No.128
The Trusty Servant
Obituary
We write obituaries for all Old Wykehamists
and it would be invaluable to us if OWs
were to send us some notes about their life,
covering a little bit more than appears in the
Winchester College Register. These should
be addressed to: The Obituarist, Winchester
College Society, 73 Kingsgate Street,
Winchester, SO23 9PE.
Patrick Stanley Winton King Maclure
(I, 52-57; Secretary of Wykehamist
Society, 88-04; Aide to the Warden and
Headmaster, 04-14): died 28.9.2019.
Brother of JRSM (I, 47-52), uncle of JMM
(K, 79-83), TSM (K, 81-86), GSM (K,
83-88) and SPIM (K, 88-91). Co Prae, VI;
KRRC (later 2nd Green Jackets) 1958-60,
2 Lt N Ireland; assistant master, Horris
Hill School 1960-78, also Bursar from
1965-78; Bursar, Downe House School
1979-88; director, Astron Appointments
1988-89; Secretary, Wykehamist
Society 1988-2004; director, Friends of
Winchester College 1989-2004, Aide
to Warden and Headmaster 2004-14.
Founding member Albert Gordon
Sports Fund Committee 2008, member
Win Coll Lands Committee 2009-17,
treasurer, OWCC 1986-2004; member
MCC Finance Committee 1989-99 and
Estates Committee 1992-99; Griffiths
Working Party on structure of cricket
1993-94; and Appeals Committee,
Enham Trust, Andover 1995-2001;
trustee, Altham Cricket Trust 1991-
2000, Crown & Manor Club 1992-2010,
Brendoncare Foundation 1995-2013,
Ernest Cook Trust 2000-14, Royal Green
Jackets Museum 2004-14, St John’s
Winchester Educational Charity 2006-
09, Christ’s Hospital School Foundation
(Peter Symonds) since 2006; governor,
Horris Hill School 2002-14; joint editor,
Win Coll Register (7th edition). A loyal
servant of the school and a good friend
and mentor to all at Win Coll Soc. See
Charles Sinclair’s appreciation above.
Peter John Gwyn (Co Ro, 65-76): died
27.3.2019. Born in India where his father
was Headmaster of Aitchison College;
educated at Peter Symonds and Bristol
University, where his love of History
took root. He came to Winchester in
1965, acting as the College Archivist
and teaching History: his tutorials are
remembered by many. He started Bridge
Society and presided over the players
with Tarpa his long-haired retriever,
tea and jaffa cakes in Meadow House.
House Tutor of Chawker’s. Founded Sen
Club, which played against local villages.
He resigned as Archivist because he
deplored the decision to sell the Malory
Manuscript: he objected to the way the
decision had been made, the reasoning
behind the decision, and the price.
He moved to Oxford and was Bowra
Fellow at Wadham College 1981-82. He
took up the invitation to write about
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, published
as The King’s Cardinal, described as
the most important book on Tudor
history. He spent the last 30 years of
his life in south-west France, where he
enjoyed gardening. He was an historian,
gardener, teacher and a canny cricketer,
a friend to young and old alike. A tribute
to his time as Archivist appeared in The
Wykehamist 1250 in 1976.
Angus James Watson (Master of Music,
70-83): died 9.09.2019. Father of NJW
(A, 72-76) and AJW (K, 74-78). Born in
Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. His
parents had been sent by the Church
Missionary Society to work in hospitals
in Behai and Kunming, before finally
returning to England in 1939. Studied
at RCM 1950-1, under violinist Albert
Sammons, and also conducting with
Sir Adrian Boult. Music scholarship to
Magdalene College, 1951-54. MA, MusB,
President CU Music Club. Director of
Music at Stowe School 1960-70. Master
of Music and Director Winchester Music
Club 1970-83. First Dean of the School
of Music, Hong Kong Academy for
Performing Arts 1984-89. Director of
Music at Wells Cathedral School 1990-
94. Since retirement, an examiner for the
Associated Board of the Royal Schools
of Music, with extensive tours abroad.
24
Served on Council of the National
Youth Orchestra and was Foundation
President, Music Masters and Mistresses
Association. Published Beethoven’s
Chamber Music in Context 2010. Married
1955 Alison Maude, who survives him
together with 3 sons and a daughter. See
Nick Wilks’ appreciation above.
Matthew Gavin Armstrong
(Co Ro, 98-03): died 11.8.2019. Hutton
GS, New Coll, MA Medieval and
Modern languages, PGCE; Birkbeck
College London, MA in Renaissance
Studies and BA in English Literature.
Teacher at Lancing 1994-97. Business
Analyst McKinsey & Co 1997-98. Then
French, German and B-ladder div don
at Win Coll, tutor in Chawker’s, and
MiC hockey, for whom Stretch Pot
was named. After Win Coll, he was
Head of English, Director of Studies
and Assistant Headmaster External
Relations at Charterhouse 2003-13
and then Headmaster, The King’s
School Worcester from 2013. Matthew’s
vision was to ensure that pupils left
King’s curious about the world, excited
to learn and able to adapt to future
changes. Member of the Worcester
Cathedral Council and a supporter of
the clergy and choir. Died tragically
after a climbing accident in Chamonix.
Uncompromising about education yet
easy-going, generous and loyal to his
friends, of which he made many. He will
be sorely missed by all who knew him.
Married Catherine (Kate) Shuttleworth
in March 2007, who survives him.
Elaine Robinson, née Outhwaite
(Co Ro, 00-07): died 3.9.2019. Educated
West Kirby Girls’ Grammar School.
Bangor University College of North
Wales (1964-67) BA Psychology. Worked
as Clinical Psychologist 1967-70 in
hospitals and for the Dyslexia Institute
including teaching in HM Prison in
Winchester and Sparsholt College. In
the early 1990s she was asked by James
Sabben-Clare to assess and teach boys
with specific learning difficulties. This