Old Kin9's Club

Sir ROBERT ANDREW KCB

NewsletterNo. 96 April 2000 FORTHCOMING EVENTS OLD KING'S CLUB 11th May 2000 School Careers Advisors' evening 12th May 2000 OK Golf Society Spring meetin g - see Golf Report 24th June 2000 Commemoration Day «tilltgt, 11.otibon . 23rd September 2000 Gaudy for the up-to-1949 leavers - see below 24th September 2000 OKC Sports Day * 17th November 2000 OKC Annual Dinner at the Clubhouse - see below * Telephone OKC Office for details: 020 8255 5390 · . , A,, ~ fot_..,~ ,,<:(___l l>c .g 11>11,omiJIAle SCHOOL ~~h~~~ - - Summer term begin s on Tuesday 25th Apri l and ends on Wednesday 5th July. Half term is n.g«l- .!J - 1un oo ih<, ~ of~ - la1t, u • P uFil 111ti le Monday 29th May to Friday 2nd June 2000. Autumn term begin s on Monday 4th September and ends on Friday 15th December . Half !bat~®~'I. . term is Monday 23rd to Friday 27th October 2000.

He h~• btto Nl11C&ledonilc r the can, o~ ~ GAUDY FORTHE up-to-1949 LEAVERS &Udbi• ,@.. <-: :Nit.lo aL-9.../#, 4~ •• ..- .,#. ... . Old Boys who left King's at any time before the end of 1949 will be recei ving an invitation to a Gaudy at the School, to be held on Saturday, 23rd September , 2000 . Unfortunately we no longer have the current addre sses for a number of OKC members who left during this period; a list of those whose present address is not known to us is given towards the end of this edition of the Newsletter . Please look through this list, and if you know the current address of any of these members, or any other .. information about them, please write to the Hon Secretary, and let him know. • ~ ~ & f~ .... T-oT._ . ... . , .lf' . /,11 .__ :en- ...... I I • • """"""""bor .... , . ·· · a 1a •

Tocolhi-t .. . ,ll , 4' . ~ OKC ANNUAL DINNER l',c,_L A'--'?-u~. Advance notice

This year our Annual Dinner will be held at the OKC Clubhou se. The date will be: Friday I 7th November 2000 above A typical nomination form (see article 'From the Archives' in this issue). This example, dated 5th May 1845, is for the nomination of William Cubitt, then 9 years old, by and the Guest Speaker will be Mike Rafter, the former England and Sir George Staunton, Bart. MP. Cubitt was later to be awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery during the Indian Mutiny, Lucknow 1857. British Lion Rugby player. front cover Sir Robert Andrew KCB (1947), President of the Old King's Club. Sir Robert Please make a note in your diaries now, to be sure that you do not miss this event. has this year retired from the Governing Board of KCS after 25 years of service, the last ten Full details and an application form will be included in the next Newsletter , which of which he was Chairman of the Governors. will be sent to you in October 2000. OLD KING'S CLUB 3 OLD KING'S CLUB: OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE

PRESIDENT: Sir RobertAndrew KCB SECRETARY'S NOTES ANNUAL GENERAL PAST PRESIDENT: RM Reeve VICE PRESIDENTS: CLUB OFFICE MEETING R B Armitage (1991 ), L R Barkey ( 1985), M Barron (1996), D DCBelchamber (1986), The Old King's Club office is in the Lodge (next to the I Sth January, 2000 JC Burr (I 987), KA Collyer (1974), RE Dawson ( 1979), RF Diacon (I 983), p K Gerhold (J 984), Sports Hall) and is open on Tuesday and Thursday J D E Hamilton (1983), A D Hein ( 1986), J Keeling ( 1987), H R Lewis OBE (1969), morningsfrom I 0.00 am to 1.00 pm; callers are welcome. The Annual General Meeting was held at 11.30 a.m. on R G Mathews (1995), D M Maxton MBE (1970), EA Stokes ( 1996), C Taylor (1973), Our telephone number is 020 8255 5390. In addition, the I 5th January 2000, in Collyer Hall. N R Topping (1984). Year of election shown in brackets messages can be left during School hours on any day with CHAIRMAN:M PC Francis the School switchboard operator on 020 8255 5300; you Present: HON SECRETARY:BJ Stokes can fax us at any time on 020 8255 5439, or send an e­ The President Sir RobertAndrew HON TREASURER: P J Grant FCA mail to [email protected]. Chairman MPC Francis Elected members: R J Bannister, M PC Francis, P L Gibbins, R J Hudson, H M G King, Hon. Secretary BJ Stokes A G P Lang, G C McGinn, D W Parry SCHOOL SHOP Hon. Treasurer P J Grant Representatives of Accredited Activities: and about 30 members. A wide range of OKC items is available from the School Cricket: T PHowland Shop in the Lodge. A list of these, together with the Cross Country: J PH Smith Apologies for absence were received from Mrs opening hours and other information, is given at the end M Fencing: D G Tilles Armitage, MrsJ Belcher,P J deC Newman, GP NPhillips, of this Newsletter. Golf: M PC Francis and RM Reeve. Hockey: RTH Carter Rifle Club: R J Hudson THE NEWSLETTER 1. The minutes of the last AGM , held on the 16th Rugby Club: NM Crockford This issue of the Newsletter was edited by B J Stokes. January 1999, were circulated in Newsletter No 94, April Soccer: J Parrish Contributions for future issues are always welcome, and 1999, on pages 4-7. Richard Armitage proposed and Len Squash: MT Williamson should be sent to The Editor, Old King's Club, King's Barkey seconded that they be approved. All agreed and Swimming: P J de C Newman College School, Wimbledon, London SW 19 4TT; or they they were signed by thePresident. There were no matters Tennis: C G Diacon may be faxed to 020 8255 5439 or sent by e-mail to arising. KCS Lodge: H M G King [email protected]. Material forinclusion in the next issue, to be published in October 2000, must reach the Editor by 2. Hon Secretary's report Sub-Committees: I st. September 2000. During the year under review your Committee has met on Finance: RBArmitage (Chairman), M Barron, M PC Francis, P J Grant, R JHudson, B J Stokes fiveoccasions under the Chairmanship ofMark Francis. Social: M PC Francis (Chairman), RB Armitage, M Barron The Old King's Club is not responsible forindividual These meetings have discussed a wide range of matters of Trustees of the Old King's Club:M Barron, LE Glover, ADHein opinions expressed in the OKC Newsletter. Editorials and importance to the Club, and although none of these may Trustees of the Invested Funds:M Barron, D W Parry, MA Smith other contributions do not necessarily represent the views be of immense significance, such attention to detail is Hon Auditors:J H Hole, G P N PhillipsAC A or policies of the Club, the Club Committee, or the Editor, important to the efficientrunning of the Club. Benevolent Fund: except where explicitly identified as such. Management Board:L R Barkey (Chairman and Trustee), ACV Evans (H ead Master, KCS), Additionally, the Committee receives reportsfrom the M Barron, JDE Hamilton (Trustee), ADHein (co-opted), R Lowndes, RJ Morris (Treasurer and Trustee), Finance, Social, and Chairman's Sub-Committees on L D Peters, D V Smedley, C Taylor (Trustee) FROMTHE CHAIRMAN matters that have been referred to them, and makes Careers for School Leavers: decisions on their recommendations. Reports are also Old King's Club Adviser:J G Robson, 27 Westminster Gardens, Marsham Street, Westminster, We remain determined to involve our younger members received fromthe various accredited activities. London SW IP 4JD (020 7828 9576) more actively in Club activities. That's why I'm particularly delighted to welcome Paddy Gibbins (our Richard Morris has resigned fromthe Committee due youngest recruit) to the Old King's Club Committee. to pressure of other commitments. Richard was firstelected to the Committee at the 1989 Annual General Meeting, Paddy is seconded straight onto the Social Sub­ and has given eleven years of valuable service forwhich Committee to encourage more 80s and 90s leavers to he has our sincere thanks. Happily, he will continue as attend the OKC Sports Day (September 24th) and the Treasurer of the Benevolent Fund. Annual Dinner at the Clubhouse (November 17th). Aftera busy year in 1998 the Finance Sub-Committee, Last year's dinner was particularly successfulbecause under the Chairmanship of Richard Armitage, has enjoyed of the excellent speakers. We will continue this welcome a comparatively quiet year. Last year's recommendations new trend with ex-England international rugby star, Mike are now in place. The new arrangements for Life Rafter as this year's main speaker. Please book the date Membership fees mentioned in my reportlast year promise in your diaries now! to place our financialaffairs on a much sounder basis, and Mark Francis the new computer system forthe OKC officehas now been working successfully forover a year. 4 OLD KING'S CLUB OLD KING'S CLUB 5

