Old Lorettonian News 2007-08
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LORETTONIAN ANGLING 2008
Twas a dry if rather chilly day for late May (24th) when nine OLs, including Tom Semple (1991) on his first OL outing, and two current students set forth on the Lake of Menteith on their annual pursuit of the elusive rainbows and, this time, the even more elusive brown trout ! For Thomas Hitchcock, one of the said students, hooked and netted a brownie to contribute to his boat's winning total of two fish for 6lb 4oz. Two rainbows in the other boats brought the total for the day to four fish for 10lb 14oz, the heaviest being Dan Lean's (1972) blue trout at 4lb 9oz. Accordingly the tankards were awarded to the boat containing Andrew Nicholson (1965), who contributed sterling work with the net, Dan Lean and Thomas Hitchcock.
The weather had improved to become quite sunny and warm as the breeze backed round from East to South though, if anything, fewer fish showed in these "better" conditions.
Eight of the anglers then repaired to the Cross Keys in Kippen for a most convivial meal.
Next year's outing looks like being on 16th or 23rd May 2009 and the Secretary, Dan Lean would welcome any enquiries from potential new OL participants whatever their level of angling skill.
(Hon.Secretary, Dan Lean, 95 Comiston Drive, Edinburgh EH10 5QT,
tel 0131 447 3768, email danjlean@yahoo.co.uk.)
POINTS OF INTEREST
Andrew WS Marr (1977) won a BAFTA award in the Specialsist Factual category for his BBC TV series History of Modern Britain. (May 08)
Hamish MJ Ritchie (1960) has been nominated as the next Captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews for 2008-09. He will officially play himself in on 18 September, 2008. (May 08)
Jamie Pendergrass (2005) has been awarded his Half Blue for Fives at Oxford University: he played No. 1 in the match against Cambridge in 2007. (May 08)
Iain C Conn (1980) is Managing Director of BP. (Feb 08)
BIRTHS
To Iain J du Pon (1995) and his wife, Yvonne, on Saturday 20th October 2007 a son, Matthew James. (7 June)
To John RW Hayward (1980) and his wife, Lucy, on 16th May, a baby girl, Helen Elizabeth Christina. (14 Feb)
To Guy M Chatfield (1990) and his wife, a son, Oliver Douglas Chatfield on 7th July 2006 , in the Queen Mothers Hospital Glasgow. (10 Jan)
To Gideon T Riddell (1988) and his partner Fiona Marie Loftus, a son, Findlay Hector Loftus Riddell on 6th September 2007. (10 Jan)
ENGAGEMENTS
Catriona E.R. Lothian (1999) became engaged to Alexander James Glascott in November 2007.
Finlay G Walker (1993) became engaged to Zoe Cunningham in South Africa in November 2007. The wedding will be in Ireland in September 2008.
MARRIAGES
Richard J.W. Harbinson (1998) married Natalie Wilson, on 29th March, 2008, in Sedgefield, Co. Durham. (5 July)
A.Craig Murray and Debbie Hartree (both 2001) were married in July 2007 at Ambleside in the Lake District. (7 June)
Dr J Clare L Jackson (1990) married Kenneth Campbell in Loretto Chapel on 1st September, 2007 James Anderson (1990) and Carole Harding (nee Napier) (1990) were among the guests. (14 Feb)
Simon R Chatfield (1991) married Emma Shipton at Pennyhill Park in December 2007. His brother Guy (1990) was Best Man. (6 Feb)
Graeme M Walker (1994) married Katy on 16th March, 2007, at the Church of the Holyrude in Stirling. (6 Feb)
DEATHS
The following deaths have been intimated. Obituaries will be published here in due coourse.
George Farquhar Adamson (1944-49) died in France on 17th April, 2008. After Loretto he went to Edinburgh University School of Medicine (where he gained a Half-Blue for rowing) and instead of becoming a doctor he went on to become a pilot in the Royal Air Force, but was later invalided out with tuberculosis. A successful career in the shipping industy followed as Managing Director of Seahorse Ship Management Ltd. in London and he was a life-long member of The Baltic Exchange. Hr redtired to Brittany. France, in 1993. He is survived by his second wife, Lynda, three children from his first marriage and his two OL brothers, Iain (1952) and Michael (1956).
George Duncan Anderson (1947-55) died on 21st February, 2008. He lived in the Shetland Islands, and was manager of Yell Fisheries. He is survived by his wife Ailsa, three sons, his twin brother James (1955), and brothers William (1955), John (Nipper 1954) and Alexander (1960).
Francis Oughterson Brown (1934-40) who died on 16th May, 2007, was a prefect. Editor of The Lorettonian and Pipe Major. After studying medicine at Caius College Cambridge and qualifying in Glasgow he was posted to the Canal Zone, Palestine and Cyprus with the Royal Army Medical Corps. In the post-war confusion he enjoyed working around Queen's Regulations - for example converting Sick Parade into individual appointments, or using individual needles. On return to his native Glasgow he trained in Diagnostic Radiology and was appointed to Stirling Royal Infirmary as Consultant Radiologist in 1959. He enjoyed providing a general diagnostic service to the various specialties, and the hands-on work of invasive investigations before digital imaging took over. He also trained foreign radiologists in Stirling and by visiting Sierra Leone, and served on the Hospital and Forth Valley Health Boards. He enjoyed playing the piano which he had learned to love at Loretto, especially after retiral in 1983. An initial professional intrigue at his rare illness of dermatomyositis soon vanished with progressive muscle wasting, aggravated by blindness due to macular degeneration. He leaves his wife Betty, children Colin (1969) and Anne and 4 grandchildren.
