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then successively Vicar, Greenside, an
ex-mining parish in County Durham;
Chaplain, Shrewsbury School 1973-
77; and Vicar, Batheaston with St
Catherine, Bath 1978-88, where he
laid a stone maze based on the one
in the church of St Bertin, in Saint
Omer in France. In 1988, he became
Canon and Precentor Wells Cathedral
where he was Keeper of the Fabric and
instituted promenade concerts in the
nave. He retired in 1999 to Salisbury.
A colleague said that his sermons were
always something to look forward to –
unusual, witty, intelligent and steeped
in scripture and history. Under a
sparkling surface there was a rock.
He is survived by Rachel, his wife of
50 years, and their three daughters.
Obituary in The Church Times.
Michael Harvey (I, 47-52): died
17.12.2018. He was born in Bishop’s
Waltham and was one of the first
County Scholars to Winchester.
National Service in the Royal
Hampshire
Regiment
(seconded
to the Malay Regiment) 1952-54.
Scholarship, Oriel College, Oxford,
2 PPE 1957, MA 1959. In 1957, he
began a long and successful career
with the Shell Group. Starting in
London, he then served successively
as deputy treasurer in Indonesia,
treasurer in Argentina, financial
director in Switzerland, administrative
director in France, Nigeria and the
Netherlands before becoming Director
and Group Treasurer, Shell Group. He
always returned to Bishop’s Waltham
whenever in the United Kingdom and
would walk the fields surrounding
his original home. He is remembered
as a wise man and a man of integrity.
Married (1) 1970 Susan Schaffner (died
1988) and (2) 1991 Clare Harrison,
who died in 2001. He is survived by
his daughter.
John MacDonald Pratt (I, 47-52): died
5.9.2018. VI. His first memory was
train-spotting at Cobham where he
was allowed to pull the lever in the
shunting yard. National Service in
the Royal Navy during which time
The Trusty Servant
he took the Russian Interpreter’s
exam. He took part in the Coronation
Review at Spithead on board HMS
Implacable in 1953. Frazer Scholarship,
Balliol College, Oxford, 1955-59, 1
Chemistry 1958. DPhil and MA 1963.
He first worked as a Junior Research
Fellow, Balliol College 1961-65; then
a lecturer, Inorganic Chemistry, Jesus
College, Oxford 1964-66; Pembroke
College 1965-69; and Fellow, Inorganic
Chemistry, Exeter College, Oxford
1966-69. He then took the plunge away
from the academic world into industry
with ICI Petrochemical & Polymer
Ltd at Runcorn 1969-73. He then
moved to South Africa and was the
first Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
at University of Witwatersrand 1974-
85. During this time, he learnt lot
about the mining industry and the
developing world. He returned to the
UK as Professor of Chemistry at the
University of Surrey 1985-97 where
he improved the research rating of
the department and thus saved it from
closure. He officially retired in 1997
but became the Visitor, Department of
Chemistry, Imperial College, London
1997-2005. He was a consultant to the
Commonwealth Secretariat’s Science
and Technology Division. Publication:
Inorganic Chemistry of Vitamin B12
1972. He wrote for the Adam Smith
website, including ‘Lessons of the
Crisis of 2008’. He kept himself fit
playing squash, tennis and enjoying
Scottish country-dancing. Married
1968 Melanie Beattie, who survives
him with their son and daughter.
John Lindsey Norton (K, 48-53) died
18.12.2018. Headmaster’s Nomination,
Co Prae, Head of House. National
Service with the Royal Engineers with
whom he served in Egypt and for
whom he played tennis and squash.
Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 2
Economics and became President
of the ‘12 Club’. He qualified as a
chartered accountant with Blackburn,
Robson Coates & Co and then
started a successful career with Binder
Hamlyn and in 1963 he was offered a
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partnership. Having been appointed
one of two Trustee Partners he became
National Managing Partner in 1983.
In 1988, he was appointed Chairman.
In 1994 Binder Hamlyn left BDO
and became a separate operating
unit within the Arthur Anderson
worldwide organisation. He remained
as a Senior Partner for three years and
became a director of HP Bulmer PLC
and Chairman of Barking Power and
Thames Valley Power. He was also
Chairman of the NSPCC. In 2009,he
gave up his business commitments to
take care of his wife. He maintained
his sharp brain and incredible sense of
humour to the end. He married Judith
Bird, who died in 2016. He is survived
by their three daughters.
Timothy (Tim) Francis Monfort Bebb
(A, 49-53): died 17.12.2018. His father
compiled the Times Crossword. Co
Prae, Golf Team. National Service
with the Royal Artillery 1955. He
went into the City and became a very
successful stockbroker, initially as a
Partner with Laurence Prust &Co
and then after a series of mergers he
became a director with Rathbones. He
played golf to a high standard with a
handicap of one at Worplesdon Golf
Club and was proud to be the second-
generation Captain of Worplesdon, in
1976. He was an outstanding OW Golf
Society member, playing in 71 matches
over some 30 years in the Halford
Hewitt Cup. Many friends wrote
of him as ‘very kind, sharp witted,
intelligent, generous, embarrassing,
well-mannered and unpredictable’,
but the common characteristic was
‘eccentric and fun’. He was very
generous, setting up two substantial
trusts to help those he felt needed
support and he donated a large sum to
the Winchester Golf Bursary Appeal.
He did not marry.
Charles Edward Julian Mallock (Coll,
49-55): died 4.10.2018. Grandson
of CHM (C, 1891-96). Schol Prae,
Maths Prize, Ross Homer Prize.
National Service with the Royal