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The Trusty Servant by Angela, his wife of 55 years, and their two sons and two daughters.
Patrick( Paddy) Herbert Stephen Wettern( G, 41-45): died 2.7.2017. Brother of DRFW( C, 48-51), father of AHW( G, 70-74) and LPW( Coll, 76-80) and grandfather of OEW( G, 2006-11). Co Prae, John Mills Prize. Jesus College, Cambridge 45-46, 2 Engineering. Royal Engineers 1946-48, with whom he served in BAOR and the UK. In 1948 he joined the family company, Wettern Brothers Ltd, a construction materials and aggregates company. He rose from builders merchant’ s salesman to senior company partner. His main focus was on Mineralite, a Norwegian mica-facing material sold all over the world. He remained with the company after it was taken over by RMC in 1987, until he retired in 1992. An active member of the Worshipful Company of Plaisterers, he was Master 1981 / 82. He redirected the Company back to its role of supporting the plastering trade. An enthusiastic member of Goddard Society and a member of the WWII Philite group who were ardent admirers of Jack Parr, their housemaster. Married 1955 Margaret Macfadyen( died 1996). He is survived by their two sons and a daughter.
Hugh William Worship Paine( I, 42-46): died 18.3.2017. Brother of NWP( I, 48- 52). National Service, Royal Engineers. New College, Oxford. Joined Linklaters and Paines in 1951, becoming a partner in 1961. He converted to Roman Catholicism and his faith was always very important to him. On retirement in 1983 he became the legacy officer at St Joseph’ s Hospice, Hackney. He was also a trustee at Mencap. He loved playing the piano and travelling( particularly Denmark). He did not marry and is survived by his brother and five nephews and nieces.
Bernard Grant Campbell( B, 43-48): died 4.3.2017. Son of DFC( B, 1895- 00) and brother of DleSC( B, 32-37). National Service, Royal Signals, with whom he served in Athens. St John’ s College, Cambridge, 2 Natural Science
1953, MA 1955. He first worked as a teacher in Uganda and was proud that one of his students graduated from Cambridge. He returned to Cambridge for his PhD in Physical Anthropology 1957. Harvard University 1969 and from there he was Professor of Anthropology at UCLA 1969-77. He received a grant from Gordon Getty and the Leakey Foundation to excavate a site in Northern Iran and they discovered the fossil of a three-toed horse – Hipparion campbelli. He moved to Sedgeford and after his wife had taken a farm management course they decided to run the farm themselves. They spent 30 years happily at Sedgeford and travelling the world visiting the great fossil sites. Publications: Humankind Emerging, which is now in its 9 th edition and is still taught in universities all over the world. He was buried at Sedgeford in the chalk downland looking down into the valley that he loved. Married( 1) 1955 Anne Standley( marriage dissolved),( 2) 1962 Margaret Elton-Mills( marriage dissolved) and( 3) 1986 Susan Markham, who survives him with his two sons and one daughter.
Charles Christopher Higgins Burne( E, 44-47): died 4.7.2017. Son of CHB( E, 03-08). 3 rd generation of Wykehamists, father to son. He remembered mounting fire-watch whilst at school, having earlier watched the Crystal Palace burning down in 1936. He attended Berkshire Institute of Agriculture 1949. He first farmed in New Zealand, went back to England on the death of his father but returned to Australia. A back injury soon put an end to farming and he became a clerk in the Orient Line Shipping Company, where he was one of the earliest people involved in setting up containerization of cargo transport, now world-wide. He became Victorian manager of Overseas Containers Australia and was Chairman, Australia Britain Trade Association, for which he was appointed OBE in 1984. On retirement he moved to Flinders where he enjoyed sailing and golf. He was a keen member of Royal
Melbourne Golf Club and the Melbourne Club, where he attended several Old Wykehamist reunions with his friend Colin Harper( E, 44-48). He is survived by June, his wife of 64 years, and their three daughters.
Benjamin( Ben) Allen Groves( K, 44-49): died 12.7.2017. Son of HMG( K, 18-21). Boxing Team. St Catherine’ s College, Cambridge. He first worked for Standard Oil of New Jersey( now Exxon Mobil). In 1958 he was transferred to the USA where he later worked in the securities business. He was committed to Miss Hall’ s School and led its board of trustees from the mid-70s through the 80s. Married 1970 Elizabeth McLean Scott, who survives him with their two daughters.
David Gerald Sears( A, 45-48): died 26.2.2017. Special Early Entry Royal Navy 1948, BRNC Dartmouth, Royal Navy Athletic Colours and Squash. Sub- Lieutenant 1952, He first served in HMS Devonshire, in which he was involved in putting down a riot in Grenada. He later served in HMS Unicorn, an aircraft carrier which ferried aircraft damaged in the Korean War to Singapore, returning to Japan with repaired aircraft. He then served in HMS Newfoundland, which took part in the Suez crisis and then became Flag Lieutenant to the Flag Officer, Aircraft Carriers. He retired from the RN in 1961. His second career was in personnel management with Unilever, Howard Machinery and Whitbread. His third career was as recruitment and management consultant with St James Management Recruitment and Campbell Sears Associates. He finally retired to Suffolk where he was involved in the Parish Council. Married( 1) 1966 Anne Tyson( marriage dissolved),( 2) 1985 Angela Goodwin, who died in 1999, and( 3) 2015 Vivienne Cullen, who survives him with his two daughters and one son.
Alastair Douglas Bulkeley Gavin( I, 45-49): died 26.7.2017. VIII 1948-49, winning the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup in 1949. National Service in the Royal Marines.
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