The TRUSTY
SERVANT
NO.106
NOV 2008
The Headmaster writes
The inhabitants of the Middle Ages are
fairly impenetrable to modern eyes, and
successive generations of Wykehamists
have constructed their own patterns of
their Founder. There are two near
contemporary biographies,
hagiographical in tone and
conveying no real impression of his
personality. Bishop Louth in the
eighteenth century saw him as a
pillar of the Enlightenment. His
Victorian biographers, such as GH
Moberly, described him as a virtuous
anti-Papist, a forerunner of the best
type of Anglican bishop. In our own
day it is easy for us to visualise him as
the ambitious business man who,
having made his pile and having
failed in politics, turns to the
patronage of education and the arts.
Sir William Hayter in William of
Wykeham: Patron of the Arts believes
that we get nearest to him perhaps in
the autograph letter owned by New
College. Wykeham is writing in
haste, from the royal palace at
Sheen, about some business
concerning the Pope and a bill of
exchange; the letter is in French, in
an elegant, orderly hand, and makes
a modern impression in spite of its
archaic language; it is just the kind of
note that a present-day Prime Minister
might scribble off to a colleague about a
bit of important business which he
preferred not to handle by telephone. We
have the feeling of a capable man of
affairs of state on the highest level.
Hayter also points to another aspect of
Wykeham’s foundations which may
contain a clue to his character. This is
their sensible proportion of resources to
ends. They were planned in an orderly
his own time. The same good proportion
of means to ends seems to prevail in the
buildings themselves. They are
functionally designed, and continue after
over six centuries to perform the
functions for which they were
designed. They are conceived as a
whole, and the whole works.
Yet Wykeham lived in the
fourteenth and not the twenty-first
century. He was very up-to-date in
his century, employing all its best
and most fashionable architects,
craftsmen and styles, but his was a
very different time. Almost the only
incident in his life as known to us
that strikes any kind of personal note
is the account of him, as a boy in
Winchester, kneeling every morning
before an image of the Virgin that
stood against a pillar half-way down
the nave of the Cathedral on the
south side. Many decades later, as
part of his rebuilding of the
Cathedral, he founded his chantry
chapel on this same spot and was in
due course buried there.
sequence and completed in all their parts
within his lifetime or, in the case of the
Cathedral, with resources provided in his
will. Wykeham’s ideas, though large, were
achievable, and were in fact achieved in
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His architecture says it all. You
cannot understand Wykeham’s
intentions for his two colleges
without sitting in the nave of
Winchester Cathedral. It is
restrained, but it is humane and it is
above all spacious, spacious enough for
the mind to be creative and for the spirit
to encounter the creator God. It is true
also of Chapel: there is space for the
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searching mind and questing spirit. We
discover the purpose of discipline in the
joy of sharing the whole of human
capacity together. His view of the human
person, and of the world, was holistic:
Hall abuts Chapel because you cannot
have the one without the other,
nourishment of mind and spirit without
nourishment of body, godliness without
good learning or good learning without
godliness. Take the earthy livingtogetherness away and you are left only
with abstract ideas. Separate faith from
rigorous thought and you are left with a
husk. Fides quaerens intellectum: his was a
world in which the whole of human
experience was faith seeking
understanding.
The very buildings of Winchester, then,
are a challenge to our world, one which
has become fragmented in so many ways.
Wykeham lived before the rise of the
nation state, when Europe was larger and
more open than it was to become in the
century after his death. He lived before
the so-called Enlightenment separated
the intellectual search for truth from
ordinary human experience, the mind
from the heart.
It behoves us once a year then, around the
season of his obit, to remember what he
intended and what he achieved. Those
who have lived and learnt here are
singularly fortunate. Wykeham may have
been no saint, but he understood and
respected the human person as the child
of God and society as having a duty to
pursue the common good; that
perspective still forms the basis of
everything that happens in the School he
founded and its demand is as exciting and
relevant now as it was in his own time. ■
Reflections on Five Years
at Winchester
A recent leaver tells us what it’s really like.............
‘It’s funny, isn’t it? It never ends with
a bang, but a whimper.’ Domum had
finally crept to a close. I stood with Mr
Taylor on the corner of Romans Road and
looked for the last time towards the queer
curve in Kingsgate Street before it reaches
the Queen. Though the streetlight lent a
certain surreal quality to the scene, the
reference felt out of place. There was
nothing profound about those final hours;
just that familiar feeling of being strangely
underwhelmed that comes at the end of a
good novel. The bubble had somehow
dissolved and the surroundings of the
island of Win Coll suddenly seemed less
familiar.
Drawing conclusions about my time
at Winchester is rather difficult after such
a short time and with so little space.
What is more, without any point of
comparison, it is quite tricky to come to a
judgement about what is unique about
being a Wykehamist. I can only speak
from my subjective experience and the
perspective of my generation. However,
Wykehamists may always have had some
features that hint at a shared experience
and, perhaps, character.
As Wykehamists, we were the
unwitting and unworthy inheritors of an
alien civilisation. Sheepishly wandering
into Chapel on those first mornings, we
wondered about the educated boys that
must have sat in those same pews, and felt
underqualified to do so ourselves because
of our relative lack of Latin. We had,
somehow, cheated the admissions system
and dishonestly claimed descent from
those legendary medieval scholars. This
was complemented by the fashionable
sense of malaise at Winchester that is
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typical of every great institution. Each
generation of dons looked back to a
different golden age and took care to
suggest that we were not the genuine
article.
However, this was the big joke! As
Wykehamists, we were united by the
mutual awareness of our being fraudsters,
riding the wave of the fading glory that
seemed to be the School’s grand narrative.
We were under no illusions about how
little our exam results meant and even less
so about the enthusiasm with which we
studied for them. This hoax was never
more enjoyable and embarrassing than
when we were lucky enough to suppress a
smile when a stranger, on learning that we
went to Winchester, told us how so very
clever and eccentric we must be. Even
talking to an Etonian, who mistakenly
assumed that he could relate to you as a
fellow traditional public schoolboy,
seemed to involve being a bit of a conartist. The fact that we managed to bypass
rugby culture via Winkies, and the reality
of rowers’ absence from the head of any
school hierarchy, were kept quiet. Perhaps
these were no bad things, but few
Wykehamists could genuinely claim to
have received a standard public-school
education, or even to be authentic
Wykehamists in the way that the ideal
was presented to us. I think this awareness
was central to our consciousness as
Wykehamists and a core feature of the
Wykehamical personality, if there ever
was such a thing.
This joke was by no means malicious,
and in fact remaines very useful in helping
a Wykehamist relate to his life at
Winchester. Without this underlying
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tongue-in-cheek attitude towards the
experience, a benign scepticism, he is in
danger of getting too drawn in to life on
the island. There was no firm sense for
many boys at Winchester that their
education was any sort of practical
preparation for the real world. In fact,
there was the illusion that it would be
enough to grow to be a big fish in what
was really a very small pond. Aspirations
could be comfortably confined to reach
the rewards Winchester itself had to offer,
while motivation was often limited to
meet the modest expectations the School
had of its pupils. This may have been
related to the limited inclusion of parents
in the life of the School, where their
relationship with the College was similar
to the one they shared with their son’s
dentist: they foot the bill, but can only
make assumptions about what the dentist
will do to the patient, who is usually only
required to give a nice smile at the end of
the experience. For some of us this was
one of the greatest attractions of the
arrangement, but it did not help to
reinforce the connection between our life
at Winchester and that of the world
outside which the fee-payers represented.
the workplace as he is to prison.
Of course, this is true of all boarding
schools, and so cannot be said to be a
uniquely formative aspect of Winchester.
However, though Winchester has many
features that are common to all public
schools, there is a sneaking suspicion
that, largely because of the dons, Win
Coll is probably quite a bit better. While
most of us who were not in College
shared this feeling of inadequacy that was
central to our character and self-identity,
ultimately our exposure to Common
Room was the most distinctive part of our
Despite this, Winchester prepared its
students for the world in other ways. They
say that you can’t choose your family, but
you can choose your friends.
Nevertheless, you could not choose the
majority of the friends you made up-toHouse either. Brewing tea together and
sharing a queue for a shower regularly
could be the surprising basis for a
relationship. It was these friendships of
convenience that created the greatest
disillusionment when they withered
outside of the washroom. However, they
were typical of the bonds normal people
form at work and in their daily
environment. Coupled with this, the
concern that Housemasters had, not only
for our academic performance, but also for
our contribution to the community, was
similar to the demands that an employer
makes on his employees. In this way, a
Wykehamist might be as well-adjusted to
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education. They, together with the
Collegemen, were the only ones who
came close to the mythical Wykehamical
creature. Meanwhile, the rest of us made
do with an ironic attitude towards the
reputation we had hijacked and a cheeky,
knowing grin of recognition in the face of
our successes. However, for this reason
the experience was greatly entertaining. I
hope that Winchester’s malaise continues
for many years to come!
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Guy Francis (H, 2003-08)
T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
Jonathan Hannay and the Associação
de Apoio à Criança em Risco
In John Thorn’s last sermon as
Headmaster at Winchester, in Chapel in
early July 1985, he exhorted us to do good
and to give something back in our lives,
to lay aside materialist concerns, and not
simply to follow the easiest career path.
It’s the sermon that I remember best of
the many that I’ve heard, and I think he’d
be happy with what I’ve done, though
coming back to teach at Winchester
hardly counts as the most imaginative
option! Of my fellow Toyeites, a large year
group of eighteen is now dispersed in a
variety of jobs around the world, from
banking in Moscow and oil in Africa, to
playing the guitar in a rock band in
Naples, as well as all the more usual and
predictable careers. But there can be no
doubt which of us best followed John
Thorn’s message. Jonathan Hannay left
Winchester in the summer of 1986, and
his career ‘path’ took him to Dubai during
his gap year, followed by three years in the
catering trade, before ending up at
Columbia University in New York in
1990. There, alongside an undergraduate
degree in Anthropology, he did ‘full time’
voluntary work with children at a shelter
for homeless families in East Harlem. In
1993 he went to Brazil to do his last year
of university and ended up working with
street children.
