No. 23 • Spring 2016

News of OKS In Honoured Memory Features A Knighthood, a CBE and Peter Yeend and Lady Margaret Three Able Ladies and a Disputed literary endeavours FitzWalter Inheritance p2 p10 p11

When Bill met Bagpuss: How the cat got his coat p3 News of OKS

News of OKS includes Beethoven 1940s JOSEPH (JOE) CLARK (MO 1952-54) in Linacre, a Jordanian film and a writes that his stay at King’s was short great variety of writing. We would JOHN JACKSON (MO 1943-48) but it was “a wonderful experience like to hear your news so please has published Brahma Dreaming, that helped set me up for life”. Joe’s contact Elaine Lynch (see below) versions of the tales of the Hindus’ one ambition was to go to sea and this or fill in the form on the back page. great gods, illustrated by Daniela he did at the age of seventeen as a Jaglenka Terrazzini. His earlier Cadet Purser for eight years, “during book A Little Piece of England – A which time I had risen in rank to Tale of Self Sufficiency, recently Deputy Purser. I left to get married republished, is an anecdotal account in 1962 and followed a successful of how John left the City at the career in banking, retiring at age 63 height of his corporate career to set to pursue other interests. I became a up a smallholding in rural with Lay Reader in the Rochester Diocese his wife and three children. In 1992 and now age 78 I’m still very much he became the first non-solicitor involved in running a small Anglican chairman of the law firm Mishcon de Mission attached to St Stephen’s in Reya, a position he holds today, and Tonbridge. I also raise money for also helped to create the Countryside The Mission to Seafarers by making Alliance in the 1990s. In 2001 John short DVDs about ships. This keeps became one of the first directors of an old man busy. My wife died in the global web based publication 1999 and I remarried in 2001. I had openDemocracy and in 2011 he three children, none of whom went to founded JJ Books. King’s, but one went to Kelly College where the Headmaster was Denis 1950s Ball, formerly a King’s Maths Master. We had several laughs on the touch JEREMY MALLINSON line about my attempts to re-invent (MO 1950-54), primatologist, has clothed calculus.” Picture on page 4. his knowledge of endangered species in a * new form. His romantic novel, Someone CHRISTOPHER MATTHEW (SH We want to hear your Wishes to Speak to You, published in 1952-57) has just published his latest news and so do your 2014, follows the experiences of the son book of comic verse A Bus Pass of a British baronet, Matthew Duncan, Named Desire. Subtitled ‘romances fellow OKS. who comes to Africa to study primates for the young at heart’ it ‘negotiates in their natural habitat but finds himself the perils and pitfalls of romance in Offcuts and For The Record are enmeshed in Rhodesia’s 1970s Bush War. later years’. He hopes it will “help to edited by Stephen Woodley (Common * raise a few spirits – and a few smiles – Room 1969-98), assisted by an on St Valentine’s Day and beyond”. Editorial Committee of Felicity Lyons, Chair (SH 1975-77), Peter Henderson RICHARD OSBORN (SH 1952-54) (Common Room 1969 - ), and Kirsty served in the Royal Artillery from Mason with further support from Paul 1956 to 1958 and then emigrated to the Pollak (Common Room 1950-88). U.S.A. serving in the United States Air Force for five years. He writes: “after getting out of the service, I worked for General Dynamics in California Share your family announcements, and then Tektronix Inc. in Oregon career moves or achievements for twenty-six years. I retired in 2001 be they sporting, artistic or and started writing books in 2013 with otherwise with your fellow OKS the help of my wife Barbara.” Richard by contacting Elaine Lynch. has written Twilight For The West? a study and analysis of the blunders T: 01227 595672 and appeasements from 1914 to 2014, E: [email protected] and On Her Majesty’s Cyprus Mission W: www.oks.org.uk and Unbridled Power, the first two in a series of political thrillers. Richard is facebook.com/oks.canterbury working on two new novels and lives twitter.com/OKSAssociation in Knoxville, Tennessee. linkedin.com/groups?gid=35681 »

