People Influential in the Development of Outdoor Activities
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APPENDIX A PEOPLE INFLUENTIAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES – 1. Arnold-Brown Family – 2. Arnold-Forster Family – 3. Spencer Chapman – 4. F.R.G. Chew – 5. Marina Ewald – 6. James Hogan – 7. Lawrence Holt – 8. Commander Lewty – 9. Jack Longland – 10. George Mallory – 11. John Newsom – 12. Professor Sir Percy Nunn – 13. Admiral Herbert Richmond – 14. Trevelyan Family – 15. Geoffrey Winthrop-Young – 16. Jocelin Winthrop-Young O.B.E. – 17. Zimmermann Family 79 APPENDIX A 1. ARNOLD-BROWN FAMILY Adam Arnold-Brown started as a student at Gordonstoun in September 1934 (A. Arnold-Brown, 1962). During the Second World War he was stationed for a time at the Highland Field Training Centre at Glenfeshie in the Cairngorms (Arnold- Brown, 1962). In 1950, he became the first Warden of Outward Bound Eskdale in the Lake District (Arnold-Brown, 1962). Prior to joining Gordonstoun A. Arnold-Brown had been a student at Abbotsholme (Arnold-Brown, 1962). He probably went there because his father, Robert Arnold- Forster, was an ex-student of the school and was on Abbotsholme’s executive comm- ittee (Arnold-Brown, 1962). Unusually R. Arnold-Brown was sent to Abbotsholme at the insistence of his sister Lillian, rather than his parents (Arnold-Brown, 1962). His sister later married Sir Patrick Geddes (Arnold-Brown, 1962), educational inno- vator, supporter of Abbotsholme and friend of Abbotsholme’s founder Cecil Reddie (see chapter 4). R. Arnold-Brown was also one of the Abbotsholme students who met Hahn in the Alps in 1902 and gave him the book Emlohstobba which Lietz had written about Abbotsholme and which influenced Hahn’s life (Arnold-Brown, 1962) – see Chapter 1. R. Arnold-Brown was also a Governor of Gordonstoun in 1942 (Gordonstoun School, 1942b). This one family highlights many of the interconnections at the time. 2. ARNOLD-FORSTER FAMILY William Arnold-Forster was an ‘old friend’ of G. Winthrop-Young and he married Ruth Turner, the widow of another friend of his, George Mallory (J. Winthrop-Young, personal communication, January 15, 2006; Hankinson, 1995). Ka, as she was known, and William Arnold-Forster sent their son Mark Arnold-Forster to Salem with J. Winthrop-Young, whom he had known since 1924 (Hankinson, 1995). The Arnold- Forster family were related to the Trevelyan family (Shannon, 2006). Ka Arnold-Forster was in Germany and helped Hahn when he was imprisoned and exiled from Salem in 1933 (Hankinson, 1995). When he arrived in Britain she was one of those urging him to demonstrate the ‘Salem system’ (Hahn, 1950). Ka Arnold-Foster was also involved in the meetings which were held concerning the setting up of a new school (Gordonstoun School, 1934a, 1934b) and her husband was the first Chair- man of the Board of Directors (Brereton, 1968). William Arnold-Forster was a grand- son of Thomas Arnold (J. Winthrop-Young, 2001), the Headmaster of Rugby School who symbolised the development of organised games as a means of developing character (see chapter 4). Christopher Arnold-Forster, his brother, was also involved at Gordonstoun and he recruited Lewty as the first Head of seamanship (Lewty, 1976). Professor Julian Huxley, a member of the County Badge Committee, was also a relation, and a great-grandson of Thomas Arnold (Olby, 2006). Another relative, H.C. Arnold- Forster, was a Gordonstoun Governor in 1942 (Gordonstoun School, 1942b). 3. SPENCER CHAPMAN ‘Freddy’ Spencer Chapman had known G. Winthrop-Young when he was a boy (G.Winthrop-Young, 1951) and later when he was a student at Cambridge where 80 .