The Social Sub-Committ ee has organized the various Com memora tion Day, on June 26th, saw the usual outlined the role of the Ma gic Circle and explained that 3. Hon Treasurer's report and accounts for the year social activities of the year, ranging in scale from a bar in OK teams compe ting aga inst the School, as bn efly the Circle had been founded in 1905 by three people, two ended 31st August 1999 the OK tent on Commemoration Day to the highly mentioned earlier. Once again we thank the School for of whom were Old Boys of KCS . He then performed Peter Grant presented his report on the acco unts for the successful Annual Dinner. Len Barkey has resigned from providing a marquee , and teas, for Old Boys and the1r several illusions and told amusing stories which were year ended 3 1s t August 1999. He highlighted the increase the Chairmanship of this Sub-Committee after many years families. thoroughly enjoyed by all present. The Head Master, Tony in income from Life Membership fees, and explained that of devoted service, and our warmest thanks are due to him Evan s, gave a most interesting addr ess on the activities because of timing, and the fact that the acco unts are for his great effort s throu ghout this time . So far, no The Hon Secretary represented the OKC at the School and success of the School durin g the year. As usual the produced on a receipts and payment s basis, the income for successor has been appointed. leaver s lunch on July 7th to welco me some 115 new catering was excellent, and our thanks go to Janet Belcher the year included school leavers' Life Member ship fees members. AU new members are given an information pack and her staff. for two years. He pointed out that the next two years would The variou s accre dited activities have continued to about the Club , and an OKC tie. The opportunity is also produce much lower receipts. Thi s was because of the flourish. Reports on their progress have already been given taken to encourage those few leavers who are not already The School Remembrance Service was held on 13th adopti on last year of subscription s wh ich, although in the Club 's Newsletter , and so I will just mention a few members of the Club to join. November, when Richard Armitage laid a wreath on behalf increa sed , were payable over three years instead of one. highlights here. of theOKC. The income would be fully back on stream in three years. A Gaudy for those who left King's between 1980 and On Com memoration Day a strong Old Boy Cricke t 1984 was held at the School on Saturday 25th September . Sadly but inevitably I must report that a number of He also referred to the expenditure on computers and team played the School. The Old Boys batted first, and It was attended by about 80 Old Boys, together with over members have died during the year, three of which I should the updating of hardware and the installat ion of new declared at 234 for 7 wickets . The School then replied 20 member s of the teaching staff of the period . As usual, like to mention here. Hilary Gibbs , an Honorary Life software programmes. with 239 for 6, and thus won the match. In Fencing , the guests were give n a lour of the School , being taken round Member and widow of Peter Gibbs, a former Junior School School had been weake ned by the departur e of a number in small groups by prefects . The tour was followe d by a Headma ster and Hon Secret ary of the OKC, died in Turning to the Balance Sheet be reported that the loan of str o ng fen ce rs, and the Old Boy s won their reception in College Court and lunch in the Dining Hall. January. She had always maintained an active-interest in from the School had been reduced to £8,000. He added Commemoration Day match by 14 to 2. It was a noteworth y occasion as our Chairma n, Mark the OKC, and frequentl y gave her time when help was that subsequently a further repayment of £5,000 had been Francis , was Captain of the School in 1980 - the first needed. made from fund s received from the Rugby Club, so that The Rifle Club continues its active progra mme of Captain of Robi n Reeve 's Head Mastership - and Robin the loan currently stood at £3 ,000. shooti ng, and the members of King's Cormorants, our himself was also present. Donald Jarvi s.who died in Mar ch, had a long and swimming club , have continued their impre ssive run of distinguished involveme nt with the Old Boys, and was a The investments had remained unchanged but since successes at meets. The Old King's Club Sports Day was held on Sunday Vice President of the OKC as well as of the Rugby Club. the year end a further £10,000 had been inves ted from 3rd October , with Cross Country runnin g, Fencing , and He was for some time a Governor of the School, and was cash funds held . For the first time in many years the Tenni s team did Hockey taking place at the School. The number s takin g the father of John Jarvis QC, currently a Governor , and not reach the finals or semi-finals in the d' Abernon Cup. part were not large, but enthu siasm was high, and an grandfather of Christopher and Fergus, both Old Boys of He thank ed the Honorary Audit ors Graham Phillip s Some unusual seeding arrangements, too complicated to enjoya ble time was had by all those present. After the the School. and John Hole for their continuing support and finally mention here, resulted in our having to play Old Paulines activities, competitors, supporters and their friends enjoyed answered questions from the floor. in the third round, on a day on which three of our four best a buffet lunch in the Mathews Room. Al the same time , Evan Roberts, who died in December, was for six years players had commitments elsewhere , and this match was and also at the Spmts Hall, a reunion for younger Old the Hon Secretary of the Rugby Club, but is better known Note: If any membe r of the OKC would like to have a lost. We hope for a better result next year. Boy s had been organ ized. This was the second year that for his work over many years for the Masonic Lodge . A copy of the audited accounts of the Old King's Club he this event has been held, in the belief that those who had frequent correspondent , he kept me informed of new s of or she should apply to the Hon Secretary. The Rugby Club have beg un a co nspi cuo usly recently graduated and perhap s started on their careers Old Boy s gleaned from a number of sources, and was to successful season. The 1st team has won all their matches, would welcome an opportunity to meet again. Invitations be seen at most major OK functions. 4. Elections and is currently at the top of the Surrey League; the second were sent to 250 Old Boys who left in 1994 and 1995, but (i) The Chairman , Mark Francis, proposed that Sir Robert team has had similar results, and the Minis continue to only two replies were received. Wheth er or not this event The Club's principal link with its members is of course Andrew KCB , be re-e lected President , and that the Hon flourish. should be co ntinued is under co nsideration by the the New sletter, and this is likely to continue to be the case Secretary , Bryan Stoke s and the Hon Treas urer, Peter Committee. for the forseeable future. The usual two Newsletters were Grant also be re-elected . The proposal was seconded by Turning now to the Club activities of I 999, the annual dispatched to some 2300 subscribers during 1999; another Richard Armita ge and approved unanimou sly. School Careers Evening was held on Thursday May 6th. , Whilst on the subject of the younger Old Boys, another 2400 non-subscriber s receive d an 'annual mailing' giving and the usual format was followed. After dinner with the venture started in 1998 was the dispatch of a questionnaire notice of the AGM and other forthcoming activities, (ii) The Presid ent, Sir Robert Andre w, then introduced Head Master in the Dining Hall, around I 00 OK volunteers to all the previous year's leavers who have started a together with news in brief of the School and the Old Boys. the following elections : organized by Gordon Rob son took part in inform al talks University course asking for their impressions of their first (a) Trustees. The present trustees of the invested with some 140 members of the Lower Sixth form on a year. This has been repeated, and we have had an excellent Finally, on a personal note, I should like to record funds, David Parry, Mark Smith, and Michael Barron , one-to-one basis, for about half an hour each. Each boy is response . It is clear from the replies received that the my gratitude , and since re thanks to Marie Armitage , and the trustees of the Old King's Club, Michael allow ed to seek informatio n about two careers, and the information gained will be of great benefit to those in the Gordon Robson, and Tony Stoke s for keeping everyth ing Barron, Laurie Glover, and Tony Hein were standing individual nature of the interviews is very highly regarded. School choosing University places . goi ng durin g my four-month absence due to illne ss, and for re-election. They were propo sed by the President After the interviews, the Career s volunteers write short espec ially for the preparation of one of the year' s two and seconded by Sidney Cow herd; all agreed . report s in which they may suggest possible cour ses of The annual Old King's Club Dinne r took place on Newsletters. (b) Committee members. The retiring member s, action for the boys they have met, and the evening is Friday 12th November , aga in being held at the School, MarkFranci s and Richard Hudson offered themselves, rounded off with drinks in College Court. and with 96 members present. Michael Bailey, who is Mr President , that concludes my report for 1999 . and Patrick Gibbins had been nominated by the President of the Magic Circle, was the guest speaker. He Committee. Their election was proposed by the OLD KING'S CLUB 7 6 OLD KING'S CLUB Steven Else (Religious Studies and Philosophy), Mr David President and seconded by Gordon Robson , and all agreed. Anyone interested, please get in touch with Len Barke y, SCHOOL NEWS Lave nd er (Ph ysi c s), Mi ss Rachae l Pee l (Mode rn (c) Honorary life members. The Committe e a above. · recommended thatJoan Wells, widow of Alan Wells. Languages ) and Miss Naomi Phipps (Music). Mr Ashley formerly Hon Secretary of the OKC , be elec ted an Adopti on of tbe report was propo sed. by Gordon Johansen (Mathematics) has j oined us for a year, as have Hon orary Life Memb er. This was propo sed by the Rob son and seco nded by Andrew Lang , and all agreed. Mr Richard Lonsdale (Classics), Mr Roy Heyworth (D&T) and Mr Michael Co leman (JCT). Mr Timothy Young President and secon ded by Tony Stok es. Mi chael Nore: If any member of rhe OKC would like to have a continu es in the PE Departm ent for a further year while Melli ga n, an Honorary Member , wa s a lso copy of rhe audired accoun rs of the Benevo lent Fund he Mr Waugh's duties as England Hockey Captain keep him reco mmended on the occasion of his retirement after or she sho uld apply to the Hon Secretary. many yea rs on the Juni or School teac hing staff; this away from Wim bledo n. 1 should like to reco rd here our thanks and best wishes to Mr Gwyn Jone s, who joined the was proposed by the President and seconded by Tony 7. Election of Trustees oftbe Benevolent Fund Physics Department this term wbi le Mr Bennett took bis Hein . The Committ ee reconunended that the Trustees should be (d) Honorary mem bers. Th e Committee Len Barkey (Chairma n), John Hamilton, Richard Morri s, period of sabbatica l leave. recommended that the circulated list of Hono rary and Cavan Taylor ; and appro val was sought for the Memb ers be re-elected , and in addition the following Officers and members of the Fund 's management board , The Head of History, Mr Stan Hou ston, will be on be elected: P Levell e, a member of the Governin g Michael Barron , Robert Lownd es, Denn is Peter s, and sabbati ca l leave next term, undertaking resea rch at the Body , PM Keyte and C P Langley, who have been David Smedley . The Head Ma ster and the Treasurer of British Library and in Oxford at the Bodlei an Library for memb ers of the School teaching staff for more than the OKC are ex offic io members of the Board . a book on the Cou rt of James I. five years; and Mrs M Murph y and Mrs S Burden , members of the Dining Hall Staff for many years. The Approv al was proposed by Tony Hein and seco nded Presid ent propo sed, and Cavan Taylor seconded this by Micky King , and all agreed. The King'sClub elect ion, and all agreed. Steffan Morgan jo ins us on 4U1Januar y to take up his post 8. Other resolutions as the new Manager of the King's Club. Steffan is a county No other resoluti ons had been submitt ed. 5. Election of Honorary a.uditors squash and tennis player who will spend some of his time The Committee recommended that the present auditor s, G coaching within the School's games progranune . He comes 9. Subscript ion rates P N Phillips and J H Hole be re-elected. This was proposed to us from the Unive rsity of Sheff ield where he has ju st There were no increases in the subscription rates, and other EXTRACTS FROM THE HEAD by the President and seconded by J W Olsen, and all agreed. completed an MSc in Sport s Studie s and Recreation al matters concerning subscription s had been dealt with in MASTER'S NEWSLETTER Management. 6. Benevole nt Fund the Hon Treasurer 's report . AUTUMN 1999 In presenting his report on the activities of the Bene volent The Development Office fund , the Chairman, Len Barkey, said that although the 10. Any other business The Schoo l has dec ided that the time has come to create a Fund is not being called upon for support at the moment , The President announced that the next Annual General Governing Body permanent post of Head of Devel opmen t. Th is new role it nevertb less remain s avai lable to provide financial help Meeting would be held on January 13th, 2001. In the Mr Cavan Taylor (OK 1953), a gove rnor since 1972, will will encompass a wide range of functions including the towards fees for families of boys in the School, and in absence of any other business he then declared the meeting become Chairma n of the Govern ing Body in Janu ary in Centen ary Challenge. The sum raised under our prese nt particular for boys about to transfer into the Sixth Form . closed, and invited all pre eat to drin ks in the Reading success ion to Sir Robert Andr ew (O K 1947). Sir Robert developm ent dire ctor, John Flemin g, has pro misingly Any reque sts should be addressed to the Head Master in Room of College Court. has been a memb er of the Governing Body since 1975 approa ched the first million pound s and after two and a the first instance. and Chairman since 1990 . He has been an outstanding half yea rs he will stand down at the end of January . It is Chairm an of Governors whose support and wisdom have hoped that a new director will be able to take up wider In addition , the Fund can be called upon to assist Old been of immea surable value both to Robi n Reeve and to responsibilitie s in the near future. Th e School is very Boys who are in necess itous circumstances , and any THE DATA PROTECTION ACT me. The School is profoundl y indebted to Sir Robert and gratefu l to Mr Fleming for his work to ensure the success application for assistance in this category should be OKC member s will be aware that the Club holds records Lady Andrew for their devotion to KCS and , as a of th_e Challenge in its first stage. addre ssed to the Hon Secretary at the OKC office. of its members on computer. These records consist of newc omer here myse lf, T have had eve ry reason to be names , addresses , years at King's, dates for receivin g the imme nsely gratefu l for their perso nal kindness and for Sir Lookin g on the other side of the coin, the Fund is also Newsletter , and so forth. As we have always made Robert 's willingne ss to consi der issues anew. The loss to Exchange Visits keen to receive any gifts which will help it in its work. plain, no names or addresses are ever passed on to the Governing Body will be acutely felt. France Th is year 's Fourth Form French exc hange to These can be in the form of one -off donations , or can be anyone unless we are completely satisfied (a) that the L 'lnst itution des Cha rtreux in Ly o n proved very executed through deed s of cove nant , as the Fund is a perso n enquirin g is a memb er, who is, of course, entitled I am pleased to announce the election to the Governing succe ssfu l. About fifty students from KCS and Putn ey regis tered charity. Anyon e wishing to mak e a donati on to purchase a copy of the Memb ership Register and read Body of Mrs Catherine van Tulleken, who se younger son High School found exc hange partners. The French spen t shou ld contact the Hon Secretary at the OKC office, or the address for him self, or (b) we have conta cted the Old completed his KCS career last summ er and whose elder Easter in the UK , enjoying trip s to Chessington World of Len Bark ey on 020 8874 9826 . Boy concerned, and obtain ed his permis sion. twin sons left in 1996. Mr s van Tulleken is a publishing Adventure s and Towe r Bridge; while in Fra nce, during Should any member wish to see a print -out of what consu ltant whose experience will be particularly valuab le. the long, hot days of summer, the KCS/PHS group visited Finally, the Fund is seek:in"g two new members for its is stored on computer about him or her, please write to Lyon and Annecy, finding time to swim in its Alpine lakes. Management Board to repl ace retirin g memb ers. The the Hon Secretary and ask for one . On its return to KCS, some of the group were able to speak Board acts in an advisory capacity and usually meets only The new Data Protection Act has just come into Common Room very fluent French ! once a year at the AGM , other contacts being made, as force . Its implication s for the OKC are being carefully ln September we welcomed to the Common Room Mr Ray necessa ry, by post or telephone (e-mail not esse ntial!). studied, and will be discussed in our next issue. Powell as Head of Economics and Social Sciences , Dr 8 OLD KING'S CLUB OLD KING'S CLUB 9

