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136 ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? / ? ? ? ? scotland switzerland M.P. Heward [M 1964–1969] 82 Murrayfield Gardens, D.L. Glasper [T 1988–1990] Baumgartenstrasse 1, 8114, Edinburgh eh12 6dq. Tel: [phone] ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ? / ? ? ? ? Daenikon, zh, Switzerland. Tel: [phone]. e-mail: e-mail: paul. [email protected] south-east asia thailand J.H. Thoyts [Bd 1959–1963] 280 Moo 4, Baan Nonghoi, Wangpong, Amphur Pranburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan 77120 Tel: [phone]. e-mail: [email protected] japan P.A.S. Harvey [Hl 1974–1979] 1634 Famille Heights, 2–13 Kawasakicho, Akashi, Hyogo 673-0014, Japan. Tel: 078 929 [email protected] or [email protected] OBITUARIES u.s.a.—west G.W. Reid [Bd 1956–1960] 16 Wentworth Lane, Novato, ca 94949. Tel: [phone]. e-mail: [email protected] u.s.a.—east O.D. Miller Jr [Hn 1950–1951] 8145 Larkin Lane, Vienna, va 22182. Tel: [phone]. e-mail: [email protected] R.M. Montgomery [A 1961–1966] 26 Union Avenue, Norwalk, ct 06851. Tel: [phone]. e-mail: rmontgomery@ ?????? ???????? doriandrake.com 0140; Fax: [phone]. e-mail: [email protected] l 1923–1926 singapore wales T.H. Wheeler [Hl 1990–1995], 21 Ewe Boon Road 01– 03, M.W. Watson [M 1954–1958], Y Felin Fach, 12 Mill Close, Nob Hill, Singapore 259327. e-mail: tom.wheeler@citygolf. Lisvane, Cardiff, South Glamorgan cf14 0xq. Tel: [phone] com.my 3354. e-mail: [email protected] T he second generation representative of a fourgeneration ow family. of agents’. Called up for war service, Gerald spent three On leaving College years in India. Returning to the City he was involved in ow many financial innovations. Almost certainly the oldest Gerald went into the City. According to historian, David Kynaston, when he ‘started his own chairman of a quoted company, the London and St unit trust—probably the first stockbroker to do so—the Lawrence Investment Trust, Gerald was still conducting Stock Exchange refused [his] … inclusion in the register brisk board meetings as he approached his century. ???????? ????????? pn 1928–1932 aking up a theatrical career, Bannerman joined camp, near Brunswick. There he organised entertainment John Gielgud’s Queen’s theatre, acting alongside and theatricals. Later in life the post of National Events many well-known actors, notably Michael Organiser for the National Trust was created for him, Redgrave, Alec Guinness, Peggy Ashcroft, Anthony Quayle and from 1979 he staged many theatrical performances at and Glen Byam Shaw. During the war he was commissioned notable country houses, particular Stourhead, Wiltshire. into the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and commanded There he revived the 18th Century fête champêtre type an anti-tank platoon landing on D Day in Normandy. of entertainment, with evenings of music, floodlighting Escaping death three times at closer quarters, he was and fireworks, events which now thirty years later are T captured and spent the rest of the war in Oflag 79 pow routinely mounted all round the country. ??????? ??????? pn 1944–1948 s a National Service officer with the Black He became one of the best known figures in Highland life, Watch in the Korean War, Geordie took acting as factor to a number of large estates. ‘A great part in the intense fighting at the battle of the Highlander and bastion of commonsense’, amongst many Hook, where hoards of Chinese soldiers attempted to public activities Geordie was on the Board of the National over-run the battalion’s dug-in defensive position. After Trust for Scotland, a Councillor, director of the Laggan farming in Kenya, he and his wife returned to Scotland. Community Trust and Deputy Lieutenant for Inverness. A College has a garden ‘full of stately views, of borders, beds and shrubberies and lawns and avenues’, in the words of a famous parent. One of the best woodland gardens in the South of England is to be found at Wellington, and well worth a visit when life becomes just too—well, dynamic.