2 For the Record Spring 2016 » OLIVER FORD DAVIES (LN 1952-57) communication, the Lend-Lease Bagpuss. It took three attempts by Bill has an acclaimed place in the RSC’s supply route from the Gulf to the to replicate what Peter had in mind King and Country tetralogy at the Caspian, and the vital oilfields, and a year before he found out that Barbican. Though one reviewer called pipelines, and refineries of he had been successful. Bill recently its Henry V “threadbare”, she praised Khuzistan from Nazi attack and met up with Peter and got to hold the the way it is “resolutely held together indigenous sabotage. original creation in the fabric he had by Oliver Ford Davies’s masterly sourced. Chorus”, his “assured mastery of * Shakespeare’s verse” making him, A Venice Record 1965-2015: the first 50 Bill writes of his time at King’s: “I together with the John of Gaunt and years of the John Hall Pre-University arrived with quite a severe stammer. the Bolingbroke, “one of the great Course in Venice celebrates the work My father, a GP in Folkestone, invited pillars of this tetralogy”. of JOHN HALL (Common Room Canon Fred Shirley, a well-known 1956-64). The book is edited by John, critic of the medical profession, to A bequest from DENIS BALL his son Charlie Hall and Victoria speak at a BMA dinner. He mentioned (Common Room 1953-72) has Gillions. Several OKS have attended that he had cured boys of stammers. endowed prizes at the School for the courses and JOHN WILSON My father set him me as a challenge. community service. The prizes will (Common Room 1953-62) was one of I had about four sessions with him recognise charitable activities, as the lecturers. at his house and he hypnotised me! I well as contributions towards the * am sure he didn’t as I felt in control. School’s partnership scheme with GODFREY SALMON (GL 1955-61) However he taught me to relax my local schools. spent two years after Cambridge diaphragm. This over the next few * studying violin with Yfrah Neaman years got me over the stammer. I DAVID HALTON (GR 1954-57) read and subsequently studied with had to visit his office, off the Green Modern History at the University Sacha Lasserson. Godfrey became a Court, to make appointments. Once of Toronto and went on to become freelance violinist. He writes: “I broke when I came in he asked in his nasal a Senior Foreign Correspondent into the session world and over the voice, “What time did you get up this with the Canadian Broadcasting years recorded with artistes as diverse morning, boy?” I replied “8 o’clock”. Corporation. He is the author as Bing Crosby and The Spice Girls “You forgot to take off your bedroom of Dispatches from the Front, a and started a long association with slippers.” I was wearing black slip-on biography of his father, Matthew BARRIE GUARD (MR 1955-59) fixing shoes! Another time he thrust a pistol Halton. Halton senior was one of and playing for his multitudinous into my hand asking if I thought it the first correspondents to sound recordings, culminating in his superb was real. I could see that it was a the alarm about Nazi Germany and incidental music for the TV series The starting pistol, as he well knew. It had his World War Two broadcasts were Darling Buds of May. Barrie helped been found on some miscreant pupil. widely heard on CBC and the BBC. set up the ‘progrock’ group Esperanto “Was it you?” Quite a guy. * Rock Orchestra which I joined. This Bill is pictured on the front page with led to arranging, orchestrating and and Bagpuss DR ADRIAN O’SULLIVAN (WL conducting for Emerson Lake and * 1954-58), semi-retired historian and Palmer, including Lake’s Christmas MICHAEL MORPURGO (GL 1957-62) researcher, is based in Vancouver, hit I Believe in Father Christmas gave a public lecture, ‘The Best of All Canada, and a specialist in (which went straight into the charts Possible Worlds’, on the importance Third Reich and Second World at no 2... and stayed there! Kept off of connecting children with the War covert operations. He has the top spot by Queen’s Bohemian environment, at Christ recently published Espionage Rhapsody). I went on to record with Church University on 25 September. and Counterintelligence in the Paris Opera Orchestra and the Earlier he had opened the ‘One Occupied Persia (Iran): The Success Cecilia and La Scala orchestras in World?’ Exhibition on the Anselm of the Allied Italy. I have finished out my career Lawn at Christ Church. Michael will Secret playing in, leading and/or conducting be bringing The Mozart Question to Services, West End shows and writing jingle King’s Week this year. 1941-45, arrangements with one as yet which unpublished composition; Christ the An evening’s celebration of the life tells of King, an anthem for SSAATTBB plus of SEBASTIAN BARKER (WL 1958- Germany’s organ.” 63) was held at the Royal Central intelligence * School of Speech and Drama on failure in BILL BEAUGIÉ (GR 1957-60) was Friday 2 October. The School was well the region a product development manager represented. RICHARD NORTON- and the of a textile company when he was TAYLOR (WL 1957-63) spoke on highly approached by Peter Firmin in the Sebastian’s schooldays and TIM effective early 1970s. Peter, the creator of ARMSTRONG (Common Room methods and The , 1993 - ) joined Hilary Barker in employed by regional security was looking for some fabric for readings from Sebastian’s Damnatio forces to safeguard the lines of his new character – a marmalade Memoriae. coloured cat, now known and loved as »