Ge rmany Another very successfu l exc hange trip was com piled by the Mormo ns. The greater access ibilit y of appears in this Newsletter. Steps are being taken to produce magaz ine 'Th e Sneeze r' was found in this way - see concluded in November with the return visit of pupils from reco rds at the new Family Reco rds Ce ntre in Myddelton an alphabetica l registero f 'Junior Schoo l only' pupil s so Newsletter No. 87. the Wildermuth Gymnasium in TUbingen acco mpanied by Str ee t, London has also made the tas k of obtainin g as to make this arduous searc h eas ier in the futur e. their leader, the inimitable Herr Winek. Most of the pupils information eas ier and more certain. Fin ally, a rece nt and typi cal exampl e. A lady wrote were visiting England for the fir st time and they we re If the name is still not trace d then the person was not asking if we could tell hera nythin g about her grandfath er. extremely grateful for the exce llent hospitality shown to Th e Old Kin g's C lub off ice reg ularl y rece ives a member of the Schoo l; indeed a lengthy disc ussion over She knew that be had attended KCS because she had two enquiri es about former pupil s from their desce ndants and, them by KCS families. the telephone recently led to the conclusion that the person inscribed trophies that he had won before the First World in certain cases , from biogra phers and historians, and can was act ually a former pupil of St Paul 's ! Was. We were able to confirm his dates of attendance, his often help with the suppl y of information from the School father's name and address and other det ails; that be was Charities Archives. Exa mpl es of these enquiri es have bee n given The Register was compiled from a number of original awarded a trophy for swimmin g, and that he was the Public The annual collection for the Poppy Day Appeal took place from time to time in this News letter. sources which had been kept in the College buildin gs until Sc ho o ls half-mil e champi on in 19 14 . Th e Scho o l in Nov emb er in aid of the Briti sh Legion. Mr Ryan transfe rred to the Schoo l durin g the 1970s. Some of the Magazine contained a critiqu e of his captaincy of the I st produ ce d an int eres tin g and attrac ti ve M illennium Our fir st step in res ponse to an enquir y is to find the more interes ting of these are the No min ation Papers and XV durin g the 19 13- 14 seaso n. We we re even able to Ca lendar, using archive sketc hes and paintin gs by KCS entry for the former pupil in the Old Boys Register. Thi s the Admi ssions Registers. ln the early days money was suppl y her with a copy of a photograph of the Board ers boys at the turn of the nineteenth century. Thi s was a great publi cation is the res ult of a mass ive amount of researc h raised to build and equip the Co llege and the Sch ool by Hou se rugby XV of which he was captain, and which also success and the enti re print run has been sold, producing extending over many years by Frank Miles, the first School the sale of £ 100 shares (the purchasers of which beca me included his yo unger brother who was killed in action in ove r £ 1,250 for a range of childr en's charities. Mr Fidler Archivist. It is a recor d of every boy who has attended 'proprietors') and the acceptance of donations. Proprietors 19 18. produ ced a charity Christmas card from a paintin g by Joel KCS since the first pupil s were admitt ed in 183 1, and and donors had the privile ge of nomin ating prospective How land in the Fourth Form , the procee ds from which extends to four vo lumes. At the very least, an indi vidual pupils, who then had precedence for places over those who Per haps yo u too have an anc es tor who attended will go to the NSPCC. The collection taken durin g the entry will includ e name and date of birth , father's name had not been so nomin ated, and a reduction of fees (£2 1 King's, and about wbom yo u would like to know more? end-of- ter m Caro l Service at St John 's is being give n and address , and period of attendance at the Schoo l. In per annum as agai nst £26. 5s.). The prac tice continu ed We may be able Lo help' towar ds the build ing of a schoo l in Lesot ho. many cases entri es contain details of pri zes won, School for a numb er of years and the nomination forms were kept BJ S tea m membership and other Schoo l app ointm ents, and and bound in large leather-covere d volumes, some 40 of subsequent caree rs. These invaluable volumes are unique which still survive. A reproduction of the form nominating LIFE AMONG THE STUDENT INVESTORS in school archival reco rds. William Cubitt, and signed by Sir Geo rge Staunton, Bart., MP is given inside the front cover of this Newsletter. Cubitt A group of sixth-fo rmers, toge ther with two masters, Ian CHINESE Sometimes a search of the Register fails to revea l a Davies (Chem istry) and Richard Swa in (Eco nomics), last was later to gain the Victoria Cross in Indi a in 1857. name in spite of the enquirer 's belief that the indiv idual September formed an investme nt club, to help the students atte nded the School. There are severa l poss ibilities. to gain first-hand information about the stock marke t and, Detai Is of eve ry boy admitt ed to the Schoo l we re of course, to see if they could make some money. In order entered into an admi ssions regis ter. These hand-written (i) From 183 1 until 1897 the Schoo l was housed in to satisfy lega l requir ements, the parents of the J 7-ye ar­ registers cove r the period 1850- 19 12, and consist of23 the same building in the Strand as King's College London, olds are the members, but the choice of investments has volum es . A page show ing the admiss ion of WiJJiam and there was some ove rlap betwee n the School and the been delega ted to the boys . Members pay an initi al lump Christie in 1860 is reprod uced inside the back cove r of Co llege. Th e Archives include copies of the annu al sum plus a£ I 0-a-month subscripti on. this Newsletter. Christie was to become Astronomer Royal College Calendars, volumes which reco rd many details of at the early age of 36, a pos t he was to hold until 19 10, both College and School, including lists of students in both Th e group curr entl y has in ves tm e nt s in fo ur and he was elected a Fe llow of the Roya l Soc iety. institutions. A searc h may revea l the name in the list of companies: Kingston Co mmuni cations, the teleco ms Co llege students, and the enquir y can then be refe rred to group ; Molecular Sensing, deve lopers of DNA detection Later records we re entered onto ca rd s, and the the College Archives . devices; Pace Micro Technology, makers of set-top boxes res ultin g card indexes are also held in the Archives . No doubt futur e reco rds will be stored on computer discs , for cable and satellite television; and FKI, an enginee ring (ii) Af ter KCS had vaca ted the Strand pre mises and company. The boys hold weekly meetings to discuss stock thou gh compl iance with the Dat a Prot ection Act and its moved to Wimbl edon, a new schoo l occ upied the empty marke t new s, and to review their portfo lio. likely successo rs may lead to some difficultie s here. part of the buildin g. Thi s was the Strand School which, in its turn , move d to new premises in Bri xton. Thi s schoo l The club will be wound up and the profits distribut ed The Sc hoo l Magaz ine can often thro w light on the no longer exists, and sadly no reco rds of its pupil s appear at the end of May, befo re the boys take their A-leve l activiti es of former pupil s; critique s of the memb ers of to have survived. Fro m other sources, howeve r, we have exami nations. At the time of writing, profits have exceeded the maj or school teams, acco unts of concerts and plays , been able to show that at leas t one enquiry was for a pupil £800; it is to be hoped that there are no major reve rses house repo rts, and other items all contribut ing to the store who attended the Strand School. befo re it is time for the shares to be sold! of informati on. The Archives hold copies of all Schoo l Magaz ines from 19 11 onward s, and a single bound copy Anth ony Lawrence was in both the Juni or and Senior (iii) Since the foundation of the Junior School in 1912, of magaz ines from 1890 onwards. If any reader of this Schools, having won both Juni or and Senior entrance FROM THE ARCHIVES some pupil s attended the Junior Schoo l but subsequently News letter find s copies of any magazines dat ed befo re exhibiti ons, and left King's in 1930. He fi rst entered Peo ple have always had an interest in their own famil y move d to schoo ls other than the Senior Schoo l. These 1890, for exa mpl e when turnin g out old papers, or at a jo urnalism, then, in the Second World War served as a history, and researc h into the subject has rece ntly beco me pupil s are not included in the Register, but their names house cleara nce sale, please secure them at once and let Captain in the Royal Artillery. He j oined the BBC in more rewardin g with the ready ava ilability on the internet can be verified by a painstaking search through the Schoo l us know - we will gladly reimbur se you for any reaso nable 1946. He is the author of seve ral books, and recently of 'fa mily tree ' progra mm es, and data bases such as that Lists. One such person is John Casso n, whose obitu ary expenses incurred. A bound copy of a satiri cal student f eatured in a BB C television p rogramme celebrating the 10 OLD KING'S CLUB OLD KING 'S CLUB 11