Andrew Lawrence Paul Carter (1929-34) died on 9th January, 2008, in Cambridge at the age of 92. He read Mechanical Sciences at King's College, Cambridge and qualified later as a Chartered Engineer and M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E.E. In 1939 he joined the Royal Navy as a Sub-Lieutenant RNVR and served in the Battle Cruiser HMS Hood leaving her 2 months before she was sunk by the Bismark. Most of his service was on HMS Centurion which changed her identity several times by the addition of dummy funnels, wooden guns and many yards of canvas to fool the enemy into thinking she was an altogether more dangerous adversary sailing round the Horn and to Bombay and in the supply convoys to Malta. Following a posting on the hunter-class destroyer HMS Beaufort he returned to the Centurion in 1944 which was laid up south of the Suez Canal, to take her home to Portsmouth and thence to Omaha Beach to be scuttled (by him) off Omaha Beach to form a breakwater as part of the Normandy landings. He wrote: "Mrs Churchill launched her in 1911 and Andrew Carter sank her in 1944". He also served in HMS Havelock hunting U-boats in the Western Approaches. He worked for BX Plastics in Brantham, Fisons Fertilisers at Immingham and finally as Advisory Officer in the estate management team of the University of Cambridge. He was a railway enthusiast, an artist and a keen yachtsman and supporter of the RNLI. He is survived by his wife Peggy, son Gordon and daughter Maree.
William Cullen (Nippers: 1935-40) who died on 18 November, 2007, completed his education at St George's College, Buenos Aires and then at the University of Glasgow. He trained as an Accountant, a profession which he followed, with brief interludes in the speed boat business and a computer consultancy. He is survived by his wife Patsy, daughters Amanda and Alexandra, and OL sons Iain (1970), Neil (1975) and Matthew (1998).
Allan Robert Currie (1958-63)
Anthony James Daly (1927-32) died on 25th June, 2006, at the age of 92. At Loretto he was a prefect, editor of the Lorettonian and was in the XI, earning a mention in Wisden in 1933 for his exploits in a match against Fettes, (hitting a series of sixes in an unorthodox manner which did not please Dr Greenlees!) He read medicine at King's College, Cambridge, graduating MA, MB, BCh (gaining a First in Psychology) and went to London Hospital on a Price Scholarship. At the outbreak of war, Tony joined the RAMC, reaching the rank of Major and serving in Middle East, West Africa, Italy, and Germany. He was Mentioned in Despatches for gallantry and bravery while tending the wounded on the beaches of Khora Sfakion (Sfakia) during the evacuation of Crete. This experience affected him deeply and remained with him for the rest of his life. An interlude in the Gambia gave him the opportunity to complete his MD thesis: A Study of malaria in the Gambia and to learn Italian, and he later chased bandits up and down the Jordan Valley on horse-back while attached to the Life Guards! After the war he returned to the London Hospital as a Registrar, became a member of the Royal College of Physicians and, in 1948 joined the staff of the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital becoming Senior Physician in the early sixties. Tony was a physician of the old school, dressed in pin-stripe suit and always, in the summer, with a buttonhole in his lapel that he picked from his garden every morning. He had a general practice specialising in cardiology, rare diseases, and infectious diseases such as TB; he created the Isolation Ward at the hospital and was involved with the design and the building of two other hospitals and the establishment of the Postgraduate Medical School in Exeter; he served on and chaired many of the hospital and regional board committees and was President of the Exeter & Devon Medical Society. A good rider, he hunted with the Silverton Foxhounds, rode in point-to-points on his hunter, Sally, and was the Hon Doctor of the Silverton Point-to-Point for a number of years. On retiring in 1978 Tony continued to see patients working for the Midland Bank and the Civil Service, advising the Police Under-water Diving Team and as a panellist on Industrial Tribunals. He was interested in the medical histories of the famous, conducting research through the works of composers, writers, politicians and artists and he also took many Open University Courses. Passionate about literature, he belonged to the Shakespeare Society and poetry reading groups and latterly 'read' a very wide variety of authors in Talking Books for the Blind. An accomplished musician, he played the flute in local orchestras and, even with failing sight, took up the violin in his mid-eighties; he went to art classes and continued to produce cartoons depicting family anecdotes and adventures but, above all he enjoyed his family and grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Yvette, now 92, Jane, Ashley and Nick.
Anthony Norman Darbyshire (1941-45) died on 21st March, 2008
Philippe Durand (1966) was a French Exchange student at Loretto. He studied at the Ecole des Haute Etude Industrielles and later worked as Administrator of French Engineering Schools Ecole National Superieure Arts et Metiers, and became President (du Directoire) of Arc International, the French glass and tableware manufacturers.
Alan Alexander Buchanan Edwards (1964-68)
James Colin Stuart Armour Fleming (1926-32) died peacefully after a short illness, on 9th January, 2008, in his 93rd year. During the War he was commissioned in 1941 and served in the Royal Artillery in the post of Instructor of Gunnery. He worked as a stockbroker with Penney, Easton & Co., becoming a joint Senior Partner. His love of skiing began in the earliest days of Scottish skiing in the '30s and he was a regular at Davos and Murren before the war disrupted his early racing promise. After the war he skied at Murrren most years until 1967, becoming a member and Gold K of the prestigious Kandahar Ski Club. He competed in all major races of the Scottish Ski Club for 15 post-war years and won the Scottish Kandahar in 1949. A very keen sailor, he had been Commodore of the Royal Western Yacht Club and was a member of the Mudhook YC, and he was a great lover of the countryside and, on his day, was an excellent shot. He was Chairman of the Glasgow Nursing & Medical Relief Association, Chairman of Western Club, Glasgow, and Vice Chairman of the Glasgow & West of Scotland SPCA. He was Chairman of the West of Scotland Branch of The Lorettonian Society from 1962-66. He is survived by his wife, Trish his OL son Jeremy (1961), stepdaughter Jo, two grandchildren and two step-grandchildren.
