No . 137 The Trusty Servant
Hon Peter Nanton Trustram Eve ( G , 43-48 ); died 30.12.2023 . Son of AMTE , brother of DMTE , father of RMJTE . Co Prae , Athla Colours , Steeplechase , Gymna ( HM ’ s Silver Medal 1948 ). 2 Lt RWF 1949 ; 2 Lt KRRC ( TA ) 1951 . Christ Church Oxford 1950 , 3 PPE 1953 , MA 1960 ; University 2nd Ski Team . Lt RB 1953 ; Capt 1954 ; Maj 1962 ; Staff College 1963 ; Regimental Skiing and Crosscountry running . US Armed Forces Staff Coll 1972 ; Lt-Col 1973 ; OBE 1978 ; Col 1979 . Defence Attaché , Brussels , 1980 . He retired from the Army in 1985 , becoming general manager Churchill Hospital , Oxford 1985-88 . Officer , Order of Leopold ( Belgium ) 1990 , Commander , Order of Leopold II ( Belgium ), 2005 . He married Petronilla Elliott in 1961 , who died in 2023 , and he is survived by 2 sons .
George Julius Medley ( G , 44-48 ); died 7.12.2023 . Father of PJJM . Duberly Prize , Soccer XI , Capt of Athletics 1948 . Wye College , London University , BSc ( Hortic ), Athletics . Fruit farmer 1952 . Mercantile executive , Harrisons & Crosfield , Colombo , 1957 ; director Fisons ( Ceylon ) Ltd 1958 ; various posts with Tata Fisons in India and with Fisons International ; deputy managing director Glaxo Laboratories India Ltd 1972 , managing director 1973 ; vice-chairman Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India 1974 . Director , WWF-UK , London 1978-92 : WWF-UK ’ s annual income grew from about £ 800,000 to more than £ 22 million by the end of the 1980s . Founder member and key driver of the Institute of Charity Fundraising Managers 1973 , chairman 1984-5 : it is now the Chartered Institute of Fundraising , which today boasts a membership of nearly 5,000 organisations ; trustee , Farming and Wildlife Trust Ltd 1982 and of Falkland Islands Foundation 1983 ; member Radioactive Waste Management Committee of Department of Environment 1991-8 ; UK Ecolabelling
Board 1993-7 ; OBE 1989 . President Wiltshire Wildlife Trust 1999-2003 ; vice-chairman Tisbury Parish Council 2002-7 ; director Tisbury Halls 2006- 11 . He married Vera Brand , who died in 2021 , and is survived by a son and daughter . Obituary in The Times .
Roger Everard Angell-James ( F , 45-50 ); died 19.3.2024 . Father of H J A-J and J B A-J . Duberly Prize , VI 1948-9 ( Capt . 1949 ), Athla Colours . Clare College Cambridge 1951 , Engineering BA 1955 , MA 1958 . RN 1954-6 , Sub-Lt , Ordnance Engineer . Rolls-Royce 1957-71 . Farmer since 1972 , passionate about his Jersey cows : the Berwick Jersey Herd , winning prizes both locally and nationally . JP 1975 ; High Sheriff of Shropshire 1988-9 ; Board of Visitors , Shrewsbury Prison 1973 , chairman 1982-7 ; DL ( Shropshire ) 1995 . President Shropshire Society 1982-1992 ; Custodes Ellesmere College , 1991-1998 ; Board of the Woodard Schools 1995 ; President of the Jersey Cattle Society of the UK . An engineer , farmer , gardener and countryman with a sense of duty and service , who balanced family life and the countryside with time spent giving back . He married Mary Neale in 1960 , who survives him together with a son and a daughter . Another son predeceased .
Robert ( Robin ) Hurst Yarnton Mills ( G , 45-51 ); died 13.12.2023 . Son of RBYM , brother of NGM , father of RHGM and CWAM . Co Prae ; Bisley VIII 1951 . Lt RE ( 75 Field Eng Sqdn ) Malaya 1952-53 . Trinity College Cambridge , 2 Engineering , BA 1957 ; 1st & 3rd Trinity Henley VIII & Coxless IV 1955 . Harvard Business School , MBA ( Distinction ) 1960 . Philip Hill , Higginson , Erlangers 1960-4 ; London & Northern Securities 1964-6 ; partner , Laurence Prust & Co Stockbrokers 1968-75 . chairman & CEO Britannia Refined Metals Ltd 1975-95 ; chairman & CEO Henry Bath & Son Ltd ; director Metallgesellschaft Ltd 1991-96 ; headed the RSA “ Industry
Year 1986 ” initiative in the Borough of Gravesend . Governor , Gravesend Grammar School for Girls and Chipping Campden School . Interests : military history , fishing , game shooting and woodland management . He married ( 1 ) Jane Lort-Phillips in 1959 , marriage dissolved 1994 , and ( 2 ) Sylvia Marchegay in 2002 , marriage dissolved 2020 . He is survived by a daughter and 2 sons from the first marriage .
Jeremy John Ware ( B , 45-50 ); died 5.12.2023 . Son of RRW , brother of WW , father of JRW , HJW and MJW . Lincoln College Oxford 1951 , 2 Jur , BA 1954 , MA 1958 . Articled to Tallents Godfrey & Co 1955-57 , followed by a spell working as a solicitor for a firm in the City of London , Solicitor 1958 , and returned to Newark on Trent as a partner in Tallents 1960-1997 . OBE 1993 . Chairman of the local Conservative Party , with a wide range of community interests in Lincolnshire , and enjoyed gardening , fishing and shooting . He married Jane Wright in 1960 , who survives him together with 3 sons .
Robin Percy Campbell ( B , 47-52 ); died 30.10.2023 . Son of PJC , brother of JRMC . Scholar New College Oxford , 2 Hist 1957 . ICI 1957-70 ; Michael Stevens 1970-71 ; chairman and managing director John Allen Plastics ( Warboys ) Ltd 1971-88 ; chairman and managing director Hugh Polymers Ltd 1978 . He married Jean Penny in 1961 , who survives him together with 2 sons and a daughter .
Roderick ( Roddy ) Hugh Petley ( D , 47-52 ); died 6.3.2024 . Son of HHP . Co Prae . RB 1952-64 ; Germany 1953 , Kenya 1956 , Malaya 1957 ; ADC to Commander 1 ( Br ) Corps 1959 ; Adjt RB 1961-62 ( Germany , Cyprus ); RMAS 1963 . He retired as Major in 1964 . Director Jackson & Co ( International Rice Brokers ) and Lockie Pemberton & Co ; director , Petley & Co Ltd . Retired 1990 . High Sheriff East Sussex 1991-92 ,
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