For the Record Spring 2016 3 » RICHARD JACKSON (MR 1969- 1960s 71) spent two years undergoing an apprenticeship at a sawmill / timber merchant in Stafford before joining the family business, Jacksons Fencing. His initial introduction to the company led him to work across all departments, before settling first in finance and later in sales. In 1982, he masterminded the company’s entry into the security market with the development of a design and manufacturing facility for steel fencing and gates and the creation of a new division serving commercial clients. In 2000 Richard spearheaded the launch of a new Export division to enable the company to trade on an international basis. This resulted in attracting many clients across The Clark brothers (Charles on left) the world ranging from prisons in Singapore to oil lines from Siberia to CHARLES CLARK (MO 1964-69) became a Fellow of the Royal Algeria. Richard served as the CEO of Institution of Chartered Surveyors in 1985. His career has concentrated Jacksons for 18 years. In 2010, Richard mainly on the development, investment and asset management of all set up Gate Safe which was founded forms of commercial property. Highlights included the relocation of both in direct response to the death of two JP Morgan and Citibank to new headquarters in central London and later children in separate automated gate running the fund and asset management division of the firm. When the accidents. The charity works tirelessly firm was taken over by BNP Paribas in 2002, Charles became involved in to raise awareness of the importance setting up and running a European property fund investing in the UK, of adhering to the appropriate France and Germany. He married, in 1973, fellow surveyor Bridget, and protocol to deliver a safe automated both their boys are now married. He is retired except for charitable work. gate. Today Gate Safe is supported “My sporting aspirations honed at school, particularly on the rugby field, by around 11 leading industry fell foul of working long hours in London, but I now enjoy sailing and a associations (including RoSPA) and little tennis. My brother Joe (MO 1952-54) is 13 years older, hence we did boasts 600 installers nationwide not overlap at King’s, but we had five cousins at the school between 1952 who have taken the Gate Safe Aware and 1962.” training programme.

TOM JEFFERY (LX 1966-70) has been RAYMOND BUTT (Common Room created a Knight Bachelor for services 1968-98) continues to take each to the Department for Education. After April a workshop at Oxford for the studying English Literature at Jesus top sixteen survivors in the British College, Cambridge, whose Director Physics Olympiad, from which are of Studies Raymond Williams was drawn the five who compete in the emphasising the social and economic international competition. Last year contexts of literature, Tom moved on this was held in Mumbai, and the to the Birmingham Cultural Studies British team were awarded two Silver Centre. He then spent 34 years in the and three Bronze medals, but “the civil service, all but three of them standard of science and mathematics in Education, working closely with teaching in the former Eastern Bloc Conservative, Labour and LibDem countries and South East Asia is such Ministers. Tom was Kenneth Baker’s that it is unlikely we will again get Principal Private Secretary when the into the highest echelons of success.” latter took through the Education Early summer provided experiences Reform Act and began to expand of rotational dynamics on the roller student numbers and change the coasters of New York State, but finances of higher education. For a altogether a different experience short time during Michael Gove’s was Henley Week, “my 47th year tenure Tom was his Acting Permanent of membership and only the third Secretary. Tom’s most consistent occasion in those years that men were specialism was children’s services, permitted to remove their jackets”. and for eleven years he was Director * General for Children’s Services. »

4 For the Record Spring 2016 » Synod? explained the reasoning 1970s behind these differences, and uncovered some underhand attempts NICHOLAS DOWN (LT/LX 1970- by those in charge to push the Church 74) graduated with Distinction in a direction opposed by many in Medicine from the London Catholics who favour orthodoxy and Hospital Medical College in 1980 tradition. and was subsequently a GP in * Oxshott, Surrey, from 1985 to 2012 when he retired. Nicholas has now IAIN OVERTON (BR 1986-91) is emigrated to the USA (and just an investigative journalist and become a US filmmaker winning a BAFTA citizen) where Scotland, two Amnesty Awards, he has a and a Peabody Award, working prominent with the Guardian, Independent career as a fine artist, Tone Poem, Winter exhibiting the UK and the US. You can see his in Europe, work at www.nicholasdown.net.

