No . 131 The Trusty Servant him . He married Priscilla Fry in 1951 , who survives him together with their son and daughter .
David Owen Savill ( C , 38-43 ); died 3.2.2021 . Sub-Lt , RNVR 1943 ; Mediterranean , West Indies , Channel ( ML and mine-sweepers ); Lt 1946 . First Devonshire Colonial Administration course , University College Oxford 1947-8 ; LSE 1948 . Colonial Administration Service Nigeria , Assistant District Officer Ilaro and Benin 1949-50 , Chief Secretary ’ s office 1951 , Senior Assistant Secretary in various Ministries 1954-8 , Governor- General ’ s Office and Clerk to Privy Council 1959 ; retired 1960 . He joined the family shipping firm , Shaw , Savill and Albion Line 1960 ; secretary , Shipbuilding Industry Training Board 1965 , Chief Executive 1977 ; retired 1982 . Author of Sail to New Zealand - the story of Shaw Savill & Co 1858-1882 and The Aberdeen Line , plus many other books , including poems and accounts of his time in the Navy and the Colonial Service . He had huge energy and interest in all things , particularly history , current affairs , travel and gardening : it was “ so important to have a potted knowledge of a subject than none at all .” A man of order , decency and honesty with a passion for his country and devotion to his family . He married Stourie Brown in 1948 , who died in 2018 . He is survived by their 2 daughters .
Michael Robert Toynbee ( D , 39-43 ); died 26.10.2020 . 3rd generation of Wykehamists , father to son ; brother of PMT and SVT , uncle of DRT ; Co Prae . 2 Lt RB 1944 , regular commission 1945 , Germany 1945- 8 , representing the battalion rifle shooting in BAOR and at Bisley . He was sent to Istanbul as a G3 , having learnt Turkish : he was always very reticent about his actual role there . War Office and MI9 1950 : when the Korean War broke out , he had to telephone Mr . Atlee at No . 10 to inform him our intelligence had become aware that General Macarthur was actively considering using the atom bomb on North Korea , which resulted in Atlee flying post haste to Washington to persuade President Truman this would be an unwise course of action . He then , as a mere Captain , regularly briefed the Cabinet , earning high praise from the CIGS , FM The Viscount Slim , and Ernest Bevin , the Foreign Secretary ; retired 1952 . Managing Director Jessel Toynbee 1954-77 , chairman 1977- 85 ; chairman , Alexanders Discount 1985-8 . Chairman , School Council of Ardingly College 1972-94 ; JP for 24 years ; High Sheriff , East Sussex 1985-6 ; Treasurer , University of Sussex 1987-99 ; Honorary Doctorate 1999 ; DL East Sussex ; awarded the Order of St . Richard by the Bishop of Chichester . He was an excellent shot , but his great love was fishing . He married Yvonne Cleland in 1953 , who died in 1996 . He is survived by their son and daughter .
Richard ( Dick ) Pasteur Norton ( G , 39-40 ); died 1.12.2020 . His father , General E . F . Norton RA had led the 1924 Everest expedition on which Mallory died and the memorial to Mallory in Cloister is based on a photo of Mallory and Norton climbing high on Everest in 1922 ; brother of WJEN and HEN ; father of RWN and ECN ; Exhibitioner ( 2nd on roll ). Wartime evacuee from UK via family in India to South Africa ; St Andrew ’ s College , Grahamstown , 1941-43 ; Magdalen College Oxford 1944-5 . RA 1945 , 2 Lt 1946 ; regular commission 1947 , Capt 1953 , Maj 1960 , retired 1976 as Lt Col . 1976- 87 , Department of Education and Science , inter alia overseeing the scientific Research Councils ; retired as assistant secretary ; consultant to CBI 1987- 90 ; chairman , then president , Eddystone Housing Association from
1991 . Spent an active retirement enjoying opera , bridge and holidays around the world . Married Elisabeth Marion Whittall in 1951 , who died in 2017 . He is survived by their 2 sons .
Robert Hunter Hill ( K , 40-44 ); died 16.1.2021 . Head of House . New College , Oxford 1944-8 , Medicine , BA , MA 1956 , Cross-country Centipede 1945 ; BM , BCh 1950 . House Surgeon , Casualty Officer , Middlesex Hospital 1951 ; RAMC 1952-4 Singapore and Kuala Lumpur ; House Officer , Edgware General Hospital ; American Hospital Paris 1955-6 ; Paediatric Resident , Children ’ s Hospital , Boston 1957- 9 ; Chief Resident , Paediatrics , Vancouver General Hospital 1959- 60 ; FRCP ( Canada ) 1960 ; Paediatric Practice , Vancouver 1960 , Paediatric Faculty appointments UBC 1960 , Professor , Head of Department 1970-87 . He wtote various journal publications and books , including Paediatrics in BC - A history , Jack McCreary – Biography . His love for sailing began in Malaya but became serious with the purchase of a Cal 20 in 1968 : he later enjoyed racing his Martin 29 , ultimately buying the hull of a Fraser 41 and finishing it in the backyard over several years . He will be fondly remembered as a dedicated paediatrician , teacher , sailor , author , musician , poet and friend . He married Helen Allen in 1957 , who survives him together with their daughter and son . Obituary in The Globe and Mail .
Robin Corfield Bucknall ( A , 40-44 ); died 27.12.2020 . Father of JJCB ; Duberly Prize , Tolling , XVs . Coldstream Guards 1945 in Germany , serving in the twilight zone of war and peace ; transferred to 1st The Royal Dragoons 1947 ; Canal Zone 1951 : the Regiment ’ s armoured cars were impounded by customs on arrival at Cairo docks following the discovery of whisky concealed in the ammunition bins ; retired 1958 .
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