Jonathan now lives in a suburb of São
Paulo named Eldorado, a huge misnomer if
ever there was one, as this was until very
recently one of the roughest places in all
Brazil, with the highest rates for crime,
murder, drugs, child abuse, impoverishment
and heavy drinking, and with abandoned
children scavenging on the streets and
gang warfare between rival factions. Here,
for the last fifteen years, Jonathan has set
about building up a charitable foundation,
the Associação de Apoio à Criança em
Risco (The Association for the Support of
Children at Risk), which now offers many
services based at an activity centre which
offers a safe refuge and a meeting place for
young people and children. Here they can
enjoy library facilities (with 10,000 books,
CDs and DVDs), take part in educational
and cultural activities, and organise
community events such as regular dances,
cinema sessions and school debates. 270
children in need of special protection
(amongst them victims of child labour,
sexual abuse and exploitation, severe
domestic violence and intra-familial drug
and alcohol abuse), and their families,
receive individual and group attention
here from a dedicated team of social
educators. The efforts of a new mayor
have helped enormously, but so have
The Hannay ‘family’
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Jonathan’s; and the murder rate in his
vicinity has dropped by 75 per cent in the
last few years. Weapons are not allowed in
the activity centre and tolerance and
respect are expected of all those who
enter and work there. Jonathan’s work is
in no way confined to office hours: he has
legally adopted four of these children, and
it’s almost unthinkable that he might ever
be able to move on from São Paulo, being
as deeply involved as he now is with the
young people there.
Jonathan could have easily followed a
conventional path. Like all of us, he was
privileged to have received one of the best
educations that the world can offer; he
could not now be a more fulfilled person.
He is not religious in any way, but this has
become his vocation: ‘I didn’t prepare
myself to do this with my life at all. Some
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people have a religious calling, others
have different callings, but for me helping
these children has become my calling’.
His association raises much of its funds in
the UK, and through hard advocacy
Jonathan manages to get grants from large
companies such as BP and the TSB.
Inevitably, however, such sources of
income are never secure, and particularly
at times like this. If you can help in any
way or would like more information about
the work, you can contact Jonathan at
[email protected] or have a look
at his website (www.acerbrasil.org.br ).
And if you are able to make a gift, your
generosity will go a long way:
contributions can be made directly
through www.justgiving.com/carfuk.
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Nick Salwey (B, 1982-86)
The Princess Royal pays a visit
Henry Hornby and the Arab Revolt
Submitted by James Barr, whose history of the Arab revolt, Setting the Desert on Fire, was first published by
Bloomsbury in June 2006, and a year later in paperback.
Henry Sylvester Hornby (I, 1903-06)
was a tenacious saboteur who played a
vital part in the Arab Revolt made
famous by TE Lawrence in Seven Pillars of
Wisdom.
At the outbreak of war in 1914,
Hornby, who had been working as an
assistant engineer on the Eastern Nigerian
Railway, joined the Royal Engineers. It
was his railway expertise, it seems, which
would draw him into the Arab Revolt,
which broke out less than two years later.
When the Ottomans joined Germany
against Britain late in 1914, the Ottoman
Sultan had summoned the Muslim world
to unite in a jihad against his enemies.
Chilled by this underhand appeal to their
100 million Muslim subjects, the British in
turn wondered whether a dissonant
rebellion against the Ottomans in Islam’s
capital city would drown out the call to
Holy War. They approached the obstinate
ruler of Mecca, Sharif Husein, with a
vague promise of a sizeable empire after
the war, to encourage him to revolt.
Husein was worried by the threat from
both the Ottomans to the north and the
Hornby is second from the right in the back row
Saudis to the east, and accepted the
British offer. Backed by British gold and
weapons, he threw the Ottomans out of
Mecca in June 1916, but failed to eject
them from Medina, which was directly
linked to Damascus by the newly-built
Hijaz railway. When the momentum of
the revolt evaporated in the ferocious
summer heat, to help the Arabs attack the
line, Britain decided to send in a handful
of volunteers in secret to Arabia.
Exactly how Henry Hornby came to
be one of them is not clear. He spoke no
Arabic at all and yet, by 1 April 1917, he
had arrived in Arabia. There were
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complaints that volunteers were hard to
find. Many men preferred to serve in
France, where there was a greater chance
of distinction and promotion. An
unorthodox guerrilla war in the Hijaz
promised neither and seems only to have
appealed to a particular, unruly, sort of
individual. Photographed with a small
group of semi-uniformed airmen in
Arabia, the woolly Wykehamist in the
back row, clad in his pyjamas, looks to
have been amply qualified.
Despite a discouraging start – ‘How
you stuck it for so long, beats me’, Hornby
wrote to a fellow officer after ‘a pretty
strenuous and exasperating seven days’
working alongside Bedu tribesmen –
Hornby rapidly established himself as a
determined saboteur. ‘Arabs told me …
that Hornby would worry the metals with
his teeth when guncotton failed’, TE
Lawrence joked after the war. When the
two men bumped into each other deep in
the serrated mountains of western Arabia
on 17 May 1917, Hornby became the last
British officer to see Lawrence before the
latter’s triumphant capture of the strategic
port of Aqaba seven weeks later.
T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
Although Lawrence nursed ideas of
waging a guerrilla war that would trap the
Turks in Medina, the official British
strategy remained to launch an all-out
assault on the railway which would force
the Turks to capitulate. So while Lawrence
went north for Aqaba, Hornby was tasked
with demolishing as long a stretch of line
as he could, as part of the British grand
plan. Enduring temperatures of over 47
degrees Celsius in the shade, in a weeklong spree he destroyed hundreds of rails,
continuing even after an explosive charge
detonated in his face, rupturing his ear and
leaving him permanently slightly deaf.
The saboteurs’ cavalier attitude to safety
led to a number of accidents – some fatal –
and some formal guidance being issued
later that summer. ‘A detonator has blown
off a man’s hand’, the leaflet warned. From
now on, it advocated, explosives and
detonators should be ‘carried on different
camels’.
Lawrence’s capture of Aqaba, and the
simultaneous arrival in Egypt of General
Allenby, dragged the focus of the revolt far
beyond its original Arabian horizons.
Allenby was under political pressure from
London to capture Jerusalem. But he faced
opposition within the War Office and was
short of the resources he needed.
Lawrence assured Allenby that the Arabs,
east of the Dead Sea, could protect his
right flank. Partly on this understanding,
Allenby advanced and captured Jerusalem
that December. But he almost
immediately found himself overstretched
when most of his best troops were recalled
to reinforce the Western Front following
the Germans’ Spring Offensive in 1918.
During this awkward period the Hijaz
Railway represented a considerable threat,
as it could have enabled the Turks to
mount an attack from south of the Dead
Sea on Allenby’s supply line in what is
now southern Israel. In April 1918, Henry
Hornby joined Lawrence in a raid on the
railway in the south of modern Jordan.
Once the railway line was in British
hands, the two men set about wrecking it.
‘Suddenly there was a hell of a bang, then
at Dara in southern Syria. Winchester’s
brief records indicate that, like several of
the other British saboteurs, he was
awarded the MC for his bravery, and that
like many British soldiers who served and
fought in the tropics, his life was relatively
short. He died on 12 January 1936, a little
over six months after Lawrence.
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Poets’
Corner
We print here the winning entry, by Charles
Risius (Coll.), in last summer’s competition
for the Queen’s Gold Medal for English
Verse.
another, another, another, until hundreds
of yards of rails were twisted and bent like
cheap hairpins’, one onlooker
remembered. Hornby then went
northwards to blow in a cutting at the
point where the railway descends from the
stony steppe of south-eastern Jordan into
the sands of Arabia. Originally from
Newport in south Wales, that night he
treated his colleagues to a rousing
rendition of his favourite songs.
Hornby continued to work feverishly
to ruin the railway south of Amman. The
German commander in the region
estimated that in the first three weeks of
May 1918, Hornby and his colleagues
destroyed twenty-five bridges along the
track. Near to exhaustion, and having had
his spare rations stolen by the Bedu,
Hornby then received three tins of Nestlé
milk and a packet of tea from his
commanding officer, together with a letter
promising that ‘a liberal ration of rum’
would follow in due course, and begging
him to keep up the pressure a little longer.
From there, Henry Hornby disappears
from the story. Allenby advanced
northwards again in September, helped by
an Arab raid behind the lines which
paralysed the Turks’ key railway junction
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Silences
They’re the best bits, you know.
Maudlin rain drops on speckled pebbles.
She kicks one forward, glistening.
It dibbles or dabbles,
I forget which,
in a silent puddle.
I try to do the same
and get water in my shoe.
Later we sit.
Two flies
locked
in a passionate embrace
land between us.
A cyclist glides past us.
His wheels whisper
sweet nothings into the ears
of the flies.
A siren bleats behind us
and it is done.
We remark that it is getting
late and part.
They’re the best bits, I’m told.
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Escape to the Country
Malcolm Archer, Director of Chapel Music, reflects on his first year at Winchester.
Moving from St. Paul’s Cathedral to
Winchester College has been not so much
a culture shock as a complete and
refreshing change, and living in
Winchester has more than lived up to all
our expectations. Having spent most of
my working life in cathedrals, along with
my family I have found a feeling of
community and friendliness at the
College, which has made our first year
very enjoyable. It has also been a relief
this year not to have services
at Christmas and Easter,
although that will change
now that our son, Nathaniel,
is a chorister at Winchester
Cathedral, and our daughter,
Tabitha, a chorister at
Salisbury!
Of course the St. Paul’s
and Winchester jobs are very
different, though with similar
aspects. I am no stranger to
public schools, having
worked at Magdalen College
School, Oxford and Clifton
College earlier in my career.
At St. Paul’s, I felt I was
mainly an administrator,
required to attend many
meetings each week. Still, the musicmaking there was high profile and there
were many memorable services for which
I was musically responsible: the Tsunami
service, the memorial service for the
victims and families of the London
Bombings and the 80th birthday
celebration of HM the Queen are three
which stand out in my mind, all broadcast
live on BBC 1.
Although the music in Winchester
Chapel may not reach such wide corners
of the world through broadcasts and
tourism, the quality of music-making here
is still extremely high, and there is
something very satisfying about singing
for the glory of God in a smaller scale
building, rather than constantly feeling
that the whole world is watching and
listening! Those who worship in St. Paul’s
come to hear music sung in a very great
and iconic edifice, but then can’t hear it
properly because of the complex acoustics
of that glorious place. There is often the
impression that whatever you do
musically, the greatness of the
architecture always wins hands down!
Winchester Chapel is beautiful, with a
very special atmosphere all of its own, and
is an ideal space for choral services, where
the worshipper can be fully engaged in an
act of worship, and where both music and
word have clarity and directness.
One of the many delights of the job
here is the fact that the Quiristers sing
both sacred and secular repertoire,
something which not many choristers
have the opportunity to do because of
their more demanding schedule. However,
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I do feel that this mix of repertoire is very
good for the boys, both musically and
vocally. It exposes them to a variety of
musical styles and gives them the chance
to explore a wider range of vocal colour. I
also think the secular music helps to
develop them as solo singers.
The chapel music at Winchester has
to serve the dual requirements of the
School with its pupils and a Choral
Foundation which is known
about internationally. It is
nothing short of incredible
that William of Wykeham’s
original foundation of
sixteen Quiristers is still
maintained, and Winchester
is unique in being the only
public school in the world to
maintain its choral
foundation with regular
‘cathedral style’ choral
services in its Chapel. It is, of
course, that regularity of
choral services with those
high musical expectations
which ensures the quality of
all that the choir achieves.