Sheila Galbraith (Hon.), wife of Hamish G.R. Galbraith, former Headmaster of the Nippers, died on 25th March, 2008, after a long illness. She was brought up in Melrose and educated at Cranley School which was evacuated from Edinburgh to Grantown during Sheila's years there. During the war she served as a Naval VAD in Malta. She first met Hamish at the Nippers when she came there as Matron in 1952. They were married in 1954 and spent four carefree years near Cheam School where Hamish was a Master. In 1958 they returned to the Nippers: Hamish as Head and Sheila, just as busy, looking after the Nippers' health, welfare and catering. Several ex-Nippers were at her Thanksgiving Service and others wrote to Hamish expressing appreciation of her kindness and care for them at North Esk Lodge. They retired in 1981 to their holiday home, Loup House near Tarbert, where her hospitality became legendary. In 1989 they moved to Kinnettas House, Strathpeffer, where the hospitality continued and where she enthusiastically entered into the life of St Anne's Church, serving on the Vestry, working as catering organiser and delighting in flower arranging. They celebrated their Golden Wedding in 2004 - 50 very happy years together. She is survived by Hamish, their OL son, Robert (1972), two daughters, Susan and Frances, and five grand-daughters.
Ronald Reid Gilchrist (1938-42) died on 16th January, 2008, at Gosford north of Sydney, Australia, at the age of 83. At Loretto he edited The Lorettonian and was Pipe Major. After leaving Loretto he read Mechanical Sciences at St John's College, Cambridge. He rose to become Managing Director of Tube Products Ltd, Birmingham, and in 1969 became a Consultant at Urwick International Ltd, moving to Australia in 1970 to open their Sydney office. In 1975 he obtained the position of Executive Director of the Victorian branch of the Australian Institute of Management in Melbourne. He retired from the AIM in 1988 and moved with his second wife to Gosford, spending many happy years there, especially enjoying outings in his boat. Having been on home-based kidney dialysis for the last five years, he decided that the treatment should soon be stopped because a recent steady deterioration in his health would require him to go into a nursing home. He was admitted to hospital where he stopped his dialysis, dying peacefully two days later. A funeral/thanksgiving service was held on 21st January for which he had been able to write the programme. He is survived by his first wife Joyce and his second wife Elaine, two children, Delmine and Gavin, and his four grand children.
Walter (Wattie) John Gillies (1934-39) who died on 12th February, 2008, at the age of 86, was in the fives team. He graduated BA from Jesus College, Cambridge, where he played football for the college, and MB, ChB from the University of Edinburgh. Before his National Service in what is now Ghana, he spent six months in paediatrics and worked as a surgeon in Edinburgh and Carlisle. He then took up a locum job in Moffat, where he was to become a highly respected GP for 46 years. His interests included the chairmanship of ENABLE, the charity for handicapped children, being a member of the Red Cross Branch, a Fellow of the Zoological Society of Edinburgh and a member of the Sundial Society. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather were doctors and he is survived by Elise and his OL sons Hugh (1970) and Rory ( 1975) and daughters Mary (1981), Elisabeth and Deidre - four of whom are doctors , and 12 grandchildren one of whom is also a doctor making a sixth generation in medicine! He was delighted to learn that his granddaughter, Beth, will be the first of the next generation to attend Loretto in September 2008.
Stuart William Hill (1980-85) died on 7th May, 2008. Having read Hospitality Management at Napier University, he worked in York briefly, where he met his wife Helen. In 1995 Stuart purchased the Tayview Hotel situated between Dundee and Broughty Ferry which he ran with his wife for 13 years. He is survived by Helen and their two children, Faye (15) and Nathan (5) and his brother Cameron (OL 1982). He will be missed greatly by them all.
Christopher Boot Holman (1939-43) who died on February 27th 2007, was a prefect and in the XV. He farmed after studying at the Royal Agricultural College Cirencester and was an Underwriting Member of Lloyds. He served during the war as a Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards and was an High Sheriff of Warwickshire. His wife, the Hon. Winifred Ponsonby whom he married in 1950, died in 1992, and he is survived by his four daughters, Sarah Holman, Serena Hartley, Alice Robertson and Catherine Corfield and his eight grandchildren.
The Right Honourable Lord (Alan Charles Macpherson) Johnston (1955-60) died suddenly on 14th June, 2008, at the age of 66. He was a prefect and Under Officer in the CCF. He read law at Jesus College, Cambridge, and took his LLB in Scottish law at the University of Edinburgh. In 1967 he was admitted as an advocate and often acting for the Coal Board. He was Junior Counsel to the Scottish Home and Health Department from 1974-79, served as an advocate depute from 1978-82 and became a QC in 1980. In 1977 he was elected Treasurer of the Faculty of Advocates and from 1989-94 he was a very popular Dean of the Faculty, which is responsible for the education and practice of Scotland's senior court-room lawyers. He was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in 1994: whilst some of his judgements were controversial, he gained a reputation for having an unwavering sense of duty and impartiality, for independence of mind and doing what he felt was right. He was sworn of the Privy Council in 2005 on his elevation to the Appeal Court. He was an honorary member of the American Bar Association and visited the country many times to lecture and attend legal conferences and he worked to raise the understanding of Scottish law in Europe. He was a Chairman of one of the major Committees of the Court of Heriot Watt University and served on its Court from 1991-1997 and again from 2001-2007. The University awarded him an Honorary Degree in 2001. For nine years he was chairman of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Scotland and he was a trustee of the Clark Foundation for Legal Education. A keen country sportsman, he fished in Sutherland and the Borders for much of his life, stalked on Jura for 25 years and for 40 years was a member of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers at Muirfield. He made an enormous contribution to Loretto as a Governor since 1971 and Chairman from 1999-2004 and he was President of the Fettesian-Lorettonian Club from 1995-97. He is survived by his wife, Anthea, OL sons, Alexander (1987), Charles (1989) and Nicholas (1992), all of whom were Heads of School, a grandson, Harry, and his OL brothers, Bryan (1966) and Colin (1970).
