No . 135 The Trusty Servant
Trust plc 1994-2004 ; North Yorkshire County Council 1993-2001 ; Trustee Scarborough Theatre Trust 1997- 2008 . High Sheriff North Yorkshire 2002-3 ; DL 2004 ; Trustee Scarborough Museum Trust from 2005 ; MBE 2009 . He married Belinda Cayley in 1962 , who died in 2014 , and is survived by 2 sons and a daughter .
Rev Peter Thompson Hancock ( Coll , 45-50 ); died 13.12.2022 . 2 Lt RB 1950 , Exhibitioner Caius Coll Camb 1951-4 , 2 ( i ) Law pt 1 , Theol pt 2 , MA 1958 . Ridley Hall Cambridge 1954 ; deacon 1956 , priest 1957 . Christ Church Beckenham 1956 ; chaplain St Lawrence College Ramsgate 1959 , Stowe School 1962 and Anglican Churches , France 1967 ; vicar Holy Trinity Aylesbury 1970 ; rector St Peter ’ s Montreal 1980 ; vicar Holy Trinity Northwood , 1984 . He married Susan Pearson in 1969 , who survives him together with 2 daughters .
Michael Bernard Sayers ( Coll , 47-52 ); died 17.12.2022 . McDowall Prize 1952 . RNVR , Sub- Lt . Mackinnon Scholar Magdalen College Oxford , Law Mods , 1 Mod Hist 1957 , where he studied under AJP Taylor ; Stanhope History Essay Prize 1956 . Rather than remaining as an academic , he decided to become a solicitor with Macfarlanes , 1960 ; partner in Norton Rose 1965-94 . He became a leading corporate lawyer and acted as the primary legal advisor to Hambros and was involved in the 1985 Westland Affair , Sir James Goldsmith ’ s abortive 1989 bid for British American Tobacco , the privatisation of British Steel , as well as many other major corporate deals . He was known for the good manners he displayed during his deals and his high moral standards . He loved Marx Brothers films and became an expert on Winston Churchill . He married Peta Levi in 1958 , who died in 2008 , and is survived by 2 daughters and a son . Obituary in The Times .
Sir John Kemp Barlow Bt ( B , 47-52 ); died 30.12.2022 . Trinity College
Cambridge , 3 Econ and Law , BA 1956 , Polo 1955-6 . Merchant banker and farmer ; chairman , Rubber Growers ’ Association 1974-5 ; chairman , Majedie Investments plc 1978-2000 and Thomas Barlow & Brothers . High Sheriff , Cheshire 1979 . Succeeded father as 3rd Baronet 1986 . Steward , Jockey Club 1988-90 . He was a successful amateur rider and polo player ; he was a leading racing figure in the north-west over the years when he was a former director of Bangor and Haydock racecourses , as well as being joint master of the Cheshire Hunt . He married ( 1 ) Susan Horsbrugh-Porter in 1962 ( marriage dissolved 1998 ) and ( 2 ) Pauline Bancroft in 1998 , who survives him together with 4 sons from the first marriage .
Mark Bicknell ( C , 49-54 ); died 6.12.2022 . Running Colours , won 100 yards 1954 . National Service 1954-6 , RTR , 2 Lt . Corpus Christi College Cambridge , 2 Mech Sci , BA 1959 , MA , College Boat Club Captain . Elected to Alpine Club at age 21 , the 4 th generation of his family to do so . He spent time as an apprentice in the Nuclear Industry . Engineer 1964-94 ; assistant engineer JD & DM Watson , a firm that specialised in sewage treatment , partner 1976 ; partner Watson Hawksley 1978 ; served 4 terms on Council of Association of Consulting Engineers ; FIMechE ; FICE . On formal retirement he bought the Bull Hotel in Nettlebed , which he converted into 5 houses . Trustee of The Crown & Manor Club for many years . He married ( 1 ) Jennifer Fairley in 1962 , who died in 1977 , and ( 2 ) Countess Ilona Esterhàzy in 1978 , who survives him together with 3 sons and a daughter from the first marriage .
Charles William Lyle Keen ( F , 49-54 ); died 10.8.2021 . Brother of MHK , grandfather of DBC Beatty and IMJ Beatty . Exhibitioner , Jun Kenneth Freeman Prize 1952 , capt Boxing 1953 , XV , bell ringer at the Cathedral . Scholar New College Oxford 1953 , 2 Eng Lang & Lit . R Dragoons 1954-6 .
Master of Beagles 1957-9 . He became a banker and regional director Barclays Bank . While he was brilliant at his job , he found the business of money inconvenient . What he really loved was dealing with , and helping , people . He took early retirement and dedicated himself more fully and intimately to the church , his local community , his vegetable patch and his books . He was trampled by cows while walking his dog Apollo ; for him it would have been a perfect exit . He married Lady Mary Curzon in 1962 , who survives him together with 3 daughters and a son .
Peter Angus Smith ( I , 49-54 ); died 9.3.2023 . Fives Colours . 2 Lt 15 / 19 King ’ s R Hussars 1954 , Tennis . Director , Wiltshire Carpets Ltd , Richard Bondy Ltd , Dorville Ltd ; managing director Humphries & Taplings Ltd ; chairman Threshold Floorings Ltd , Peter Smith Associates Ltd . He married ( 1 ) Bridget Yates in 1964 , who died , and ( 2 ) Patricia Cave in 1999 , who survives him together with 2 daughters from the first marriage .
Gordon Douglas Dean ( A , 50-55 ); died 18.11.2022 . Father of JDD . Lords , Fives ( capt ), Rackets 2nd pair . St Catherine ’ s College Cambridge 1956 , Econ pt 1 , Law pt 2 1959 , MA 1962 ; CU rackets 2 nd Pair , College cricket , soccer and squash . Merchant banker and venture capitalist . Ernst & Whinney 1959-62 ; ACA 1962 ; NM Rothschild & Partners 1963 ; The Charterhouse Group 1964- 7 ; Gresham Trust 1968-80 ; Electra Investment Trust 1980-4 ; chief executive Transatlantic Capital from 1984 . Director Nationwide Building Society and Co-Founder British Venture Capital Association . A keen sportsman who also collected 19 th Century watercolours . He married Belinda Stepher in 1963 and ( 2 ) Sarah Bryant in 1999 , who survives him together with 2 daughters and a son from the first marriage .
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