DAVID GOWER (LN 1970-75) was the of personal experience in the Far guest on Radio 3’s Essential Classics East and established the consulting in the first week of February. He spoke company China Business Services in of his time at King’s, highlighting 2002. both the cricket and the music. * His chosen recordings included Beethoven’s 4th Piano Concerto, NICOLA SHAW (LN 1985-87) was which he had listened to with CHRIS awarded a CBE in the New Years KILBEE (LN 1968-73) in Chris’s study Honours List for services to transport. at the top of the house. She is Chief Executive Officer of * HighSpeed 1 and in July 2015 she was and The Sunday Times and MARC ROBERTSON (GL 1979-83) asked to report to the Government reporting from Colombia, Iraq is retiring from a 20-year career on the future and Somalia. Iain is also a as editor and news writer for the structure and Director of Investigations at the Frio-Nueces Current, a weekly financing of London-based charity Action on newspaper in Texas, and will serve Network Armed Violence. His recent book as a PR consultant to the Sheriff Rail. The Gun Baby Gun takes the reader of La Salle County in his home Shaw on a journey to over 25 countries town of Cotulla, Texas. “My career report is meeting people affected by guns highlights include recognition as due early from all walks of life from Zionist Journalist of the Year in 2014 from this year. anti-terror gun trainers, to South the South Texas Press Association; African doctors soaked in the numerous first-place rankings in the blood of gunshot victims. Texas Press Association for column writing, news and feature writing. * * Other highlights include exclusive EDWARD PENTIN (MR 1985-89) DAVID HODGSON (SH 1987-92), interviews with Texas Governors has reported on the Vatican for 13 Professor of Sedimentology and George W Bush, Rick Perry and Dolph years and is currently the Rome Stratigraphy at Leeds University, Briscoe, US Senators Phil Gramm correspondent for the American continues to travel extensively and Kay Bailey Hutchison, US First newspaper the National Catholic to monitor PhD students, attend Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Register. In 2014 and 2015, Pope conferences and tackle research US armed forces personnel serving Francis held two major synods to projects. on active duty in Kuwait, Iraq and discuss how the Catholic Church * Afghanistan.” could better deal with a crisis in TOM ALDRIDGE (MR 1989-94) was the family. The meetings mirrored made a Fellow of The Royal College 1980s the tensions of modern life with of Surgeons of England in November some bishops brazenly pushing for 2015. Tom is currently a Maxillofacial JEREMY GORDON (GR 1982-87) has modernization and others wanting Consultant for an NHS Trust on the sent the Library a copy of his book to adhere to tradition, scripture and South Coast. Risky Business in China: A Guide to doctrine. His recent eBook on the Due Diligence. Jeremy has many years first synod, The Rigging of a Vatican

For the Record Spring 2016 5 1990s 2000s

ROBIN BAILEY (SH 1999-2004) sang HATTIE COUSINS (MR 2009-14) the tenor role in Canterbury Choral is into the second year of studying Society’s performance of Bach’s B Chinese at Oxford including a year Minor Mass in the Cathedral on 31 at Peking University in Beijing. October. Hattie achieved a distinction in * the first year exams and has been awarded a scholarship by her JACK FOX (SH 1999-2004) is the College, Queen’s. The Dudbridge leading man in the Jordanian film Junior Prize was awarded to Hattie Theeb which was nominated for a in the same exams for outstanding Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in performance in Oriental Studies February. He plays ‘Edward’, an early (Classical Chinese) Moderations. 20th century British officer. The film Hattie is learning Chinese sign has already won numerous awards, language (!) and is also teaching including at the BAFTAs. English as a foreign language whilst in China.

RICHARD LAMB (MT 1999-2004) married Rebecca Wells on 12 September PATRICK ANGUS CAMPBELL at St. Peter & St. Paul, Edenbridge. In attendance were groomsmen (MR 1953-58) GEORGE COLTART (MR 1999-2004), NICHOLAS BROWN (MT 1999- died on 3 November 2015 2004), TOBY HUMPHREY (MT 1999-2004), FREDDIE COLTART (MR 2002-07) and JAMES LAMB (MT 2003-08). Richard adds that the best man George surprised the couple with a beautiful rendition of Some Enchanted CLIVE DUTTON Evening after his speech. “Although I’m sure he performed it at our first (LX 1968-73) King’s Week in 2000 in Songs from the Shows!” died on 31 October 2015

SIMON FARMER (GR 1953-59) No date of death.

JOHN HEADLEY (GL 1953-58) died on 11 November 2015

JOHN MICHAEL HUTTON (WL 1951-56) died on 22 July 2015

GEORGE NEEVE (School Printer/Caxton Society) died on 21 November 2015

JOHN DEVENISH TWELLS (SH 1939-44) died on 1 August 2014

DAVID WARNER (SH 1950-53) died on 16 September 2014

DR ROGER WILLOUGHBY (SH/GL 1949-54) died on 17 January 2016

6 For the Record Spring 2016 » Obituaries

Thomas Boultbee

(SH 1938-43)

Hugh Boultbee (SH 1971-76) kindly sends us this obituary of his father.

