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compared to the discovery that the Earth
is round. He is survived by Margaret, his
wife of 60 years, and their two sons and
daughter. Obituaries in The Times, Daily
Telegraph and The Science Magazine.
Peter Nicholas Breyfogle (C, 49-54):
died 22.11.2018. Co Prae, Spanish
Prize, VIII 1953-54 (President 1954).
He was stroke of the VIII which won
the Princess Elizabeth Cup at Henley
in 1954. Trinity College, Cambridge, 3
Mechanical Science BA 1957. Harvard
Business School MBA 1959. He first
worked as an accountant with Massey
Ferguson Ltd 1959-78, for whom he
was Executive Vice President Europe
1975-78, and then for Dome Petroleum
1979-82. He was then Senior Vice
President, Finance and Administration,
Investcan Financial Corporation from
1982. He then became Chairman,
Corves, in China 1995-97 and finally
he was President, Aquaniele in Egypt
in 1998 before retiring in 2003. He
lived in Canada but returned to the
United Kingdom to celebrate the 60th
anniversary of winning of the Princess
Elizabeth Cup. He is survived by Jo, his
wife of 52 years, and their son.
David Charles Stewart (C, 49-55):
died 28.5.2019. Son of AGS (C, 15-20)
and brother of JGS (C, 44-49) and ANS
(C, 47-52) and father of JGS (I, 93-98).
Exhibitioner, Duberley Prize and Sen
Co Prae. National Service, Royal Scots
Greys 1956-57 and continued to serve
with the Ayrshire Yeomanry 1957-70.
Scholarship, Trinity College, Cambridge,
2 Economics and 2.2 Law 1960. Whilst at
Cambridge he took part in an expedition
to Kelat Y Nadiri, Iran in a Commer
delivery van with sliding doors which
aided air-conditioning as they drove
through Yugoslavia, Turkey and Iran,
and space for a hanging rail for dinner
jackets. He first worked for the family
firm, Stewarts and Lloyds, which was
nationalised in 1967. As Managing
Director he led the employee-led buy-out
from British Steel in 1983. As Chief
Executive of Victaulic he oversaw the
transition to a company with interests
around the world. In 1995 he oversaw
the take-over by Glynwed International.
The Trusty Servant
Later he had advisory roles with the
Prince’s Trust, helping young people
into work, and Independent Age. He
hunted with the Fernie, of which he
was chairman for 24 years. He won the
last Ayrshire Yeomanry Point-to-Point
Cup in 1971. A collaborative man
who enjoyed bringing people together,
pouring oil on troubled waters and
offering a calmer route. Married 1978
Wendy Macmillan, who survives him
with their son and three daughters.
Hugh Edward Norton (F, 49-54): died
11.8.2019. His father led the 1924 Everest
Expedition on which Mallory and Irvine
died. Brother of RPN (G, 39-40) and
WJEN (H, 46-51). Exhibitioner – 1 st on
Roll. Latin Verse. National Service with
the Royal Horse Artillery, which he said
was the most formative influence on his
life because he met such a wide variety
of people. Scholarship, Trinity College,
Oxford, 1 Lit Hum, BA 1959. In his final
year as President, Trinity Players, he
had to draft in a Hamlet from another
College when Trinity’s leading actor
had been sent down on the eve of the
summer production. He joined BP in
1959 and enjoyed a long and successful
career until 1995. He attended MECAS
in Beirut, Diploma 1965. In 1980 he
became director of BP International and
head-office policy adviser, concerned
with the North Sea, North America and
the Arab world; in 1986 Chief Executive
of BP Exploration; and in 1989 he Group
Managing Director until he retired from
BP in 1995. He earned the reputation
as ‘the consensual engineer’ because he
was adept at bringing together people of
different views and was responsible for
the ‘BP - Beyond Petroleum’ campaign.
After retiring from BP he joined the
boards of Standard Chartered Bank,
Inchcape, Children’s Aid Direct and
was a trustee of Shelter. Published
2017 Norton of Everest, a biography of
his father. An all-round naturalist, he
kept sheep and belonged to the village
choir. An oil-company executive who
persuaded BP to adopt greener policies
in the face of climate change. Married
(1) 1965 Janet Johnson (died 1995) and (2)
1998 Joy Harcup, who survives him with
their son and daughter and a son of his
29
first marriage. Obituaries in The Times
and Daily Telegraph.
Richard Hugh Nicholson (G, 50-
54): died 23.5.2019. Son of Brigadier
Claude Nicholson (G, 1912-16), who
commanded 30 Brigade at Calais in
1940 and who died as a POW. He was
commissioned in 1955 into the 16/5
Queen’s Royal Lancers and retired as
a Captain in 1960. He then worked as
Managing Director of J & W Nicholson
& Co (distillers) 1970-82; Vice Chairman
and Managing Director Laurent Perrier
Champagne 1983-97; Chairman, Green’s
Restaurant 1985-99. Master, the Distillers
Company 2000. He loved all field sports,
especially grouse shooting, and collected
porcelain and English watercolours.
Married Margaret Stockdale, who died
in 2008. He is survived by their son.
Andrew Campbell Gulland (K, 51-56):
died 9.3.2019. Winner Sen House IV.
National Service with 6 Royal Tank
Regiment 1956-58, with whom he
served in Libya, where he looked after
hounds and became sea-sick in tanks.
He worked as a flour-milling engineer
1961-66, opening mills around the
world, and bringing them to success.
He then became a bookseller with
William Collins and Classic Little
Books, Canada. In 1990 he returned to
Spillers Milling Ltd, of which he became
a director. He was Secretary, Bristol
Corn & Feed Trade Association and a
member of the Employment Tribunal.
The great love of his life was fly fishing
and he wrote a poem ‘The Evening Rise’
in memory of his annual visits to fish at
Winchester. He also played the classic
guitar and composed music. Publication:
A Short History of the Bristol Corn and
Trade Association 2002-2008. Married (1)
June Whitehead (died 2014) and (2) 2015
Pauline Luckwell, who survives him.
Martin Shaun Laing (D, 52-57).
A determined Remainer, he died on
‘Brexit Day’ 29.3.2019. Son of JAL (D,
26-30), brother of ABL (D, 53-58) and
SPL (D, 60-65) and father of JAL (D,
86-91). Following National Service with
the Suffolk Regiment, with whom he
served in Cyprus, and an agricultural
studentship, he worked on the family