50than niversary of the Overseas Correspondents ' Club the prophet s of doom, the people who thought the Beijing expanding waistline demonstrate I.bat adapting to the in Hong Kong. Here, he describes something of his life leade rs would change the entire life-sty le and abolJsh restaurants bas been less demanding. LETTERTOTHE EDITOR in the Far East. former freedoms of press and opinion s, have largely been Fro1t1F W Cossrick, KCS proved wrong - so far. The new Hong Kong government My wife, Rosie, and I are working at St Paul' s School Staff, 1956-/9 78 When in 1956 the BBC sent me out to Singapore to is careful not to challenge openly the regime in the north; which is set in the one leafy district of Sao Paulo, Jardim be their Correspo ndent in the Far East, I was told I need there are exampl es of self-ce nsorship by newspaper s Paulistano. The school is an extremely efficient , forward­ Sir, stay there only three yea rs. Then I would be moved to a anxious to be good friends with Beijing, but for people in thinking and successfu l international school from which more congenial part of the world. retirement , such as we are, life has changed very little. we are learning a great deal. Teaching International GCSE In case tl1ere are some OKs Hong Kong will be our home for the rest of our lives. and tl1e Intern ational Baccalaureate in our pupils' second about who are doubtfu l about Singapore! I had never been able to stand the heat, language (most are Brazilian and so speak Portuguese at the value of a teaching career, and Singapore is bang on the Equator. Aircraft take-o ffs How fast the time has gone, both as a Corres pondent home) is quite a challenge. Fortunately their parents' work I hou ld like to po int out and landings had always caused me uneasiness, and the and later as a free-lance! ethic appear s to have rubbed off on most and their results some advantage s. new job would mean endless travel by little-know n air­ are extreme ly impressive. lines, to cover events in about a dozen Asian countri es. I soon became used to the heat. It took longer to accept Now I am 80, with slight Well, look on the bright side. Three years would soon pass. take-o ffs and landings by aircraft. One of the pleasures of So, professionally, y;e are content, but building a social chest problems (very slight retiremen t from the BBC was seeing those aircraft taking life in Sao Paulo is pro ving more difficult. Learni ng considering that I have smoked all my life) , I can go to In fact they began very dauntin gly, in those far-off off for some strife-t orn coun try - and l was not on them ! Portuguese is hard, especially as we are working in English Charles Turton ( 1964) a top local chest specia list, and for days of 1956. The difficulti es seemed endless - uncertain It seems ages now since I kept visiting Vietnam with a every day. Perhaps we are still in culture shock but we do my heart, when in France, to Edo uard Po rtier, and radio connections with London , lanj/;uag e problem , a camera man, reporting the endless war in that cruel country find the city itself a huge, untidy, concrete monstrosity from outstanding Rouen cardiologist who is a sort of honorary valuable frie ndship interrupted when a man disappeared of heave nly landscapes. Now when we travel it's mostly which we delight in escapi ng! And of course, as teache rs, OK, having done an exchange (French and Golf, but without trace, exhausting efforts to grab the last seat on a for our own enjoyme nt. We have spent unusual holidays escape you can ... during the holidays! mainly Golf) with Christopher Gem s ( 1972) three years ' plane to some sce ne of riot and rebellion. That my wife in Indon esia, including the Celebes and Bali - that island running. and eight-year-old son enjoyed it from the first minute only of the Gods where we have a chalet reserved for us in the So far we have spent a couple of weeks in the made my own profess ional troub les seem more acute. grounds of the friendly Bali Beac h Hotel. We have incredibly beautiful Rio de Janeiro (you must go!), visited My legal affairs are looked after by Ian Smith (1960), explored North Thailand where the elephants still lift the the historical towns in the state of Minas Gerais (with their and the Schoo l has also provided me with a son-in-law, Forty years later, long after finishing with the BBC timber, but now only for the tourists. It's highly enjoyable cobbled streets and gilded churches), enjoyed the natural Kelvin Walton (1964) and step-son-in-law , Edward Camp on retirement , my wife and I are still out here, call ing the to look up friends back in Britain. But Britain and Europe wonder of the Pantan al (a huge floodplain in the interior) ( 1970). Far East our home (our son became a doctor, married , have become somew hat remote by now and after a month and lush Atlantic rainforest on islands just off the Sao Paulo and now work s as a medical specialist in Saudi Arabia). or two it's good to return to the more familiar scenes of State coa st. In fact, I write this while recovering from While the intending teacher will never become a Bill tl1e Far East . Car nival (everybody parties for 4 days!) and a 25-ho ur Gates , be might discove r a number of unpla nned perks The reasons for our staying on are hard to exp lain . Anth ony Lawrence bus journey from the Pantanal, where we sighted 107 bird such as the above . Part of it is that is that, by the last of our three years ba ed species, includin g 40 'all-time rs' ' on Singapore I had come to tenns with the Far East. The Yours faithfully, BBC Directo r-General visited us and told me my next SLEEPLESS IN SAO I didn 't think living abroa d was going to be easy and FWCo sstic k. posting would be New York. And I said that I ought to it has been like riding an emotional rollercoast er. Ove r stay on in my prese nt area, that the Far East post was not PAULO the last 8 months, I have often longed for Wimbledon By a strange coincidence, Michael Bailey ( 1968; not the something to which you cou ld ass ign men or women for Co mmon , a pint in the Crooked Bil le t and the magician !) rec ent ly sent us a newspape r cuttin g ju st three years and then repla ce them. Cove ring the Far companionship of my friends in London (especiall y those Graeme Salt was a member concerning Fred Cosstick, which we reproduce below. East meant sticking around and becoming known and from KCS). But, so far, tbe peak s have overw helmed the of the School Biology staff The cutting was fo und in Michael's parents' loft. It is famili ar to very many many critica l Asia n people - and trou ghs. Ex haus ted, undoubt edl y, com plet ely bald, from September 1993 until he presumed to date from 1971 or 1972 but there is no become a trustworth y reporter of a quarter of the world. perhap s, but whatever happens i.n the next year or so, I left at the end of the Su1t1mer mention of the pape r from which it was taken. Those It was a life-Lime job . know I will return to England a better teacher and very term I 999 to tak e up a who do not know Fred may be interested - those who do please d to have fulfilled one of my amb itions of living teaching post in Sao Paulo, know him will no doubt be able vividly to picture the There was another reason. Home is where your friends and working abroad . Brazil. Here, he gives his first scene! are, and in those three first years a number of Asian people, impressions of life in South especially among the Chine se when they were used to us, Graeme Salt, ([email protected] r) America. The youngest Kennedy brother is probably one of the had become some of the best friends we had ever known. few men in the world to have been sent off the rugby field Eight months into a two-year contract in Sao Paulo, and I in the fust quarter of an hour. The BBC agreed to our stayin g on, but they changed am still await ing a good night's sleep! Sao Paulo , the the base to Hong Kong. This was a very wise move because economic hub of Brazil, is a true 24-hour city and its people It happe ned in th e ear ly fifties wh en Harvard now we were on the doorstep of that vast land of China. (the Paulistas) push themselves very hard. Early starts and Univer sity were playing New York RFC and the referee For many westerners and Hong Kong Chinese the ending late finishes in the office are followed by even later sittings was Frederick Coss tick, an Engli shman who did a lot to of British colonial rule in 1997 and the handing back to at the many magnificent restaurant s. For those with job s it foster the English game on the Eastern seaboard. "I noticed the Mainl and meant difficult decisions. We talked about seem to be the only way to live. Whether I will ever adapt very soon after the start of the game that there was a big it all at length and decided to stay on. And on the whole to 5-6 hours sleep a night remains to be seen, although my man in the Harvard scru m flailing away with his fists at 12 OLD KING'S CLUB OLD KING'S CLUB 13 the head of one of the New York men. l stopped play and AROPS held a lively, welJ-attended AGM at City of eve r missed a meeting of the Corporation, and the OK OLD KING'S GOLF cautioned him, and then , blow me, a few minutes later, London School for Girls, Barbican , on 16th November dinner last November was only the seco nd that Evan had after the ball had gone away from the line-out, there he 1999. Sixty-seven members were present representing SI missed since he left School in I 933. They both held many SOCIETY was, punching away again , boxing this other man over societies, and they included the Hon Secretary of the OKC. Offices in the Lodge and were each Master on two the ears. I cautioned him a seco nd time . Then I saw him occasions. doing it a third time, and I had to send him off. At the end The Chairman, John Kidd (Old Portmuthian) reported The Spring meeting is usually the first Friday of May but, of the game, the Harvard captain came up to me and on the 1999 Conference, and then sought Representatives' Any notes relatin g to the Schoo l Lodge would be as Easter is very late this year , the meeting will be held on apologised . He said he was very sorry about the behaviour views on the ARO PS Handbook , the Association's political incomplete without our sincere thank s to the Head Master Friday 12th May. As usual the meeting is at Ma lden of the 'mad Irishman' , but he was the youngest brother of activity , and their survey s and reports . and Governors for welcoming our move to Schoo l, and to Golf Club , with the first tee booked from 3.00 pm until John Kennedy . Later , Kennedy came up to me, very Pippa Ram say and Brian M uggeridge for the ir 4.00 pm , with a mixed grill dinner afterwards. The cost charming, extremely contrite and humble , said he 'd lost Following the business of the meetin g - adoption of administrative help and Janet Belcher and her team. When for a Non-Malden member including dinner wilJ be £37.00 his head a bit, someone had pushed him." report s, election of committee, rule changes - an address I recall our Christmas meeting , with Janet and her ladies and £15 .00 for Malden memb ers, und er 2S's , and people was given by Dr Yvonne Burne, Headmi stress, together joining in the carols , it makes for a very happy memory ju st having dinner. Contact Graham Cox , telephone O161 Cosstick , who's now a schoolma ster in Wimbledon , with Mrs Parker, Ms Carden, and Mrs Cardy. Their indeed. 427 5930 7, ore-ma il [email protected] .uk . says Kennedy is the only man he's ever sent off a rugby entertaining presentation covered the close relation ship field. "I've always remembered the incident. It's fairly between the City of London School for Girls and its Old Anyone who would be interested in joining the Schoo l The match aga inst the School will take place on the indi cative to me of charact er." Gir ls' Association. It partic ularly focused on the recent Lodge, or who is already a member of another Lodge , and Friday before Commem oration Day (23rd June ). Peter publication of the schoo l's history Daughters of the City. wou ld like to have more details, is invited to contact me Crowther will continue to look after the OK entries to the FolJowing the meeting an excellent buffe t supper was either by telephone on 01962 868 400, or in writing to Putting compe tition at Royal Wimbledon, which starts on OLD KING'S CLUB NEWS enjoyed by all 'Hestia' , 3 Silwood Close, Winche ster, S022 6EN . the evening of Monday 5th June. The Grafton Morrish 1999 OKC DINNER Chris Rashbrook qualif ying will be on Saturd ay 13th May at Royal AROPS's first conference of the miIJennium will be Secretary Wimbledon , and the finals will be from Thur sday 28th in May at Bristol Grammar School, where the keynote September to Sunday I st October. The 1999 Old King's Club Dinner took place on Friday speaker will be Ian Beer, Chairman of the Independen t Nov ember 12th at the School with Sir Robert Andrew Schoo ls Council. acting as Chairman. Janet Belcher and her cater ing staff provided an excellent meal of the usual high standard . OLD BOYS RUGBY CLUB Michael Bailey, who is President of The Magic Circle , REPORTS FROM was the guest speaker. He briefly outlined the role of The AFFILIATED ACTIVITIES The season 's results Magic Circle and exp lained that King's had connecti ons The league table is: in that two Old Boys, Herbert Collings and Neil Weaver, with one other founded The Ma gic Circle in 1905. He then perform ed severa l illusions and told amusing stor ies KCS LODGE No 4257 Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff. Points which were thoroughly enjoyed by the assembled company. Our relationship with the School is now stronger than ever Chobham 12 12 0 0 SS! 70 481 24 given that we now hold our four Meeting s each year either 2 KCSOldBoys 12 10 0 2 425 134 291 20 Tony Evans, the Head Master, gave a most interesting in the Dalziel Room or the Great Hall , followed by 3 Farnham 11 9 0 2 312 95 217 18 address, interspersed with some splendid witticism s on the wonderfu l fare provided for us by Janet Belcher and her activities and succes s of the School during the year. team. Freema sonry, de spite a sometimes poor and Our result s show that this has been the most success ful seaso n °for several yea rs. The club's last league game of the misinformed press, remains the country's largest fraternal seaso n was on Saturday 25 March 2000. We knew our match against Chobham wou ld be the highlight of the season but Tony Stokes and charitable organisation. It teaches moral lessons and never dreamt that the result would decide the leag ue champions . Our chance of winning the league was very slim but self knowledge and the School Lod ge is open to all who mathemati cally possible . Sad ly we lost an exciting matc h by 11 points to 16. have connections with School in whatever way. Farnham are unlikely to win their last game by 75 points so we should end in seco nd place. This has been far and away AROPS our most success ful season for some time, the full record of the club is: For tho se who may not be familiar with the title of this Our evenings begin at about So ' clock and are usually section of the Newsletter, the acronym AR OPS stands for over between 9 to 10 o'clock, and it is wonderful to see the Association of Representative s of Old Pupils' Societies. Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against such a happy spread of Old Boy s from those who were at The Old King's Club is a member of the Association , and !XV 24 18 6 0 887 345 School before 1939 to the present day, with 1955 bein g a representative of the OKC is usually present at 2XV 24 18 6 0 853 273 particularly well represented with three former classmates Association meetings. The Association conducts surveys AXV 7 4 3 0 177 103 of that year . amongst its member s, and publishes report s on matters of general interest to Old Pupils' Societies. Subjects for these Totals SS 40 IS 0 1917 721 Sadly, since the last News letter, we have lost in report s range from, for examp le, actuarial studies on the Geoffrey Cox and Evan Roberts , who were two of our suggested amounts for Life Membership fees, to advice keene st member s and greatest supporters of the School. As can be seen the A XV is proving elusive . The many articles in the press have covered the dwind ling number of on the setti ng-up of a School Archive. Among many connections with the School, Geoffrey hardly players. It is intere sting to note that in total 11S different player s have played for the club this season. If only they all played every week! If anyone is intere sted in playin g for the club please contact us now! 14 OLD KING'S CLUB OLD KING'S CLUB 15

