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Commander of the Training and Advisory
Team in Iran, to which he drove out right
across Europe and the Middle East, having
many of his possessions stolen from the car
en route, only to arrive shortly before the
revolution which toppled the Shah. He
organised the evacuation of the British
Embassy, which the mob were trying to set
on fire. His final posting was as Chief
Military Adviser to the UAE Armed Forces.
He retired as a Brigadier 1989. Throughout
he played cricket, captaining the Royal
Armoured Corps XI and playing for the
MCC, Yorkshire Gentlemen, Free Foresters
and I Zingari. He indulged his love of horses:
hunting, eventing, polo, point-to-points,
racing on the flat in Malaya and Germany
and the Hunter Chase at Sandown. Struck
down by a stroke aged 59, he did not allow
that to prevent him hacking out locally and
even touring India last year, with another
operation on the horizon. His optimism and
determination never deserted him.
Although he had a reputation for not
suffering fools gladly, he was very
understanding towards those that worked for
him. Survived by Annette, his wife of 55
years and their two daughters and a son.
Mark Ferguson (G, 49-54): died 2.3.2015.
Son of RF (G, 1911-15). Mons Officer
Cadet School VIII. National Service
1954-56 with the Royal Horse Artillery in
Egypt, where he was alleged to have
shelled his own headquarters due to a
mathematical error. He worked as a
stockjobber with Ferguson and Clark 1956
(amalgamated with CD Pinchin and Co
1961). Partner Pinchin Denny & Co.
Stock Exchange Council 1983-86. Retired
1986. Outside the City he had many
interests – most notably he was appointed
OBE 1990 for raising a phenomenal sum of
money for Great Ormand Street Hospital.
He then worked for the Samaritans. He
also worked for the Salmon and Trout
Association. He faithfully supported the
local community, serving as chairman of
the parish council. His garden was a
delight, to which he added the purchase of
an adjoining field, enabling him to plant a
deciduous wood, encouraging wild plants
and rare butterflies. He is survived by
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Celia, his wife of 49 years, and their
daughter and two sons.
Rupert Hugh Wilkinson (E, 49-54): died
21.12.2014. 3rd generation of
Wykehamists, father to son. He was
interned by the Japanese in the
Philippines 1942-45. National Service,
RAF Regiment 1955-57. Harvard, AB
(cum laude) 1961. Stanford, PhD History
1970. He was appointed to a lectureship at
Sussex University in 1966, became
Chairman of American Studies 1977 and
Professor in 1989, before retiring in 1999.
During his time at Sussex University he
set up a year-abroad scheme for American
Studies students. Published his first book,
The Prefects, 1964, of which The Times
review noted ‘similarities between the
wearers of the old school tie, Imperial
China’s Confucian system, the Jesuits and
the advertising tycoons’. He later wrote
several books about the American
character. In 2014 he wrote Surviving a
Japanese Internment. Throughout his life
he had an enquiring mind. Married 1965
Mary Pulman, who survives him with
their son and two daughters. Obituary in
The Guardian.
Christopher Ronald Sinclair (E, 49-51):
died 16.4.2015. He completed his education
at King’s, Canterbury. Exeter College,
Oxford. He worked in theatre management,
first with Birmingham Rep, Liverpool
Playhouse and then with the Royal Court,
London 1960-66. Then with broadcasting
and the media with Telex Monitors 196686. Finally he was director of Adcomm Ltd
1986-96. He was a keen golfer and loved his
cricket. Member of MCC. Married 1969
Penelope Springett (died 2015). He is
survived by their daughter.
Robin Stuart Colquhoun (C, 51-55): died
23.6.2015. Clare College, Cambridge, 2
Mechanical Science 1958, 3 Law 1959.
MA, FICE, FASCE, MIngF (Denmark). He
then embarked on a career as a civil
engineer of distinction in Africa, Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, the UAE and the UK.
For 32 years a specialist in offshore oil and
gas submarine pipelines. Chemical