Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge

More documents

Recommendations

Info

194 OBITUARIES to become Head of the Bombay Mint, but the independence of India put an end to his hopes of further advancement. Like many others in his position Chris decided to leave the Army, as a Major, and move to South Rhodesia. In his new home he started to work as a Consulting Mechanical Engineer. He also indulged in playing polo, keeping his own ponies at home in his stables. In 1940 Chris had married AngelaTheophilus, but after the dissolution of this marriage he was married again in 1955 to Peggy Steenkamp (née Roux). Chris was completely devoted to her and they spent a happy life together before Peggy died 12 years before him. When asked, Chris could always say how many years, months, weeks and days it had been since Peggy died. Chris worked for the Rhodesian government in various functions. Around 1980 he retired and at this time the apartheid regime in Rhodesia was replaced by an independent Zimbabwe. After a couple of years Chris and Peggy returned to Birmingham, primarily to sort out family business. They stayed for a few years but missed life in the tropics and so made the decision to move to South Africa to spend their life in retirement in Hermanus, in the Western Cape Province. He died on 30 May 2005. DAVID CHARLES ROWE (1945) was born in Cookham Dean, Berkshire, on 15 June 1926. He was a chorister at St George’s Chapel,Windsor, and attended Eton before coming to King’s as a Choral Scholar. However, he left after one term, and after working as a stockbroker and at the Bank of England he became an Assistant Master at Beachborough Prep School in Northamptonshire. He later became Deputy Headmaster, but after health problems went to work for his brother Antony. After a brave fight against cancer, which lasted several years, he died in April 1988. CHRISTOPHER ROBIN LAWSON SALMON (1944) worked for J Lyons & Co Ltd for many years, firstly as a trainee in the hotel and restaurant business and later in the tea and coffee buying departments. He subsequently became a General Manager.
Christopher was born in London on 21 December 1926. After attending Rugby he came up to King’s, but left after one year. He then spent several years in the RAF before starting his employment with J Lyons in 1948. In March 1950 he married his wife Nella. Christopher died during the 1980s, although the College did not hear of his death until many years later. GEORGE THORNYCROFT SASSOON (1955) was an eccentric gentleman scientist and linguist who seemed to belong more to theVictorian age than to post-war Britain. He was also – a fact irredeemably interwoven with his existence – the only child of the poet Siegfried Sassoon. Neither father nor son were to live easy or conventional lives that made for smooth company with others or between themselves, but they did on the other hand never leave people who came close to them neutral or unaffected. George, like his father, was a brilliant and sometimes difficult man. For the not-so-young Siegfried Sassoon the birth of George on 30 October 1936 was a momentous and joyous occasion.After the end of his homosexual affair with the artist StephenTennant in the early 1930s, Siegfried had adopted heterosexuality and married the much younger Hester Gatty in 1933. But by the time George was born in the Sassoon home, Heytesbury House, the marriage had already soured to a considerable extent. Things were not made easier by the fact that their Georgian mansion inWiltshire lay only a few miles from Tennant’s home in Wilsford. Hester tired of Tennant’s taunting visits; at one point he almost ran her over with a pony cart for fun, and she moved away from Heytesbury and Siegfried. George was left with his father – the author of poems in his honour like To My Son and The Child at theWindow – who retreated further and further into the rambling house, leaving George in the charge of servants. George was sent to Oundle School, which he thoroughly disliked. It was torture for a young inquisitive mind to be in an environment where things were only either compulsory or prohibited. George engaged in spirited rows with his Housemaster, partly destroyed a science laboratory after experimenting with explosives and mocked his masters with wireless 195 OBITUARIES
Page 1:
Obituaries
Page 4 and 5:
64 OBITUARIES Peter was born in New
Page 6 and 7:
66 OBITUARIES understood even by th
Page 8 and 9:
68 OBITUARIES doctoral studies in 1
Page 10 and 11:
70 OBITUARIES emphasised that scien