Lt Colonel Robert (Rex) King-Clark (1927-32) MBE MC FRGS died on 29th December, 2007, at the age of 94. He was Captain of Fencing and in the XI. At Sandhurst he was a Fencing Blue: on passing out in 1934 he joined the Manchester Regiment and served in Palestine, France, India, Assam and Burma. Following Staff College he served in Quetta (1945-6) and in Korea (1952-3) then joined the Glider Pilot Regiment. Following his retirement in 1958 he was regional manager for Calor Gas (Scotland) Ltd. He also sat on the Scottish Council for Spastics and was Chairman of the Inverclyde Spastics Association. He wrote a number of books including A Scottish Soldier, Free for a Blast, Letters from Canada 1820-37, and The Battle for Kohima and Forward from Kohima : A Burma Diary November 1944 - May 1945 He is survived by his wife, Jean, OL son Robert (1969), daughter Catherine, and one grandson.
William Jervis Alastair Livingstone of Bachuil, Chief of MacLea, Baron of the Bachuil, Coarb of St Moluag (1928-32) died on 29th February, 2008, at the age of 93.
David Brydon Johnson (1949-54)
Dennis John MacColl (1951-54) died on 29th December, 2007, in Majorca where he had been living for several years - enjoying sailing golf swimming and socializing. He took a diploma in design at the Edinburgh College of Art. After National Service in the Royal Navy in the Suez Campaign, Dennis worked as Account Manager with Advertising Agencies John Haddon, Davidson Pearce Berry &Tuck and Lonsdale Crowther handling some of their major accounts, then went into publishing becoming Publishing and Advertisement Director of the Law Society Gazette, then Accountancy the Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (England & Wales). He was Secretary of The Lorettonian Society's South of England Branch from 1986-7 and Chairman from 1987-90. He is survived by his wife Julie daughter Jacquie sons Simon, Patrick and Michael and grandchildren James, Rebecca, Imogen and Archie and his OL brother Eric (1953).
Dr Fergus Alastair Ferguson Mackenzie RN (Retd), OStJ (1936-40), who died on 20th February, 2008, was a prefect and in the XV and the athletics, swimming and boxing teams. He qualified MB ChB from the University of Glasgow and DMRD from the University of London, and later FFR and FRCR. He joined the Royal Navy and served on the Clyde Patrol: he served in HMS Frobisher, the RN Hospital at Simonstown, South Africa and RN Hospitals in Singapore and Malta. He worked at the Radiobiology Unit at Harwell and was a lecturer at the RN Medical School before becoming Medical Officer in charge of The Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar, at Gosport, Hampshire, in the rank of Captain from which he retired in 1978. He was an Honorary Physician to Her Majesty the Queen. He then became a Consultant Radiologist at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton until 1987. In retirement he was a very keen gardener, being trusted by the National Alpine Society with rare seeds, he was a golfer, bridge-player, artist and sculptor and he had a great interest in local history. He and his wife, Joan, made a nostalgic return to Loretto for the first time in many years in 2006.
John (Jock) Morton Miller CA (1949-54), who died on 20th February 2008, was a prefect, Captain of the XV, a member of the Cricket XI and Hockey XI and was SUO of the CCF. He also played for the London Scottish Schoolboys XV and the East of Scotland Schoolboys Cricket XI. Following National Service in the Tank Regiment, where he learnt to drive a tank, guarded Rudolf Hess in Spandau Prison and played with the winning team of the BAOR Rugby Sevens, he qualified as a CA with Graham, Smart, and Annan (and was a prize-winner in his final exams). He sang in the Cramond Kirk choir, played rugger for Edinburgh Wanderers and cricket for Grange where he became treasurer; and when the groundsman at Grange became ill on the eve of the Scotland/Australia match, it was Jock who prepared the wicket for the game. In 1993 he became Finance Director of Inchcape Insurance Services in Hong Kong. He loved Hong Kong and was delighted that his Chinese colleagues were not only very competent, but also that they enjoyed a sense of humour which chimed with his own: he used it as a base to explore Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia. He was Honorary Secretary of The Lorettonian Society from 1966-77. He is survived by his wife, June, son David, daughter Lucinda, his grandchildren and his OL twin brother William (1954).
Rhoderick Diarmid Angus Milligan (1953-61)
Thomas Kirk Morgan (1937-41) graduated BA from St John's College, Cambridge. During the war he served as a Lieutenant in the Seaforth Highlanders in Belgium, Holland and Germany. He farmed in Berwickshire and was MFH of the Berwickshire Hunt from 1975-82. He took a keen interest in local activities including being a Kirk elder and Session Clerk for many years at Houndwood and Bonkyle Churches. He is survived by his son Andrew two grand-daughters and two great grand-sons.
Huntly Rainy Brown (1950-55) died on 29th May, 2008.