Tours re sults were nev er very brig ht (his own words). MATTHEW SHARP ( 199 l), a former KCS Mu sic Scholar , gained excellent review s in both the Times and The Club has never had so many people touring in one season before . Over Easter we have forty players and spectators Fortunately I have not been hindered by my lack of the Jndepen.denl follow ing his performance at the Park booked to go to Cork . They will take part in the Highfie ld Rugby Club Easter Tournament with teams from all over the academic achieveme nt, it simply served to sharpen my Lane Group 's annual showcase for young musicians in world. The Beamish brewery is next to the ground! The next weekend a staggering 92 players and parents depart for the focus once I got into the big bad world." Shaun continues the Purcell Room in January. The Times wrote "This slightly less glamorous setting of Pontin 's in Brean Sands for a mini rugby festival on the Saturday and Sunday. to sail regularly, but has moved from dinghy racing to yacht racing. extraordinarily accomplished and charismatic young cellist has a beaming smile as wide as the sweep of his bow ..." The King's Minis and Juniors MATTHEW FROST ( 1987) graduated from Southampton The junior and mini section of the Club continues to thrive. The Under I Os won the University Vandals Festival defeating University in History and Politics in 1991. He is married, JAM ES SMITH ( 1995) graduated from Warwi ck the previously unbeaten hosts 40 to O in the final. Pictures of the victorious team are on the web site. We are once again has two children , and lives near Colchester. Although Univer sity last year, having read Electrical Engineerin g. hosting the Surrey B Festival on 7th May, when we hope the weather will be kind and we can have a real party to end the living in East Anglia he maintains his links with London , Before University he took a year out, working at an season. where he works in the Insurance Division of Investec Bank international school in Switzerland as a Laborator y as a pension s consultant. Technician. He is now working for the BBC as a Project Aussie Rules Manager, based at Television Centre, Wood Lane . The Our Australian friends are back again this summer. lfyou haven ' t seen Aussie Rules Footba ll played please try to get Matthew continues to play rugby, currently representing majorit y of his work is with broad cast technology down to the Club durin g the summer to watch the Wimbledon Hawks . Typically they have a barbe cue at every game Colchester RFC, although he did spend a short period from consultancy and installation projects. and cold lager abounds. The games are rough and fast and always exciting. 1993 to 1995 in the colo urs of KCSOB.