Long may it last! It has been
a joy to work with the
Quiristers and members of Chapel Choir
this year, and I am constantly delighted by
the results they are able to achieve, and
by their thirst for interesting and often
challenging music. I hope that many of
you will wish to purchase our new CD of
anthems, (Regent Records) which is
being released this Autumn, together
with a new CD that I have recorded on
the Chapel organ. (also Regent).
I am delighted that, this year, the
Quiristers have started to hold a termly
joint service with the Cathedral
choristers. Needless to say, the two choirs
make a beautiful sound together, and I am
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very grateful to Andrew
Lumsden (G, 1976-80),
Director of Music at the
Cathedral, for his equal
enthusiasm for this regular
joint service. On 27
November 2008, the two sets
of boys will be singing in a
special Ralph Vaughan
Williams concert in The
Royal Festival Hall, with the
Bach Choir, conducted by
David Hill.
It is a blessing to me that Malcolm Archer rehearsing in Chapel
Winchester gives me more
time to compose, something
their GCSE and A level composition
which I have always found rewarding. It is
projects. Although my output so far has
also gratifying that my experience as a
been mainly for choirs, I am also looking
composer has had some use academically
forward to the opportunity of writing
in helping numbers of our pupils through
more instrumental music in the future.
Perhaps the major highlight of
the last academic year was the
choir’s tour of the USA, which
included singing in New York,
Princeton New Jersey and
Greenwich Connecticut, and
at a special award ceremony
on Ellis Island for
distinguished Americans with
immigrant ancestry. The choir
sang extremely well, and one
of the award recipients, Mel
Brooks, grabbed my arm as we
left the stage and said; ‘that
was great, really great, and I
should know cos’ I’m in the
business!’ We are very grateful to the
College and the American Friends for
making this tour possible, and for so
generously providing for us a wonderful
evening at the Penn Club in New York. 왎
The Story of Rudmore retold 100 years on
Canon Paul Lucas (Coll, 1947-52) writes:
In February 1908, Bertie Lucas (G,
1892-97 and Sen Co Prae in 96-97), by
then Chaplain of Hertford College,
Oxford, was writing to a younger brother,
Harold (G, 1899-1904) in India, when the
College Porter came in with a letter ‘which
I thought was from Trevelyan and
wondered why it had a Winchester
postmark’. It turned out to be from Burge,
the Headmaster, practically offering him
the position of Missioner - successor
therefore, after a gap of a dozen years, to
the famous and much loved Robert
Dolling, but in a new district of
Portsmouth, the densely packed and
impoverished area of Rudmore.
This invitation, after great difficulty, he
refused. It was renewed, with the strenuous
backing of Fearon, who had been his own
Headmaster and was now Archdeacon of
Winchester, in whose territory Portsmouth
lay. With this pressure, and with great
satisfaction, he accepted.
In June 1908, therefore, there was an
introductory meeting at Winchester - on a
Tuesday (half rem) evening, prior to a
Leave Out day; so a congenial time. As the
speakers approached towards School across
Chamber Court, they could hear dons
being cheered as they came in. School was
packed. Burge's speech was repeatedly
cheered. The School in 1908, and indeed
the world, was evidently a very different
place.
So in the autumn of 1908, exactly a
century ago, the work of the new Mission
began.
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Life in the district was daunting. ‘We
have been here now six months and I must
send you some account of our doings. Our
reception, I must confess, has not been
altogether flattering ...... The men glower
at you, the women, at least the more polite
ones, greet you through about 3 inches of
open door with "not today, thank you" as if
you were a sort of insurance agent or tout
for sewing machines; and the children treat
you as rather a bad joke, and will laugh at
you when they are in a good temper and
throw mud (sometimes) when they are
not. I must allow I shrink from this from
the children. It is very unnatural that they
should not be friendly and often they are
the opposite .... We are a separate, closely
interrelated community in Rudmore, and if
you come unbidden into a family party, you
are naturally suspected as a stranger. But
T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
The Revd. ATP Williams, Second Master at
the time and later Headmaster (1924-34)
The Revd. Bertie Lucas
Rudmore v Win Coll cricket match, 1916
then there is something much deeper than
that. Almost daily I see and hear things in
our streets, and very often I wish I were
both blind and deaf, things which seem to
reveal a great, dark, partly hidden life about
us in which cruelty and shame and passion
are the only powers.’
By contrast, interest in the School was
immensely encouraging. He gradually got
to know the dons, especially of course the
Housedons; and the men too, especially
the senior men. The means of doing this
were varied.
Twice a year, at the beginning of the
half in September and January, there was a
Mission Meeting, voluntary, but practically
the entire School was there. This gave the
Missioner a platform, in addition to the
pulpit in Chapel and Chantry next day.
The Wykehamist reports on these meetings,
which clearly went down extremely well,
peopled as they were with Rudmore
personalities, their foibles, predicaments,
comedies and tragedies.
February 1911: ‘Mr Lucas then
concluded his address and the applause
which greeted him as he sat down makes it
unnecessary for us to assure him of our
sincere sympathy and interest in his work.’
October 1911: ‘The Headmaster, who
spoke first, declared that Mr Lucas needed
no introduction except to those who were
tasting for the first time the joys of
Winchester, and he could inform these
that of the many things in which we take
an honest pride, there is none of which we
are prouder than the Mission.’
October 1917. ‘Mr Lucas' address
would have commanded the closest
attention on any occasion; especially did it
do so at the present time.’
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Every week the Missioner came to
Winchester for the best part of a day,
socialising informally around sporting
events, brewing up-to-House with the
senior men, having dinner with the
Housedon plus some others, and maybe
taking Preces and ‘rotting around’ in
Galleries.
In exchange (so to speak), a couple
of men would go down to Portsmouth for
a night or two at the weekends. There
was precious little to ‘see’: the most vivid
piece of theatre was at Charlotte Street
market where were all manner of stalls
and cheapjacks: an Indian in a top hat
who would lick off your cataract, or a
man who would draw an aching tooth to
the accompaniment of a drum, whose
music was designed to drown the cries of
the patient.
T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
And there were also visits each way.
Actors and musicians and a miscellany of
impromptu visitors went down to
Rudmore. Expeditions of various
constituencies came up to Winchester. In
1909, the Rudmore X1 (actually 14 boys)
came to play Hutchinson's X1
(Hutchinson was Prefect of Hall) and were
surprised to find the game being played on
grass: Rudmore lost the game, but excelled
at wicket-keeping.
School to experience the catcalls and
mockery on the street, as well as the
warmth and hospitality in the church; for
Rudmore to see so large and so visible a
witness to the fact of ‘our mission’, joined
across the divide of class and prosperity.
This noble basilica was enhanced in
the early 1930s according to original plans
by a fine mosaic in the apse, of Christ on
the cross, his arms curving round to
If making friends at
Winchester was hearteningly
swift, at Rudmore it was a
long and uphill task. But little
by little, the Mission
established itself in the
mental and spiritual
landscape, and the ministry of
friendship, challenge, help in
innumerable ways, teaching
and praying won a place in
the hearts of the community.
In 1916, a fine new
church was built. The site
cost £3,000, the building
about £12,000. Some years
before that time, people in
Rudmore had been saving
and collecting, at the cost of
great self-denial: it was a
community where a mother
might have to choose
between a bar of soap and a
loaf of bread. Consequently
there were plenty of
households where ‘wasting’
money on a church building
was forbidden. So almost the
whole of this great sum came Architect’s drawing for the Church of St John the Baptist, Rudmore
from the Wykehamical
community. The Headmaster (by this
embrace priest and people below him. The
time Rendall), whose salary was £3,500
church was the outward sign of a whole
per annum, with house provided, headed
battery of interlinking activities which the
the list with, in November 1915, a third
Mission initiated and fostered. Clubs for
contribution of £500.
boys and girls, camps for families, meetings
for young men and mothers, dances and
When the Church was consecrated,
football, rifle-shooting, a Provident Club,
the whole senior part of the School went
not to mention all the acts of devotion
down for the consecration and the impact
which marked the life of the church inside
was immense in both directions: for the
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its walls and out in the open air or in the
homes. It was to become a rich life in terms
of the loyalties and devotion of the people.
Those pioneering days might have
been brought to a conclusion within a
couple of decades. In the event, history
delayed things and diverted the outcome.
Two World Wars, sandwiching a world
depression, meant that there was work to
be completed or renewed - building an
adequate clergy house, the
mosaic, then the renewal of
the Hall, then the rebuilding
of the Church after it had
been burnt out in the Blitz.
When the Mission moved
on, to Leigh Park outside
Portsmouth, around 1960, a
blight of a different kind
overshadowed Rudmore. It
was demolished in favour of
the motorway and the cross
channel ferry port. You can
see the church to the left as
you leave the motorway for
the ferry port, its rather drab
brick exterior belying the
beauty of its interior. It has
now been converted into
flats: the glory has departed.
But not entirely. It is now a
generation since demolition,
but three or four times a year,
Rudmores continue to gather
in the Admiral Drake - the
public houses have outlived
the private houses - to renew
their friendships and
loyalties, in this life and
beyond.
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On the 13th of September 2008 a plaque
was dedicated in Old Cloister to commemorate
the Mission in Rudmore, especially the three
Missioners: a quotation from the Old
Testament is designed to include all those in
Rudmore and Winchester who contributed to
its rich and varied life together: ‘There went
with him a band of men whose hearts God had
touched’.
T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
Wiccamica
Do Co Ro
There are twelve new faces in Common
Room this half. We welcome Michael
Broughton (PE), Stephen Finigan
(Classics), David Freeman (English),
Samuel Hart (Physics), Emily Hayes
(Art), Laura Larsen-Strecker
(Chemistry), Rory Malone (Geography),
Simon Tarrant (Head of Design
Technology), Scott Steven (Biology),
Elizabeth Stone (Mathma) and Chris
Walton (Classics). However long their
stay is, we hope that they have a happy
time at Winchester.
A long era closes at the end of this half
when, after nearly twenty-five years,
Stephen Anderson stands down as Head
of Classics. He is to be replaced by Julian
Spencer, currently Head of Classics at
Bedales School. In January Stephen takes
up the new post of Senior Tutor, which
brings with it responsibility for most
School publications.
Looking further ahead, at the end of
March next year Keith Pusey gives up the
post of Director of Studies. He is to be
succeeded in this by James Webster, who
yields the post of Under Master to Jamie
McManus. In anticipation of all this
James has already stood down as Head of
History, and has been replaced in that role
by Peter Metcalfe.
