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FRIBA 1969. He began his career as
an architect with first Steane Shipman
& Cantacuzino and then with Sherban
Cantacuzino & Associates from 1964.
He was lecturer, School of Art, College
of Art, Canterbury 1966-69. He was
Executive Editor, Architectural Review
1973-79, when he was at the heart of
debates on planning and design. He was
Secretary, Royal Fine Art Commission
1979-95. Appointed CBE 1988.
Lecturer, Tehran University 1976 and
Lecturer, Aberdeen University 1977.
Hon Doctorate, University of York
1996. And his most lasting contribution
was to found and act as President of
the Pro Patrimonio Foundation (the
National Trust of Romania) to save
the architectural legacy of a country
whose historic buildings had been so
severely neglected by four decades
of Communist rule. He later chaired
the European steering committee
of Icomos, the international NGO
dedicated to conservation of historic
sites. Publications include, Great
Modern Architecture 1966, New Uses for
Old Buildings 1975 and What makes a
Good Building, an inquiry by the Royal
Fine Art Commission, 1994. After the
fall of the Ceausescus he began his
practice of taking groups of 20 people
round historic sites in Romania. He
also initiated a campaign to restore
60 wooden churches with the help of
local people. He also designed Trant’s
original study block in the late 60s.
He had an aptitude for the piano and
gave recitals as a schoolboy. He was, as
a Romanian friend wrote, ‘a prince by
birth, an architect by education, and an
Englishman by mistake.’ He is survived
by Anne, his wife of 64 years, and their
two daughters. A son predeceased him.
Obituary The Daily Telegraph.
John Michael Gidley Wright
(F, 42-45): died 9.4.2018. Brother of
TAGW (F, 38-42). He spent the whole
of his working life in the shoe industry
T he T rusty S ervant
with the family shoe-manufacturing
business in Leicester from 1946, first
with his brother and then with a son.
He spent three year promoting the shoe
industry in the USA. He was a keen
golfer and represented his county. He is
survived by Jill, his wife of 64 years, and
their five sons and a daughter.
Orlando Michael Philip Kenyon-
Slaney (D, 42-47): died 21.6.2018.
National Service with RAEC 1947.
Christ Church, Oxford 1949, 2 Modern
Languages 1953. He first worked for the
Bank of London and South America
1953-73. He then worked for London
and Continental Bankers Ltd, for
whom he was Executive Director and
Secretary to the Board of Directors
1973-88. On retirement he was
churchwarden for St Mary’s Church,
High Halden and was secretary to
local organisations and societies. For
20 years he organised the village quiz,
devising the questions and introducing
a unique method of scoring which was
too complicated to be copied by other
organisations! He enjoyed his golf,
which he played most reliably. He is
survived by Philippa, his wife of 58
years, and their two sons.
François Wyndham Edwards
(D, 43-48): died 3.4.2018.
In 1939 a small French boy arrived
at prep school from Paris and never
looked back. French Speech. National
Service, Ox and Bucks L I 1948-50,
with whom he served in Greece and
Cyprus. King’s College, Cambridge, 2
French and German Pt 1 and 2 Law
Pt 2 1953. LLB 1954. FCA. He first
worked with Price Waterhouse &Co
and Kleinwort Benson. He then worked
for William de Broe (stockbrokers),
subsidiary of Banque Bruxelles Lambert
SA, where he ran the French and Swiss
desk. He was a member of the finance
committee, St Dunstan’s Charity 1985-
2008, Vice President since 2008. His
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favourite exploit was to water-ski across
Lake Geneva in black tie to arrive at
the party with only his trouser bottoms
wet. Most of his adventures involved
mountains. He climbed the Matterhorn
three times by three routes. When Eric
Shipton fell on a climb of Annapurna
in the Himalayas, he took the lead to
the summit. Married 1969 Elizabeth
Haldane, who survives him with their
son and daughter. His ashes were
scattered beneath the Matterhorn.
John Harrison Thresher
(Coll, 43-48): died 21.3.2018.
Grandson of JHT (Comm, 1855-59).
Sen Cap Prae 1948 and VI 1948.
National Service with Royal Artillery
1950. Exhibitioner, New College 1950,
2 PPE 1953. He moved to Canada and
first worked for McLean Budden Ltd,
Montreal 1955-67. He then moved to
New York in 1967 and worked with
several financial institutions on Wall
Street until his retirement in 1996. He
was responsible for representing his
firms in Europe, Asia, Australia and the
Middle East. 50-year resident in Rye,
New York. He was an Elder of Christ
Church in Rye where he supported
the musical programme. Married 1955
Alison Gillespie (died 2003). He is
survived by two sons and a daughter.
John Bamforth (Coll, 43-48):
died 6.3.2018. Fives colours 1947-
48. Trinity College, Cambridge 1948.
2 Nat Sci, BA 1951. He trained at
St Thomas’s Hospital 1951-54. MB
1954. He was Secretary, St Thomas’s
Golf Team 1953-54. National Service
with the RAMC 1956, with whom
he served in Munster and Berlin and
where his prowess on the golf course
was put to good effect, playing with
visiting generals. Registrar St Thomas’s
1958. Fellow, Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
Minnesota 1962. Senior Registrar St
Thomas’s 1964. Consultant physician
and gastroenterologist, Southampton