s Tom’s 7th-great- way, he wanted to earn his position grandfather wrote: “No himself, eventually becoming a man is an island”. This Captain. Awas certainly true of Tom. When he was employed at BX He was a man who came into and Plastics in Essex one of Tom’s enriched many people’s lives. He was colleagues was a contemporary of born in Southsea to Colonel Walter his from Oxford, a certain Margaret Boultbee, RMA and Daisy Holbech, Thatcher. Their paths diverged becoming a younger brother to following this, with Tom developing Elizabeth. As a naval family they his scientific career and becoming moved around a fair bit, ending up in a leading light in the UK plastics Rochester from where Tom attended industry. After BX he worked for first Milner Court and then the King’s Petrochemicals in Manchester and School Canterbury. then moved back south to London There were many stories of Tom after Shell bought out Petrochemicals. Boultbee’s school days, from the After Tom died we received a message nicknames they gave one another from his former colleague Jon that (which would not be considered included a brief summary of his appropriate nowadays) to their character. It was not surprising to see exploits whilst evacuated to the words like “helpful” and “supportive” Carlyon Bay hotel in Cornwall regarding his working relationship during World War II. It was at King’s with new graduates. Canterbury that Tom met lifelong Whilst living in Essex, Tom helped friends Eustace Cornelius and James to found a local theatre group, “The Heslop, who went on to be godfathers Dedham Players” and it was here found collecting entrance fees on the to his sons. Tom was particularly that he met Zoë Cottis, whom he gate or attending and even hosting close to Eustace who became a part of married in 1955, celebrating their local garden openings. In an era the family, a familiar face at birthday 60 th wedding anniversary last year. when people don’t always know their and Christmas celebrations. In later Family life was always important to neighbours it was touching to receive years Tom helped care for Eustace Tom; he and Zoë had three children, a tribute from a neighbour whose at home and was a regular visitor at Richard, Hugh and Frances. Tom’s youngest son had talked to Tom about his nursing home where they would father lived with them when they being bullied. It explained how Tom’s reminisce about their younger days. moved to Shortlands and his sister advice and support had contributed Following school, Tom won a Elizabeth was a regular guest after to inspiring him to overcome his scholarship to Keble College, Oxford she had moved to live closer to them. problems and become a doctor. to read Chemistry, from where he Tom and Zoë had three grandchildren Indeed, messages have been graduated with a double Masters. The and six great-grandchildren, and they received from family and friends need for scientists during the war would all enjoy visiting, listening to around the world, even from those excluded Tom from the draft. He did, him play the piano, help him with who may only have met him once. It however, join the Small Ships Service, crosswords (or perhaps hinder him) as is difficult to summarise the essence where he was involved in delivering well as trips out which would usually of someone like Tom, but these newly built small craft all around the include a country pub lunch. are a good start: He was the most coast, usually as a ship’s cook cum Tom made many friends through amazing, intelligent and funny man. deckhand. the years and involved himself in A lovely man who I had the pleasure of Having graduated, Tom joined the local community, for example meeting years ago. A true gentleman. the Territorial Army as a Gunner, RA. delivering Meals on Wheels to, as I could not have wished for a better When he was promoted to Sergeant he would say, “old people”, who colleague & friend. He leaves a big Major his father, an officer, was were often somewhat younger than gap in numerous lives and he was particularly amused. Tom could have himself. He also supported Zoë’s inspirational to many. Tom died on 17 joined the TA as an officer due to his contribution to the local NSPCC December 2015. father’s rank. However, as was his branch, where he could often be »

For the Record Spring 2016 7 » Richard Horsfall Turner

(LN 1955-60)

Amanda Horsfall Turner writes about her father Richard.

ichard died in hospital in my mother. On graduation from ended up having the utmost respect Switzerland on 19 November Oxford University he joined Allen & for his abilities!). He was the first 2015, following a short Overy in 1963 and became a partner person to take me wadi bashing Rillness. A private family in 1970 and opened the Dubai office and I felt entirely secure under his cremation was held in Switzerland. in 1977. He remained at Allen & Overy leadership even if it seemed we were A memorial service was held in in Dubai until he semi-retired and in the remotest part of the desert.” the Eastern Crypt at Canterbury shortly afterwards in 1998 took on My father was something of a Cathedral. It was attended by a consulting role with the legal firm perfectionist – in his personal life as family, friends and colleagues, some Gebran Majdalany in Doha, Qatar. well as at work. Attention to detail scattered around the world. Work was incredibly important was very important whether it was the My father was born during to Dad, in fact he still worked up to a details of a house renovation project the war in Llandudno, Wales in very few months before he died, and (one of his great loves) or indeed February 1942 and whilst his family we were all very touched and proud simply the instructions as to where soon moved to England he always to have received so many comments to meet for dinner – it was always considered himself as Welsh. Along from his ex-colleagues. Andrew precise… It was also always right first with his younger brother Jonathan Clark, a partner in Allen & Overy’s time! who also very sadly died earlier Dubai office, wrote: “Richard had In many ways my father was very this year he came to school here in an exceptional eye for detail and for fortunate, he lived a very varied and Canterbury. Hence our family feeling serving his client’s best interests. He adventurous life with what seemed that Canterbury Cathedral is a very was highly intelligent and so widely to be a succession of projects on the appropriate place for his memorial read and knowledgeable. He was go. He was certainly strong willed and service. He often told us that whilst at also a great colleague and partner very determined and if he decided school here and undertaking a project and always had an interesting and he was going to do something, he did on the Cathedral he briefly had his esoteric story to tell, particularly if it it, and enjoyed it. His mother (our own key to the Cathedral – I am sure concerned his great love of Arabia or Grandma) once said to us ‘he knew security standards would be very his love of properties that had a story his own mind’ from the age of two. different now! to tell. He was always painstaking Dad always excelled at things he After King’s School Canterbury, about everything he undertook decided to do, and we are very proud Richard went to Jesus College, (something which when you worked to have been part of his life. Oxford, to study law and there met for him could be frustrating but you

Ian Gollop

(Common Room 1966-80)

Following the publication of Ian Gollop’s obituary in the Autumn issue of For The Record, MAX FINDLAY (GL 1965-69) wished to add his memories.