Requiescat in Pace
Readers will be saddened to learn of the
death in September of Iris, wife of Vince
Broderick, cricket professional from 1964
until 1986. Vince and Iris had been
married for sixty-three years.
Three Schools Medical Essay Prize
Ian Fraser, Head of Biology, writes:
Winchester College men won first and
second prizes in the prestigious Three
Schools Medical Essay Prize that reached
its final adjudication on 15th October.
Bing-Shian Tseu (Coll) and Theo
Bartholomew (G) went head-to-head
with two Eton students in the august
surroundings of the Medical Society of
Bing-Shian Tseu (Coll) and Theo Bartholomew (G
London (the oldest medical society in
England). To reach this stage, the two
Winchester men had had to compete
with other essayists within the College.
For the competition, they were required
to research and create a new piece of work
exploring a medical theme. The two
winners of this first round went forward to
the event in London, where they had to
discuss their research in an eight minute
presentation and then face questions from
a panel of expert judges. Sadly, Harrow
was unable to attend this date so the
competition turned into a clash between
these two traditional rivals.
The Etonians talked about the ‘the
application of nanotechnology in medicine’
and ‘the placebo effect’. Bing discussed the
problem of ‘organ donation’ and debated
the benefits of the so called Opt-out
systems, whilst Theo chose to discuss
‘autism’, presenting two different theories to
explain the condition, including the idea of
an Extreme Male Brain. He went on to
debate whether the condition should be
seen as a blessing or a curse.
The judges praised all four boys for their
ambitious and challenging choice of
subjects, and for the slick, professional
quality of their presentations. The postpresentation questions from the judging
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panel were incisive and revealing, and it
was in their confidence in response that
the Winchester competitors seemed really
to have the edge. In summing up, the
judges, who did not know from which
school each essay originated, commended
the Etonian efforts, but declared that the
other two were clearly in a different
league. In the final judgement, Bing was
declared runner-up and Theo the winner.
Both receive annual subscriptions to The
Journal of Medical Biography. Theo wins a
silver plate which he will keep for a year.
As this is the inaugural year for this event,
his will be the first name engraved on the
prize. Both have much to be proud of.
Clearly the three schools and their Old
Boys’ Medical Societies worked with the
Medical Society of London to bring this
competition into effect, but particular
thanks should be given to Harvey White
(G, 1949-54, who chairs the Old
Wykehamist Medical Society and presided
over the event) and to Alastair Land for his
initial inspiration and his determination to
see the idea made manifest. It was so
successful that there is already talk of
expanding the concept to other schools
next year, whilst at the same time retaining
this particular triangular contest.
Our Game ??
Many thanks to John Pusey (Coll, 195257) and to Hal Wilson (K, 1939-44) for
sending us details of some more fictional
Wykehamists. One of these is David
Merredith, a character in Joseph
O’Connor’s Star of the Sea. In the story, set
just before the Irish famine, David is sent
to school at Winchester from his home in
Connemara. During one holiday from
school he and a local Irish girl, Mary
Duane, lose their virginity to each other.
Afterwards, not knowing an appropriate
phrase to describe what they have been
doing, she decides to call it Winchester
College Football!
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T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
Old Wykehamist News
Academic
RS Harvey (I, 70-4): PhD on completion
of his dissertation ‘Mapping Messianic
Jewish Theology’; now Academic
Dean/Director of Training at All Nations
Christian College, Ware, Herts.
EJ Moores (Coll, 00-5 and Exeter Coll.,
Oxf.): elected JCR President of Exeter for
the year beginning Trinity 2008, and was
Captain of Boats at Exeter for the
academic year 07-08.
NJ Richardson (Coll, 53-8), Warden of
Greyfriars, Oxford, 04-7, retired last year
when, at the wish of the friars, Greyfriars
ceased to be part of the University though
continuing as a Friary.
Appointments/Elections
Sir David W Brewer (D, 53-4): appointed
HM Lord-Lieutenant for Greater London.
Sir David Clementi (Warden, E, 62-7):
House Warden of the Mercers Company
JV Eyre (E, 49-54): we apologise to him
for recording in the last issue that he was
Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire: he is Vice
Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire.
QNJ Marshall (B, 86-91): elected as a
Councillor for the Brompton Ward in the
Royal Borough of Kensington and
Chelsea; he received 76% of the vote.
GF Mthembu-Salter (K, 80-4) from
October 07 to March 08 served as finance
expert on a UN panel of experts,
appointed by the Sec-General and
reporting to the Security Council, to
monitor implementation of an arms
embargo on the Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC).
Prof. NI Shepherd-Barron (Coll, 68-72),
prof. of Algebraic Geometry at Trin.
Coll., Camb., was last year appointed a
Fellow of the Royal Society.
Prof. J Tiley (Coll, 55-9) appointed a
Fellow of the British Academy. Prof. NP
Brooks (C, 54-9) was appointed in 1989.
Arts
We apologise for the omission of a name
from the list of those who took part in the
CU Opera Society’s Don Giovanni: CAH
Blackham (Coll, 02-7) was a member of
the chorus.
PA Dillingham (G, 51-6) has recently
retired from being honorary musician
(organist and pianist) and choirmaster of
the Advent Service choir of the Anglican
Chaplaincy of St Nicholas, Helsinki.
Dr JT Gilchrist (A, 79-84): Romantic
Residues, a CD released in September,
Hyperion CDA67725, with Alison
Nicholls, harp, and Jaime Martin, flute. A
press comment was, ‘James Gilchrist is one
of the most expressive tenors of the day, his
timbre soft-grained, his diction immaculate,
his lack of mannerism gratifying and his
choice of repertory on this disc interesting’.
MJ Pickard (Coll, 69-73): appointed
Head of Music at Opera North.
Awards
Prof. AJ Pawson (I, 65-9) has added to his
many honours the Kyoto Prize, an
international award given by the Inamori
Foundation; prizes are awarded annually
in advanced technology, basic sciences,
arts and philosophy, with a quadrennial
prize for life sciences. He is the first
Canadian to be awarded this Prize, for
work on communication between cells.
ARL Travis (C, 75-80): Royal Academy
of Engineering Silver Medal 2008.
Books
Sir Christopher Audland (H, 39-44):
Jenny - The Life and Times of a Victorian
Lady: a biography of the author’s great
grandmother (1821-65). Published by
Folio at Lancaster University, it is
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obtainable only from the author, The Old
House, Ackenthwaite, Milnthorpe, LA7
7DH; e-mail [email protected], £7
plus £l p&p. ISBN 9781862202023.
AEA Bird (A, 60-4): Gentlemen, We Will
Stand and Fight - Le Cateau 1914, Crowood
Press, £19.95. ISBN 9781847970626.
AEA Bird and NA Bird: (A, 60-4 and 626): Voices from the Front Line, Summersdale
Press, £7.99. ISBN 9781840246865.
Ed. Julia Barrow and Andrew Wareham:
Myth, Rulership, Church and Charters:
essays in honour of Nicholas Brooks (C, 549), Ashgate, £55. ISBN 9780754651208.
AS Cheke (D, 58-9, Coll, 59-62) and
Julian Hume: Lost Land of the Dodo: The
Ecological History of Mauritius, Réunion
and Rodrigues, T&AD Poyser, imprint of
A & C Black Ltd. London, £45. ISBN
97807136655444.
AMW Hornsby (K, 90-5) and Neville
Mars: The Chinese Dream, a society under
construction, 010 Publishers, £49.50. ISBN
9789O64506529. Order the book or
download PDF of excerpted pages.
VW Low (K, 72-6): One Man and his dig:
Adventures of an Allotment Novice, Pocket
Books (USA), £7.99. ISBN 978184739128.
Elisabeth Luard (widow of NL Luard, H
51-5): My Life as a Wife: Love, Liquor and
What To Do About the Other Women,
Timewell Press, £16.99. ISBN
9781857252279.
RJA Palmer (C, 76-80): Street Art Chile, 8
Books, London, £14.95, ISBN 978095543217; Gingko Press, Corte Madera, CA,
USA, $24.95, ISBN 9781564233008.
NWR Shakespeare (F, 70-4): Secrets of the
Sea, Vintage, pb £7.99, ISBN
9780099507772; Harvill Secker, hb
£12.99, ISBN 9781846550683.
David Torrance: George Younger, A Life
Well Lived, a biography of the late
T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
Viscount Younger of Leckie (F, 45-9):
Birlinn, Ltd., £30. ISBN 9781841586861.
Commerce and Industry
MH Angus (B, 90-5): sound designer for
Electronic Arts in Guildford.
AWA Duval (Coll, 97-02) is working, on
mergers and acquisitions, with Lazard in
London.
Thanks to several responses to our search for any more Fellows of either the British
Academy or the Royal Society, the following is the latest list of such distinguished men.
If any reader can spot any errors or omissions, please contact the Win Coll Soc office.
Fellows of the British Academy
Fellows of the Royal Society
Professor S Bann (Coll, 55-60)
Professor CNL Brooke (Coll, 40-45)
Professor NP Brooks (C, 54-59)
Professor TC Cave (K, 52-56)
Professor Sir Michael Dummett
(Coll, 39-43)
Professor JM Dunn (Coll, 53-57)
Dr MH Keen (Coll, 47-52)
Professor JR Lucas (Coll, 42-47)
Professor JN Postgate (Coll, 59-63)
Professor FMB Reynolds (F, 46-51)
Professor PG Stein
(sometime Fellow of Win Coll)
Professor AC Thomas (H, 41-44)
Professor J Tiley (Coll, 55-59)
Professor WJ Albery (A, 49-54)
(sometime Fellow of Win Coll)
Professor HB Barlow (I, 35-39)
Professor DH Beach (G, 67-71)
Professor JP Brockes (K, 61-65)
Professor RC Cookson
(sometime Fellow of Win Coll)
Professor FJ Dyson (Coll, 36-41)
Professor GA Jameson (Coll, 48-53)
Professor DC Hanna
(Fellow of Win Coll)
Professor MS Longuet-Higgins
(Coll, 39-43)
Professor IG Macdonald (Coll, 41-46)
Professor NJSM Macintosh
(Coll, 48-53)
Professor AD McLachlan (Coll, 48-53)
Professor The Hon John Mitchison
(Coll, 53-40)
Professor AJ Pawson (I, 65-69)
Professor NI Shepherd-Barron
(Coll, 68-72)
Professor DJ Thouless (Coll, 47-52)
CJM Osborne (Coll, 74-8) is man. dir. of
LECG Europe, based in the London
office; LECG is a consultancy that
specialises in economic and financial
analysis. He and a barrister, Stephen
Hockman, have put forward a proposal to
create an International Court of the
Environment in London.
AM Harrison (I, 94-6) has begun a two
year secondment to the Deloitte &
Touche office in Moscow.
