No . 138 The Trusty Servant
William Peter Gordon Burges ( C , 51-56 ); died 11.8.2024 . Son of PHB , 3rd generation of Wykehamists , father to son . Co Prae , VIII ( 2 Years ), Athla colours . 2 Lt Glos Regt 1956-8 , Cyprus , GSM . Magdalene College Cambridge , 3 Engl Lit 1961 , MA 1965 . Marketing and general management , research and consultancy ( incl 18 months in Zurich ) 1961-3 ; assistant group marketing manager , Exchange Telegraph Co , London 1969 . He then set up his own business in sales of Audio-Visual equipment , Video Conferencing systems and sales , conference and training facilities in the UK , with HQ in Wokingham , 1992 . He retired in 1999 . He married Hazel Palmer in 1962 , who died in 2022 , and is survived by his 3 sons .
Barry Lindsay Reed ( C , 51-55 ); died 2.7.2024 . Lords 1954-5 , VI 1953-5 ( capt ), Soccer XI 1953-5 ( capt ), Fives 1954-5 , Public Schools Cricket XI 1955 and Soccer XI 1954 , 1956 . National Service 1956-8 , KRRC , cricket 1956-7 . He worked at Lloyds of London 1958-64 . He then returned to Hampshire County Cricket Club 1964-71 : he began playing for Hampshire 2nd XI and then in 1965 he came into the first side as they sought a partner for Roy Marshall . There were three half-centuries in the four matches on his return and from 1966-1970 , until the arrival of Gordon Greenidge , he played regularly alongside Barry Richards . In 1966 , 1967 & 1968 , he passed 1,000 runs , scoring consistently . OW winning sides in Arthur Dunn Cup 1961 , Cricketer Cup 1970 , 1974 , 1982 . Farmer from 1967 . The School hugely benefitted from his coaching : soccer 1988-90 and cricket 1989-2012 , as well as Hampshire ’ s Colts and under-19 sides . He married Shirley Charlton in 1963 , who died in 2018 , and is survived by 2 daughters and a son .
Malcolm McEacharn Mitchell-Thomson , 3rd Baron Selsdon ( G , 51-56 ); died 15.9.2024 . Son of PWM-T , 3rd generation of Wykehamists , father to son ; father of CMMM-T . Princes 1954-6 ( capt 1955-6 ), winner of Javelin . Sub-Lt , RNVR 1956-8 . Commercial building industry , economic and industrial research ;
The London Press Exchange 1963-72 ; merchant banking : Singer & Friedlander 1972 , Samuel Montagu , Midland Bank 1976-90 . Succeeded father as 3rd Baron 1963 . Member , Council of Europe & Western European Union 1972-8 ; chairman , Committee for Middle East Trade ( COMET ) 1979-86 ; member , British Overseas Trade Board ( BOTB ) 1983-6 , East European Trade Council 1983-7 ; president British Exporters Association 1992-8 ; elected member of House of Lords 1999 . He was chairman Greater London & SE Council for Sport & Recreation 1978-83 and was a keen rackets and tennis player as well as being a skier and sailor . He married ( 1 ) Patricia Smith in 1965 ( marriage dissolved ); and ( 2 ) Gabrielle Williams in 1995 , who survives him together with his son from the first marriage . Obituary in the Telegraph .
Andrew James Robertson ( A , 52-57 ); died 26.4.2024 . VIII . Emmanuel College Cambridge , Nat Sci Tripos , BA . St Bartholomew ’ s Hospital , London , MB , BChir 1965 ; DA Eng 1969 . House surgeon , St Bart ’ s . General Practitioner at Lingfield Surgery in Surrey for the majority of his working life 1969-2003 , when he retired . Registrar in anaesthetics , Queen Victoria Hospital , East Grinstead . He became the chairman of the League of Friends of the Queen Victoria Hospital and also governor at the Notre Dame School in Lingfield for several years . His hobbies were sailing , golf , bridge , reading , making marmalade and general fixer . He married Rosemary Ward in 1964 , who survives him together with their 4 daughters .
Michael Francis Cartwright ( F , 54-59 ); died 16.6.2024 . ACA 1965 , FCA 1975 . Stockbroker , Kitcat & Aitken 1968-72 ; George Henderson & Co 1973-5 ; partner Henderson & Crosthwaite & Co 1975- 86 , director 1986-90 ; director , John Carrington & Co Ltd 1990-5 . Member Hampshire County Council 1997-2009 , Chairman , Hampshire Fire & Rescue Authority 2000-9 . He married Elizabeth Stedall in 1970 , who survives him together with a son and a daughter .
John Hilary Greenwood ( Coll , 56-60 ); died 30.5.2024 . Co Prae , Sen Sci and McDowall Prizes , Fencing team . Minor Scholarship Trinity Hall Cambridge , 2 Maths pt 1 1961 , 2 ( i ) Physics pt 2 , BA 1963 , PhD 1967 . He shared student accommodation with several other undergraduates one of whom was Stephen Hawkins . He worked in America 1967-8 , then for ErnstMach-Institut , Freiburg , Germany 1968-9 ; Brown Boveri & Co , Baden , Switzerland 1970-6 ; Kent Process Control , Luton 1976-81 ; ERA Technology Ltd , Leatherhead 1982-2007 , materials scientist and head of Materials Technology . Member Institute of Physics and Institute of Materials . Vice-chairman Clophill Parish Council 1980-1 ; pairs winner and secretary Ewhurst Bowling Club . Numerous scientific publications ; author of History of Woldingham 1976 , Practical Guide to the Assessment of the Useful Life of Plastics ( with RP Brown ) 2002 . He developed his love of pen and ink drawing and produced detailed and accurate panoramas of views from noted beauty spots . He married ( 1 ) Caroline Leachman in 1968 , who died in 2015 ; and ( 2 ) Joan Connolly in 2018 , who survives him together with his daughter ; a son predeceased .
Charles Jocelyn ( Joss ) Tichborne Nangle ( H , 56-61 ); died 23.9.2024 . Co Prae , Head of House , Capt of Boxing 1959-61 , Athla Colours 1961 . Magdalene College Cambridge , 2 ( i ) Hist 1965 . ACA 1968 . Partner Ernst & Young and predecessor firms 1973-2000 . Chairman Baily Thomas Charitable Fund 1989-2010 ; governor Mencap City Foundation 1989-2010 ; trustee Autism Research Trust since 2010 . He married ( 1 ) 27 Sep 1969 Frances Austin in 1969 ; and ( 2 ) Joanne Ming Lai .
Mark Loveday ( H , 57-62 ); died 4.9.2024 . Son of GAL , brother of PJL , father of SGL . Co Prae , Head of House , Lords 1960-2 ( capt ), VI 1961 , Soccer XI 1961-2 . Magdalen College Oxford , 3 Hist 1965 , MA . Stockbroker , Cazenove & Co 1966-2001 , and the last senior partner before incorporation 1994-2001 ; member , Stock Exchange 1973-2001 . Trustee Grosvenor Estate 1998-2008 and chairman of its Pension Plan 2008 .
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