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farm, JA Laing and Son of Sporle,
Norfolk. The farm mixed blackcurrants
with traditional cereal and sugar beet
crops but it also cultivated daffodils and
tulips; it was remarkable for exporting
daffodil bulbs to Holland. Initially he
worked alongside his father, who died
in 1983. He then managed the farm
single-handedly until retiring in 2012. He
was noted for his long hours of physical
labour and he regularly lost more than
a stone in weight during the harvest. He
was quiet, kind, thoughtful and generous
with his time. 12 Kennyites attended
his funeral. Married 1971 Sue Kirkby,
who survives him with their son and
daughter.
Christopher Philip William Willcox
(K, 53-59): died 9.6.2019. His grandfather,
Sir William Willcox was a poisons expert
whose evidence convicted Dr Crippen.
Co Prae. After school he spent three
months at the Sorbonne. Emmanuel
College, Cambridge, 2.2 Natural
Sciences, followed by medical training
at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington 62-65
BChir, MB MA 1966. He first worked
as House Physician at King Edward
Hospital, Ealing; and then abroad for
the government of Sabah, Malaysia,
where he was the sole doctor in a 500
mile radius, treating crocodile bites and
delivering triplets. He returned to the
UK and took up his life’s work as a GP
at Selsey, West Sussex. He was highly
diligent, on call one night in three, and
he visited his elderly patients. Early
in life he had learnt the clarinet. He
organised a trip in two Minis across
Northern Europe, including Leningrad
and Moscow: they were the first Britons
to visit Jaroslav since 1917. He was
generous and when his son won a
scholarship to Lancing he accepted
the honour but not the money. He
was a wise, steady, devoted, kindly and
loyal doctor with an inner boldness. A
scholarship in his name has been set up
to support schooling in poor countries.
He is survived by Marie-Christine,
his wife of 53 years, and their son.
Obituaries in The Times and Chichester
Observer.
The Trusty Servant
Alexander (Sandy) William Dawson
(Coll, 58-63): died 24.5.2019. VI 1961-63
(Captain), Soccer XI 1963, Fives Pair
1963. He published Caliban (later called
Ariel), a school summer magazine printed
on a treadle-operated printing press.
Exhibitioner, New College, Oxford. 2
Jurisprudence 1967. Called to the Bar
1969; Barrister-at-Law 1971; Assistant
Recorder of the Crown Court 1985; and
Recorder from 1989. He practised on
the Midland and Oxford circuit mainly
in civil cases and built up an impressive
High Court practice. He decided to stay
with his friends at the Bar rather than
becoming a full-time judge. He bravely
endured a lengthy rare debilitating
illness. Married 1978 Judith Rail, who
survives him with their two daughters.
Alister Jason Borthwick (A, 59-64):
died 11.9.2019. Son of J B (A, 23-28).
He won the Public Schools Sailing
trophy. Edinburgh University BSc Hons
Agriculture 1969 and was involved
in student politics and the university
rector elections, campaigning for
Malcolm Muggeridge. Spent 10 years
with RHM Agriculture supplying feed
and seed to farmers. In 1974 joined
board of Whitburgh Investments, a
family investment company. Returned
to Norfolk in 1979 to take on the family
farm and soon realised he needed a
proper job so he purchased the local
pub, The Jolly Sailors, which in 1994
was the county’s sole recipient of the Les
Routiers Wine Award. He ran the pub for
18 years as well as diversifying his arable
farm into the tourism industry, with a
back-packers hostel, campsite, cafe and
a range of retails shops. Chairman of
Kings Lynn and Swaffham branch NFU
1980-86; Chairman of the UK Coeliac
Society; Lifelong member of Brancaster
Staithe Sailing Club and RYA. He
represented so much to the local
community and so generously gave his
time to support everything that went on
in the village. Married 1970 Verily East,
who survives him, together with a son
and two daughters.
Stephan Dewar (I, 60-65): died in 2019.
Co Prae; fives. Trinity College, Dublin
2.1 Economics and Political Science, BA
30
(Hons) 1969, MSc Econometrics 1970.
He first worked for the Irish Tourist
Board, Dublin 1970-79 and then for
Coopers & Lybrand, Dublin 1979-84.
He then undertook various jobs within
academia, first as Senior Consultant,
University of Limerick 1984-93, then
Chief Executive and Editor, Breaking
the Mould, 1994-96. From 1996 to 2003
he was an economic and management
consultant and then economic
consultant in Moscow, Kaliningrad
and Belarus 2004. International
Project Manager, UN Development
Programme 2006. Economic business
reporter and strategy advisor, Russia
Today Television 2007-11. Adviser to
Kaliningrad Regional Government
from 2011. Married (1) Marie O’Neill
(marriage dissolved) and (2) 2003 Irina
Rapanovich, who survives him
George Anthony Ellis (F, 60-64): died
28.5.2019. Son of JCHE (F, 27-32). 3 rd
generation of Wykehamists, father to
son. Trinity College, Cambridge 1965-
68. 2.2 Mechanical Science. He served
in the Royal Air Force 1968-80 and
then became a test pilot for British
Aerospace 1980-94. Awarded Queen’s
Commendation for Valuable Service
in the Air 1981. For some time he flew
teenage school children who aspired to
join the RAF. He then moved to the
USA and worked for Raytheon Aircraft
Company, Wichita 1995-97; then for
TransAer, Ireland 1998-2000; and finally
for EasyJet 2000-07. He acted as ‘pilot
consultant’ for a group of volunteers
who restored an old plane. One of his
grandchildren stood up and said at his
funeral, ‘Grandpa George was not my
biological grandfather but I loved him.
I hate that he has died.’ Married 1987
Doris Johnson, who survives him with
three step children.
Edward James Francis Hill (H, 61-66):
died 26.8.2018. Son of FEH (H, 32-
36) and brother of LDFH (H, 57-62)
and MOFH (H, 66-71). 3 rd generation
of Wykehamists, father to son.
Mathematics Prize, VIII and Co Prae.
He first studied at McGill University in
Canada before going up to Magdalene
College, Cambridge, 3 Archeology and