No.127
Alasdair Christian Hamilton Dunlop
(H, 57-62): died 10.11.2018. Athlā
colours. Courtauld Institute, where
one of his tutors was Sir Anthony
Blunt, 2.2 History of Art. He first
worked as Assistant Keeper, London
Museum 1968-69. He then moved to
Canada and was Assistant Professor,
History of Art, University of Alberta
1969-74. He returned to the United
Kingdom in 1974 to take up the post
of running the Minories Galleries
in Colchester. In the early 1980s,
he moved to Edinburgh and was
involved with the Edinburgh Gallery.
Whilst acting as carer for his first wife
he successfully studied for his MBA in
Edinburgh. He then invested with his
second wife in property renovation –
both large and small houses. He lived
in Selkirk for 17 years before moving
to Moffat for the last 18 months of
his life. He was interested in golf,
shooting and fishing. Married (1) 1969
Alexandra Temkin (died) and (2) 1998
Margaret Rawston who survives him
with a son of his first marriage.
Charles Douglas Lowther (I, 59-64):
died 2.10.2018. Son of WL (I, 26-31).
He was 3 rd generation of Wykehamist,
father to son. Co Prae, President of
Boat Club 63-64. Mons OTC 1965.
Commissioned in the Queen’s Royal
Irish Hussars 1966, with whom he
served in BAOR and the UK. He also
served as a Staff Officer in the USA.
He was ADC to CDS (OW Field
Marshall Lord Carver) 1974-77. He
organised the Regiment’s Tercentenary
celebrations with tanks on parade.
He commanded the Queen’s Royal
Irish Hussars 1986-89 and retired as
a Colonel 1994. He represented the
Regiment at polo and langlauf skiing.
High Sherriff of Clywd 1997-98. He
was a member the Body Guard from
1997 until 2016: accidents and illness
made it a real struggle but he carried
out his final duty for the Gentlemen
at Arms, a diplomatic reception at
Buckingham Palace, just before his
retirement, although in considerable
pain, without a word of complaint. He
The Trusty Servant
was elected to the Jockey Club in 1999:
racing was in his blood and he was a
Steward at Chester and Haydock and
Chairman of the Bangor-on-Dee races
2002-2016. He was Vice Chairman of
the Clywd Special Riding Centre and
he was churchwarden at Erbistock. He
was regarded by all ranks as a fine man,
soldier and gentleman. As he said of
himself, ‘Always a firm believer and
regular church goer, feelings formed
at Winchester, never one to shove
religion down anyone’s throat because
religion is a very private thing.’
Married (1) 1969 Melanie Musgrave
(marriage dissolved) and (2) 1975 Rose
Cramsie, who survives him with their
son and daughter.
Roy Dyckhoff (Coll, 61-65): died
23.8.2019. Maths Prize. Exhibitioner,
King’s College, Cambridge, 2 Maths,
BA 1969. Diploma in Advanced
Maths, New College, Oxford 1970.
DPhil Maths, Magdalen College
Oxford 1975. Fellow by examination
Magdalen College, Oxford 1972-
75. He then began a long academic
life at St Andrew’s University, first
as a lecturer in Pure Maths 1975-82.
He acquired an MSc in Computer
Systems Engineering. He then became
a lecturer in Computer Science 1982-
2001, and senior lecturer 2001-11. He
was a visiting professor at Tübingen,
Nancy, Dresden and Bern. He was
a Senior Advanced Fellow at the
University of Bologna 2005. His PhD
students always commended his high
standards of teaching which reflected
the attitudes and standards which
had been part of him at Winchester.
He loved Scotland and he built a
house in a remote area of Lochaber
for his retirement. At various times
he supported CND, the Labour
Party, Scottish Independence and the
European Union. He was the Tower
Captain at St Salvator’s Chapel, St
Andrew’s from 2011. The Ringing World
recorded that two peals were rung in
thanksgiving for his life. Married 1970
Cecilia Meredith, who survives him
with their son and daughter.
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Paul Nigel Perryman (E, 65-70): died
15.1.2019. He played the trumpet in
First Orchestra and was captain of VIs.
He attended Charing Cross Medical
School 1970-72 but did not pursue a
medical career. He first worked for
various publishing companies before
becoming Business Manager for
Reader’s Digest Special Books where
he learnt his writing and editing skills
before founding the Paul Press, a book
design, production and publishing
company in Mayfair. This was
followed by Morgan Samuel Editions
– writers and packagers of a History of
Medicine. Publications included The
Illustrated War Poets 1987 and, with his
wife Jenny Sutcliffe, The Back Bible. He
retained his musical bent and trained
hard as a DJ and was booked to do
a live radio-style broadcast in Miss
Selfridge in Oxford Street. Although
he played in several bands, he never
gave up his favourite pastime playing
in the Freddieite Band ‘Mixed Jam’,
performing with original members at
a 50 th Anniversary concert in 2017.
Married (1) 1975 Nicola McLure
(marriage dissolved) and (2) 2003 Jenny
Sutcliffe, who survives him with his
son of the first marriage and two step-
daughters and three step-sons.
John William Maundrell (G, 69-73):
died 28.9.2019. Junior Vere Herbert
Prize. 1 st VIII. Courtauld Institute of
Art, University of London. 2(1) History
of European Art, BA 1977. He became
a merchant banker with Deloitte
Haskins & Sells, becoming a Director
1982-93. He then took up various non-
executive directorships from 1994.
Alongside his business career, he was a
demon cryptic-crossword solver and a
talented squash player. Over a period
of 20 years, he ‘bagged’ all 282 of the
Munros in Scotland. Married (1) 1987
Hazel Monk (marriage dissolved)
and (2) 2004 Amanda Ireland, who
survives him with a son and daughter
from his first marriage.