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The Trusty Servant
Cathedral that he was a committed and life long Ecumenist and had made a significant contribution to Anglican- Orthodox dialogue as chairman of the International Anglican-Oriental Orthodox Commission . He is survived by his brother . Obituaries in The Times and The Daily Telegraph .
Nicolas Rogerson ( K , 56-61 ): died 6.7.2017 . Magdalene College , Cambridge , 2 Law BA 1964 . Untouched by racial prejudice he made friends with many foreigners , be they from Malaya , Palestine , Persia , Syria or Chile . He learned many languages by working as a tour guide for Thompson coach tours round Europe . He first worked for the Financial Times before embarking on a successful career in Public Relations . He was the joint founder of Dewe Rogerson PR Consultants 1969 , who sold off British Gas with the ‘ Tell Sid ’ campaign , and advised the Government on the sale of Britoil , TSB , BP , British Steel and the water and electricity monopolies . He became Managing Director in 1975 and Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer , Dewe Rogerson International 1985 . He set up branches in New York , Central Europe and the Far East , to create a world-wide brand . It was sold off for £ 27m in 1998 and he retired in 2000 . He then became Director , Aigis Blast Protection 2001 . He was a passionate fisherman , an inspired cook and attentive host . Married ( 1 ) 1973 Elizabeth Rummell ( marriage dissolved ) ( 2 ) 1998 Caroline le Bas ( died ) and ( 3 ) Dinah Verey , who survives him with his two step children .
Rupert Howard Cornwell ( F , 59-64 ): died 31.3.2017 . Half-brother of John le Carré . Magdalen College , Oxford 1964-67 , 2 Medieval and Modern Greek , BA . He began his career as a Foreign Correspondent with Reuters News Agency 1968-72 . He then worked for the Financial Times 1972-86 , first in Brussels , then Paris and Rome . When in Rome he investigated the hanging of Roberto Calvi underneath Blackfriars Bridge and wrote his best selling book , God ’ s Banker
– The life and death of Roberto Calvi . He then worked for The Independent from 1986 . First in Moscow where , with his weekly column ‘ Out of the USSR ’, he provided a running commentary on the collapse of communism and the emergence of ruthless oligarchs . And then in Washington , where he covered the rise and fall of Bill Clinton , the terrorist attacks on 11 th September 2001 , the US-led invasion of Iraq , through to the emergence of Trump . Foreign Correspondent of the Year 1989 and runner-up the Orwell Prize 2002 . He was one of the great foreign correspondents of our time , who was renowned for his insight into the politics of Moscow and Washington – he understood in real time the meaning of events he was covering . One of his final stories , a few weeks before he died , was on Ivanka , the most powerful first daughter in US history . Married ( 1 ) Angela Doria , an Italian interpreter at the European Parliament ( marriage dissolved ) and ( 2 ) 1988 Susan Smith , who survives him with his two sons . Obituaries in The Times , The Independent , Financial Times and The Guardian .
Brian Peter Hervey Orange ( A , 60-64 ): died 23.2.2017 . Grandson of HWO ( Coll , 1878-83 ) and brother of JRO ( A , 56-60 ), CWO ( K , 56-60 ) and AMFO ( E , 68-72 ). Bisley 1961-64 ( Captain 1963- 64 ). Birmingham University 1965-68 , where , unusually for a Wykehamist , he read Chemical Engineering , in which he gained a 2 ( 1 ), BSc . Graduate trainee with Berck Ltd and Allan- Douglas Ltd . He then set up Orange Chemicals , importing and distributing industrial chemicals all over Europe , until he retired in 2011 . He was an active member of the Trade Association Council for many years . Chairman , BCDTA 2004-05 . He was Commander , St John ’ s Ambulance 1985-96 , appointed KStJ 1997 , and Commodore , Bembridge Sailing Club 2008-09 . He ran the Hampshire Luncheon Club . Having moved to Kings Somborne in 1972 , he became fully involved with the village . He set up the Neighbourhood Watch , he ran the Scouts and was involved with the village Horticultural Society . He started a bell-ringing tower group to ring in the millenium – the group rang the bells in Winchester Cathedral and Romsey Abbey . But his main hobby was collecting matchbooks : he had a collection of over 50,000 , which he maintained in precisely organised albums . Having been diagnosed in 2008 with Multiple Myeloma Cancer he set up an MM support group to raise money for MM . Married 1970 Denise Berry who survives him with their three sons . Obituary in Hampshire Chronicle .
Ian Geoffrey Bentley ( A , 66-72 ): died 29.5.2017 . Exhibitioner , Head of House , Lords 1972 , Soccer XI 1969-72 , VI 1969- 71 ( Captain ). Christchurch College , Oxford 1973-76 , 2 English Language and Literature . He was a prodigiously talented cellist . He played for the Old Wykehamist team which was runners up in the Arthurian League and semifinalist in the Arthur Dunn Cup . He became a talented teacher who inspired generations of students at the Anglo- American School of New York 1979- 81 , as Head of English at the Shatin College in Hong Kong 1982-93 , and in Holland 1993-96 , before becoming Head of English at City of London Freemen ’ s School in Surrey 1996-2010 . He retired in 2010 when he became an administrator at an NHS mental-health unit in Walton-on-Thames and worked for an examination board . A virulent critic of post-modernism , which he believed stifled the proper study of classic English literature . Married 1982 Sara Swan ( marriage dissolved but a lasting friendship remained ).
Simon Jonathon Graham Doggart ( K , 74-79 ): died 23.7.2017 . Son of GHGD ( E , 38-43 and Co Ro 50- 72 ). Head of House , Lords 1976-79 ( Captain 78-79 ) and Princes . His 111 not out will be remembered as the first century against Eton since 1955 . And later his hundred for the Old Wykehamists was remembered for helping to defeat the Old Reptonians
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