No . 138 The Trusty Servant
Director , Foreign and Colonial Investment Trust , 2001 , chairman 2002-10 . Magdalen College Development Trust 1982- 2019 , Distinguished Friend of Oxford and Magdalen Waynflete Fellow 2012 . Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Skinners , as well as an Advisory Board member to The Sixteen , the world-leading English choir and period-instrument orchestra . Financial adviser to Go Bo 1994-2008 , Fellow 2008-14 , chairman of Investment Committee 2008 and an exceptionally generous OW . A keen walker and golfer as well as a playing member of the MCC . He married Liza Tolmie in 1981 , who survives him together with their son and daughter . Obituaries in The Times and Telegraph .
John William ( Bill ) Donald Trythall ( Coll , 57-62 ); died 19.6.2024 . Sen Cap Prae , School Exhibitioner . Brackenbury Scholar Balliol College Oxford 1962 , 2 Mod Hist 1965 , HWC Davis Prize ; Scholar , St . Antony ’ s College , Oxford 1965-8 . Research in the Spanish archives into the Spanish civil war and the career of General Franco . Lecturer in history University of York 1969-2005 and a distinguished historian of Modern Spain . He participated widely in university life and for 20 years he was involved with the local branch of the Association of University Teachers and was elected President 1989-90 . He was also Pensioner Director Universities Superannuation Scheme for 20 years . Author of Franco 1970 . He was a passionate supporter of Liverpool Football Club and followed politics , international as well as national . He married Joanna Colquhoun in 1968 , who survives him .
Nicholas Anthony William Mancroft Garthwaite ( C , 65-69 ); died 30.6.2024 . Duncan Prize , Founder Editor , Heap Magazine . Churchill College Cambridge , Econ 2 ( 1 ), 1973 . News Editor , Varsity . He held various posts in oil , electricity , European policy and energy efficiency divisions at the Department of Energy , 1973-86 ; Touche Ross Management Consultants , 1986-94 ; PwC , Corporate Finance , 1994-96 ; Cicero Strategy 1996 ; Member , Competition Commission , 1998-2007 ; Non-Executive Chairman ,
Cicero Lang International 1979 . Member , Complaints Adjudication Panel , Association of British Healthcare Industries 2008 . Author of articles on telecommunications . Trustee & Director , Bampton Classical Opera 2006 . He married Caroline Willbourne in 1982 , who survives him together with their 3 sons .
Peter Jeremy Cameron Hawkes ( C , 65- 70 ); died 1.4.2024 . Brother of MJCH . VIII 1969-70 , Sec Boat Club ; Reading Univ 1971-74 , 2 ( 2 ) Urban Estate Management , BSc , Golf ; FRICS . He initially worked in South Africa 1975- 77 and then for Debenham Tewson & Chinnocks , specialising in City agency , London 1977-80 ; Mellersh & Harding , Central London Property Consultants 1979-2007 ( Partner from 1982 , Senior Partner 1999-2004 , Consultant 2004- 07 ). He married ( 1 ) Jean Merrin in 1979 ( marriage dissolved ); and ( 2 ) Charm , who survives him together with his 2 sons .
Michael Jeremy McCrae Blake ( F , 66-71 ); died 28.10.2023 . Son of JRB , brother of NSB . Capt Sub-Aqua 1970-71 , Chapel Choir . University of Natal , Durban 1972- 74 , Accounting ; University of Cape Town , Certificate in Theory of Accounting , 1974 ; accountant , South Africa 1972- 77 ; accountant , then Merchant Banker , New Zealand , 1977-83 ; accountant , then managed own computer business , UK , 1983 ; Open Univ , BA ( Hons ) 1988 ; Certificate and Diploma in Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy . Chief Financial Officer for a chain of hotels , and other roles in New Zealand , including CEO of Students Union Supplies at the University of Auckland . Associate , Arbitrators ’ and Mediators ’ Institute of New Zealand . JP ( NZ ). He continued to follow his interest in mentoring young students and this became his real love . He also loved music and sang as a soloist in England , South Africa and New Zealand . He was a master of the use of English language and a book of his poems is about to be published . He married Glenese Marsh who survives him together with three stepchildren .
Richard Darley Chute ( E , 66-71 ); died 3.6.2024 . Brother of RVC and CJC .
Cousin of RF Darley and WWD , Nephew of DGF Boyd . A longtime member of OW Tolling Club . Birmingham University , Biological Sciences 1972 . He managed his own gramophone record business 1973-79 and then moved into the catering business in 1981 , including Hard Rock , for many years . HGV driver 1990- 99 . He worked for Hammersmith and Fulham Council 1999-2017 . Campaigned successfully against new tower blocks in Earls Court and entertained the elderly every Christmas with the Earls Courtiers . A real community champion particularly of the Open Spaces Society . The long-term partner of Jocelyn Duigan .
Christopher ( Chris ) David Marsden Fletcher ( K , 71-75 ); died 28.7.2024 . Golf 1974-5 . St Thomas ’ s Hospital Medical School , University of London , MB , BS 1981 , Pathology Prize 1980 , Hons in Pathology ( part of 1981 degree ), Golf 1977 . Trained in Histopathology , MRCPath 1988 ; lecturer in Histopathology at St Thomas ’ s . His diagnostic brilliance and talent for surgical pathology were evident at an early stage and led to a complete change in the way that tumours in soft tissue , known as sarcomas , were treated . In 1995 he was recruited by Brigham and Women ’ s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston and became Director of Surgical Pathology and Vice-Chair for Anatomic Pathology . Young Investigator Award ( 1997 ), Fred W . Stewart Award ( 2005 ), the USCAP Board ’ s Distinguished Pathologist Award ( 2017 ), and the James S . Ewing-Thelma B . Dunn Award for Outstanding Achievement in Pathology in Cancer Research ( 2024 ). He published 600 original journal articles and over 150 books , book chapters and review articles , including Diagnostic Histopathology of Tumours 1991 , now in its fifth edition . His most enduring contribution was undoubtedly to the generations of pathologists and other clinicians who benefited from his teaching , mentorship , and seemingly limitless generosity . He married Sara Binding in 1982 ( marriage dissolved 1991 ) and is survived by his partner Janina Longtine and by his three daughters . Obituary in The Times .
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