“I was very saddened to hear about and teased me back into re-engaging I restarted my life. But I’ve never the death of Ian Gollop. He was the with the subjects I was meant to be forgotten his kindness or his patience. man who saved me from throwing studying. It took him a long time to Without him, I would have dropped away my career at King’s. I was do this because, in my head, I was a out of school and my life would have extremely unhappy at school. By million miles away from King’s and been immeasurably poorer. Thank the time I’d reached the lower sixth, had no wish to return. In many ways, you, Ian, for rescuing me from myself. I had stopped learning and I had Ian was more like an older brother Sleep well, my friend”. stopped listening to teachers and than a teacher, which is probably why just about everyone else around me. I finally listened to him. In the end, Every fortnight, I had to take my work I did just enough work to get decent report card to Ian. He encouraged A levels and then into Oxford, where

»

8 For the Record Spring 2016 Tony Moggach

(LN 1960-64)

This obituary, written by his friend him, at the early age of 28, as manager Ted Dougherty, first appeared in The of its Karachi branch. Bookseller and is reproduced here with On his return to London after kind permission from the author and a distinguished tour of duty, Tony the publication. was taken on by Penguin Books as European sales director with the brief nthony Austin Moggach to develop its international sales. (“Tony” to all who knew Under his leadership Penguin was him), who died on 24 the first general publisher to develop November after a short an export sales strategy in Europe A Headshots Credit © Sway illness at the age of 69, was an and the Near East. This trailblazing outstanding figure in international expansion made Penguin the largest- into Ukraine, he also went on to set sales and marketing throughout his selling British trade publisher in up a high-profile sales representation long publishing career. Europe. He was also the architect of agency covering sub-Saharan Africa. Tony joined King’s in January the influential and profitable Penguin He combined this with tireless 1960 going on to Captain the 4th XV English-Language Training readers travel throughout Eastern Europe, in 1964 and rising to the rank of programme. where he created a bridgehead for Corporal in the R.A.F section of the After his departure from Penguin his publishers into some of the most C.C.F. After graduating in Modern in the mid-1990s, Tony’s pioneering challenging export markets. and Medieval Languages from Jesus sense of international adventure and Most importantly, whether as College, Cambridge, he joined Oxford business opportunity really came adept businessman, congenial bon University Press in 1968 as European into its own. In the “Wild West” vivant or wise counsellor, Tony sales representative. It was quickly environment of post-Soviet Russia, made countless friends throughout apparent that, with his keen intellect, Tony set up Dinternal Moscow, which a life lived to the full on a truly linguistic skills and easy empathy became the first foreign-owned and international scale—friends who join with customers and colleagues, he managed distributor and retailer his wife, Paulina, and children, Tom, had found his métier. Recognising his of English-language books in the Lottie and Cordelia, in mourning his cosmopolitan talents, OUP appointed country. Not content with expanding sudden and untimely death.

Nigel De Gorrequer-Griffith

(MO 1955-60)

Nikki Griffith kindly sent us some words about her husband Nigel.

Nigel was born in Wye, Kent, in 1942 computing in 1966 and we all moved Prostate Cancer Support Charity and and attended Milner Court before to Aberdeen in 1970 where he became channelled his expertise and flair moving on to the King’s School, the Computer Manager for Aberdeen into fund raising and ensuring vital Canterbury. From there he joined University before being headhunted equipment went to those in the most the Royal Navy at the age of 18 after by IBM and relocating back to his need. the then Headmaster Canon Shirley beloved Kent in 1978. He continued His wife and family were the most said he thought it would be a good to live there in spite of commuting to important aspect of his life and the idea since he seemed to enjoy the London and / or Paris for many years, love and care he felt for us all showed Royal Naval Reserve – even though he finally ending his career in investment to the very end that he fought against couldn’t swim and got very seasick. banking, which he always said were with bravery, stoicism and amazing (Such sound career advice in those the best jobs of all. cheerfulness and charm. He was loved days!) He was diagnosed with very by all who worked for him and with We met and married after a aggressive prostate cancer in him, by his many friends and those whirlwind romance in 1964. He left the November 2013, and through it who cared for him and he was a true Navy in the same year, deciding that became the ‘one in a million’ to gentleman and a gentle man and all marriage and flying didn’t mix after develop acquired haemophilia in were proud to have had the privilege losing three close chums who didn’t February 2014, which forced him of knowing him – a rarity in this day make it back to the aircraft carrier. to cease his ‘workaholic’ career. He and age. Nigel passed away on the 20 His career blossomed once he found then became Treasurer of the local January 2016. »