HR Percy (A, 70-4) is ceo of Bank of
London and The Middle East plc,
authorised by the FSA in 07, which he
founded with backing from Kuwaiti
institutional and private shareholders,
Chairman of SGM-Foreign Exchange Ltd,
which he founded in 07, and Director of
Trophy Fund LV, a Hong Kong managed
hedge fund, Core 12 LLC, a Chicago based
advertising company and Cherry LLC, an
Illinois property company. In 2006 he was
elected Liveryman of the Worshipful
Company of International Bankers.
Dr P Puwanarajah (I, 94-9 and New
College) has been in Jordan making a
film which was to have its premiere at
the Toronto Film Festival, and in July
was in pre-production for a short film
about a wheel clamp vigilante, half way
through shooting a documentary about
College Porters at New College and
working on a play for the London Fringe.
He has had articles accepted by the
British Medical Journal and The Lancet
and is ‘trying to keep the medicine going
as much as possible’.
Legal
Ecclesiastical
Dr TH Leigh (Coll, 76-80) is Medical
Assessor and Units Manager at MHPRA
(Medicines Healthcare Products
Regulation Agency), which does cost
benefit analysis for NICE.
Revd. GW Dove (G, 75-80) is now
Chaplain to Glenalmond College.
Revd. AJ Watson (K, 74-8): appointed
Bishop of Aston (Birmingham) and
moved there at the end of September.
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TJH Pattinson (G, 69-74) is a District Judge.
CJC Wyld (F, 70-4) is a lawyer,
specialising in tax and trusts; he is a
partner with Burges Salmon in Bristol.
Medical
Dr RKY Kam (D, 97-02) is House Officer
at St Mark’s and Northwick Park Hpls in
Harrow.
Dr WB Maxwell (B, 76-81) is a consultant
anaesthetist at the Great Western Hpl in
T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
Swindon. In 07 he joined the TA as an
anaesthetist in 243 The Wessex Field Hpl
(Volunteers), part of the RAMC, and was
deployed to Afghanistan from February to
April this year, working in the hospital at
Camp Bastion and also on the Medical
Emergency Retrieval Team, collecting the
wounded and treating them on the way
back to the hospital. He notes wryly that
had he kept the School better informed
about his activities, he could have been
received Ad Portas last term!
he played alongside WG Grace. He
worked as ‘director of the sporting
department’ of The Times and died in
1928, aged 49.
I have been an avid reader of the Trusty
Servant for over 60 years and, now I am
85, I turn first to your Obituary section.
I never cease to be impressed by the
scholastic, legal, military or evangelical
achievements of the deceased, but it is sad
that, only once in the last 50 years, has
bridge ability been mentioned. That was
about ten years ago when GCH Fox (A,
27-32) died.
A few years ago, a symposium of medical
experts in California discovered that
playing bridge put ten years on a person’s
life. For three reasons. First because you
use your brain, then because you are
gregarious, and finally because the
adrenaline flows as you become excited or
angry. These factors combine to increase
the effect of your immune system.
Services
Sport
According to the CU Association
Football Club’s history of the game ‘the
first codified rules originated from Eton,
Harrow and Winchester’. They were
refined in Cambridge in 1848 and
subsequently formed the basis of the
national rules established at a meeting in
Holborn in 1863.
MT Mussa (D, 62-6) finished 3rd overall
in the pre-1966 Formula One race held at
the 6th Historic Grand Prix of Monaco on
11 May 08, driving a 1962 Lotus-BRM.
The Times included in its Olympics
section this year a piece about Evan
Baillie Noel (E, 1892-8). The gold medal
which he won in the men’s singles rackets
at Queen’s Club in 1908 was the first won
by Britain in the London Games; no ball
was struck in the final, his opponent,
Henry Leaf, having had to pull out with
an injured arm. Britain won 145 medals
(Noel and Leaf won a bronze in the
rackets doubles). At Cambridge he never
won a blue at cricket, but later took 17
wickets against Holland in a match that
Wykehamist Bridge Players
R A Priday (A, 36-41) writes:
Dr HM Montagu-Pollock (Coll, 48-53) is a
physicist involved in the development of
novel surface analysis instrumentation and
a collaborator in research for characterising
pre-malignant cells in breast and prostate
tissues, and for identifying adult (nonembryonic) stem cells in the human body.
Brig. NP Carter (H, 72-6): appointed to
command the 6th Divison in York from
January 2008, in the rank of Maj.-General.
described him as ‘faintly tweedy, debonair
and quick to smile’.
Evan Baillie Noel
Obiter dicta
JM Angus (Coll, 87-92) edits BBC World
Service News.
RM Angus (B, 56-61) retired in 01 as
senior Tax partner in Price Waterhouse
Cooper. He opens his garden to the public
in the National Gardens Scheme.
J Holtby (I, 70-5, f of GWH) farms in
Yorkshire (arable and pigs).
RM Perkins (E, 69-74) cycled round
Britain (four and half thousand miles) in
2006, and this year took part, with other
OWs, in a charity cycle ride of 350 miles
across Northern France; this raised £1.4
million for Help for Heroes.
Prof. JD Spence (E, 49-54) gave this year’s
Reith lectures on Radio 4.
JGB Warren (B, 82-6) was the subject of
an article published in The Observer under
the title ‘Being a Foreigner in Russia is no
deterrent to making money’.
KEK Wilkie (K, 69-73): a press article
commented that his work as a landscape
architect may ‘well become the face of
21st century parks and gardens’ and
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Wykehamists have been fairly successful
at bridge over the years and at least four
have been selected to play for England:
GCH Fox himself, Julian Beale G, 44-49),
Anthony Milford (Coll, 54-59) and
myself. Nor is age a deterrent. I was first
capped in 1955 and last represented
England in 2002 at the age of 79. There
are about two million players in the UK
and the present Chairman of the English
Bridge Union (for the second time) is Old
Wykehamist Peter Stocken (G, 54-59),
whose three Wykehamist sons, Jonathan,
Simon and Zebedee, are now successful
teachers of the game.
When I was at Winchester, men were not
allowed to play bridge, as the game was
considered to be a dangerous invention of
the devil. I was friendly at the time with
the delightful music don, Twitch Irving,
who was a bit of a gambler. He played
duplicate bridge, most Sunday afternoons,
at the home of a local worthy, Mrs Hilda
Nash, and I used to play truant from
Furley’s and watch the play. Occasionally
I was allowed to join in. I felt very daring.
T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
In my last year at Winchester, I was lucky
enough to win a SROGUS prize (I
wonder if they still exist? At least notionally.
Ed.). The prize was six books to be
selected from Wells and then signed by
the Headmaster. I selected suitable books
of the time by such as Lytton Strachey,
Aldous Huxley, T S Eliot, etc and for my
sixth book, I chose The Strange Lives of
Men by Ely Culbertson, the promoter of
bridge.
When I took the books to Spencer
Leeson, he approved the first five, but said
the Culbertson book was most unworthy
and should be changed. Sadly I returned
the book and exchanged it for The Plays of
Noel Coward; rather risqué, I thought.
‘M-m-much more suitable’ said the great
man, as he signed the book with a
particular flourish.
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[email protected], telephone +44 (0)1962 621217 or by sending a stamped addressed envelope to the Director, 17 College Street,
Winchester SO23 9LX. ‘Obit’ indicates that a copy of some other tribute is also available.
Neville Grenyer, (staff 1976-84).
Birmingham University, Geography, 67;
KCL, Cert. Ed. 67-8. Asst master St.
Dunstan’s Coll., Catford 68-70,
Haberdashers’ Aske’s School, Elstree 70-6.
HMI 84 until 2006, when he retired at the
age of 60, as required by the then rules of the
Civil Service. Died of cancer 1 May 08,
survived by his wife Rosemary, son and
daughter. Obit.
Richard Charles Stanley-Baker (Coll, 2732), VI. Schol., New College. Sudan Polit.
Service 47; Legal Dept. 44; barr., Gray’s Inn
46; Judge of High Court of Sudan 48-55.
Clerk to the Brewers Company. Retired in
1975; he and his wife then redesigned and
revived their seven acres of garden, opened
them to the public and joined the National
Gardens Scheme. He became the ninth of
the TEN SEN MEN. Died 23 May 08,
survived by his wife, son and daughter. Obit.
Geoffrey Lewis Leslie Reynolds (F, 28-33).
Univ. Coll., Oxf. LMSSA 39; BM, BCh 40;
DM 52. Guy’s Hpl 39; Indian MS 42-6;
India, UK and Hpl Ship Dorsetshire.
Registrar, Guy’s Hpl 48. Gen. med. practice
Kenya 53-65 and W. Australia from 66.
Died 26 April 08, survived by his wife, two
sons and daughter.
Donald Graham Russell Reid (C, 30-4), b
of ARR. Trin. Coll., Camb. RHA 39; MEF
W. Desert 40; Maj., GSO 2, Iraq 42;
Palestine 43; Italy and Jugoslavia 44; Bde.Maj. Dir. Venesta Ltd., plywood manfrs.,
Charles Martin Associates, management
consultants, from 69. Died 31 May 08,
survived by his two sons.
Ifan Ap Thomas (Exhnr C, 30-4)
Edinburgh Univ., MB, ChB; Rowing VIII
38; RAMC 41-6. FFR 52; FRCR 75;
consultant radiologist, Wrexham Hpls.
Group 53-82. He enjoyed travel, poetry and
photography. Died 16 June 08, survived by
his wife, son and daughter.
Arthur Michael Kittermaster (H, 31-3).
Bryanston School. Actor; Staff of BBC
38; AEC 40. RC of Sigs 41; 2 Lt. IA 44;
Burma 45. S. African Broadcasting
Corpn. 46; Dir of Broadcasting N.
Rhodesia 48. Died 8 May 08.
Robert Douglas Christopher McAlpine,
CMG (Hon. Exhnr, E, 32-7), f of
DDCMcA. Exhnr New College. RNVR
39; Fleet Air Arm Fighter Pilot 41-4, Med.
and France (att. RAF) 41-4. Lt. (Intell.)
Admiralty 44-6. He completed his wartime
degree at New College, then joined the FO
and after a year as Asst PS to the Foreign
Sec. served in Germany, Lima, Moscow,
New York and Mexico, 46-68. Man. dir
Baring Brothers 69-79; dir Horace Clarkson
plc 80-7, town councillor, Tetbury 87-91.
President of the local branch of the Royal
British Legion. In retirement he enjoyed
sailing. Died 1 September 08, survived by
his wife, two sons and one of his two
daughters. Obit
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Edward James Stanley Bourne (K, 32-7), b
of RMB and HSB. Magd. Coll., Camb. R
Glos. Hussars 39; N Africa 41; POW, Italy
and Germany 41-5, and used this time to
learn Russian. Capt. CC Austria 46; retd. as
Maj. Farmed until he retired; his interests
included sailing, stalking, opera, electronics
(making radios out of tobacco tins),
weaving (supplying his family with tweeds,
etc.). Died 8 June 08, survived by his wife
and two daughters.