Web Site JOHN HAMILTON ( 1953), who we incorrectly reported ANTHONY TUFFIN ( 1954) became Founde r Chairman of Make Votes Count in West Sussex in January 1999. For all information about the Rugby Club, visit the web site at: in the last Newslett er as President of the Surrey Rugby He was elec ted a member of the Council (company http://www.kings.org.uk Footba ll Club, has in fact been elected to the Presidency director) of The Electoral Reform Society in June 1999. The site covers every aspect of the Club, including photos of the teams, past and present, senior and junior , and will keep of the Surrey Coun ty Rugby Football Union. Our visitors up-to-date with every.thing the Club is doing. (Highly recomm ended viewing - Ed.) apologies to John for this mistake. STEPHEN WILKINSON (J 99 1) grad uated from Paddy Ralston. GIDEON HOLLAND ( 1992) has been called to the Bar Manchester University, and then worked as a General at Lincoln 's Inn. Valuer for Bonha ms Auctioneer s in Knightsbridge for 5 OLD BOYS' NEWS years. He has recently joined Chubb Insurance Company CHRIS ISETT (1982) has settled back in the Un ired States of Europe and is work ing as a special ist Insurance GARRY BERAN (1992) , since leav ing KCS and taking RICHARD EVANS (1977) has now left his position as after severa l years elsewhere, and is now a profes sor of Appraiser, appraising Fine Art and Listed Buildings risks. a working year out, has grad uated from Manche ster Head of Risk Management for JPMorgan in New York, Ch inese history in Minne sota. His brother STUART is Stephen also regularly plays for KCS OB rugby, and was University with a BSc in Biological Sciences and an MSc and resigned from JPMorgan with whom he had worked currently in Japan. shocked to realise earlier this year that he made his debut in Molecular Pharmaco logy. Durin g this time he gained since graduation 18 years ago (see New sletter 95). He JO years ago when the club's changing facilities were an industrial placement within Zeneca Pharmaceutica ls. has been appointed Global Head of Market Ri sk TOM JEFFORD (1995) graduated in History from the Portacabins along the A3 ! On finishing his studies he was then taken on permanently Man agement for Deutsche Bank and has become a Vice University of Birmingham in 1998 . He subsequently within the new AstraZe neca Pharmaceutica l company as Chairman of their Risk Board. This is a London-based passed out of Sandhur st in December 1999, and was MARRIAGES a Molecular Toxicologist working in Safety Assess ment position, so he and his family have returned to live in commissioned into the Queen s Royal Hussars. for Tox.icogenomics and Enabling Science and Technology, Bromley, Kent. JAMES MULCAHY (1994) married Jane Southgate on 20th March 1999, in Lindow, Cheshire. and is still currently based in Manchester. LEON KASAKOS (1992 ) has been called to the Bar at RICHARD EYRE ( 1971) , as has inevitably been widely Lincoln's Inn. HENRIK CARBONNIER (1993) has been jointly reported , has left his job as Chief Executive of the ITV DEATHS responsib le for a new translation of two Brazilian plays , Network Centre , to become Chief Executive of Pearson BOB LITT (1965) has moved to GCU Life in York as J JC AITCHISON (196 1) 2nd February 2000 which are to be given a three-week run in July at the Television. According to a profile of Richard in the Sun.day Reward Manager, following the closure of AXA's High N C BARKER (193 1) 1999 Riverside Studios in London. The project is part of 'Brazil Telegrap h his will be a global job , as Pearson is describ ed Wycombe office in 1998. His new address is recorded in J CASSON (1926) 28th December 1999 500 ', a Brazilian Festiva l of cultural events being held in in the article as producing over 150 programmes in 30 the Change of Address section of this Newsletter. Very Rev W H A COOPER ( 1928) 14th October 1999 July and August in London to celebrate the 500th different countries . G E COX (1927) 12 September 1999 annive rary of Brazil. JAMES MULCAHY (1994) graduated from Gonville and D H DAVIES ( 1938) 1994 SHAUN FROHLICH (1977) e-mailed us recently with Caius, Cambridge, and went on to the Royal Free Hospital CW EGGL ETON (1934) 27 November 1999 NIGEL DEAN ( 1981) and his brother CHRIS DEAN an update on his news. Since starting an IT company called in Hampstead to continue his medical training. As reported DR GADSBY ( 1951) 29 July 1999 (1986) have launched an internet drinks delivery service Bytes in l 982 he has grown the company to employ 180 elsewh ere, he was married in March 1999. Revd G J HALSEY ( 1933) 6 Septemb er 1999 with next day delivery to all location s within the M25. staff, enjoying revenues in excess of £40m and providing Rt Revd H D HALSEY (1935) 1999 Details at www.winetoyourdoor.co.uk . high leve l IT services to large organizations in the UK. PHILIP MULCAHY (1991) also graduated from Gonville J L B HARDWICKE (1926) 1998 He sold the company to a South African based firm in and Caius, gaining an M Eng. He is now working as a B W HARRIS ( 1952) 30 August 1999 CHRIS EVANS (1961) , is President of Alligator October 1998 but is sti ll retained as the Company civil engineer for Arup, where his first job was concerned A A HEARD ( 1932) April 1999 Consulting in St Peterburg , Florida. His wife Mary gave Chairman. He is now looking to develop other interests with the conversion of the former Bankside Power Station R S HICKS ( 1970) May 1994 birth to their first child, a daughter (Anne Rebecca ) in in the fields of motivational speaking, events management, into the Tate Gallery of Modern Art. R J KENT (1927) March 1999 Novemb er 1999. and property development. "Whilst at King's my academic 16 OLD KING'S CLUB OLD KING'S CLUB 17

M MORR EY-JONES ( 1926) 20 April 1996 THE VERY REVEREND ALAN COOPER ( 1928) of Karachi. On his return to England in 1980 he spent the He is w vived by his wife Elizabeth and five children. R LT NIGHTINGAL E (194 1) 20 March 2000 who died on 14th October 1999 aged 90, was Provos t of next seven years as Priest-in-Charge of a mall rural parish DJ PARSONS ( 1939) 27 February 1999 Bradford Cathedral from 1962 to 1977. in Essex. REVD GEORGE HALSEY ( 1933) and RT REVD AM PERRY ( 1925) 3 Nove mber 1999 HENRY HALS EY (1935) . The deat hs have occurred, He is survived by his son and two daughters, and his 0 P E REEiD ( 1929) 1999 within a few weeks of each other, of two brothers who seco nd wife; his first wife died befo re him. Sadly, this E A ROB ERTS (1933) 15 December 1999 both devoted their lives to the Church . issue of the News letter also includ es the obituary of his T S RODG ERS ( 1923) 1997 cousin, Evan Roberts. A A ROE ( 1938) 23 October 1999 On leavi ng King's both brothers studied Theology at T P SHlLLITO ( 1985) February 1999 King's College London. GEORGE then went to Wycliffe CHARLES EGGLETON (1934), who died on 27th C STRONG (1960) 1997 Hall, Oxford, and was ordained in 1940. He then became, Nove mber 1999 , started al King's in the Junior School in D V VENABL ES (I 933) 9 Septemb er 1999 successively , Curate of St Andrew, Maidenhea d 1940-43; I 927, having won one of the few Surrey Scholarships then H E J E Von KNORRING (1927) 24 August 1999 Curate of Holy Trinity, Brornpton, 1943 -47; and Vicar of awarded. He was interviewe d for the scholarship in an C WEINGA RT ( 1928) Holy Trinity, Southall 1947-5 1. He then succeeded Alan old house in Kingston used as part of the Surrey Cou nty R J WHE ELER (196 1) 2000 Cooper as Rector of Ashstead 1951-66 , and w_asVi car of Council offices, and when he joined Kingston College Radcliffe-on-Trent 1966-68. Licensed to Offtca te m the near ly 40 years later his labora tory overlooked this o(d Diocese of Southwa rk he retired in 198 1. house. On leav ing King's he qualified as an Electro nic OBITUARIES Engineer and worked success ively for EMJ, PhiEps, and HENRY went from King's London to Wells Theologica.l Many generations of King's musicians will be saddened Redifon, and then became a Senior Lecturer al Kingsto n College, and was ordained in 1942. He became Curate of to learn of the death, in Nove mber 1999, of WALTER College of Further Educatio n. He married Doris in 1939; Petersfield 1942-45; Chaplain RNV R 1946-47; Curate TAYLOR, who was Assistant Director of Music al King's they had two daughters, Merle and Jill , and lived nearly of St Andrew, Plymouth 1947-50 ; Vicar of Netheravo n from 1960 to 1979. Walter was well-known in the loca l all their mruTied life in Walton on Thames. Charles was a 1950-53; Vicar of St Stephen, Chatham 1953-62; Vicar community as Organist and Choir master at St Mary' s keen amateur photographer, gru·dener, and winemaker, and of Brom ley 1962-68; Bishop Suffragan of Tonbridge Church Merton Park, a post which he held for the grea ter was a very practical and inventive man. 1968-72 ; and Lord Bishop of Car lisle 1972 until his part of his life. retirement. Sadly, his daughter Jill died in 1997; he leaves his JOHN CASSON ( 1923) who died on 28th Dece mber widow Doris, daughter Merle, and four grandch ildren. EVAN ARTHUR ROBERTS (1933) We report with 1999 , aged 90, was the eldest son of Sir Lewis Casson much sorrow the death ofE A Roberts on 15th December and Dame Sybil Thorndyke. He attended King's College DEREK GADSB Y (195 1) Derek died on 29th July 1999, after a very short illness. Peter Gerhold, who was a Juni or School from 19 19 to 1923 , then went on to the 1999 playing the game he loved, squash. On leavi ng close friend ofEvan's since they were ten years old together mercantile training ship Worcester before joining the Royal School he joined the RAF and served in Coastal Command, in the Jun ior Schoo l, a mere 74 years, has offered the Navy as a Special Entry cadet in the training ship £rebus retaining his links with the Air Force through RAFA until following tribute . in 1926. In 1932 he jo ined a Naval Pilots course at RAF his death. Alan won a Senior Entra nce Scholarship to King's, Leuchars and by 1934 was erv ing on the Chi na Station , and durin g his school career beca me a prefec t, a member "Evan was neve r brilliant academically , nor did he flying Hawker Osprey fighter biplan es from the carr!er After his Air Force service Derek entered the text ile of the Rugby XV 1927-28, and leader of the Christian make a name for himself on the sports field, but he had an Eagle. After a series of different postings, 1940 saw him industry eve ntually becom ing Manag ing Direc tor of Union. He went on to Christ's College Cambridge to read amazi ng gift for friendship and a great loya lty to the promoted to Lieutenant Commander, flying Blackburn Slimma Wales, a major supplier to Marks and Spencer, History, and agai n took a prominent part in the Christian School; his visitors book was always full, and he remarked Skua dive bombers from the Ark Royal. ln the final acllon and then Chairma n and Chief Executive of the Tootal Union. After graduation he prepared for ordination at the only a few days before his death that he had not missed an of the No rweg ian campaign he led Ark Royals two Group's factories in Sri Lanka. His retirement from Tootal London College of Divinity. Old Boy s' Dinner since the war. squadrons in an unsuccessfu l attac k against the German gave him more time to devo te to his other interests, sport, battl e crui ser Scharnhorst, which was anchored 10 education, and local politics. He beld a success ion of clerical appointments, first as As a school friend he was soon integra ted into our Trondheim harbour. Half of the attacking Skuas were shot curate at Lee, south London 1932-36; then as curate at family life, and was strongly suspected of destroying my down, and Casso n himself was forced to land in a fjo rd, In sport Derek served for severa l years as Chai rman Holy Trinity Cambrid ge 1936-38; C MS Missionary and mother's cane. was captured, and spent the rest of the war in a German and President of Squash Wales where he reshaped the Di.ocesa n Missioner, Lagos 1938-4 1; curate at Farnham, prisoner-of-war camp, Stalag Luft III. admini stration and revitalised squash in the Principali ty. Surrey 194 1-42; Rector of Ashtead 1942-51 ; Vicar of St Many members of his family were in the service of He also served as a member of West Wales Sportlot pane l, Andrews, Plymouth 195 1-62, beco ming a Prebendary of the Southern Railway and Evan followed in their footsteps, After the war he left the Navy and began a theatrica l the Sports Council's Sportsmatch panel, Ceredigion Sports Exeter Cathedral 1958-62; and was then appointed Provost starting at the botto m in the bookin g-offic e at Barnes caree r, ris ing to be producer-manager and directing his Council and the Welsh Sports Council. of Bradford Cathedra l. Here he was to oversee the final Bridge. His father was a Director of the Southern Railway own parents. He and his famil y moved to Austra lia in stage of the extension of the Cathedral, which included a at Waterloo, and they lived in the station house at lsleworth, 195 1 and for 17 years, based in Melbourne, he beca me a Derek was very interested in education and served as new chancel, three chapels, and a chapter house, followed from where he trave lled daily to Wimb ledon. noted figure in Australian theatre management. He and a Governor of Cardigan Comprehensive School for several by new houses for the Provos t and two Canons. his wife returned to Britain in 1970 , and lived in a small years as well as being Chairman of botb Coleg Ceredigion, During the War he j oined the rai lway ope rating unit Georgian hou e in Chelsea. He is survived by a son and a further education college and the Cardigan Educallon On his retirement from Brad ford, Alan was awarded of the Roya l Engineers, serv ing in Egypt and India, and two dau ghters; his wife died in 1992 . Business Partnership. Elected to Cardigan Town Counci l an honorary MA by Bradford University, and, furthering rising to the rank of Lieut. Colonel. his career in local politics cu lminated in a very successfu l his missionary work , became Hon Assistant to the Bishop Mayoral year in 1995. 18 OLD KING'S CLUB OLD KING'S CLUB 19

