Athenaze is now the worlds best selling Greek course. If you are a subscriber to The Times you can see his full obituary here. He kept a lively interest in the regiment and in technical matters, reading the New Scientist from its first publication right up to his death.Brigadier Fraser Scott (9th September 1919 - 6th July 2015)He gave his body for medical science. Obituary by C.E Barclay, Director, Blackett observatory and Vice President A Royal Astronomical Society. As Brigadier, he commanded a TA Brigade in Wales. And then it would be a walk in Bury Woods or across the fields with everyone bringing back a fallen branch for the woodpile - including the dogs. His third novel, Victims, published in 2015, was far more autobiographical; the central character is a casino worker named Giles whose father dies intestate, just as Edmunds father, also called Giles, had done. The weather grew hotter and hotter. Created a leading European Public Affairs consultancy with offices in Brussels, Washington DC and London Senior Consultant, Europe GJW Apr 1987 - Jun 19903 years 3 months London, United Kingdom. Such was his impact that late in 1965 he took over the training licence at the age of 26 when Smyth moved on to Lewes. Known as something of a daredevil on Fleet Street where he reported for The Times for two decades and for The Daily Express Hopkirk had spent his career chasing stories from Cuba to Beirut. I mention this because father was now in a completely different milieu to his parents, who had their set pews in the churches in Devizes usually at the front if I recall the position properly. The Headmaster was Basil Garnons-Williams, a former housemaster of C1, also on the staff was Reggie Fair (B1), Master i/c Cricket. He also spent 25 years looking after the churchyard at St Lawrence Church, where he and Audrey were regular churchgoers for more than 50 years. David Clemmow (B3 1934-39) died on 17th November 2011, just two days before his 90th birthday. Richard explains, The Chairman of the local constituency party, appropriately, was Lionel 'Whiggy' Gough, the splendid, eccentric and leftish Head of English [at Marlborough College]. He must have learnt to ride here as Peter was dead keen and his last words on earth were did I do a clear round when competing in some horse trials aged 58. You can read his full obituary on The Guardian website and The Oxford Times. It is with great sadness that Marlborough College and the Marlburian Club announce the death of Roger Ellis, Master of Marlborough 1972-1986, who passed away at the age of 93. He served as Radio Officer on HMT Nevasa (troopship sailing between Southampton and Hong Kong).In 1958 he joined GCHQ as Radio Officer and after training at Bletchley Park served at Shaftesbury, St Erth, Cornwall, Taunton, Bude and Cheltenham before retiring in 1985 as Senior Station Radio Officer.Roger was highly inventive, filing a patent for a fully automatic morse code generator in the 50s, and designing and riding his own wooden surfboard before such things were in widespread use in this country. Brooke Turner worked alongside reforming politicians and intellectuals. It is tribute to Janet that such a system was successfully introduced and later used by Eton College as a model. The Harrow Association was founded in 1907 to enable Old Harrovians, wherever they are in the world and whatever they are doing, to maintain lifelong connections with the School and with each other. He was the author of A French Reference Grammar (which is still in print) and a revised editon of the Concise Oxford French-English Dictionary. Between 1956-1957 he was the Physical Training Officer at Royal Marines Barracks, Plymouth. Pat had many interests, Campanology was a favourite and she was also a great supporter of House events and athletic pursuits. A Memorial Service is to be held at 12.00 on 9th January at St Lawrence Church, Marston St Lawrence. He would be eyeing up the deep midwicket boundary from the first ball that he received. His wife Anne predeceased him and he leaves two children, Richard and Sarah. He also inherited his parents passion for recording gravestone inscriptions and gave illustrated talks on Scottish tombstones, as a result of which he was elected an honorary vice-president of the Scottish Genealogy Society. For about ten years she was a member of the A.S.A. Most summer Saturdays were spent at fetes either pulling a ticket or rolling three dice to win a prize Roger had worked out the odds carefully. Not only was he a qualified cordon bleu chef, and also achieved grade 8 piano. Patrick's immense charm, strong negotiating skills and legal expertise (Patrick had practiced as a lawyer at Theodore Goddard prior