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Mihescu-Mihailov (marriage dissolved), (3)
1964 Caroleen Macfarlane (marriage
dissolved), (4) 1979 Elizabeth Neece, who
survives him with his two sons and a stepdaughter. Obituaries in The Times and the
Daily Telegraph.
Roderick Cairns-Terry (B, 33-38): died
9.9.2008. Brother of HMC-T (B, 31-36)
and JCC-T (B, 35-39). Lords, Boxing
1936-38. Bristol Aeroplane Company as a
student 1938-42. Commissioned Royal
Artillery 1942, with whom he served in
North West Europe 1944-46. He later
worked for Harry Ferguson/Massey
Ferguson (export) in Southern Europe. He
is survived by April, his wife of 56 years,
and their son and two daughters.
Hubert Charles Houssemayne du Boulay
(Coll, 33-38): died 17.7.2015 aged 94.
Brother of RWHduB (C, 35-40) and
AJHduB (C, 43-46). In 1938 during a visit
to Berlin he heard Hitler speak and realised
how dangerous this man was. Oriel College,
Oxford PPE 1938-40. Commissioned
RNVR 1941, he served with the MTB
flotilla in Home Waters 1941 and Sicily,
Italy and Dalmatia 1943-45. He was
awarded his DSC for getting a left and a
right – sinking two boats with his two
torpedoes; and, when his MTB was holed by
a spent torpedo, he ordered his second-incommand to sit in the hole to plug it and
motored into Brindisi Harbour at full speed.
After the war he worked first for Iraq
Petroleum Group of Companies 1946-57
and then for West Midlands Engineering
Employers Association 1959-81. In
retirement he shot, earning his bottle of Bols
by shooting two woodcock with another left
and right, and enjoyed fishing, which he had
learned at Winchester on the Itchen.
Married 1951 Marjorie Watt (who died
earlier in 2015 after 63 years of marriage).
He is survived by their three daughters.
Edward Laurence Ashton (A, 35-40): died
21.7.2015 aged 93. Brother of AGRA
(A, 40-44). Soccer XI 1939-40, Lords (12th
Man) 1940. Played in winning Arthur
Dunn Cup Team 1948. King’s College,
Cambridge, Army short course, Engineering.
T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
Commissioned Royal Engineers 1941,
Captain and Adjutant 1944, BAOR 1945,
Mentioned in Despatches. New College,
Oxford 1946-47 (Exhibitioner 1940), 2
Classics 1947. He then pursued a successful
career as a Chartered Accountant,
becoming a partner of Hodgson, Morris and
Co (Liverpool) 1951. FCA 1955. He retired
as the senior partner 1986. President,
Liverpool Society of Chartered Accountants
in their centenary year 1970/71. Magistrate,
Liverpool City bench 1966-92. A keen
sportsman, he played football for Liverpool
Ramblers AFC 1946-51 and cricket for
Northern Cricket Club 1946-62. He was
Captain, West Lancashire Golf Club 1971.
Regarded as a true gentleman, an
embodiment of the school motto ‘Manners
Makyth Man’. He is survived by Elizabeth,
his wife of 63 years and their two daughters
and a son.
Christopher Hanby Baillie Reynolds (Coll,
35-40): died 3.4.2015 aged 92. Son of EBR
(Coll, 06-10), brother of FMBR (F, 46-51)
and father of THBR (C, 67-71). Co Prae,
Moore Stevens Prize. He was the first person
to perform a piano concerto with the School
orchestra. Scholarship New College, Oxford
1940 2 Classics Mod 1942. Commissioned
Rifle Brigade 1942, with whom he served in
Italy 1943-45, and then later on the staff of
Supreme Allied Commander South East
Asia in Ceylon 1945. He returned to New
College 3 Lit Hum 1948, MA 1951. School
of Oriental and African Studies, London
1949, 1 Sinhalese 1953. He remained on the
staff at SOAS as a lecturer 1953-57. In 2003,
at the age of 81, he published A Maldivian
Dictionary, all prepared in the Maldivian
Dhivehi font ready for the printers. He was a
bass in the Bach Choir for 54 years, a record,
from 1949-2003. It was whilst attending
Music Camp that he developed his single
most outstanding skill as an accompanist,
covering over the mistakes of the singer with
never a word of criticism. Yet he wore his
learning lightly. He never made one feel the
less because he knew so much more about
any cultural subject. Married 1952 Jane
Willett-Batten (died after 56 years of
marriage in 2008). He is survived by their
three sons and a daughter.
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Christopher Roy Pinsent (D, 36-40): died
19.8.2015 aged 93. He joined the RAF
1941, with whom he served until 1945.
Camberwell School of Art 1946-48. He
embarked on a career teaching Art: first
taught at Charterhouse and finally as a
lecturer back at Camberwell 1962-86. He
succeeded his father as the 3rd Baronet in
1978. He is survived by Susan, his wife of
63 years.
Philip Arthur Whitcombe (B, 36-41): die