Afterthe War the railways were nationalized and Evan ensuing chemotherapy he was able to resurrie work brothers lived in Salo, Finland. Nils-Erik obtained a degree foundhimself on the Hotels Executive as assistant to Frank (including the legendary City eleven or twelve hour day!) in Agriculture and was engaged in farming and forestry. Hole, then Chairman of the Governorsof KCS. It must for another 4 months. However, further treatment was have been this proximity which caused him to redeem his needed, but despite all efforts he died in St Thomas' When at King's, Holger was in the School Shooting VlJl name in Rugby circles by becoming Hon Secretary of the Hospital in February ·1999 aged 31. He faced the in 1927. Nils-Erik also took part in shooting, and was in Club, a post which he held for six years. For a time he was devastating diagnosis with remarkable strength and the School YIU in 1931 and 1932; in 1932 he had the Secretary and Public Relations .Officer of the railway. determination, and remained resiliant, and compassionate distinction of being Captain of the VIJI that won the Though never a Governor of the School he contributed about others whom he met in hospital, to the very end. He prestigious Ashburton Shield. generously to its welfare in an unassuming manner. He had a number of loyal and devoted friends from King's was a Freeman of the City of London and Member of the who helped and encouraged him enormously during his Wheelwright company. At the ame time he was working illness. hard for the KCS Lodge. He was a Provincial Officerin JenniferShillito both Surrey and East Kent. He was Almoner, assisting magnificently members in trouble and their widows. He DEREK VENABLES (1933) followed his father into was Secretary on two occasions and Master in 1970 and Grindlays Bank in the City of London in 1934. At the 1983. beginning of World War II he joined the Rifle Brigade, with the rank of Private. One of his early military duties While still at School he went every week, with his was as a member of the forceguarding Chequers, the Prime mother, to repertory at the "Q" Theatre, from which he Minister's official country residence. Derek's task was as derived a great interest in the stage. He was no mean actor Despatch Rjder on a Matchless motor cycle, to take the himself on the rare occasions when he took to the boards. message to HQ should German paratroopers descend on Chequers. No one told Derek quite how he should When he retired he moved to an attractive terrace accomplish this mission, and with only 20 minutes house in Deal, the scene of much generous and elegant instruction of how to ride a motor cycle, he was certain hospitality. The Royal Marine Barracks was just over the that he would be unable to start the machine, let alone wall, and Evan was an honorary member of the Mess. find HQ. Fortunately for England and Churchill, the Having been a Crusader whilst at School, he remained a Germans did not drop in on Chequers. regular churchgoer. Derek was later posted to the Army School of He never married but had a good clutch of god-sons Chemical Warfare on Salisbury Plain, and trained the and daughters, most or all of KCS parentage. His cousin, Gurkhas and Royal Marine Commandos in the art of flame the Very Revd Alan Cooper, also an Old Boy, predeceased throwers. He served in Europe after D-Day, then in lndia him by only a month." to complete his war service, at the end of ""..J.iich he had risen to the rank of Major. On disembarking from the A service of thanksgiving forEvan Robert's life was ship bringing him home from India, he was met by a held at St George's Church, Hanover Square, on 27th Grindlays Bank officialwho had been dsepatched to meet January 2000. The service was conducted by.Revd John Derek and invite him to return to work at the Bank Silk (1970) and sung by the Choir of King's College forthwith. School, in the presence of many of Evan's friends. Derek retired from Grindlays Bank (then part of THOMAS SHILLITO ( 1985) read History at Australian and New Zealand Banking Group) in 1974 Southampton University. After graduating he was drawn after 40 years service, the last seven of which as Staff to the City (somewhat to the surprise of his friends!) and Manager. He and his wife spen_t most of their retirement merchant banking became his goal. After a spell with Hill in the New Forest, where he enjoyed painting, bird Samuel, he moved to the more dynamic setting of the US watching, and playing the piano, recalling the time of his investment bank Salomon Brothers where his work was own Derek Vernon Band of the late thirties. in the complex area of derivatives. He was tremendously motivated by this work, and his training with Salomons He is survived by· his wife, daughter, and grand­ enabled him to gain a more senior position at another daughter, whose wedding he attended two weeks before American investment bank, Bankers Trust. The future his death. was looking rosy when he became unwell; illness struck Bjorn Christiansen (son-in-law) after what was apparently 30 years of perfect health. Two other brothers who died within six months of each Thomas was diagnosed as having cancer of the colon other were HOLGER E J Evon KNORRING (1927) in February 1998, and underwent surgery. Despite the and NILS-ERIK O von KNORRING (1932). Both · Cross, Buckingham SL9 8ES 21 20 OLD KING'S CLUB OLD KING'S CLUB

pre-1949 LEAVERS LOST ADDRESSES

The OKC officedoes not have current addresses forthe followingOKC members who left King's before the end of 1949, and to whom we would like to send invitations to the next Gaudy. U any reader knows the present address of any of the following, or has news of them, please write to the Hon. Secretary, OKC, at the School and let him know.