Richard Oliver Mason, MC (F, 32-7), f of
HJM, COM and PRM. Trin. Coll., Camb.
2 Lt DLI 40; Iceland 40-2; Maj.; Normandy,
June 44, severely wounded. Henry Mason,
Shipley, Ltd, worsted manufacturers; dir c
50, retd. 60. Topographer; his books
included Gazetteer of Britain, the Shell Guide
to Kent, Surrey & Sussex, Guide to
Wadsworth Parish Church, and he
contributed to the National Trust Atlas.
Died 29 September 08, survived by his
three sons and daughter.
Guy Henley Dodgson (I, 34-8). Magd.
Coll., Camb. RE 41; Capt., Chindits 44; 12
Para. Sqdn. India 45-6. Market gardener,
Hale, Hampshire from 46. Died 20 May 08,
survived by his wife.
Simon Montfort Bebb (G, 35-41), 3rd
generation Wykehamist, f of JMB and
GMB. Greenjacket Cup winners 36, VI 3840 (Capt.). RAFVR 41; Magd. Coll., Oxf.,
Air Min. Course 41. OU Boxing v Camb.
42; P/O 43; F/Lt. Stockbroker; retired as
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sen. partner, J & A Scrimgeour. He worked
for the White Ensign Club. Died 25 July 08,
survived by his wife, four sons and daughter.
Hugh Patrick Dryhurst Paget (Coll, 35-41).
Schol., New College, 1 Nat. Sci,, D.Phil 49.
Research Chemist, ICI, 44-72; Admin
0fficer Salford Univ. 72-82. Labour member,
Moss Side ward of Manchester City Council
64-7 and 70-86. He enjoyed travel, and was
treasurer of the local Labour Party branch.
Died 19 January 08, survived by his wife, six
children and three stepchildren.
Anthony James Darley Haswell (K, 36-40)
Died on 9th October 2008. There will be
more information in the next issue.
Peter George Dennis Aizlewood (B, 3641), f of RPA. Lords XI, Princes 41. RMA,
OCTU, 42 (Belt of Honour); 4/7th DG 43;
Normandy, D Day (severely wounded);
Instr. RAC, OCTU 45; Capt., ADC to Cin-C MEF 46. R. Agric. Coll. 47; farmer;
breeder of a world class herd of Jersey cattle.
Chmn of the North Cotswold Hunt. JP
Glos. 64. Died 28 April 08, survived by his
two daughters and two sons.
Michael Augustus Tulk Trasenster, CVO
(G, 36-41), b of DRdeCT. 4/7 RDG 42;
Capt. NW Europe 44-6; Chev. Order of
Leopold (with palm); Belgian C de G (with
palm). Reg. cricket. tennis, squash and field
events, capt. 45 and 50. Tank Technology
and Design; ADC to HE Gov. of S.
Australia 47; retd. as Capt., UK Army, 52;
promoted to Maj. by C-in-C NZ Army and
appointed Mil. Sec. to HE Gov.-Gen. of
NZ 52. Brewer, inventor, artist and
photographer (ARPS). Died on 17 July 08,
survived by his wife and two daughters.
Daniel Edmind Awdry (B. 37-42). Died on
11th October 2008. There will be more
information in the next issue.
John Stuart Maitland (G, 39-44), b of NKM,
f of JACM and AKM. The Royal Dragoons
46-7. ACA 53, RCA; sec., dir RA Lister &
Co., Ltd. 54-86; retd. Master of the Girdlers
Company 90-1; Treasurer for several years of
the Gloucester Cathedral 900th
Anniversary Appeal. Died 7 May 08,
survived by his wife, three sons and daughter.
John Hartley Sellar Lang (H, 39-44), f of
JANL. K0SB 44-8. Sydney Univ. 51-3.
Farming in Dorset and Devon 57-87. Died
after a long illness, 21 May 08, survived by
his wife, two sons and daughter. Obit.
Denis Egerton Young (F, 39-44). RNVR
44-6. King’s Coll., Camb. CU Bridge 47-9.
Br. Council Singapore 49-50. Asst master
Strathallan School, Perthshire;
housemaster; head of Hist. Dept. 61; retd.
79 and became an antique dealer,
specialising in English and Chinese
porcelain. Died 15 February 08, survived by
his wife, two sons and two daughters.
Maurice Osmund John Fooks (G, 40-5),
RAC 45; 14/20th Hussars 46. Underwriter
at Lloyd’s from 51; retd in his early 60s. He
enjoyed shooting, fishing, socialising,
visiting country houses and gardens, and
travelling with his wife until she had a
stroke which prevented this. Died 1
February 08, survived by his wife and two
daughters.
Edward Alexander Martin (K, 40-4), f of
AM. Scots Gds 44-7. Art student 47,
tutored by Sir Robert Witt in fine arts;
Sotheby 49-59; art dealer in London,
specialist in anthropology and ethnography.
Died 13 July 08 survived by his son and
three daughters.
Treleaven Charles Harvard Sweeting (F,
41-2). RAF, BAOR 46-7; invalided. Trin.
Coll., Dublin 47-52; Pres. Univ.
Philosophical Soc. 51-2. Writer 54-5 and
later asst. film dir Assoc. British Studios,
Elstree; graduate work Univs of Calif. and
Southern Calif. 63-8; asst prof. of Theatre
Arts and Film Co-ordinator Pennsylvania
State Univ. 69-70; asst. prof. Paterson
State Coll., New Jersey 70-2; sen. lect.
Hofstra Univ., New York 72-3; founder,
Brit. & Commonwealth Inst. of N.Y. 79.
Columnist, New York Today 78-88 and
Union Jack (monthly) from 84. Died 24
July 08.
Leslie Crawford McCracken (D, 42-6). 164
OCTU, Belt of Honour; 2 Lt Cameronians
48; Univ. Coll., Oxf. 49; asst. stage
manager, Covent Garden 51; Binder
Hamlyn, chtd accts 53; hon. treas. Oxford
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House, Bethnal Green 60; man. dir.
Dartford Pottery Ltd 63; Dartington Hall
Trust, Devon 71; National Trust 76, asst
sec. 86, retd 93. While at Covent Garden
he met Thekla Russell, who was with the
Royal Ballet, and within 3 weeks they were
married. Died 11 July 08, survived by his
wife and one of their two daughters,
Philip John Noble Fawcett (C, 42-6).
RASC 46-7. UK rep. Brown & Dureau
(Australia) Ltd 49; security analyst
Canadian stockbrokers; investment
counsel. Died 18 April 08.
John Hilary Whale (Coll., 44-9), b of DJW.
Intell. Corps. 50-1. Schol. CCC, Oxf. 51.
Journalist; ITV News 60 (polit. corresp. 63,
Washington corresp. 67); Sunday Times 69;
head of religious programmes BBC TV 84;
ed. Church Times 89-95; retd. Author of
several books. Died 17 June 08 survived by
his wife and son.
John Henry Willes Chitty (Exhnr, D, 4550), 3rd generation Wykehamist, b of
TWC. RA 51, NAAFI 53 (internal
auditor, Diplomatic supplies, beer and soft
drinks buyer, public relations officer UK).
Retd in his late 50s. For 37 years he
organised a debating competition, and then
a public speaking competition, for local
schools. He raised about £7,000 for cancer
research and was actively involved in the
parish church. Died 18 June 08, survived by
his wife and two daughters.
William Hamilton Stewart Godfrey (1, 4651). The Buffs 50-2; Law Soc. Sch. of Law,
London; qualified solicitor 59; sen. partner
Leeds Day solicitors, remaining as a
consultant after retirement. Registrar
Diocese of Ely 79-2002; Deputy Coroner
for Huntingdon; pres. Cambridgeshire &
District Law Soc. 85. ‘Musically he was
talented to an alarming degree’. At school
he had played the organ, then joined the
Philbean Society in London and for twenty
years was the musical director of SIMADS,
St Ives Music and Drama Society. In
retirement he became choir master to the
Cambridge Group of the University of the
Third Age. He enjoyed games, especially
tennis, and skiing. Died 18 August 08,
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survived by his wife, three sons and
daughter. Obit.
Richard Christopher Fraser Leach, MBE,
OSA (B, 48-53), b of PJL. RMAS 53-5;
commissioned KRRC 55, resigned
commission 68. Dep. Registrar, The
Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy, 7582, Registrar 83-2000. In retirement he
played an active part as bellringer, church
warden, driver of the village bus, and as a
volunteer helper with Weald and
Downland Open Air Museum in
Singleton, where he was a member of the
millers’ team. Interested in archaeology, he
also helped with digs in Chichester. Died of
cancer 16 September 08, survived by his
wife, son and daughter.
Peter David Hamilton Oswald (K, 50-4), f of
PCPO, JDJO and DGHO. Bisley 54; RNVR
55-7. Lincoln Coll., Oxf; OU Rifle Club,
Chancellors Match 59-60 (Half Blue).
Partner L Messel & Co. 64-86. Farmed
(mixed livestock and arable) in Fife for
twenty years. He and his wife died instantly
in a car crash on 26 July 08; they are survived
by their three sons and daughter.
Richard Eastaway Thomas (Coll, 50-5).
Small-bore shooting VIII 55, chess 54-5,
golf 54. RA 55-7. Cyprus. Schol. New
College, D Phil 63; Chem. research ICI,
Mond Div. 63-73; lect. in Management
Science Univ. of Stirling 73 until he retired
in 04, but was still teaching there and
studying French and German. Deeply
interested in botany and ornithology, he
kept botanical records, was BSBI recorder
for mid-Perth and the Wild Life Trust in
Cheshire, and took part in ringing birds in
Wales. Died 19 June 08, survived by his
wife and two daughters.
Peter Richard Jameson (Coll, 51-6). Died
on 11th February 2008. There will be more
information in the next issue.
John Richard Wakely (Coll, 56-60), VI, X.
Schol. Peterhouse, Camb.; Pres.
Sexcentenary, Club. Television scriptwriter,
producer, diplomatic and political corresp.
Independent Television News 63-74;
presenter BBC Money Programme, live
political coverage 74-5; Civil Service, Dept.
of Energy 76-80; Civil Service Coll. 80-2;
Dept. of Energy 83-94. In retirement he
wrote a family history. Died 27 April 08,
survived by his wife and two sons. Obit.
Robert Douglas Carlisle Skene (K, 60-4).
Left school at the age of 16 after achieving 3
A Levels, and at 17 was asst housemaster at
Kings College, Budo, Uganda. Became a
pupil barrister and was released for 3 years to
gain Army experience. Short Serv.
