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

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OBITUARIES
Economics and later studied at the University of Innsbruck. Charles spent
seven years with the Union of Mutual Credit Cooperative Societies
in Hungary, qualifying as a lawyer in 1940 and as a chartered accountant
in 1944.
Charles assisted the allies in operations against the Nazis in Hungary, and in
1944 he guided a Dutch officer to Soviet lines. However in 1945 he was
imprisoned in Moscow for being in contact with the British Intelligence
Service and was not released until 1956. He returned to Britain the following
year, acting as an interpreter for the National Coal Board, but later emigrated
to Canada and qualified as a chartered accountant there. In November 1958
he married Eva Pollak.The College later lost touch with Charles but heard of
his death in 1998.
CHRISTOPHER FLETCHER SCOTT (1952) was born in Beckenham on 1
December 1932. He was educated at Christ’s Hospital before coming up to
King’s as a Choral Scholar, where he read English and History. After spending
four years at Harrods, Christopher moved to the London Spinning Company
as Assistant Works Director. In 1960 he married Jean Barwick. Christopher
then trained as a solicitor and became a Partner, firstly with Percy Holt & Co
of Purley and then with Moss & Co of Teddington and East Sheen. He died in
April 1990.
BRIAN SCOTT-MCCARTHY (1943) was regarded by members of his
family, friends and co-workers as an inventive and imaginative man, as
someone spiritual, creative, artistic and welcoming. Through his career in
psychotherapy, as well as in his varied projects and passions, Brian sought not
only to engage authentically and insightfully with other people as they lived
their lives, but also to explore the journey of his own life. Jeralyn (Peele)
Scott-McCarthy, Brian’s wife at his death, recalled that her husband “lived a
varied and dynamic outer life” that included a deep interest in his inner life
and the belief that “we should each live our own myth”.