler hat and pinstripes. Married
1955 Prudence Belfrage who survives
him, together with their 3 sons and
daughter.
Alastair Clive Ross Howman
(E, 45‑49): died 1.1.2020. Brother
of KCRH. Secretary Fish Soc;
turned down place at Trinity Hall
Cambridge; RMAS 1950-52; A&SH
1952-69, serving in British Guyana,
Singapore, Borneo and Aden,
where he was involved in the Crater
operation; MBE 1967 and retired
from Army. Manbré and Garton Ltd,
sugar brokers, eventually managing
director, 1969‑76; S & W Berisford
1976-9; self-employed management
and marketing consultant from
The Trusty Servant
1980. Moved up to Scotland where
he embraced the rural life with his
second wife Penny. They were part
of the Taste of Scotland awards,
learning to cook on the hoof and
then becoming one of the first Wolsey
Lodges in Scotland. Worked for the
Argyll’s Museum at Stirling Castle:
always the soldier. Married (1) 1957
Elizabeth Symonds-Taylor; (2) 1980
Penelope Rankin who survives him
together with 2 daughters and a son
from his first marriage.
Richard Alan Pinsent (D, 45-50):
died 2.8.2019. Son of JRP (Staff 1926-
33) brother of JLP. National Service,
Royal Engineers; Royal Agricultural
College Cirencester 1951-52, tennis
team. Farmed in Jamaica for 10 years
and then Australia. Spent much
of his life sailing, most memorably
across the Atlantic in the early 1970s
in his Catamaran ‘Canowie’, which
he had fitted out himself, and in 1999
completing a world cruise, once again
being privileged to visit numerous
amazing places and enjoy experiences
he had never thought to imagine.
He also pursued a lifelong interest in
stock and precious metals markets.
Married 1954 Mary Graham, who
survives him together with their 2
daughters.
Hon Stephen Anthony Hurd
(I, 46‑51): died 6.9.2019. Co Prae.
Magdalen College Camb, 2 Nat Sci
pt 1, Dip Agric; farmer; JP 1967. He
farmed on the fringes of Savernake
Forest in Wiltshire until 1996 as well
as serving on the board of the West
of England Farmers’ Cooperative
and Ramsbury Building Society.
He also served on the bench of the
Marlborough magistrates for many
years and as church warden to St
John the Baptist, Minal. He took
a special interest in medieval art,
completing a BA in his retirement,
and local history. Other interests
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included Orientalist watercolours,
fishing in the Scottish lochs, clocks,
forestry, gardening and politics. He
loved Mount Athos, sailing and
travelled widely. Married 1973 Pepita
Hingston, who died in 2018. He is
survived by their 2 sons.
Robert Hugh Hardy (Coll, 46-51):
died 12.10.2019. Aulae Prae 1951,
Lords 1949-51, VI 1949-50; Merton
Coll Oxon 1952-6, 2 Cl Mods
1954, 2 Lit Hum 1956, MA 1959;
assistant master, Eton College 1956-
87, teaching Classics and Ancient
History as well as Divinity, English
and History; housemaster 1969-84;
chairman of the Games Committee
(sorting out the sporting activities
of 1200 boys); JP for Berks 1984;
Headmaster Milton Abbey School
1987-95: he brought with him the
belief that every boy there was equal
in value to those in any other school
and a sense of duty to help each boy
make the most of himself. Few Milton
Abbey pupils in his time failed to
benefit from this outlook, and the
school was a happier community as
a result of the greater confidence and
success which he inspired. Even as all
independent schools were threatened
by falling rolls, that the number of
entrants to Milton Abbey was rising
in his final year was a tribute to the
school’s enhanced reputation, which
he did so much to foster. Married
1970 Penelope Sherston, who survives
him together with their son and
daughter.
William Hubert Dunn (B, 46-52):
died 27.12.2020. Father of JHSPD.
Co Prae 1951-52, Soccer XI 1951-52,
VI 1951, Capt of Fencing 1950-52;
Scholar, New College, 2 PPE 1955,
half-blue Fencing 1954-5; 2 Lt Life
Guards 1956-7, Army fencing team,
Royal Tournament 1956; Cholmeley
Scholar, Lincoln’s Inn 1958; called
to the Bar 1958; Household Cavalry