Surgeon Commander David Ian Riddell (1963-68) died on the 16th of August 2007 aged 57. His brother, Roderick writes: " At school he developed his love for the environment and nature, enjoying bird watching on the foreshore (as well as having a fly cigarette) and this he carried into his later life, during his military service and in retirement in Glenlyon, Perthshire. He was hugely knowledgeable about wild flowers, rare alpine plants and entomology. He was not a great sportsman at Loretto and often sailed close to the wind and was described in one Headmaster's report as " a pleasant rogue". He did however become a JUO in the CCF. He started his medical career at Dundee University and after qualifying as MB ChB he was awarded a Royal Navy Medical Cadetship. He completed his training in 1975 and was then appointed to Commando Forces and during his training won the Commando Medal. This was no mean feat for a "Supporting Arms" trainee. He served in 40 Commando in Northern Ireland, with the Commando Logistic Regiment and then with 45 Commando at Arbroath, becoming a winter warfare specialist. During this time he became an unrivalled expert in cold weather war injuries and how to prevent them. For his research in this area he was awarded an MBE and his Medical Doctorate. On his next posting to the Commando Training Centre at Lympstone he was responsible for introducing innovative treatment regimes, reducing stress injuries during the demanding Commando training. He was described as " a truly wonderful and caring man, a most impressive, professional, compassionate and much loved Commando Doctor". He was invalided out of the Marines in 1990 and became a self-employed medical consultant living in Glen Lyon. His wife June and sons Niall and Michael who both attended Loretto, survive him. He was the brother of Alastair, Niall, Roderick and Donald Riddell, who all went to Loretto between 1962 and 1976."
John George Salvesen (1942-46) died on 19th January, 2008, at the age of 79. He graduated from the Edinburgh & East of Scotland Agricultural College of the University of Edinburgh, captaining the University Golf Team and excelling at snooker and bridge. He farmed at Bruceton in Perthshire and was a respected consultant and designer of golf courses: his legacy can be seen on the fairways and greens in the Vale of Strathmore, at Charleton in Fife, Traigh near Arisaig, Caldy in the Wirral and at Bryne in Norway. He was also a General Commissioner of the Inland Revenue. A life-long single-figure handicap golfer, his career included county honours for Perth & Kinross and he was Captain of the Midlands District. He was a member at the Royal and Ancient since 1956 and of Muirfield since 1961 and a member of 10 golf clubs around the world, including Royal St George's in Kent and Pine Valley in America and was an honorary member of Royal Cinque Ports and Royal Porthcawl. He served on the Scottish Golf Union International Selection Committee from 1967-68. He served on six committees of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, was Chairman of the Championship Committee, which is responsible for running The Open , from 1979-1982, was its Captain from 1983-84 and was a Trustee of the club. A great supporter of the School, he was a Governor of Loretto from 1971-97, Captain of the OLGS from 1968-71, its President from 1987-93 and a benefactor of the Golf Academy. Between 1952 and 1993 he played in 100 matches in the Halford Hewitt, sadly losing in 1993 against Highgate on the 23rd hole! He is survived by four children including his OL sons, Hugh (1973) and Neil (1978).
Alasdair Gordon Sutherland (Nippers: 1965-66) died suddenly on 7th December 2007. After going to Australia in 1966 he completed his schooling at Scots College in Sydney. Following some years as winemaker and manager of Saxonvale Wines Pty.Ltd. he started his own Vineyard and Winery, Capercaillie Wine Co. Pty. Ltd. which he developed,with his wife, Trish,into a most successful business. Many of his wines were exported to Scotland. He is survived by Trish, his sons Sandy and Gavin,and his father Dr Iain Sutherland (1948).
Willison Taylor FRSA (Nippers: 1927-31) died on 13th October, 2006. After Loretto he went to Glasgow Academy and then to Glasgow School of Art, where he took Diplomas in Art and Sculpture and won the Guthrie Award. During the war he served in the RASC. He taught Art in Morayshire, Melbourne and Girvan Academy. He was Chairman of the Glasgow Unity Theatre.
PERSONAL
Those who left Loretto up until 1949
R.H. McLaren (1948) says that he is "positively retired and no longer involved in Yacht Charter! The repair bills were becoming horrendous". (22 May)
G Alastair Lean (1940) much enjoyed the Over Sixties Lunch at Loretto. He occasionally sees CC McInroy (1940). (14 Feb)
PJ Sellar (1947) founded the British Library of Wildlife Sounds in 1969. It has now become the Wildlife Section of the British Library Sound Archive and is the most comprehensive collection od its kind in the world. (14 Feb)
J Thomson (1944) has recently attended reunions of fellow cadets who were commissioned into the Royal Artillery in April 1946, many of whom were Dutch. (14 Feb)
1950-59
W.J. Reid (1958) got back in touch with Loretto on the web and then with Robin Walker after an absence of 50 years. Based in Bluefield, WV, USA, he is Publisher and Managing Editor COAL NEWS Newspaper. He emigrated to Pennsylvania, USA in 1968 to join mining machinery manufacturer Huwood-Irwin in Irwin, PA. In 1979 he returned to Britain to join Huwood Limited, mining machinery manufacturer, in Gateshead as International Sales Director. Returning to USA in 1981 he became President for 16 years of American Longwall in Abingdon, VA and led that little company from 5 to 200 employees, becoming our industry's market leader. After brief periods with Long-Airdox and EIMCO, he founded Coal News Newspaper in 2004 and continues to publish it monthly. As a fifth generation mining engineer he has visited about 300 of America's underground coal mines and "loves the coal industry and the people in it". He married Thelm Rear from Gateshead in Irwin, PA in 1969: they have two children, Judith Andrea Reid married David Zook. Have a 5 month old grandson Carson. Robert James Reid married Laura Turner. (23 June)
