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Watch, a member of the inter-unit
athletics team which won the Army
Championships. King’s College,
Cambridge 1958-61, 2:2 Economics pt 1
and 2:1 History pt 2. MA 1964. He then
began a successful career as an insurance
broker, first with AW Bain & Sons Ltd,
director UK Division Bain Dawes Ltd
1973 and director Friend Croager Ltd
1989. He was an accomplished gardener
and for 43 years he tended his garden
unaided; he was a keen fisherman and an
irascible bridge player. He loved building
sandcastles, playing backgammon and
being a freeman of Berwick upon Tweed.
But above all he loved Longstock and in
an email just before he died he wrote ‘We
continue to live at the Old Vicarage. We
rattle around a bit and the garden gets
slowly more unkempt but I love it here in
Longstock so, God willing, I will be
carried out feet first.’ Married 1966
Joanna Roopeway-Reeve, who survives
him with their two sons and a daughter.
Michael Godfrey Wenman Wykeham
(A, 53-57): died 20.3.2016. VIII (Cox).
Dartmouth 1957-58. Royal Navy 195879. Retired as Lieutenant Commander.
He then farmed at West Grimstead. He
had a great love of the sea and ten years
ago he bought a beautiful 50ft Ketch,
which he sailed to the Mediterranean and
then east to Turkey over six years. He had
an enduring love of politics and will be
remembered as one of the founding
fathers of UKIP. He loved music,
especially opera, and Wagner. Married
1969 Judith Schofield who survives him
with their son and two daughters.
Adrian Neil Little (C, 55-60): died
2.3.2016. VIII 1958-60, President, Boat
Club 1960. Member of the winning crew,
Schools’ Head of the River, Putney 1958.
New College, Oxford 1960-63, 3 Mod
History. He first worked for British
Oxygen 1963-69, with whom he was
deputy managing director of a local
subsidiary in Pakistan. After a course at
Royal Agriculture College, Cirencester,
he farmed at Shopnoller Farm in
T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
Somerset, which he built up to 2,000
acres. He was very involved with the
local community, being Chairman, West
Somerset Rural Housing Association and
Treasurer of the PCC. There was always
something going on in his life from flying
his own aeroplane to sailing the
Atlantic. Married (1) 1967 Elaine
Thompson, who died in 1984; (2) 1984
Dinah Barry, who survives him with two
sons and a daughter.
Robin Godfrey Booth (C, 56-60): died
18.3.2016. Vere Herbert Smith Prize
1960. King’s College Cambridge, 2:1
Architecture and Fine Arts, MA 1966.
Edward S Prior Prize 1964. Diploma in
Architecture 1967. Edinburgh University
MSc 1971, postgraduate course in Urban
Design. ARIBA 1970. Having qualified
he embarked on a career as an architect,
first working in the GLC’s Architect’s
Department 1968-72. He then
successively worked for Robert Matthew,
Johnson-Marshall & Partners 1972-76,
during which time he was Project
Architect for the then Hereford and
Worcester Council Headquarters; he then
worked for John S Bonnington
Partnership 1976-80 before becoming a
partner in The Fitzroy Robinson
Partnership 1980-2001. During this time
he was Project Architect for Standard
Chartered Bank Headquarters London,
the partner in charge of projects for
Scottish Widows, Kumagai Gumi and the
Union Bank of Switzerland. He was a
modest English gentleman who was a
most successful architect, winning
numerous awards and being in charge of
£200 million of construction work. He
was a great lover of opera and the arts.
Married 1971 Katherine Middleton, who
survives him with their son and daughter.
Patrick John Raleigh Scott (K, 58-63):
died 22.2.2016. Son of RSGS (D, 22-28).
Followed his father both as Captain of
Lords 1963 and as Sen Co Prae. Brasenose
College, Oxford. He first worked for the
Bank of London and South America,
living in Brazil, then briefly for National
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Cash Register. He then undertook teacher
training. He was very good with his hands
and could make furniture. He moved to
Kingston House in Devon, from where for
a while he ran a dairy. He is remembered
as a loving kindly grandfather. Married
1969 Sarah Gordon, daughter of 4th
Marquess of Aberdeen (marriage
dissolved). He is survived by their five
sons and a daughter.
Hon Nigel Paul Greenway (A, 58-61):
died 25.7.2016. Son of CPG (K, 30-35)
and brother of ACDG (H, 54-59) and
MSKG (A, 56-61). Soccer XI and 3rd
Sen Steeplechase. After leaving school he
went on a Norwegian cargo ship to
Canada, where he worked for a few
months at Royal York Hotel in Toronto
before returning on RMS Queen
Elizabeth. He then worked for Union
Castle Line in the passenger department.
He studied at Barcelona University and in
1974 he went to Australia and worked for
Shay Gap iron-ore mine before returning
in 1975. He was a bon viveur. He
especially loved the sea and sailing, which
translated in later life to making fine
model ships and becoming an
accomplished water colourist. He spoke
several languages, which helped his main
occupation as a European tour guide.
Married 1979 Gabrielle Duchardt, who
survives him with their two sons.
Malcolm William (Bill) Duperier
Maclagan (F, 58-63): died 5.4.2016. Lords
1963, VI and Soccer XI 1962-63, Tennis
VI (Captain), Squash V. Southampton
University BA Social Science 1967.
Squash V and Tennis VI (Captain) 1967.
He first worked for Weatherbys 1968-72
and then Kemp-Gee & Co 1973-75. He
then became a Director, Internal Racing
Bureau 1976-97. He represented Somerset
and Northamptonshire at both squash
and tennis; he was a member of Mensa
and particularly loved classical music. He
was a golfer with a handicap of 5 and
annually went on golf tours in Portugal
and Turkey. In the 80s he bought a flat in
Wimbledon and became a proud member