Commission, R Scots Greys 67-70; Mons
Officer Cadet Sch., Sen. Under Officer 67-8.
Called to the Bar 73. MOD (M15) 75-84.
Schroder Financial Management Ltd 84-6;
dir John Lamb Gp Ltd 86-9. In 1989 he set
up Robt. Langley & Co and built up a huge
clientele. He had an abiding interest in
military and modern history, and became an
expert on the First World War. ‘He never
feared expressing his deeply held beliefs,
which often flew in the face of traditional
views.... He also had genuine compassion
and feeling for the underdog’. He died on 27
September 07, survived by his wife, son and
daughter. (We recorded his death in TS No.
104, but had not time before going to press to
add any information). Obit.
Martin Bernard Hirigoyen Kelly (D, 79-83).
Graduated at Bart’s Hpl Medical School, 89.
FRCS 93. Specialised in plastic surgery after
working for Médecins Sans Frontières and
seeing children with burns and deformities
that could not be treated locally. DM,
London, 97. Plastic Surgery Fellowship of the
RCS; two year travelling scholarship to do
research at Mount Sinai Hpl, New York;
trained in craniofacial surgery at Chelsea &
Westminster Hpl and Gt Ormond St Hpl;
one year’s fellowship in orbito-craniofacial
surgery at Hpl Foch, Paris. Appointed a
consultant plastic surgeon at the Chelsea &
Royal Marsden Hpls. With three other
consultants he founded London Plastic
Surgery Associates and was co-founder with
Norman Waterhouse of ‘Facing the World’, a
charity set up to treat poor children from
around the world. ‘A very compassionate
man, but hard-headed and practical … a
modest man with a great wit and welldeveloped sense of humour’. He had a talent
for painting and music, and enjoyed tennis,
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horse-riding and skiing. Died suddenly of a
heart attack on 20 May 08, survived by his
wife (the actress Natascha McElhone) and
two sons. See Times, Sunday Times, Daily
Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph.
Jonathan David Ormerod Sutton (G, 038), gs of the late John S, who was solicitor
to the College, son of RHS (Coll, 67-71
and a Fellow since 2003). Died of a form
of encephalitis on 20 August 08. Dr Jon
Cooper, his housemaster from 03-7, writes:
‘Johnny was one of the youngest in his
year and one of the brightest. He was a
gifted games player and made a very
promising start in Yearlings A soccer in his
first term, going on to play at A team level
in each subsequent year group. He also
played cricket, including Sen Colts A, but
tennis was his real Cloister Time passion. I
think Johnny would be most proud of his
contribution to Commoner Canvas. He
was on dress in 2007 but played with great
style in 2008, the year Commoners broke
their long losing run to win at last.
Johnny’s evident joy at the final whistle
and the huge smile on his face said it all; it
is a memory of him that I shall always
cherish. Johnny was an exemplary Philite.
He was honest and honourable, open and
direct, he never started something he did
not intend to finish, he gave more than he
took, he worked hard at everything he did
and was a huge inspiration to others. I
relied on his intelligence and sensitivity
and his discretion and honesty on many
occasions. All who shared their time with
him in Phil’s know what a significant and
lasting contribution he made.’
If you would like a copy of other tributes,
please send an addressed envelope to the
Director.
The present housemaster of Phil’s, David
Yeomans, tells us that a Mountain Ash will
be planted in the garden in memory of
Johnny.
Duncan Louis Stewart (G, 03-8). Died in
a road traffic accident on 15 October
2008. There will be more information in
the next issue.
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T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
Winchester College Society
Office
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Telephone: 01962 621217
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E-mail:
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Web site: www.winchestercollege.org
Directors: David Fellowes (I, 63-67)
Lorna Stoddart
The Council
Peter Stormonth Darling (C, 45-50) Chairman
Rod Parker (A, 61-65)
David Fellowes (I, 63-67) - Director
David McCue (G, 68-72)
Andrew Joy (C, 70-74)
Richard Morse (K, 72-76)
Toby Stubbs (E, 72-77)
William Eccles (H, 73-77)
RupertYounger (F, 79-84)
Alasdair Maclay (Coll, 86-91)
Andrew Wilson (A, 88-90)
Michael Humbert (B, 90-95)
Mark Toone (E, 90-95)
Ed Matthews (K, 91-96)
Peter Joost (Parent)
Lorna Stoddart - Director of Development
Dr R D Townsend - Headmaster
TEN SEN MEN
AGCF Campbell Murdoch (C, 24-29)
DJJ Evans (F, 25-29)
MC Burn (F, 26-31)
S Wylie (Coll, 25-31)
FJM Melville (B, 27-32)
MR Evans (H, 27-30)
IA Robertson (H, 27-32)
MRF Simson (A, 27-32)
MH Asquith (H, 28-33)
J Gask (K, 28-33)
Albert H Gordon (Hon OW) was 107 on
21 July 2008.
From the Director
The Win Coll Alumni Online
Community is now very nearly ready to
go live …. within just a few days! No, you
didn’t just imagine you read that – it
happens to be true, and much thanks to
the enthusiasm of my team, in particular
Donna Hale, who has worked tirelessly on
the project – thank you, Donna.
Arras to commemorate the 1917 Dinner.
A full account will be given in the next
issue of this magazine.
I am always on the lookout for original
ideas and themes for dinners, outings and
tours, sometimes requiring special doors to
be opened for us. Should you have any
such ideas or keys to those doors, I would
welcome hearing from you.
Its success will soon be entirely in your
hands – if you don’t log on, it will wither
on the vine, so, please, when you receive
your very straightforward instructions in a
few days time, just log on, check, correct
and expand the information we have on
you and, above all, ‘unlock’ as many of
the closed boxes as you are prepared to.
And finally, please encourage as many
other OWs as possible to do likewise, as
only then will this become the thriving
Online Community that it deserves to be.
OWs in Wine - I have had a request for
the names of any OWs who regard
themselves as ‘working in or with the
wine trade’, if this could ever be regarded
as a chore! Would any purveyors or
masters of such fruits get in touch with
me, in a bid to extend the following list:
Win Coll Soc Council - met in London
on two occasions during the year: 10th
March and 30th September. Under Peter
Stormonth Darling’s inspiring and
unflagging chairmanship, this group has
provided invaluable support and ideas to
the Society in helping it to advance
various development initiatives, all of
which will culminate in due course in the
launch of the Wykeham Campaign. I
remain indebted to them.
Maybe the prospect of some free publicity
will serve to smoke some more of you out?!
Ideas for Events - I have been
encouraged by the response to two
particular events that we have in our diary
for Short Half, the first being the return of
that ‘Goodie’ par excellence, Tim BrookeTaylor (C, 54-58), on 9th October to
deliver his lecture in New Hall to the
Friends, parents and dons – hilarious, and
yet illuminating, as you would expect! –
whilst, on a more sombre note, we have a
full complement for the ‘In the Footsteps
of Monty Rendall’ tour of the battlefields
of the Somme, followed by a Dinner in
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• Simon Taylor (F, 70-74)
[email protected]
• Edward Parker (F, 79-83)
[email protected]
Eric Harle - honorary OW - you may
recall the article, entitled: In Win Coll but
not of it, that appeared in the last issue,
written by Eric Harle, who had been
‘attached’ to VIth Book for two years:
1939 to 1941. I had the pleasure of
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welcoming Eric and his wife, Ruth, for his
first return to Win Coll since those darker
days. We looked round much of the
campus, including his div room, which, by
an extraordinary coincidence, just
happened to be the only one in Flint
Court that was unlocked, and enjoyed a
brief look at a few archives and treasures
in the company of Suzanne Foster,
College Archivist. On leaving Outer
Gate, we paused briefly, whilst I presented
Eric with his long-overdue OW tie. The
full impact of this simple ceremony only
really sank into him over lunch at the
Wykeham Arms.
Meads, where he reminded them that this
need not be the end of their relationship
with the School, should they wish to
continue to enjoy the feeling of belonging
within the Wykehamical family through
their recently enshrined membership of
Win Coll Soc.
Summer Reception in Bristol - on
Wednesday, 9th July 2008 at Leigh Court,
on the outskirts of Bristol. Just over 40
OWs, parents and guests attended this
enjoyable occasion, at which Caroline
Kay (Fellow, 93-08) spoke about her new
role as Chief Executive of the Bath
Preservation Trust.
It only remains for me to thank you for your
support and encouragement during the past
year and to wish you and your families a
very happy Christmas and New Year.
In Western Australia - the Headmaster
hosted an informal gathering of OWs and
their guests at St Catherine’s College in
the University of Western Australia on
Tuesday, 22nd July. Those present were:
John Prince, (X, 37-41), Michael and
Elizabeth Harford (E, 39-44), Robin and
Helen McArthur (Q, 50-52), Dr
R.N.Evans (B, 57-62), Andy and Lanie
Byk (F, 82-87) and Bridget Faye, widow
of Claude (C, 54-59).
Renewed Email Addresses – PLEASE!
I repeat, once more, my plea that you
should let us have your email address.
It would help us a great deal, both
administratively and financially, if we
were able to communicate more using
email. Each reminder seems to squeeze
a few more addresses out of you!
Some events in 2008
Domum for Parents - on Saturday,
28th June
Winchester College said its goodbyes to
this year’s Leavers and their parents on the
last day of Cloister Time. The Warden and
Headmaster mingled with their guests and
with the dons on a beautiful balmy
evening at a Champagne Reception in the
Warden’s Garden, at the end of which the
Headmaster gave a brief farewell speech to
the parents.
Sir Andrew and Lady Large
The Director of the Winchester College
Society then invited the parents to join
him in warmly thanking the Warden for
all his endeavours and guidance during his
five years in office, and in wishing him and
Lady Large a long and happy retirement.
Whilst the Leavers and dons were dining
in College Hall, the parents joined the
Director for dinner in a marquee on
The Charlie Van der Noot
Commemoration Match took place at
Burton’s Court on Wednesday, 18th June.
Col. Christopher Van der Noot (K, 5357) expressed his everlasting gratitude to
all those who have, and who continue to
contribute to the fund, set up in 2006 in
his son’s memory.
Domum Drinks
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Lord’s 1967 Reunion - on Friday, 8th
August 2008, a collection of cricketers,
most of whom had possibly shown at least
some potential during the 1967 season,
answered a call from their former skipper,
Edward Synge (H, 62-67), to lunch at
Ziani’s, Smith Terrace, London. The
following were fortunate in making at
least this Roll: Will Bailey (A, 63-68),
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who had made the journey especially from
South Africa, James Bebb (A, 63-68),
Charles Brims (K, 63-68), David Fellowes
(I, 63-67), Patrick Hunter-Jones (F, 6468), Nigel Maclean (E, 63-68) and James
Marigold (K, 62-67); enough said.