Graham S Simons (1956) finally retired last year, approaching his 69th birthday and "with his wife Joan, are now enjoying their two grand children. Oliver was born in July 2007 and Caitlin in January 2005. We are fortunate in being able to see them very regularly, as our son Michael and his family only live about 7 miles from us." (9 June)
James A Anderson (1955) now retired, is enjoying the freedom to garden, play golf, bowl and fish, with a little shooting as a side-line. His twin brother GD Anderson died on 21st February in Shetland. (28 May)
WI Richmond (1958) now spends winters in Mexico and summers in Canada - thanks to the increase in value of "the Northern peso aka the Canadian Dollar". (16 April)
Antony Paterson-Fox (1959) and his wife, Diana, led a party of 10 wine tasting to Australia in August/September 2007. They visited 52 vineyards and tasted 476 wines (not including lunches and dinners) in Western Australia (Swan Valley, Margaret River, Mount Barker and Great Southern) and the Adelaide region (Adelaide Hills, Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, McLaren Vale and Eden Valley). A great trip which passed in an alcoholic haze but which was good fun with no obvious long-term effects. (17 Feb)
J Macnaughton (1954) is enjoying retirement in the 'garden of England'. He is working on a history of the family business 1960-84 and on the Clan Macnaughton history from AD700 to the present day. He is Commissioner for England and Wales for the Clan Macnaughton Associaton Worldwide. He is Past President of the Tunbridge Wells Probus Club. (14 Feb)
JD Shaw (1959) had a day shooting at King Macaulay (1951)'s farm at Hepburn with Bruce Cowe (1948) and Harry Calder (1949). He has seen David Mahler (1951), Tom Gibson (1952)and William Gaunt (1985). (14 Feb)
Ian SA Skinner (1951), althoughh 'retired' continues a part-time involvement with Scottish Business in the Community as Borders representative. He has completed his 12-month stint as President of Galashiels and District Probus Club. (14 Feb)
1960-69
WDMS Kearsley (1964) is an Employment Judge. (2 March)
Timothy JP Reid (1964) is still in the hotel business, as are his sons Anthony and Patrick: his daughter Vanessa is based in Paris. He is plannning a move to Spain. He sees Charters Macdonald-Brown (1964), a near neighbour, and visits Quentin Russell (1964) in France. (14 Feb)
Christopher JG Wykes (1964) is a Director of Engaging People Ltd, Corporate Communications Consultants, advising company leadership teams how to get their message across to investors, employees, customers etc. "Other preoccupations are trying to reduce golf handicap and mastering the French Horn (I've been trying to do this for 40 years!). I enjoyed the 1964 OL reunion dinner in London and lunch following day chez Stott in '07. Also playing golf and lunching with Hamish Alldridge and Max Stewart at St Andrews after the Open." (10 Feb)
Bruce MA Law (1966) based in Walton-on-Thames is a part-time VAT consultant. Now semi retired, he has therefore started to play golf again. He celebrated his 60th birthday with Ian Brownlee (1960-1966) and Neil Finlayson (1960-1965). (6 Feb)
Roderick S Macleod (1966) retired from British Airways in 2004 and now spends his time maintaining and sailing (in that order) a boat based at Frejus in the South of France. (6 Feb)
1970-79
John P. Cruickshank (1971) is Vice President Finance, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, Encore Group Limited (the private buyout team of former Corus North America's Canadian companies). Based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, but still commuting from main home in Chicago, USA (but not daily!) Encore Group was sold to Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (largest North American steel service center group) in February 2007, and he is now responsible for all Reliance's combined Canadian operations. "Still trying to get in as much golf as possible - not easy in an April to October window, given Chicago and Edmonton's long and hard winters!" (14 May)
David JH Nuttall (1972) retired from his software business, Unified Information, Inc. in Washington state, USA: having sold the company in 2000 he stayed on for a couple of years and then started working on a system for small wineries. He later found that he was "perfectly happy not working - so I'm still taking it easy!" (9 March)
David R Percival (1975) is livingin an apartment in Nairobi with wife, Alex, whom he married in April 2006, and their 4 boys (2 each from prior marriages). He reports that Kenya is now getting stable again after recent riots. They "had a quiet Christmas at home, after a bad car accident early in December 2007. Bright side is we now have a new car...." (4 March)
Christopher JB Gooderham (1977) is Network Planning Manager with Royal Mail. (2 March)
Donald J MacDonald (1978) emigrated to Mildura in North West Victoria on the Murray River in Australia in 2003 with his wife, Jane, and daughters Nicola (8) and Katie (6). He retrained as an audiologist and runs a hearing clinic with Jane. They visit his parents in Muir of Ord every summer and also try and catch up with friends. (2 March)
Nigel Sampson (1974) is married to Miranda, with three children, Francesca, Hamish and Annabel (21, 20 & 18 yrs).
