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World Pheasant Association. Singing
gave him much pleasure: in Japan he
sang madrigals; in Sussex he was a
member of Rogate Choral Society and
he sang in the choir of the Sacred Heart
Church in Petworth. He published and
illustrated The Mandarin Duck 1952, the
first book about said fowl. Married 1961
Phyllis Gourlay (marriage dissolved).
He is survived by his three sons and a
daughter.
Christopher John Coote (G, 42-46): died
29.11.2016. Brother of TEC (K, 47-52)
and father of NPC (G, 67-71). Bisley.
National Service, 17/21 st Lancers in
Palestine Mandate 1948. Christchurch
College, Oxford 1949, 4 Modern
Languages. Shooting for the University
and later Ireland. MA 1952. He joined
the Nairobi Coffee and Tea Company in
1952 – a family firm importing, roasting
and distributing coffee from former
colonies, principally Kenya, where his
great uncle had played an important
part in developing the local coffee
growers at the beginning of the 20 th
Century. He rose to become Managing
Director before retiring in 1993. In later
life, he provided much support for the
renovation of Ballyfin House, C Laois,
Ireland. He succeeded his father to the
baronetcy 1978. He is survived by Anne,
his wife of 64 years, and their son and
daughter.
John Bulkeley Herbert Francis
(F, 42-47): died 15.12.2016. Co Prae.
National Service, 9 th Lancers 1948-49.
TA with the Yorkshire Dragoons 1949-
58. He worked in the brewing industry
from 1949 to 1988. After he retired
he enjoyed fly fishing on the Test and
salmon fishing in Scotland and Iceland.
He is survived by Harriet, his wife of
65 years, and their two sons and two
daughters.
T he T rusty S ervant
Hugh Stephen Kenneth Peppiatt (E, 44-
48): died 31.12.2016. Brother of MGP
(E, 46-51) and father of SDEP (H, 75-
79). Editor of The Wykehamist. National
Service, Coldstream Guards with
whom he served in Tripoli and Windsor
1948-49. Scholarship, Trinity College,
Oxford 1950. 2 History 1953, MA.
Commonwealth Fund Fellowship 1956.
He qualified as a solicitor in 1957 when
he began a long successful career with
Freshfields, being the Resident Partner
in New York 1977, and becoming Senior
Partner 1982-90, when he devoted
himself to the strategic leadership of the
firm while maintaining a confidential
advisory role with the Bank of England.
He retired in 1990. He was chairman
of Moorfields Eye Hospital 1991-98
and Director o f St John of Jerusalem
Eye Hospital 1998-05. He was a trustee
of Help the Aged 1991-97 and he was
Governor of Marlborough College. In
2003, he was appointed Commander of
St John of Jerusalem. He was described
as a ‘True Fisherman’. He followed the
Rule of 4 pronounced by his Uncle
Kenneth Peppiatt, who became the Chief
Cashier, the Bank of England: ‘Never
take yourself too seriously’. When told
by the consultant that there was nothing
more the doctors could do for him, he
rallied and quoted from an inscription
in War Cloister – ‘If our time be come,
let us die manfully, and not stain our
honour.’ He did indeed die manfully,
courteous and thoughtful of others to
the end. He was known for his sense of
fun, his compassion, his humility and
his strong Christian faith. He is survived
by Claire, his wife of 56 years, and their
three sons and two daughters.
Richard William Lister (I, 44-49): died
22.12.2016. Son of WAL (C, 10-14).
VIII (winning the Princess Elizabeth
Cup at Henley). Trinity College,
Cambridge, 2 Nat Sci. He was the 9 th
Man in the Cambridge Boat which
beat Oxford, Harvard and Yale. BA
1957 MB. National Service with the
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Colonial Service, where for 4 years he
was the Pathologist for Northern Nigeria
1960-63. He then decided to become a
farmer, and, after a year as a pupil on a
farm in Dorset, he bought Ridge Farm
in the week that he got married. He
specialised in rearing heifers and the
business flourished with at times a herd
of 700 heifers. He retired in 1996. He
had many interests from a camper van,
the RNLI, architecture, raku pottery,
Masterchef, hospices, clearing ditches,
the St Ives School of painting and the
Devon Guild of Craftsmen. Finally, he
loved renovation: in 2000 he bought the
Mill at Whitehall, which he restored,
making it into a beautiful home. He was
unconventional, a ‘Renaissance man - it
was impossible to be anything but happy
in his company’. He is survived by Sally,
his wife of 52 years, and their two sons.
Christopher John Addison (G, 45-49):
died 7.1.2017. Brother of RGA (H,
61-65). Pembroke College, Cambridge,
3 Nat Sci, BA 1952. He then followed
a career in Insurance, first with Eagle
Star and then with Winchester Fox and
Winchester Bowring, both affiliated to
Lloyds, where he was an underwriter
for aviation and other perils! He then
moved to Consolidated Marine and
General as Reinsurance Manager. He
was a great birdwatcher and collector of
beer mats on a scale that required several
filing cabinets for storage. After the
death of his wife he became a supporter
of her favourite charity, the Diamond
Riding Centre for Disabled Children,
where the sale of his beer-mat collection
allowed him to sponsor a horse. Married
Jenny Giffard in 1963, who predeceased
him. Survived by their two sons.
Diarmid Adam Cross (F, 45-50): died
17.7.2017. Son of ARC (F, 08-12),
brother of RNRC (F, 49-54) and father
of RABC (F, 74-79) and AJC (H,
86-91). Exhibitioner, Co Prae, VIII –
winning Princess Elizabeth Cup 1949.