LL Abbott 1941 PD Buck.land 1936 G ESCollyer 1938 DDorrell 1938 RN Ablett 1937 N H Bunning 1940 A WCook 1943 W J Doughty 1945 DB Adams 1945 CR Burgess 1944 G HACooke 1939 JA Douglas 1948 PT Ades 1938 JS Burgess 1943 PEMCooke 1939 JA Doulton 1941 DJR Allan 1943 A A Burt 1941 M R A Cornford 1944 PDubsky 1945 PAndrews 1948 M J Button 1939 CACornish 1949 1 F Dunkley 1938 SA Andrews 1942 JG Byng 1944 CM Cotton 1941 MDupont 1931 A P J Baker 1939 BCalvert 1947 JSCoulson 1944 R G East 1938 M H Bayliss 1937 GCalyton 1937 L DCourtier 1938 DFEdmiston 1937 PK Bebbington 1940 HP RCameron 1939 B GCox 1946 AJ Edwards 1949 GR Belgrave 1946 RPCampling 1941 JA Cox 1948 JA Edwards 1938 C E Belson 1941 MACane 1940 C W LCraig 1947 C R Elliott 1943 M Bendit 1944 J D F H CantrelJ 1944 AWCrawshawe 1938 DK EIJiott 1944 AJBendy 1939 M JCarpenter 1944 K ECrick 1938 D H Elton 1947 B D Bennett 1939 P JCarrie 1947 CWCross 1940 DC Endean 1946 PM Bennett 1940 J T Carroll 1942 GCCumming f944 DC Engel 1946 WEJBennell 1938 JP Cavenagh 1942 CCurnow 1946 J E Engel 1944 R F Beresford 1946 R ACawson 1939 GD Dann 1940 AG Evans 1941 PM Berg 1949 JE Chacksfield 1949 PA Dannebaum 1946 S JEvison 1940 JGC Bishop 1932 D A Chamberlain1949 W J Davey 1938 JS Ewbank 1936 M TL Bizley 1939 M HChampney 1949 G N Davies 1941 J W C Farley 1944 PR L Bizley 1937 D A Chandler 1944 PH Davies 1937 APFarr 1941 P N Blake 1942 PHChaplin 1938 G V Davis 1940 MW Farr 1942 RSC Bleeker 1944 PBChapman 1943 J R Davis 1944 MRW Farrer 1938 J W Bourn 1942 PR Chase 1942 DG Day 1947 JF Ferguson 1939 PG Bowie 1939 M Chilman 1940 J D Day 1937 MRFerguson 1940 JES Bradley 1945 A HChurch 1947 PDe Henau 1944 EDH Firman 1939 SH Brocklesby 1926 C EClairmonte 1949 IEADesbois 1943 HMFisher 1947 P J Brooks 1939 G CSClark 1942 CC Dewey 1948 JB Fletcher 1945 J DT Brown 1941 J F G Clarke 1949 P W Dickenson 1940 MW Fordham 1937 A JC Browne 1944 PMClarke 1946 R W C Dickinson1943 R A V Forrester 1943 DRB Brown 1949 B RCocks 1946 P G Dieterichs 1942 MJForster 1945 RA Bryan 1940 JM Colebrook 1949 AH Donald 1935 MJForth 1942 J H R Bryant 1939 JACouey 1944 A Donaldson 1945 ARFrancis 1937 D A Buckland 1937 R ECollins 1942 T JDooley 1949 IPFrank 1944 22 OLD KING'S CLUB OLD KING'S CLUB 23

AM H Fraser 1945 NP KHe aton 1937 R LMatthew 1943 MD Seyler 1940 R I F Frazer 1942 PL Heaver 1949 J C I McEwan 1924 AG Shaw 1929 THE SCHOOL SHOP J Freeborn 1946 C E CHebert 1936 WNMeecb 1931 GB Sibley 1948 The Lodge, Woodhayes Road , London SWl 9 4TT H OFreu nd 1940 R K Hendra 1934 GE Milner 1923 J B Slayton 1946 Telephone 0181 255 5405 C P Friedlander 1941 I WNHill 1946 CPMoxon 1940 NFSmi th 1946 JC Frost 1945 JM Hilton 1930 I KMurray 1939 PB Smith 1940 Commercial Director: Andrew Moore Manageress: Mrs C Muggeridge J F Fulcher 1949 PO Hirsch 1945 JFNewling 1942 PC Smith 1945 EJGammon 1942 RHodder 1938 DEC Norbury 1939 J A Smurthwaite 1938 To make a purchase: KA Gardiner 1946 IGHolt 1937 JM Norman 1945 VJ Soper 1939 J B Gardner 1949 F JH orley 1928 WN Norman 1933 M C Spencer 1944 1. Write to the Manageress enclosing a cheque made payable to: R VGarvin 1945 AB LHorsman 1943 PG H Nunnerleyl942 J R C Spooner 1946 KCS ENTERPRISES LIMITED. M J Gerrard 1947 JN Howse 1944 DAOkely 1936 C NA Stanford 1948 2. TELEPHONE SALES - telephone the above number with your order. DC Gibbs 1945 TE Humphreys 1947 RM Oliver 1947 GT Stockings 1930 Please have your credit card ready. G J HGibbs 1941 JA Hunt 1945 MPPace 1945 J R Stott 1939 GK Gibbs 1941 DJ E Ingram 1945 BG Peirce 1949 WCTame 1928 EHWGifford 1938 DC Irwin 1937 PD Peiser 1944 MC Taylor 1939 Current opening times: AK G Gilbertsonl942 JAR Jackson 1948 D A Penn 1944 P L Teed 1943 Monday to Friday 1.15 pm to 5.00 pm EGillam 1943 CJago 1939 RPFPhillips 1946 D DR Thomas 1933 Closed Christmas/Easter/Half term weeks and last week of July, first week August JFG!ithero 1941 WA Jago 1943 P F J Piccaver 1945 D N Thompson 1935 GM Goddard 1948 WMS Jamison 1942 J F M Pickance 1938 B J Tilden Davis 1925 For sale, in addition to a full range of School clothing supplied, are the following: GA Good 1939 EC Jones 1942 K R S Pool 1942 G H B Tregear 1944 L G Goodchild 1943 JA Kaye 1948 EPrae m 1949 R H Trier 1936 OKC WOOL SCARF ...... @ £14.00 GEGoodhew 1935 RJKiley 1939 GP Pratt 1949 J Vestbirk 1947 GHGordo n 1948 JM Kindell 1945 K D Pratt 1944 R P F Warner 1943 KCS CUFF LINKS ...... @ £6.95 MGray 1949 JW Lake 1946 I Prentis 1936 DJ Webb 1943 RGray 1944 GA Lang 1939 J Prentis 1938 J P V Whitby 1943 OKC TIE BAR ...... @ £5.95 B LGrayer 1943 A Langmaid 1945 FPrewett 1935 JS White 1940 KS WGreaves 1948 WMLas sally 1943 P F White 1946 S HRProud 1931 KCS TIE PIN ...... @ £5.95 KPGreen 1937 WCLawson 1935 MA Rao 1945 D A Wilkins 1948 RA Green 1939 RLLoewe 1938 J F Read 1946 J Wilmott 1939 OKC BLAZER BADGE ...... @ £16.00 J E Greengrass 1942 AC Long 1947 A TLReed 1928 RD Wright 1940 JWGrey 1948 ET K Lougheed 1946 JWRoffey 1938 B W J Wulff 1936 PD Harding 1933 JFLove 1939 J K Rollit 1944 R Yusuf-Ali 1939 OKC STRIPED SILK TIE ...... @ £15.35 NV Harris 1949 AC Luff 1946 DJ KRubin 1940 J E Harrison 1944 FGLya ll 1937 A N Rushworth 1944 OKC CRESTED SILK TIE ...... @ £18.00 DTHayles 1945 R E D Markillie 1934 N RSabey 1944 IM Heald 1937 RGMartin 1944 N J Seward 1935 OKC STRIPED POLYESTER TIE ...... @ £6.65

OKC CRESTED POLYESTER TIE ...... @ £6.65 REMINDER KCS GOLF CLUB TIE ...... @ £5.00

OKC ANNUAL DINNER OKC GOLF UMBRELLA ...... : ...... @ £18.00

As mentioned on page 1 of this issue, the next Annual Dinner will be held on KCS HAND PAINTED HERALDIC SHIELD ...... @ £36.95

Friday November 16th, 2000, in the Clubhouse. KCS WOOL MIXTURE JUMPERS (quote chest size) ...... @ £20.00 Please make a note of the date in your diaries! An application form and full Prices correct at time of going to press detail s will be sent to you with the next New sletter, in October. K.C.S. ENTERPRISES LIMITED Registered in England No. 1882088 And if you really want very advanced notice, the 2001 Dinner will be held on Friday Registered Office : King's College School, Wimbledon, London SW19 4IT November 16th, 2001, in the School Dining Hall! V.A.T. Number : 391 5689 10 24 OLD KING'S CLUB

. ..1 213 KCS CENTENARY CHALLENGE PAINTING - ../~t . ~ .. , ' ' A painting of King's College School was specially commissioned to mark the centenary of the School's move from the Strand to Wimbledon in 1897. The -· • * painting is of the School buildings and part of the playing fields as viewed from ..!,p lut ll i.-tW,.y, wilh - the Ridgway side of the School.

The artist, Mary Towsey, is a leading landscape painter who divides her time between her houses in Hampshire and Normandy, and holds frequent exhibitions of her work in both England and France. Mary has gained a considerable reputation for her paintings of the Sein~ valley and surrounding countryside , as well as of coastal regions of England. Iii'.,.. Ol>J.4. 3,1._ , o( 'theh_pil' a !au .

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Further details, and an order form, can be obtained from the Development Office (see below). If you would like to view a print at the School, please telephone to ~~ the ~- · arrange a convenient time. The original painting hangs in the main reception ~ .. , . r111.• hpil. w tu ...... "' ~ l o i.. p.._t, •1 bero bo area in South Hayes. IJ*l fl-4,

Once your order has been received, your print(s) (framed or unframed) can be collected from the Porters' Lodge at KCS (between 9 am and 6 pm weekdays, 10 am and 3 pm weekends). Alternatively, unframed prints can be posted to you.

For all information please contact:

The Development Office King's College School Wimbledon Common above A page from the Admisions Register (see article 'From the Archives' in this issue). This page records the admission, in 1860, of William Christie at the age of 15. It shows that LONDON SW19 4TT he was to be placed in the 'A' division to study Class ics and Mathematic s (' Euclid, Trigonometr.y,et c.,;.etc. '). At the age of 36 Christie was to become Astronomer Royal, a post Telephone: 020 8255 5427 which he held for 30 years. He became KCB, and a Fellow of the Royal Society. Facsimile: 020 .8255 5429 e-mail: [email protected] back cover The traditional 'l(jng 's' badge. This badge can be seen in full colour at the head of the OK Rugby Club 's splendid web site, http://w ww.kings.org.uk