He is Chairman/MD of farm, meat and clothing businesses (Holme Farmed Venison) in Yorkshire and has an estate on the Isle of Jura. Lots of travelling at the moment,catching up with the children and making up for not having a Gap Year in 1974!! (2 March)
John L Steele (1974),based in California, has moved from a position as Senior Software Engineer with Apple Computers to become Engineering Manager with Pearson School Systems. (2 March)
R Anthony M Reid (1975) will be driving a Ferrari 430 GT for A-Tech Motorsport in the 2008 GT Championship. (22 Feb)
Robert D Kilgour ((1975) is a property trader based in Monaco, having moved there from Brussels. In April 2007 he attended the wedding of Gordon McNeish (1975): Martin Bosi (1976) and Anthony Reid (1975) were amongst the guests. (14 Feb)
D Keith Thomson (1979) is Director of Investment Services at Blackadders, Solicitors, in Dundee. He is a Past-President of Dundee Tayside Round Table's Forty-One Club. He is married to Jenny with two children, Stuart and Sarah. (14 Feb)
Hamish A Dodds (1971) is President/CEO of Hard Rock International and "travelling too much opening new Hard Rock Hotels,Cafes and Casinos - now in nearly 50 countries. See see www.hardrock.com. Living in Florida with his wife, Susannah, and 3 children: Sarah,Katie and James, he says that his Golf Handicap is "stuck on 12 no matter how hard I try". He tries to get back to Scotland once a year to visit his parents. "I often take the "old" road and drive past the school, wondering how much has changed the other side of the walls." After school in Inverness he graduated with a BA in Business studies at Robert Gordon's, then moved to London and worked for P&O, The Burton Group and then Pepsico - living and working in Geneva,Dubai,New York and all over South America for many years in charge of all their beverage operations. (6 Feb)
Michael D Glen (Nippers: 1970) based in Lancashire, is a National Sales & Marketing Manager with ShP Enterprise. He runs Enterprise days for schools, teaching both social and business enterprise. He "loves it !" (6 Feb)
Guy D Howison (1977) is based in Belize with RFG Insurance. Anyone visiting (or thinking of visiting) Belize is welcome to get in touch ghowison@rfginsurancebelize.com. (6 Feb)
1980-89
Chris P Simpson (1989) having qualified MRICS is a Partner and Head of Agency with DM Hall LLP. Married in 1999 to Jo in Australia,they now have 2 girls - Amalie born in 2002 and Kiera born in 2004. (13 June)
Lt Col Peter McCutcheon (1981) has finished a year of advanced staff training at the French Staff College and has been posted to Sierra Leone for a year before returning to a Francophone post in France, EU or UN. (9 June)
Philip JA Wilson (1988) is Owner/Operatorof Prontaprint in Largs, designing and printing display and promotional goods. He married Jane Stevenson of Montreal, Canada,in May 2004: they have a daughter, Molly, and sons John and George. (9 June)
Emma L Watson Mack (1988) is Executive Director, Corporate Services and Real Estate - EMEA Event Management, part of Goldman Sachs International, in London.
Chris KA Sandford (1985) is Business Development Director with Investment/Wealth Managers Rensburg Sheppard. (14 May)
Richard D Barclay (1988) is MD of Rannoch Smokery. Married to Julianne, they have two daughters, Emilia(9) and Bryony (6). (28 April)
Tom Comber (1986) is "still farming and enjoying collecting brown envelopes from the Government". Married to Susan in 1997 they have three sons, William (9), James (7) and Guy (3). (28 April)
Rebecca JA Hunter (1988) is loving life as a self-employed physiotherapist working at the Grange Medical Group in Edinburgh, the gym in Gullane and at Loretto. She sees Lisa Neil (1991) regularly. Her sister Abigail RA (1989), with her husband and three children are spending a year in Australia and brother Hamish JA (1991) isa dermatologist living in Manchester and working in Liverpool. (16 April
Georgia R Miles (nee Kennedy) (1987) is a florist in Ringmer, East Sussex. (16 April)
Philip JA Wilson (1988), based in Largs, is a printer. Married to Jane, he has three children, Molly, John and George. His brother David GM Graham (1994) is working for Reuters in Berlin. (16 April)
Jeffrey G Kerr (1983) has left Maggs to become Managing Director of Heywood Hill, the Curzon Street, Mayfair, book shop. They sell new as well as antiquarian books, advising people on single volumes and entire libraries and collections. The shop is known for its connection with various literary figures including Nancy Mitford whose nephew the Duke of Devonshire now owns the business. See http://www.heywoodhill.com/. (24 March)
Graham R Hamilton (1982) is Managing Director of PJ Leggate & Co., property fund managers. (14 Feb)
William G Hean (1985) is Development Director of Kenmore Property Group based in Dubai, where he and his wife Sue, Milly (5) and Oliver (3) moved in March 2007. He reports that Graham Stark (1986) is also in Dubai 'in property'. (14 Feb)
Tim R Willis (1988) is operations manager of Wilderness Scotland. He recently completed the Edinburgh Rat Race and hopes to ski the Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt in April 2008. (14 Feb)
Tony S Dowrick (1987) is Sales Forecasting Manager with General Motors UK & Ireland. Living in Hertfordshire, he is married to Lindsay with two boys Harry and Charlie. He has been working for for GM since 1999 doing a variety of roles from Finance to Sales to Marketing. "I'm starting to get back in touch with various friends from school and the 20th Anniversary Dinner in London was great - apart from a few pounds round the middle we are all just the same as we ever were!" (8 Feb)
Dr M (Calum) G Semple (1986) is living on The Wirral with Deborah and three daughters; Harriet, Georgia and Freya. He was appointed Senior Clinical Lecturer in Child Health at the University of Liverpool and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine at The Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital (Alder Hey) in September 2006. His particular interest is severe viral respiratory infections in infants and children, supported by a National Clinician Scientist Award from the Department of Health. He is involved in contingency planning for Pandemic Flu. He is still playing his bagpipes. (8 Feb)
Bridget AM Francis (nee Hill) (1985), based in Warrington, married Andy in 2002 and 'inherited' his son Courtney now 9 and they had daughter Megan in 2003. She is still working for the same event production company now as a director. (6 Feb)
Mark J Fraser (1981) is based in Richmond Australia and is a director of sports equipment company Rugby Fever. He and his wife, Nadine, have two children Scarlett (2003) and Archie (2005). (6 Feb)
Will G Hean (1985) is Development Director (Middle East) of Kenmore Property Group based in Dubai, U.A.E. (6 Feb)
1990-99
Richard J.W. Harbinson (1998) is Vice President, Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong, spending a lot of time in mainland China.
