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‘rough coat ’n’ greyers’ in spectacular
contrast to the normal dress of the
students of that time. Deputy Librarian,
Royal Institute of International Affairs
1972-81, which was the most enjoyable
and rewarding time of his life. Librarian,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1981-82 and Librarian, University of
London School of Slavonic and East
European Studies 1982-83. He was
saddened to be rejected for ordination
but he served for many years as a Lay
Reader at St Paul’s, Bow Common. He
was devoted to the Book of Common
Prayer and the King James Bible and
when St Paul’s was taken over by rabid
feminists he trawled East London to
find churches with traditional liturgy.
He is survived by his two brothers.
Peter Edward Hornby (A, 51-56):
died 26.11.2018. National Service
with the Somerset and Cornwall
Light Infantry, serving in Catterick
and Plymouth. He first worked in the
Education Department of Oxford
County Council. He then worked for
the Westminster Bank in Oxford, where
he met his wife. They both remained
with the bank until retirement, when
he was Manager in Gloucester and
she was Chief Cashier in Cheltenham.
Whilst working for the bank he became
involved with a charity raising funds
for breast cancer. He subsequently
worked for Cobalt Unit Appeal Fund,
of which he became Director and
Treasurer 2006-12. This fund now has
some of the most advanced scanners in
the world, many of them being sent to
the USA. The fund named a room in
their Cheltenham extension the ‘Peter
Hornby Room’. Married 1968 Ann
Norridge, who survives him.
John Martin Hornby (D, 54-59):
died 28.2.2018. Co Prae, Fencing
1957-59 (Captain). Scholarship, Trinity
College, Cambridge, Physics BA 1962.
Radio Astrophysics PhD 1965.
T he T rusty S ervant
Econ (MIT) PhD 1967. Assistant
Secretary, Department of Commerce
& Industry, Zambia. Economist, British
Leyland Motor Corporation 1966-68.
Director, Sardanis Associates 1968-72.
Corporate Finance, CCF Laurence Prust
1972-86. He was fiercely intelligent but
heroically absent minded: he once went
out to the shops with a dog and a child
only to return with the dog – the child
had been left at the butchers, Married
(1) 1967 Simonetta Agnollo (marriage
dissolved) (2) Anne Morritt, who
survives him with the two sons of his
first marriage.
Jonathan Marcus Smith (D, 54-60)
died on 11.1.2018 tragically killed in
a road accident in California. Brother
of CJSR-S (D, 60-64). Co Prae, Soccer
XI 1959-60 (Captain) and VI. Keble
College, Oxford 1961-64, 3 Jur. OU
Centaurs FC and Authentics CC.
Member of winning OW Arthur Dunn
Cup side 1961. Articled with Challinors
& Dickson 1964-67. Admitted solicitor
UK 1967 and Hong Kong 1968. He
worked for Deacons, Hong Kong 1968-
81. Sworn as notary public, Hong Kong
1975. He later moved to California
where he was President, Asian Holdings
Inc from 1987 and then Appleby
Spurling & Kempe, barristers and
attorneys Bermuda 1988-99. An avid
supporter of Tottenham Hotspur FC,
never missing a home or away match
whilst at Keble. He was a member
of Hong Kong CC squash team that
was undefeated throughout 1970. A
keen golfer who took his dog for late
afternoon walks on the golf course
finding others’ lost balls! An active
member of the local choir and choral
society in Aspen. He was a committed
supporter of Alcoholics Anonymous,
regularly on retreat and meditation.
Married (1) 1972 Norah Chiu (marriage
dissolved) and (2) 2005, Patti who
survives him.
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James Bentley Philip (G, 57-61):
died 31.7.2016. Son of WEP
(Coll, 20-25). Exhibitioner and English
Verse 1960. His first political venture
was to lead a small school group on
the 1961 Aldermaston to London
CND March under the slogan ‘Sons
of Wykeham say NO!’ King’s College,
Cambridge, English BA 1965. He
was editor of Granta, the University’s
arts magazine. University of Sussex,
American Studies MA. After some
teaching at Exeter University he moved
to the University of Essex, PhD. He
then taught there in the Department
of Literature and acted as Director of
American Studies. He maintained a
wider interest in cultural studies and
contributed to the Essex Sociology
of Literature Conferences. He also
had spells as a Visiting Fellow at the
University of Pennsylvania and as a
British Council Visiting Lecturer at
the University of Silesia in Poland. He
also worked part-time for 40 years for
the Open University. In later years he
worked with individual Open University
students in East Anglian prisons. He
worked with an Essex graduate on a
best-selling manual entitled Everything
you wanted to know about studying but
were too afraid to ask. An associated
video won gold in the International
Visual Communications Association
awards. His other main commitment was
to voluntary service, especially to his
village, Gissing. In the role of Chairman
of the Parish Council he established
a basic village hall and programme
of community support. This was the
seed for the setting up of a local Trust,
Heart of Gissing, which in turn set up
a new community facility, providing a
community pre-school rated by Ofsted
as outstanding. It also offers a wide range
of family support, community arts and
environmental education. Married 1966
Margaret Ferguson (marriage dissolved).
He is survived by his two daughters and
by Jennifer Witcomb, his partner of 26
years.