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Anthropology 1970. He trained as a
glassblower at the Venini factory on
Murano (Venice) and subsequently
set up his own glassblowing studio
at Greenwich. As his art evolved he
became a landscape photographer and
transformed his studio with a space
for local art with his wife. He loved
trees and was given a natural burial at
Edenbridge, Kent. Married 1974 Irene
Morway, who survives him with their
son and daughter.
Andrew Nigel Murray Longmore
(A, 67-71): died unexpectedly from an
arrhythmia 11.4.2019. Grandson of
Field Marshal Lord Wavell (Coll, 1896-
1900) and brother of RMWL (A, 61-66).
History Prize. Lords 1969-71 (Captain
1971 and Soccer XI 1971. Travelled to
India with the England under-19 side.
1971. Exhibition, Worcester College,
Oxford, 2 History (Modern), BA and
he played cricket for OUCC 1974-75.
Loughborough University 1979-80, MSc
Recreation Management and captained
the winning OW XI in the 1982
Cricketer Cup. He began his long career
as a journalist in 1981, during which it
was calculated that he wrote 25 million
words. He started with Bracknell News
and the Cricketer Magazine 1981-86; then
as a freelance sportswriter mainly for
The Times from 1989; Chief Sportswriter
for The Independent on Sunday 1996-2002;
and Senior Sportswriter for The Sunday
Times from 2002, during which time he
covered four Olympic Games, until he
retired in 2018. He was named the Sports
Feature Writer of the Year by the Sports
Journalists’ Association in 2003. After
watching Great Britain defeat Romania
3-1 in the Davis Cup in Romania he
was so moved by the 100,000 Romanian
orphans that he embarked on a project
to raise funds for the Romanian
Orphanage Trust. He also supported
Portsmouth FC financially when the
club was in dire straits. Publications
included Fallon – The Biography 2009.
Dame Jess Ennis-Hill tweeted after his
death, ‘He was always such a lovely
man, it was a joy to be interviewed by
him’. He was a superb journalist with
integrity, a sense of justice and a limitless
capacity for kindness and was regarded
The Trusty Servant
as one of the leading sportswriters of his
generation. Married 1976 Jane Morgan,
who survives him with their two
daughters and a son. Obituaries in The
Times and The Sunday Times.
Benjamin (Ben) Robert Hamilton-Baillie
(C, 68-73): died 3.3.2019. Brother of
TRH-B (C, 62-67). Born in Iserlohn,
Germany. Sydney Sussex College,
Cambridge 1974-77, Architecture MA
(Hons) 1977. He spent time in Hamburg
and London before settling into a
career in social housing in Bristol. In
1995 he joined pedestrian and cyclist
charity Sustrans to help it deliver a
national cycle network with National
Lottery funding. His work became
truly international as he travelled to
Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark
and Germany on a Winston Churchill
Travelling Fellowship and he then in
2000 became the first Briton to win a
Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University.
Studies led him to the conclusion that
removing traffic-control measures would
encourage drivers to take responsibility
for avoiding more vulnerable road
users. In 2003 he set up Hamilton-
Baillie Associates which went on to
redesign several busy junctions using
his principles of equal priority for road
users. The practice’s regeneration of
Park Lane, Poynton, Cheshire won the
2013 Highways Magazine award for
congestion reduction. He became the
United Kingdom’s most influential and
innovative voice promoting the idea of
‘shared space’. He is fondly remembered
for his infectious passion, humour and
expertise. Married 1988 Jennifer Hill,
who survives him with their son and
daughter. Obituaries in The Architect’s
Journal and The Guardian.
Alasdair Michael Gore Burroughs
(G, 69-73): died 26.7.2019. Headmaster’s
Medals for Gymnā 1970 and 1971.
Initially he qualified as a Chartered
Accountant with Dearden, Lord, Annan
and Morrish, followed by financial
positions in a succession of companies,
finally Financial Director of Majestic
Wines Warehouses Ltd 1989-90. But he
was more interested in the practical side
of business and helped to set up and
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then run the theatrical shoe company K
& D where he learned the business of
specialist shoemaking for the film and
entertainment industries. His client list
included the Game of Thrones and Harry
Potter films, from which he had a prized
souvenir of a pair of huge wooden lasts
made for Hagrid. He was concerned
about the impact of air transport – he
enjoyed touring the UK and Europe
in a bright yellow VW camper van
accompanied by his dog, Inca. He was
unmarried and is survived by his sister
Daphne.
Rupert George Syndercombe Bower
(H, 81-85): died 13.5.2019, tragically
drowned in the Falmouth Estuary. Son
of JTSB (G, 48-53). Girton College,
Cambridge, Theology and Philosophy.
He did not have a career as such but
considered himself an inventor and a
poet. He is remembered for his times in
New York, the British Virgin Islands,
Ireland, Paris and his beloved Cornwall
and also for his laugh, his twinkle in
his eyes, and an enviable sense of the
absurd. He was unique – an original.
He is survived by Sarah Nicholson, the
mother of his son.
We are aware of the following deaths which
will be covered in the next issue of the Trusty
Servant:
Charles Evan Bruce-Gardyne (H, 40-45)
died 22.10.2019
Giles Hepburn John Myrtle (D, 41-45)
died 25.9.2019
Richard Alan Pinsent (D, 45-50)
died 2.8.2019
Robert Hugh Hardy (Coll, 46-51)
died 12.10.2019
Hon Stephen Anthony Hurd (I, 46-51)
died 6.9.2019
Edward Oliver John Beck (H, 51-56)
died 3.10.2019
William Marsden (F, 54-58)
died 12.10.2019
Richard David Chandler (A, 55-60)
died 19.09.2019
Humfrey Charles Butters (K, 60-65)
died 6.9.2019