Lisa C. Reiss (1993), based in Hannover is working for Hennes & Mauritz. Married in August to Hans Fritsche, their son, Robert Paul was born on 24th December. She would love to get in touch with fellow students of Lower Sixth from Summer 1993. (26 June)
A.Craig Murray (2001) is Sales Manager, Datapulse Inc. (NC, USA) . He and Debbie Hartree (2001) were married in July 2007 at Ambleside in the Lake District where Debbie's parents live. They had an amazing honeymoon in the Maldives and Dubai. Shortly after returning from our honeymoon Craig was offered an international opportunity with Datapulse moving to the US to start up the Datapulse business from scratch as Sales Manager. They have lived in Raleigh, North Carolina since January 2008. He is loving the challenges of his new job and Debbie is enjoying the warmer weather! (7 June)
Clare Stafford (1996) is Head of Recruitment Services - Injazat Data Systems in the UAE. (7 June)
Catriona E.R. Lothian (1999) is a Trainee Solicitor with Travers Smith. (15 May)
Scott Allison (1994) is Managing Director of Access Business Communications and is working on the launch of a new mobile service for SMEs. (14 May)
Fung Lam (1998)'s latest orchestral work Unlocking, a BBC Radio 3 commission inspired by an exhibition of locks at the Victoria and Albert Museum, was premiered and recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra under Charles Hazlewood in May 2008. With this premiere, he has "become the youngest Chinese composer to have been commissioned by the BBC Radio 3 apparently!" It will be broadcast on Radio 3 later in 2008. See http://www.funglam.com/ and http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/discoveringmusic/fung_lam_december.shtml (14 May)
Nicola SO MacIver (1998) is a caterer/chef who has just bought her own restaurant Annabelle's on Edinburgh's South Side - catering for weddings & private functions as well as business functions. She sees Davina H Richardson (teaching at Cargilfield), Nick D Tolley and Fiona M Sime and Anna C Sharp whom she reports as working with R Simon W Rayner (all 1998). (28 April)
Finlay G Walker (1993) is a Fuel Oil Swaps Broker in London. (24 March)
Anna JP Bruce-Lockhart (1995) edits the Guardian Weekly website: http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?page=contact (2 March)
Colin IL Kennedy (1992), based in Glasgow is a writer-director for film & television. (2 March)
Andrew DF Craig (1997) has resigned from ALDI stores to travel the 15,000 miles from Edinbrgh to Capetown. The trip will take 5 months and pass through 16 countries. (27 Feb)
Alexander J Laing (1999), having finished his Post-graduate course in Property Economics in 2005 is working as an arable/beef farmer near Hawick. He has seen John Mitchell, Ian Wringe and Richard Mackie and is in contact with Andrew Solley and spent time with Chris Weare in Aberdeen. (14 Feb)
Rachel M McLane (nee Robertson) (1990) is a self-employed design consultant refurbishing hotels in North Yorkshire and working on several private property developments. She is also involbed in Land Energy, a new business providing renewable energy. (14 Feb)
Max C Dyckhoff (1999) has recently moved to a new apartment in Redmond, WA, USA, which he shares with his Fragdoll girlfriend Alexis (Mischief FD), and their dog Dolly. He is celebrating the recently independent status of his employers, Bungie LLC, and is slowly helping to implement their plans for world domination. (6 Feb)
Timo Haack (1996) has moved to Switzerland to join the Berne VAT team of PricewaterhouseCoopers. (6 Feb)
Sanyam Maini (1999), having passed his matriculation exams from Mayo College(India) in 2000, enrolled for the Aero-space Engineering course at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating in 2004.
He then did a Master of Science (with aero-astro Degree) from the same institution, and then trained to become a commercial pilot. He is based in Dubai(U.A.E.) flying with Emirates. (6 Feb)
NS (Tank) Nash (Hon: Bursar 1991-6) is author of the book The Battle of the Isle of May,a definitive account of an RN catastrophe in Jan 1918 which involved 8 ships, 5 of which were damaged, 2 sank and 105 men died. He expects it to be published later in 2008. (6 Feb)
Graeme M Walker (1994) is a Major Account Manager with Yellgroup. (6 Feb)
Since 2000
Angela P Rodrigo Turner (2004) has been on a year's course at ISIT in Paris on an Erasmus Exchange, as part of a 4-year degree in Translation and Interpreting at Computense University in Madrid. (19 June)
N Toby Skinner (2000) has been working in China since April 2007,firstly in Shaghai on NVR Magazine before moving to Beijing "in time for the Olympics" as editor of Time Out magazine. He is also writing travel guides and freelancing. He "loves life in China and expects to stay there for the forseable future". (16 April)
Aaron ED Newcombe (2007) has been working for a family member as an apprentice joiner and is planning to go to live in Malta for a couple of years. (2 March)
I. Douwe Cunningham (2003), having graduated from the University of Bath, travelled in Indonesia and Australia and is now studying for a Master's Degree in European Politics at the Universiteit Leiden in the Netherlands. (22 Feb)
Faye L Norcliffe (2003), after spending four years working in customers services with Mytravel in six different countries is now living in Dubal and working for Emirate Airlines. She bumps into Laura L Connolly (2002) who is also in Dubai. (22 Feb)
Laura M Skinner (2005) is living in Oxford and working for Nuclear Engineering Services. Since leaving Loretto she has worked as a civil servant at RAF High Wycombe as the Accommodation Manager for a year before moving to her present occupation in the nuclear industry. Having had a serious knee operation 2 years ago she has been getting fit again to get back into hockey and is thoroughly enjoying it. (6 Feb)