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Archaeology 1970-73. He was the first
Professor of Cornish Studies, Exeter
University 1971-91 (Professor Emeritus
1993) and founder and Director, Institute
of Cornish Studies 1971-91. Chairman,
BBC South West Advisory Council 197580. D Litt Oxford 1983. Member of the
Royal Commission on Historical
Monuments 1983-97 (Chairman 198889). Deputy Lieutenant, Cornwall 1988.
FBA 1989 – he was received Ad Portas
with Fellows of the Royal Society and
British Academy 2011. CBE 1991. In
1999 he bought and restored the thatched
Gwithian chapel, which has a banner
reading, ‘God within the heart is always
necessary.’ Amongst his publications was
Christianity in Roman Britain to AD 500
1981, in which he argued that Roman
Britain had seen a widespread
evangelisation. An outstanding scholar of
early Britain. When presented with the
Royal Institution of Cornwall’s Henry
Jenner silver medal, the Lord Lieutenant
of Cornwall described his contribution to
Cornish life as ‘unparalleled’ and went on
to say, ‘He truly is a Cornish polymath’.
He is survived by Jessica, his wife of 56
years, and their two sons and two
daughters. Obituaries, The Daily Telegraph
and The Guardian.
Philip Michael Foot (G, 42-47): died in
South Africa 17.12.2011. Brother of CRF
(G, 36-41). National Service, Middlesex
Regiment 1947-9. He then joined
Barclays (DC & O) in 1949. In The
Wykehamist of 23 June 1966, at the time
of UDI, he answered questions put to him
by the Editor, including, ‘Do you expect
to see black majority rule in your
lifetime?’ To which he replied: ‘No, if it is
the sort of majority rule practised by
African Nationalists in states to the
North.’ A long lost brother. Married 1957
Joyce Elliott.
Brian David Threlfall (Coll, 42-47): died
3.6.2016. Father of DMWT (F, 75-79).
Trinity College, Cambridge 1947, 2:2
Mechanical Science 1950. MA 1954. He
first worked for Sir A Gibb & Ptnrs,
T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
consulting engineers 1950-55, then for
British Railways 1955-61. MICE 1957.
He then returned to Cambridge
University Engineering Department
1961-88. ICE James Watt Gold Medal
1973. Whilst at Winchester he took up
what was to become his lifelong hobby –
church bell ringing. He learnt at
Winchester Cathedral and was Master of
the Cambridge University Society of
Change Ringers. He retained his interest
in London and was a member of the
Sunday Service band of ringers at St
Paul’s Cathedral. In 1953 he persuaded
the School that the bells in Chapel could
be rung full circle without harming the
tower, despite the cracks. He served for 26
years on the Towers and Belfries
Committee of the Church Bell Ringers
Central Council. He celebrated his 80th
birthday by hiring a train for the day on
the Gloucestershire Worcestershire
Railway. He was a good teacher, both of
engineering and bell ringing – he fired the
enthusiasm of hundreds of students.
Married (1) 1953 Frances Edgar (marriage
dissolved), (2) 1972 Margaret Jackson
(marriage dissolved), (3) 2000 Mary
Hawker, who survives him with his son
and three daughters.
John Garner King (Coll, 42-47): died
17.5.2012. Aulae Prae, VI. National
Service with Royal Signals 1947-49.
Scholarship New College 1949. I Modern
Classics 1951, 2 Lit Hum 1953. He first
worked as a trainee with Furness Withy &
Co 1954 and with Reuters Ltd 1956.
Educational publisher with Longman
Green & Co 1956. Information Officer
with the COI 1960. Administrator,
University of Edinburgh 1966. He then
ran his own business 1976-89, before
finally working for RSA Cert (TEFL)
1990. Married 1959 Gillian Knight
(marriage dissolved). He is survived by his
partner Josephine Burns.
Francis Patrick Vere Barker (G, 43-47):
died 14.7.2016. Son of ARVB (K, 17-22).
RMA Sandhurst 1948. Commissioned
into the Royal Artillery, with whom he
25
served in Korea 1951-53 and later in
BAOR. Retired as Captain 1966. He then
helped set up Charles Stapleton, a
financial-services company, with whom
he worked from 1966 until his retirement.
He became a JP in 1970. He followed his
grandfather and father as President of
Chessington Cricket Club, for which he
raised sufficient money to build a
pavilion. Real tennis played a big part in
his life: he helped build Hampton Court
Real Tennis Club from a rarely used, cold
and dark club to become one of the
famous clubs of today. He was a Past
Master of the Old Wykehamist Lodge and
a Past Grand Officer of the United Grand
Lodge of England. An honourable man, a
true Englishman with impeccable
manners who loved his school. Married
(1) 1962 Angela Wood (marriage
dissolved). (2) 1980 Jennifer Nott, who
survives him with his son.
John Stuart Landless (C, 43-46): died
4.7.2016. Exhibitioner. Burnley
Municipal College 1947-49. City &
Guilds Certificate in Textile Manufacture.
He joined his family business at
Clowbridge as a director 1949-58. When
the cotton business went into decline he
chose a new career in journalism and
became managing director, Newspaper
Printing and Publishing 1958-78. He then
became a brewer, setting up Moorhouses
Brewery and today its beer is sold all over
the country. Finally, he was director
Holiday Park 1979-89. He was a keen
amateur actor and became President of
the Rossendale Operatic Society. He
retained an interest in old cars, including
Austin Sevens, an 8-litre Bentley and his
Prince Henry Vauxhall. The Veteran Car
Club gave him great