For the Record Spring 2016 9 Martin Pepperell In honoured Memory (GR 1978-82) Lady Margaret From Andrew Dobbin (Common Room 1978 -2000) FitzWalter

n academic and music scholar from Salisbury good friend to the School Cathedral School, Martin (her husband Brook Aarrived at King’s in Plumptre became a September 1978. To say that he was A Governor of King’s in 1957, one of the cleverest students I have Governor Emeritus from 1984), Lady ever come across in my forty-five FitzWalter died on 3 September at the years of teaching is no exaggeration. age of 92. She was commemorated Most people who take A Levels in the by a Service of Thanksgiving in the Sciences might be tempted to stick Cathedral on 27 November that was with that discipline for the seventh attended by many people with a term Oxbridge entrance exam. Not King’s connection and at which the Martin: he decided to change to lighter piano pieces were played by English. His scholarship to Gonville STEPHEN BARLOW (GR 1968-72). and Caius, Cambridge did not come school teacher and afterwards A very gifted pianist when young, as a surprise. additionally did an Open University and at the Royal Academy from 1942 Always sociable at King’s, he degree in Child Psychology, another (she passed out as LRAM in 1947) was known for offering friends First awarded. He then trained she subsequently was taught by the who visited his study in Grange an as a Counsellor, specialising in renowned German concert pianist unusual cocktail of Martini and Night bereavement and drugs and alcohol Franz Osborn. She accompanied Nurse. It might have been rather too misuse work. In the last year of his the Goodnestone WI’s rendition of generous a helping of this that led life he completed an MA at Sussex in Jerusalem from 1951 when she was to him opening the oriel window Psychological Research Methodology, married until after her 90th birthday. in the Grange and emptying the his thesis receiving a posthumous She was born Margaret Deedes contents of his stomach just as the Distinction. (her brother William was to become headmaster, Peter Pilkington, was Witty, urbane, eccentric, a celebrated Editor of the Daily walking underneath. ‘Who’s that?’ immensely cultured, Martin was Telegraph) at Saltwood Castle, where shouted Martin after the inevitable someone whose barbed one-liners the knights met in 1170 before riding remonstrance. The ominous could reduce a table to hysteria, or across to murder Thomas Becket, response, ‘It’s your headmaster shake one out of pre-conceived ideas and Kentish history was as deep speaking; come and see me tomorrow to look at things anew. He had a in her as in her husband’s family: morning’, led to a surprisingly weakness for soap operas and would in 1953 her husband inherited the amicable meeting; it was very difficult host a ‘Dallas evening’ alternately baronry of FitzWalter, granted in to be angry with Martin. with Anna Carboni (née Young) while 1295 to the grandson of Robert At Cambridge he jettisoned at Cambridge and he balanced a love FitzWalter who led the barons at English in favour of Czech, because, of the most abstruse Renaissance the time of Magna Carta. They it is rumoured, this would necessitate music with a weakness for melodic moved into his historic home in his college paying for regular trips pop. A Carpenters song was sung by a Goodnestone in 1955, restored it to London to attend supervisions, group of OKS at his Memorial Service after a major fire in 1959, and from no Czech don being available in on 6 February. then on she recreated one of the Cambridge, a canard that I have no He stayed with me a couple of most admired of English country difficulty in believing. When rumbled years ago in Shropshire where he gardens, which she started to open he turned to Linguistic Philosophy demonstrated all the diffident charm to the public in the early 1970s, her for Part 2 of the Tripos. He left with a of someone who is really modest, but companion in selling admission First. unlike Clement Attlee has nothing to tickets on the gate in those early His subsequent career did not be modest about. Our thoughts are years often being Mary Newell, wife follow the trajectory that one might with his partner Andrew Walker who of the then King’s Headmaster. have expected, but then Martin did so much to bring stability and Margaret FitzWalter was a would never conform. Any offer of happiness into Martin’s life. Martin renowned plantswoman, a devout responsibility and he was off. Some died on 6 October 2015. Christian and supporter of the time in computing was followed by Mothers’ Union, and a woman writing sub-titles for foreign language who was as loved as she was films and television productions. distinguished. He left that to train as a primary »

10 For the Record Spring 2016 Peter Yeend

eter Yeend, who died on archives. Fortunately, KSC Archives does 1 May 2015, was the first there were letters now have a volume of Archivist of The King’s from the founder sermons and addresses PSchool Parramatta, and in of TKSP BISHOP by Broughton. 1971 visited Paul Pollak to see how BROUGHTON (King’s We send our it should be done. At that time a School 1797-1804, who condolences to Peter’s rudimentary collection in shoeboxes became first Bishop of family. in a small room under the Shirley Australia in 1836), about Hall constituted the King’s School his educational project.

