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228 OBITUARIES knowledge but also for his gentlemanly conduct. His interest in music had not abated and Nick used his early successes in the art market to promote music. He became the manager of the pop group Gryphon, which used medieval instruments, as well as the percussion group The Electric Candle, and set up the publisher London Pro Musica with the aim of bringing medieval and Tudor music to a larger audience. Eventually Nick became the personal assistant of Sir Michael Tippett, negotiating commissions and promoting Tippett’s music worldwide. Tippett showed his appreciation by dedicating the work Byzantium to Nick. Towards the end of his life Nick moved to a large house in Lincolnshire where he devoted himself to restoring the property and developing its garden. Together with his sister Clare he took to exploring Lincolnshire, but they also often returned to their beloved Shropshire. Nick was fun company, an entertaining man who was at the same time thoughtful and kind. He died on 23 November 2005 from the effects of a stroke. ROBERT HAMILTONWRIGHT (1942), son-in-law of A H Layard (1913), was a leading figure in the British community of Calcutta and the Managing Member of the Tollygunge Club, affectionately called the “Tolly”, for 25 years. Bob, a native of Calcutta himself, was one of those that did not uproot from India at the time of the country’s independence but chose to stay and work for both the remaining British community as well as for the new Calcutta. Bob was born in Lalbazar, the police headquarters in Calcutta, on 3 August 1924. His father, a Commissioner of Police, sent him away from the city when he was only five. Bob was going “home”, home to be schooled and raised as British. The young Bob eventually became Head Boy at Cheltenham College and then moved on to read Engineering at King’s, where he also played rugby and hockey and became President of the Hawks’ Club. His skill in rugby won him a Rugby Blue and the honour of playing for both Wasps and the England team during the war.
After one year at Cambridge Bob joined the Army. He was young enough to partake in the D-Day invasion of Normandy, and unlucky enough to be seriously injured by shrapnel as his tank blew up. Despite the injury Bob stayed in the Army until 1947 when he was serving in the Sudan. Bob, now Major Wright, decided to return to what for him was still home in some way, namely the India that was just winning independence from British rule. In March 1948 he was back in India and began a career in industry. Bob eventually ended up as the Chairman of the Indian Mining Association, a prestigious appointment that showed that he could make himself at home in the new free India. Bob was a handsome and charismatic man whose very natural aptitude for leading and managing others he soon put to good use for the British community.TheTolly had been established in 1895 but was by the early 1970s in a poor state. The club’s managing member had been executed by Maoist guerrillas, the Naxalites, in 1971 and theWest Bengal government coveted the club’s ground for building a new metro station and a stadium. Bob became Managing Director in 1972 and had to put up with menacing phone calls, bombs on the veranda and arson attacks on the stables, but soon managed with benign authoritarianism to restore order and safety. He also negotiated a good solution with the local government in which theTolly was compensated for land lost for new infrastructure with land elsewhere. The club soon prospered and expanded, the golf course was redesigned, a new swimming pool built and more tennis courts added. But the traditions of the club were carefully guarded, the restaurant served what it had always served and the bar was well stocked with pink gin. Through serving as a successful managing member of the Tolly, Bob was quickly becoming a pillar of British life in Calcutta. But the respect that he inspired was not so much due to his work at the club as it was due to his philanthropic activities. Bob was involved in the British Citizens Association, Dr Graham’s children’s homes in Kalimpong, the East India Charitable Trust and the Calcutta Tercentenary Trust, and he served as Chairman of the Historical Cemeteries Association. He was awarded an OBE in 1988 for his contributions to charity. Bob also arranged sporting events that would 229 OBITUARIES
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