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

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OBITUARIES
HUGH MALCOLM BARKLA (1935), son of C G B (1901) and cousin of
J K B (1953), was born in Edinburgh on 3 December 1913, and after
attending Merchiston Castle School, he went on to Edinburgh University,
where he gained a BSc. At King’s he read Natural Sciences and represented
both the College and the University at athletics. His record for the 440-yard
hurdles stood until 1950.
During the war Hugh served as a scientific officer with the RAF working on
operational research, which took him to both the Middle East and South East
Asia. By the end of the war Hugh was heading the HQ Fighter Command
Research Branch and was editor of his section’s war records. In October 1945
he married Stella Starling and in 1946 began his career lecturing at
St Andrews. For the year 1960/1 Hugh was Leverhulme Fellow for work
undertaken in the USA studying yacht forms, and over the years he published
numerous papers on physics, the history of science and naval architecture. He
spent over 30 years lecturing in Natural Philosophy at the University of
St Andrews, and was also an expert on naval architecture.
LEONARD SINCLAIR BARNISH (1940) was born in Birkenhead on 31 May
1922. After attending Denstone College in Staffordshire, Leonard came up to
King’s to read Engineering. He also played rugby for the College. His studies
were interrupted by the war, when he served as a Captain in the Royal
Engineers, and in 1944 he was awarded the Military Cross. Leonard
subsequently returned to King’s and completed his degree in 1948.
From 1948 to 1954, he worked as a development and research engineer for
Richard Sutcliffe Ltd in Wakefield, and in 1951 Leonard married Bridget
Braun. The couple emigrated to South Africa in 1954 when Leonard
transferred to Richard Sutcliffe’s South African operation, working as a
contract engineer based in Johannesburg. The year 1956 saw a change of
company to Robins Conveyors SA Pty Ltd. Leonard was to stay there for the
next 16 years as he worked his way up from Development Engineer to
Director of Engineering, a position he held from 1964. In 1972 Leonard
founded Leonard S Barnish Consulting Engineering SA.