to joining the family business) ultimately proved too powerful for the Union leaders, who ended the strike with minimum concessions.With the tagline of 'the station you can really call your own', Patrick became the founding chairman of Heart Peterborough Radio, formerly Hereward Radio, in 1980, and also a Director of Anglia Television, working alongside Dame Mary Archer. Francis Richard Bedwell (C3 1941-1945), son of Francis Christopher Bedwell (TU 1969-73), died December 2022. Moscow threatened action against Poland, provoking martial law. Martin was a man of drop-dead, dead-pan humour; irretrievably modest, deceptively casual but utterly on the ball; a master of the wicked one-liner and quite a joker! He married Jean Beresford Chinn in 1959 and they had one son and three daughters. He had three children educated at Marlborough. This, if nothing else, substantiated the claim that nepotism was non-existent in the Senior Service, as his father was at that time Commandant RN section of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Force.Read the full obituary from Jeremy McCay (B2 1952-56). In 1984, he married Nest Brooks of Ludham, Norfolk. Robert Michael Carr was born in London on March 5 1920 and educated at Marlborough. Between 1965-68 he was a Lecturer at Westminster College, Oxford after which he joined Marlborough. He was in A1 and then B1 whilst I was in Turner with the eccentric Hugh de Weldon. He memorably showed great enthusiasm designing, constructing and testing a solar panel in his laboratory that, not unsurprisingly, aroused great interest in both pupils and colleagues. Who should decide the design of the housing estates into which rehoused tenants should move? His standards were those of excellence and integrity in all his work. Bo enjoyed several days of filming with the BBC for their Swim and Superstars programmes and for the first Open Water Award at Thorpe Park. The name of Peter Hopkirk will long be associated with the Great Game, the cloak-and-dagger struggle between Britain and Russia for control over swathes of central Asia that raged through the 19th century.The vast and sparsely populated regions stretching from the southern reaches of Russia to the northwest frontier of India had fascinated him since he read Rudyard Kiplings Kim as a boy. He attended Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge, receiving a BA in Natural Sciences (Zoology) in 1933. old marlburian deaths. Donald Lynden-Bell CBE FRS (5th April 1935 5th February 2018). He was particularly proud that no industrial strikes occurred on his watches throughout his career.Shaw was the second son of Wilfred Shaw, whose book on Operative Gynaecology has recently been published in its 7th edition. These ranged from The skins waterproof! when we were heading out for a 10 miler in the pouring rain, to Running is supposed to add to your enjoyment of life, not detract from it! when there was a clash of priorities between a scheduled training session and an important family commitment. Nick Dorey (PR 1972-76): Running became an inclusive club under his coaching, with pupils of all ages training and socialising together, whatever their abilities. Europe was the focus of the working and personal life of my friend Philip Whyte (PR 1979-84), who has died of pancreatic cancer, aged 49. His list of sporting activites was extensive to say the least.Jervois was one of the driving forces behind the creation of the Newton Abbot & District Recreational Trust in Marsh Road, which opened in 1971.The Trust was formed to provide a home for South Devon CC, Newton Abbot Spurs FC, squash and tennis clubs on the site of the Recreation Ground.South Devon had previously played on what is now Cricketfield Road car park next door, which had been acquired by Newton Abbot UDC under a compulsory purchase order.At the same time Jervois was involved in talks between the leading cricket clubs in Devon to start a county league, which was formed in 1972.He served the league as legal advisor and was competition president from 1989-2002Jervois was a man of many sporting interests, which include more than 30 years as secretary of Torbay Hockey Club, for whom he played and later umpired.He was legal advisor to and a vice-president of Newton Abbot RFC and played golf at Stover.Jervois arrived in Newton Abbot from a law firm in North Devon in April 1963 and stayed with the same practice through numerous name changes until his retirement in 1989.During his career in the law he was clerk to the Tax Commissioners appeal board and chairman of the supplementary benefits appeal panel.One of his last tasks with what was by the Woollcombe Beer Watts was to oversee the acquisition of the old