Many of those present then processed
behind the Rudmore Cross into Old
Cloister for a dedication of a plaque near
Bell Gate, kindly presented by Paul Lucas
(Coll, 47-52). This plaque commemorated
the centenary of the invitation of his
Wykeham Day - on Saturday, 13th
September 2008. Over 300 people
attended, including Old Wykehamists
and their guests, past and some present
dons, non-OW members of the William
Stanley Goddard Society and members of
the Rudmore Community, near
Portsmouth. We were fortunate in that
the weather-gods smiled on us for the first
time during the week.
There were very few spare seats in Chapel
for an uplifting service. The congregation
heard a sermon from the Headmaster and,
at the end of the service, the new Warden
gave his first Address to a Wykehamical
audience, following his Admission in
Chapel on 1st September.
father, Bertie Lucas, a former Sen Co Prae,
by the then Headmaster, Dr Burge, to
initiate the Winchester College Mission
afresh in Rudmore, Portsmouth. The
Choir sang an anthem, and the Aulae
Prae, Sen Co Prae, Trant’s Head of House,
The dedication of the Rudmore plaque in Old Cloister
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Trant’s Housemaster and a Rudmore
representative all told the story of the
Mission, illustrating its strong ties with
Win Coll; a hymn was then sung and
prayers said.
The company then walked out of Old
Cloister and over Bell Gate Bridge,
recently renewed, thanks to the
generosity of Lt. Col. Alastair Drew (B,
52-7) in memory of the late Sir Gawain
Bell KCMG CBE KStJ (D, 22-27), whose
three daughters led the way into the
Warden’s Garden.
A hot buffet luncheon awaited in the
marquee on Meads, after which guests
were able to enjoy a variety of events and
exhibitions on offer around the School.
The day ended with tea in School for allcomers, including those attending the
special service in Chantry, once more
organised by Mark Stephens (F, 55-59).
Members of the William Stanley Goddard
Society were invited to a special tea in the
Warden’s Lodgings.
T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
Scenes from Wykeham Day
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T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
OW Dinner for 25 to 40 age-group - on
Thursday, 18th September 2008 at the
Royal College of Surgeons in Lincoln’s
Inn, London. This popular event, now in
its fourth year, was well attended by about
55 OWs.
After a lively Reception, during which
many old friendships were re-kindled,
David Fellowes welcomed his guests and
took the opportunity, before a mouthful
could be enjoyed, to demonstrate the new
Online Community. Dons Common
Room was represented by Peter Cramer,
Tim Cawse, Robert Chee-A-Tow and the
Guest Speaker, David Baldwin, who, in
addition to seeking support for his role as
Head of Careers, rounded off the evening
with stories of dons, both past and
present, much to the insatiable delight of
his audience.
Reception for Parents - on Thursday,
16th October, a Reception for parents of
boys in their first and second years at the
School was held in the Old Hall,
Lincoln’s Inn, London. Over 150 parents
and staff attended this inaugural event
and listened to an entertaining talk from
the Headmaster.
An attentive audience at the 25-40 Dinner
Tripartite Medical Society Dinner - on
Wednesday, 23rd October 2008 at Harrow
School; for the Old Etonian, Old Harrovian
and Old Wykehamist Medical Societies.
OW Dinner in Bath - on Friday, 31st
October 2008 at the Royal Spa Hotel; the
guest speaker was Brigadier Nick Carter
CB, QCVS (H, 72-76), whose promotion
to Major-General has recently been
gazetted.
The Headmaster addresses the parents
William Stanley Goddard Society Lunch
- on Friday, 7th November 2008, in
School, followed by a private tour of the
Fellows’ Library, including the Long
Gallery, Warden Harmar Room and the
new ‘D-Day Landing’ - for those who
have pledged to contribute to
Winchester’s future through a bequest
The ‘1917 Dinner’ in Arras, Northern
France - over the weekend of 14th-16th
November 2008.
Annual Reception for OWs - on
Wednesday, 19th November 2007 in the
Old Hall, Lincoln’s Inn.
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1998 Leavers Dinner - on 21st
November at the In & Out Club
(Navy & Military), 4 St James’s
Square, London. Please contact Dan
Waller (C, 93-98), who is the
inspirational organiser of the event:
[email protected].
T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
Illumina - at 4.45pm on Friday, 12th
December - on Meads.
Careers Department
David Baldwin, Head of Careers and
Higher Education, would be very
pleased to hear from OWs (if possible
in the 25 to 45 age range) willing to
speak at one of the two careers events
he organises. Speakers from sciencebased professions, from engineering,
the media, performing arts,
independent business, the Civil
Service, and from property and
auctioneering would be particularly
welcome. One event is held on an
afternoon in mid-March, the other
towards the end of June. Speakers are
invited to speak for no more than 30
minutes, and the 80 or so who have
spoken over the last two years have
provided some wonderful insights and
thoroughly enjoyed the occasion to
boot. A very good lunch or supper is
also offered.
In addition to organising careers
events, the department also tries to
help boys find work experience. This is
a difficult area, and David’s team would
be hugely grateful for offers to add to
the list of placements which is
gradually building up.
Sixth Book: Sen Div 1946 Reunion
This photograph was unearthed from some family papers by Guy Gordon Clark, who
established it as being taken in Cloister Time 1946, to mark the retirement of Spencer
Leeson as Headmaster. Thanks to references to Short Roll and the encyclopaedic
memory of Sir Jeremy Morse, everybody has been identified.
A reunion was arranged at the Athenaeum on 1st July; nine of the thirteen survivors
enjoyed ‘a very convivial lunch’. The absentees were Francis Caird (Coll, 41-46), John
King (Coll, 42-47), Alasdair Milne (Coll, 44-48) and Mark Morford (Coll, 42-48).
62 years later...
OWs currently at university who
would be willing to talk about their
Gap experiences should also get in
touch with David Baldwin. Contact
details: [email protected] or ‘phone
01962 621174.
1999 Leavers Dinner? - I am hoping
that a ring-leader will step forward to
take on the mantle by organising a
reunion for the 1999 Leavers, in the
same way as Basile Benoit (D) did in
2007 and Dan Waller is doing in 2008.
Please contact Basile, Dan or David
Fellowes to ensure that such a
worthwhile and enjoyable event
becomes a notion. Some funding may
even be on offer!
Sir Jeremy Morse
(K, 42-46)
Guy Gordon Clark
(Coll, 41-46)
Murray McLaggan
(G, 43-48)
Adrian Stokes
(I, 41-46)
Keith Spence
(Coll, 43-48)
Richard Wilding
(Coll, 42-47)
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Ian Buist
(Coll, 43-48)
George Harre
(K, 41-46)
Sir Robert Wade-Gery
(Coll, 42-47)
T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
SALES AND GENERAL
OW items – available from Smart
Turnout, a mail-order company. Their
range is gradually expanding to cater for
every taste, it seems – I am told that
designs are now well advanced for some
OW swimmers and even a polo shirt!
Wyk Soc will receive a 10% commission
on all purchases you make if you can
kindly remember to quote ‘WIN06’.
Please contact www.smartturnout.com or
08451 292900; there is also a link to them
on our website. In addition, the Win Coll
Soc office does still carry some stock,
should you be in the area.
Books: for Sale or otherwise
Copies of WINCHESTER, An Illustrated
Stroll through City and College are still
available. It attracts many repeat orders
from those who have enjoyed it and
makes an ideal present for most occasions.
It can be obtained from The Secretary’s
office - £20 (plus £5 for UK postage and
packaging) – cheques to be made out to
‘Cornflowers’.
Blue-bound copies of Malcolm Burr’s All
from the Same Place are always in demand
– if you have no further need for your
copy, please contact the Win Coll Soc
office, which runs a waiting list of those
seeking to complete the trilogy. Copies of
the red-bound More from the Same Place
and the brown-bound Yet More from the
Same Place are still available.
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Dates for your Diary in 2008 and 2009
Drew Memorial Fund – the Drew
Committee plans to mark the 20th
anniversary of the initial fund launch in
1988, the 50th anniversary of Grahame’s
arrival as a don at Win Coll in 1958 and
the 90th anniversary of his birth in 1918,
with a gathering of past Drew Travel
Scholars and donors at Win Coll at some
stage during 2009. Please keep an eye out
for announcements, which are
anticipated whilst there is still an
‘_ _ _8’ in the year!
OW Dinner for the Under 25s – on
Thursday, 5th February, at the Royal
College of Surgeons in Lincoln’s Inn
Fields, London.
Win Co Fo (‘Winkies’ to some!) –
kick off at 2.30 pm:
• XVs – Commoners v OTH on
Saturday, 7th February
• Xs - College v Commoners on
Tuesday, 10th February
• Xs – College v OTH on Thursday,
12th February
• VIs – Commoners v OTH on
Saturday, 14th March
• VIs – College v OTH on Tuesday, 17
March
• VIs – College v Commoners on
Thursday, 19th March
Oxford Undergraduates Dinner –
on Friday, 6th March; please contact
James Langman (F, 04-06) if you are
interested.
Email: [email protected]
Please read the following carefully:
The Data Protection Act 1998.
All data on Old Wykehamists, parents
and others is securely held in the
Winchester College Society database and
will be treated confidentially for the
benefit of the Society, its members and
Winchester College. The data is available
to the Win Coll Soc office and, upon
appropriate application from its
membership, to recognised societies,
sports and other clubs associated with the
School. Data is used for a full range of
alumni activities, including the
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OW Arts Dinner – full details of this
event, to be held in the Vaults at the
Royal Society of Arts, London WC2 on
Friday, 7th May. We are hoping that this
may appeal to those with an interest in
the Arts, but our database may need a
little help in identifying such a select
band! Should you be interested in
receiving an invitation, please contact
Penny McPherson ([email protected]).
Also, it would be helpful to know of any
OWs who are Fellows of the RSA; again,
please notify Penny.
Wiltshire & Dorset Summer Buffet –
on 30th May at Deans Court,
Wimborne, by kind permission of Sir
Michael Hanham (H, 36-41) and his
son, William (H, 71-74).
Summer Ball – on Saturday, 4th July
2009, based in and around Meads.
Furley’s 150th Anniversary
celebrations – to be held on Saturday,
28th & Sunday, 29th August 2009,
based on Kingsgate Park and
Chernocke House. Old Furleyites are
encouraged to reply to the
Housemaster’s recent communication.
Wykeham Day – Saturday, 19th
September.
OW Bath Dinner – Friday, 30th
October.
distribution of Win Coll Soc, Wyk Soc
and other School publications,
notification of events and the promotion
of any benefits and services that may be
available. Data may also be used in
fundraising programmes, but may not be
passed to external commercial or other
organisations, or sold on auction sites.