Trusty Servant May 2022 Issue 133 | Page 25

No . 133 The Trusty Servant
Service Unit , 1969-77 . He then moved to Suffolk in1977 to farm .
Alan Francis Barr ( D , 41-45 ); died 7.11.2021 . Vere Herbert Smith Prize . KRRC 1945-7 ; 2 Lt RA 1947 . New College Oxford 1948 , 3 Hist , BA 1951 , MA . He was a members ’ agent at the Corporation of Lloyds for all of his working life and very well regarded . He travelled widely for his work and particularly loved New Zealand where he had many friends . He was a true gentleman . He had a great sense of humour which often got him into trouble pranking his friends and enemies alike . He enjoyed travelling all over Europe and loved hunting , which was his passion , also beagling , swimming and walking with his dogs . He married ( 1 ) Susan Coles , ( 2 ) Susan Guard and ( 3 ) Fiona Mac Gillavry , who survives him together with his 2 sons .
Anthony Oliver John Cockshut ( Coll , 40-45 ); died 5.11.2021 . Bib Prae 19443 , Schol Prae 1945 , Lords 1944-5 , VI . Exhibitioner New College Oxford 1945 , 1 English 1948 , MA 1952 , OU Authentics . RAEC 1948-50 , Capt . Junior Research Fellow , Balliol , 1950-4 ; assistant master , Manchester GS , 1954-64 ; GM Young lecturer , Oxford , from 1965 ; Fellow , Hertford College Oxford from 1966 . Author of Anglican Attitudes 1959 , The Unbelievers 1964 , and commentaries on Anthony Trollope , Charles Dickens and Sir Walter Scott . He married Gillian Avery in 1952 , who died in 2016 , and is survived by a daughter
Arthur John Stanley Ewen ( G , 41-45 ); died 31.12 . 2021 . German Prize . Scholar , Clare College Cambridge 1945 . Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1945- 8 . Chartered accountant , ER Syfret & Co , Cape Town , 1948- 51 ; Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Co 1954-69 ; Colegrave
& Co 1969-75 ; partner , Wood Mackenzie & Co 1981-6 ; Director Deutsche Bank 1990-2000 . He adored his dogs , a long line of Hungarian Vizslas , and was at one point an ardent owner of three-day event horses , which competed in major trials around the country . He was also an avid bridge player and cryptic crossword completer , developed his own app for solving Sudoku when he was in his late 80s . He married Avis Murray in 1966 , who survives him , together with their son and daughter .
David Mackrill ( I , 41-45 ); died 1.12.2021 . Brother of IRM and HGM . Co Prae . Life Guards 1946 , 2 Lt 1947 , Palestine . Trinity College Cambridge 1948 , 3 Agric , BA 1950 . He then took up farming . He married Nicola Grierson in 1957 , who survives him together with their 2 sons .
George Elliott Harre ( K , 41-46 ); died 25.10 . 2021 . Co Prae . Scholar Oriel College Oxford 1946 , 2 Cl Mod 1948 , 3 Jur 1950 , MA 1953 . 2 Lt 9th QR Lancers 1951 . Barrister ( Middle Temple ) 1954 . Secretary , Western American Bank ( Europe ), London ; he held legal appointments with multinational corporations and a merchant bank in London and with the Governments of Zambia and Papua New Guinea . First Parliamentary Council , Fiji 1984-7 ; judge of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands 1988-93 , Chief Justice 1993-8 . Director , Legislative Drafting Course for Commonwealth participants , Institute for Advanced Legal Studies , London 1999 ; chairman , Lusaka Diplomatic Conference , at which the agreement establishing the Industrial Property Office for English-Speaking Africa was reached . He married Heidrun Gerber in 1967 , who survives him together with their 2 daughters .
Philip Lionel Sholto Hicks ( A , 42-46 ); died 12.6.2021 . Reading Prize ; Lords 1946 ; Shooting VIII 1945-6 . RMAS 1947 , Modern Language Prize ; 2 Lt R Warwickshire Regiment 1948 ; invalided 1949 . A painter and sculptor : Chelsea and RA Schools of Art ; past chairman and vice-president of Artists General Benevolent Institution . He held one-man exhibitions in London , Edinburgh , Antwerp , Dublin and Stockholm and was represented at other major exhibitions . He also painted the portrait of Sir Walter Oakeshott that hangs in School . He taught at various schools of art 1960-86 ; British Council Award 1977 . In retirement he was a full-time painter and occasional professional jazz pianist . He married Jill Tweed in 1952 , who died , and is survived by their daughter
William Roger McConnel ( I , 42-47 ); died 13.10.2021 . Half-brother of MHMcC , DFMcC and GMMcC . RTR 1948 . King ’ s College Cambridge 1949 , 3 Mechanical Science , BA 1952 . He worked for Rolls Royce Ltd 1952-4 and Smiths Industries 1956- 64 ; Chartered Mechanical Engineer 1958 ; Ameys Ltd 1964-8 ; selfemployed 1968-89 . He married Susan Lyall in 1955 in Montreal , Canada who survives him , together with their 2 sons and 2 daughters .
Ivor Basil Ramsden ( I , 42-47 ); died 3.2.2022 . RMA Sandhurst 1947 ; 2 Lt Welsh Guards 1949 ; 1 / 10th Gurkha Rifles 1953-4 ; MBE 1959 ; retired as Major . Landowner and High Sheriff , Pembrokeshire 1969 ; a Member of HM Body Guard , Hon Corps of Gentlemen at Arms from 1979 . He was a central figure in the development and management of Pembroke Castle Trust for decades , both as a Manager and Trustee . He married Carola Bird in 1955 , who predeceased him , and is survived by a son and a daughter .
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