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No . 135 The Trusty Servant
College Cambridge 1948 , 2 Arch , BA 1951 ; Edinburgh College of Art 1951- 53 , Dip Arch ; RIBA 1954 . He formed Law and Dunbar-Nasmith , architects 1957 . President , Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland 1971- 73 . Best known as the architect of Sunninghill Park , the previous home of the Duke of York , and was also Balmoral Estate architect . Member , Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland ; Historic Buildings Council ; vicechairman Edinburgh Festival Society 1981-5 ; trustee , Scottish Civic Trust , chairman 1995 ; Architectural Heritage Fund ; Executive Committee Europa Nostra . He was Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture at Heriot-Watt University , Edinburgh , and the Edinburgh College of Art 1978 - 1988 , then Emeritus Professor at Heriot Watt . ‘ The first job of a building is to give pleasure ; unless people love their buildings , they won ’ t look after them .’ He was made CBE in 1976 and knighted in 1996 . Obituary in The Times .
Michael John David Newman ( Coll , 40-44 ); died 7.11.2022 . Kitchener Scholar , secretary of the Natural History Society and looked after Fallodon . Scholar , King ’ s College Cambridge 1944 , Hons Physiology Pt 2 , BA 1947 . St Mary ’ s Hospital Medical School ; MB ( Camb ) 1950 , BCh ; MRCP 1952 ; house physician and registrar , St Mary ’ s Hospital Paddington , Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford and Manchester Royal Infirmary . Lecturer in medicine , University of London 1956 ; MD Cantab 1957 ; FRCP ( Canada ) 1960 . Examiner American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine ; associate professor University of Manitoba ; St Boniface Hosp ; FRCP ( London ) 1972 ; He married Winifred Potter in 1952 , who died in 2008 , and is survived by 18 great grandchildren on two continents .
Rt Rev Jeremy Claude Ashton ( E , 43-48 ); died 24.11.2022 . Son of CTA , brother of SCA . Co Prae . 2 Lt R Hamps Regt 1949 ; TA , Lt , 1950-5 .
Trinity College Cambridge 1950 , 2 Econ Pt 1 & 3 , Theol Pt 2 , BA 1953 , MA 1956 ; CU Hockey 1953 . Westcott House , Cambridge , 1953 ; deacon 1955 , priest 1956 ; assistant curate , Bury Parish Church , 1955-60 ; priest , diocese of New Guinea , 1960 ( in charge of Eroro 1961-70 ); registrar of diocese of Papua NG 1970-6 , assistant bishop 1976 ; first Bishop of Aipo Rongo 1977-86 ; priest-in-charge , St Martinin-Deepdene , Melbourne , 1988 . 10th Independence Anniversary Medal , PNG , 1986 ; chairman , Melanesian Institute , 1978-86 . Victorian Council of Churches 1988 . Volunteer narrator for Vision Australia 1990 ; Victorian Council of Mission to Seafarers 2000 ( chairman 2000-5 ), serving a total of 18 years ; regional minister , Victoria / Tasmania 1996-2003 . A keen jam and marmalade maker . He married Betty Randall in 1964 , who survives him together with 2 daughters and a son .
Roger Wykeham Ellis ( E , 43-47 ); died 14.2.2023 . Father of AWE . 3rd generation of Wykehamists , father to son . Co Prae ; V Herbert Smith Prize . RNVR 1948 , writer ; Scholar Trinity College Oxford 1949 , 2 Hist 1952 , MA 1955 . Assistant master , Harrow , 1952 and housemaster of Headmaster ’ s House 1961-7 ; Headmaster , Rossall School , Fleetwood 1967 ; Master of Marlborough College 1972-86 , where he laid the groundwork for full coeducation . He was keen to foster a broad range of interests beyond the academic : Marlborough ’ s art results were extraordinary . Chairman , HM Conference , 1983 ; CBE 1985 . Head of graduate recruitment , Barclays Bank , 1977 and also served as a governor at Campion School in Athens , Cheam , Fettes , St Edward ’ s Oxford , and Harrow . Author , Who ’ s Who in Victorian Britain ( 1997 ) and , with Geoffrey Treasure , Britain ’ s Prime Ministers ( 2005 ); editor , schools ’ edition of Winston Churchill ’ s History of the English Speaking Peoples . A keen golfer and member of the MCC . He married Margaret Stevenson in 1964 , who survives him , together with 2 daughters and a son . Obituaries in The Times and Telegraph .
William ( Bill ) Mackinnon Fernie ( F , 45-49 ); died 4.12.2022 . Father of JMF . Sen Co Prae 1949 , VI 1947-9 ( Capt twice ), Soccer XI 1949 , Editor The Wykehamist . Mons OCTU 1950 , Stick of Honour ; 2 Lt RAC 1950 . Trinity College Cambridge 1951-53 , 2 Mod Hist and Law . Brewer ; Naylor Benzon & Co 1953-68 ; Whitbread & Co 1969 ; director , Whitbread Yorkshire Ltd , 1970 ; specialist director , Whitbread & Co plc 1980 ; non-executive director Fuller , Smith & Turner 1990-8 ; chairman Hearing Aid Council 1991-8 ; OBE 1994 . Member of the Institute of Directors ; chairman of the Shire Horse Society ; trustee , Wildfowl and Wetlands Wildlife Trust 1996-2008 . He married Rose Hely-Hutchinson in 1959 , who survives him together with 3 daughters and a son .
Charles Henry David Denning ( B , 47-52 ); died 20.2.2023 . Soccer XI 1951-2 , VI 1950-1 , VIII 1951 , Running Colours . 11th Hussars ( PAO ) 1952- 4 , Germany and Malaya . Swann & Everett ( Lloyd ’ s Brokers ) 1955-65 ; BW Noble Ltd 1965-9 , director1968 ; director CT Bowring 1969-74 , director ; Copenhagen Reinsurance Co ( UK ) Ltd 1974 , general manager and managing director , chairman 1993-8 . He married ( 1 ) 1958 , Patricia Fane in 1958 , who died in 1996 , and ( 2 ) Elizabeth Wellesley in 1998 , who survives him together with 2 sons and 2 daughters from the first marriage .
Mark Singleton Evans ( C , 47-52 ); died 14.9.2022 Capt of Running 1951- 52 , Steeplechase ( Jun 1949 , Sen 1951 ). R Dragoons 1952-4 . New College Oxford 2 Mod Hist 1957 . Fahnestock & Co , NY Stock Exchange 1957- 60 ; Laing & Cruickshank , London Stock Exchange from 1961 , partner 1964-87 ; director Crédit Lyonnais Capital Markets 1964-87 . Director TT Electronics plc 1993-2001 ; director of Heavitree Brewery plc 1993-2002 ; Mercury European Privatisation
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