Congregational Church in Queen Street, which the firm moved into in 1988.Jervois, who lived in Bovey Tracey with wife Pam, had been a member of the Rotary Club.David Reginald Warren Jervois was brought up in Surrey and completed his education at Marlborough College in Wiltshire. To secure a council loan for the co-op, the houses had to meet local authority requirements; but the efficiency of Browns planning meant that he was able to deliver four bedrooms and two bathrooms within the space and cost limits that had been prescribed for a three-bedroom, one-bathroom unit. When I was only in the Shell I was invited by Bruce to join them training on Wedgwood. Marlborough College, Bath Road, Marlborough, Wilts SN8 1PA. Educated at Marlborough College (1941-45), Magdalen College, Oxford (1945-48) and St. Thomass Hospital Medical School (1948-51), he led a distinguished medical career spanning decades.Undertaking his National Service with the Royal Army Medical Corps, Mr Marston went on to work as a Consultant Surgeon and Senior Lecturer at Middlesex Hospital, Royal Northern Hospital and later University College London. After retiring he continued to assist at St Johns until quite recently, and he also found time to write a very thoughtful book called A Full Life in which he explored various aspects of Faith for believers and non believers. Sandy Gill, Hon Sec and Treasurer. Interested in the arts, he headed to Devon, where he took a job in an arts centre, writing plays and occasionally performing, until his mother convinced him to get a real job. As he crossed the Arctic Circle for the first time, the captain asked him for a noon sun-sight. During his time with the charity he worked as research director, chief executive, and then director of development. Janet joined the North Wiltshire Orchestra in 1968 and was still playing with us until the summer of 2015. A founder member of the Worshipful Company of Insurers, Greig was its Master in 1992 and Chairman of the City of London Club 1988 to 1991. He remained engaged in public debate until the end of his life.David was, first and last, a bottom up person. A full obituary will be written in due course. He was also an excellent university administrator.Ebsworth was a Fellow of Kings College and Christs College, Cambridge, Faculty member at Princeton, Crum Brown Professor of Chemistry and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Durham. He had not long recovered from being wounded, the result of literally sticking his head above the parapet, and would go on to win the Military Cross for yet another example of his daring in the face of danger. After being neglected for many years, the grotto had become a store shed, but Diana was determined to restore it to its former purpose. One of her most impressive works is the large grotto, made to represent the underworld, at Leeds Castle. The marriage was dissolved in 1956. June 30, 2022; destrehan high school graduation 2022 In addition to this, he was also a prominent Corps rugby player and boxer.From 1957-1958 he served with 45 Commando in Malta, North Africa and Cyprus. After school she went to University in Scotland, later studying Fine Arts at the Courtauld Institute in London. On arrival he was attached to the 1st Indian Medium Regiment, equipped with 5.5 guns, whose soldiers were Madrassis. In 1974, he began a pupillage in Carpmael Building under the mentorship of Neil Butter. The evenings when he wasnt working were spent in the garden, making the clay more fertile and growing flowers and fruit and vegetables. Janet continued in this post until 1991 and her successor writes of her sharpness of intellect and admirable administrative skills. Following that he worked successively in finance for M&S, Dixons and Chase Manhattan Bank before arriving at Bass. The funeral service will be on Thursday 9th August at 11.00 am in the WesleyMemorial Church, New Hall Street, Oxford. After the expedition he was Pratt was awarded the Polar Medal and a mountain in the Shackleton Range of Antarctica Pratts Peak was named after him. Together they bought a cottage in Brittany, near Dinan, and spent much time exploring that coastline. Conscription was with the Royal Navy, where he was posted to the public school slot of captain of the heads. His National Service completed, Jeremy attended the Royal Academy of music and entered the world inhabited by such masters as Gerald Finzi and Vaughan Williams. In June 2017 Hinson married for the first time, in a beautiful setting in Cap Ferrat surrounded by all of his friends. Having had a successful career in advertising, he moved in to the public sector as the first controller of arts in 1970, becoming director in 1974.