Page 12 and 13:
72 OBITUARIES started at Cuddesdon
Page 14 and 15:
74 OBITUARIES birthday he was given
Page 16 and 17:
76 OBITUARIES his studies at King
Page 18 and 19:
78 OBITUARIES Meteors, Hunters and
Page 20 and 21:
80 OBITUARIES HUGH MALCOLM BARKLA (
Page 22 and 23:
82 OBITUARIES GERALD CHARLES BAYFIE
Page 24 and 25:
84 OBITUARIES He progressed to beco
Page 26 and 27:
86 OBITUARIES FREDERICK BERNHEIM (1
Page 28 and 29:
88 OBITUARIES WILLIAM DELBERT (DEL)
Page 30 and 31:
90 OBITUARIES 1976 to 1987, he was
Page 32 and 33:
92 OBITUARIES After the war Philip
Page 34 and 35:
94 OBITUARIES Franklin’s energy a
Page 36 and 37:
96 OBITUARIES slightly unconvention
Page 38 and 39:
98 OBITUARIES born in Coventry on 2
Page 40 and 41:
100 OBITUARIES possible. In his fly
Page 42 and 43:
102 OBITUARIES meals to the aged an
Page 44 and 45:
104 OBITUARIES Sciences. Between 19
Page 46 and 47:
106 OBITUARIES Spencer attended Gre
Page 48 and 49:
108 OBITUARIES Exhibition to King
Page 50 and 51:
110 OBITUARIES Edwin was well liked
Page 52 and 53:
112 OBITUARIES made him some good f
Page 54 and 55:
114 OBITUARIES John volunteered whe
Page 56 and 57:
116 OBITUARIES Tim’s intellect wa
Page 58 and 59:
118 OBITUARIES Valiant. He was awar
Page 60 and 61:
120 OBITUARIES LAMBERT ANTHONY CHAR
Page 62 and 63:
122 OBITUARIES his time to his fami
Page 64 and 65:
124 OBITUARIES contracted polio whi
Page 66 and 67:
126 OBITUARIES Working as an astron
Page 68 and 69:
128 OBITUARIES have been at the for
Page 70 and 71:
130 OBITUARIES ALASTAIR CAMERON FOR
Page 72 and 73:
132 OBITUARIES It was in 1957, when
Page 74 and 75:
134 OBITUARIES intercepted Japanese
Page 76 and 77:
136 OBITUARIES Jim was a driving fo
Page 78 and 79:
138 OBITUARIES where he remained cl
Page 80 and 81:
140 OBITUARIES WILLIAM HARRISON HAR
Page 82 and 83:
142 OBITUARIES It may have been the
Page 84 and 85: 144 OBITUARIES piloting planes duri
Page 86 and 87: 146 OBITUARIES Shortly thereafter P
Page 88 and 89: 148 OBITUARIES Michael returned to
Page 90 and 91: 150 OBITUARIES benefits of the “M
Page 92 and 93: 152 OBITUARIES diets of different e
Page 94 and 95: 154 OBITUARIES duty-bound to care f
Page 96 and 97: 156 OBITUARIES The College heard of
Page 98 and 99: 158 OBITUARIES STEWART FERGUSON MAC
Page 100 and 101: 160 OBITUARIES Hugh was born in Sal
Page 102 and 103: 162 OBITUARIES EDWIN ROBERT MANN (1
Page 104 and 105: 164 OBITUARIES to the needs of his
Page 106 and 107: 166 OBITUARIES health permitted; he
Page 108 and 109: 168 OBITUARIES GEORGE KENNETH MONRO
Page 110 and 111: 170 OBITUARIES PAUL GERARD JOHN MOR
Page 112 and 113: 172 OBITUARIES IAN LESLIE NICOL (19
Page 114 and 115: 174 OBITUARIES consumers about meat
Page 116 and 117: 176 OBITUARIES of the group in his
Page 118 and 119: 178 OBITUARIES a committed civil se
Page 120 and 121: 180 OBITUARIES A further career cha
Page 122 and 123: 182 OBITUARIES after finishing at H
Page 124 and 125: 184 OBITUARIES His accomplishments
Page 126 and 127: 186 OBITUARIES teach Russian. He so
Page 128 and 129: 188 OBITUARIES Polack’s by his si
Page 130 and 131: 190 OBITUARIES In 1933 he joined th
Page 132 and 133: 192 OBITUARIES attached to the US 1
Page 136 and 137: 196 OBITUARIES broadcasts of his ow
Page 138 and 139: 198 OBITUARIES mindedness and stubb
Page 140 and 141: 200 OBITUARIES years instead of the
Page 142 and 143: 202 OBITUARIES Economics and later
Page 144 and 145: 204 OBITUARIES out of its original
Page 146 and 147: 206 OBITUARIES WILLIAM RATTRAY SIMP
Page 148 and 149: 208 OBITUARIES he could let his tal
Page 150 and 151: 210 OBITUARIES their full potential
Page 152 and 153: 212 OBITUARIES which was to avoid w
Page 154 and 155: 214 OBITUARIES The 1960s brought Ra
Page 156 and 157: 216 OBITUARIES Paul was the son of
Page 158 and 159: 218 OBITUARIES BRIAN CHARLES TWISS
Page 160 and 161: 220 OBITUARIES he married Joyce Bur
Page 162 and 163: 222 OBITUARIES In 1972 Paul’s gro
Page 164 and 165: 224 OBITUARIES Churches Trust, he a
Page 166 and 167: 226 OBITUARIES she gave four semina
Page 168 and 169: 228 OBITUARIES knowledge but also f
Page 170 and 171: 230 OBITUARIES become Calcutta inst
Page 172 and 173: 232 OBITUARIES In the late 1940s an
Page 174 and 175: 234 OBITUARIES An Apology EDWARD MA
Page 176 and 177: 236 INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS Please
Page 178: 238 INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS 3.Walk
Page 182: King’s College Cambridge CB2 1ST
show all

Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?