Historical OKS

Three Able Ladies

When in Downing Street, Mrs Thatcher double not achieved by OKS since. study as too “Byronic” (aka “mad”), and asked the Director of the Government (According to our mathematical it was from his preparation that she may Art Collection to provide her with adviser, Frend “was one of the last sane be considered to have been the world’s works which “displayed the greatness of mathematicians to be dubious about first computer programmer, working on Britain”. Charles Moore’s Everything She negative numbers”). But in 1787 Frend Charles Babbage’s analytical engine. Wants, Volume Two of the authorized left the Church of England and became Ada Lovelace is now one of the biography, describes how she was a Unitarian, rejecting the Thirty-Nine notabilities making our new passports provided with “portraits of scientists, Articles, and was dismissed from his harder to forge. like Sir Humphry Davy, and Byron’s post as a college tutor. A lengthy and Note: Frend and Marsh won the daughter, Ada Lovelace, who invented public university trial followed, and Smith’s Prize in successive years. The the first algorithm intended to be Frend’s dismissal was confirmed, but next OKS to do so seems to have been carried out by machine, and a bust of fortunately he kept the emoluments of Andrew Ranicki (MR 1965-66) in 1972 Grantham’s other most famous citizen, his fellowship until he married in 1808. (pictured). Andrew is now Professor Sir Isaac Newton”. Moving to London after expulsion of Algebraic Surgery King’s may be said to have had a from Cambridge, Frend taught at the University hand in this. Both Ada Lovelace and mathematics privately, and was hired of Edinburgh. her mother Anne, Lady Byron, were as a tutor by the Wentworth family, Algebraic tutored in mathematics by WILLIAM who wanted their able daughter surgery is a FREND (1757-1841, KSC 1765-71) who Anne (whose marriage to Lord mathematical went up to Cambridge in 1775, won the Byron was to be a conjunction of technique for Smith’s Prize for Mathematics and was opposites) to have the education of modifying second wrangler, and became a Fellow a Cambridge undergraduate. Anne geometric of Jesus College in 1781. He might have developed a particular fascination with shapes, and has become a Church of England bishop, as mathematics: her husband called her nothing to do with did his cousin and King’s contemporary his “princess of parallelograms”. Ada, medicine! More can be Herbert Marsh, also a second wrangler their one child, was also tutored by found by visiting Andrew’s internet home and winner of the Smith’s Prize, a Frend, her mother discouraging literary page http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~aar/

A Disputed Inheritance

A distinctive memorial close to group was set up in London to agitate escort party that conveyed the 105-carat the South Door of the Cathedral for the return to India of the Koh-i- diamond by boat from Bombay to commemorates LT. COL. FREDERICK Noor diamond (which is more a part Portsmouth, whence it was taken, on 2 MACKESON (1807-63, KSC 1821-24) who of Mughal than Hindu history). After July 1850, by train to London and the was killed by “a Mahometan fanatic” the capture of Lahore in 1849, and safekeeping of the East India Company. when commissioner in Peshawar: he the Punjab coming under the sway The famous Mackeson’s stout was was handed a petition before being of the British East India Company, it brewed in Hythe by the family, and attacked with a large knife. was arranged that the Sikh boy-prince a number of other members of the Mackeson’s career has had a revived Duleep Singh should travel the 4000 Mackeson family attended King’s. Most interest lately: to coincide with the miles to present the jewel in person to of them became officers in the Indian visit in November of the Indian Prime Queen Victoria. Army. Minister to the Queen, a pressure Lt. Col. Mackeson was in the close

For the Record Spring 2016 11 Update Form

Tell us what's new! HIGHER EDUCATION Degree If you have moved, changed jobs, or have other news to share, please complete this form and return it to: University The OKS Office, 1 Mint Yard, Canterbury, CT1 2EZ Years attended You can also update your details online at: www.oks.org.uk or call +44 (0)1227 595669 or 595778 YOUR CAREER Job title Profession YOUR DETAILS Name Industry Address Your employer

YOUR SUPPORT You can support King’s in many ways. Please tick as appropriate. Postcode I’d like to offer careers advice online to 6as and OKS Country I would like to help at an OKS Careers Day Email I can provide a free venue for an OKS event Please keep my email address private (please tick) I would like to fundraise for King’s Telephone I’d like to be sent information about leaving a legacy to

King’s in my will P

Junior King’s dates — lea s

Senior King’s dates — e cut or tear alo YOUR OPINION • What did you like about this issue of Offcuts and For the Record? MY NEWS • Is there anything that you didn’t like or would like to see included in your magazine? Births, marriages, deaths and career changes • Do you have any suggestions for future OKS events? n g thi s li n e

For the Record – No. 23, Spring 2016. For the Record is published twice a year by The OKS Association, 1 Mint Yard, Canterbury, CT1 2EZ. Printed in the UK on recycled paper. www.oks.org.uk