Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge
Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge Part 2 (Obituaries) - King's College - University of Cambridge
144 OBITUARIES piloting planes during his life, starting with the Tiger Moths and then going on to the Comet and the VC10. It was high above the clouds that he met his wife Peggy when they were working on the same crew.They married in 1957 and moved to the south coast of England where they raised three children. Hugh loved the sea and built dinghies that he sailed. In 1977 Hugh retired from British Airways and retrained as an instructor. He took up a position at the Oxford Air Training School where he taught future pilots instrument flying and meteorology. Ten years later he retired for good and moved to Devon where he and Peggy spent 18 happy years together.They sailed on the Exe Estuary and went for long walks in the Devon countryside accompanied by their black Labrador. Hugh also became the President of the Retired Chartered Engineers’ Club in Exeter and was elected a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Hugh died on 1 July 2005 from prostate cancer. COLIN KERR HUNTER (1940) was born on 6 February 1921 and attended Newcastle Royal Grammar School. He came up to King’s to read Modern Languages, but his studies were interrupted by the war and he did not graduate until 1947. After obtaining a Certificate in Education he returned to his old school in Newcastle as a master. The College knows very little of his life after this point, except that he developed multiple sclerosis and was forced to retire in 1976. Colin died on 4 December 1991. HARSH HUTHEESING (1953) was born on 1 February 1935 in Bombay, his mother being the sister of Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister. His parents fought for India’s independence and spent periods in jail as a result. Harsh came to King’s to read Economics and his physical presence was striking. He was of medium height and elegantly clad, with features of the utmost refinement, and big, hooded eyes which gave him a faint air of melancholy. Even more surprising was his voice, speaking an impeccable
English in what used to be called an Oxford accent, the like of which had hardly been heard since the 1920s. An unworldly person, who probably appeared to be almost as exotic in India as in Cambridge, he was once heard to say during a conversation about aims in life: “What I would really like to be is … a dilettante”– a highly characteristic utterance. After undertaking graduate studies in Political Science at Princeton, Harsh became a journalist, working for prominent papers in India and London. After moving back to the USA, where he established his permanent residence, he worked for various companies in NewYork writing on financial matters before relocating to California where he worked as a business consultant. He was married twice, firstly to Mantosh Singh and then for some years to Otome Klein, although the couple had no children and the marriage was later dissolved. Harsh had various interests including horseracing, history and music. He was an avid reader and writer with a great sense of humour and very strongly held views on political matters. He died at his home in Pismo Beach, California on 3 May 1991. PETERWILLIAM ROBERT INGRAM (1947) died on 27 September 2005 in Lisbon, where he had lived for almost five decades. He was a strong-willed though quiet and modest man who had with diligence served as an insurance broker and made a name for himself not only for being successful in his career but also for being an honest man. Peter was born in Wimbledon on 9 April 1925 and went to school at Harrow before winning an Exhibition at King’s. Before coming to Cambridge Peter joined the RAF in 1943, and he stayed in the force until 1947. It later transpired that not only did Peter see service in Denmark and Iraq, but also he was reading Nazi codes at the top-secret code-breaking base at Bletchley. He was characteristically too self-effacing to mention this. After reading Modern Languages and graduating in 1949, Peter took up a position at Matthew Wrightson, a Lloyds and international insurance broker. 145 OBITUARIES
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piloting planes during his life, starting with the Tiger Moths and then going<br />
on to the Comet and the VC10. It was high above the clouds that he met his<br />
wife Peggy when they were working on the same crew.They married in 1957<br />
and moved to the south coast <strong>of</strong> England where they raised three children.<br />
Hugh loved the sea and built dinghies that he sailed.<br />
In 1977 Hugh retired from British Airways and retrained as an instructor. He<br />
took up a position at the Oxford Air Training School where he taught future<br />
pilots instrument flying and meteorology. Ten years later he retired for good<br />
and moved to Devon where he and Peggy spent 18 happy years together.They<br />
sailed on the Exe Estuary and went for long walks in the Devon countryside<br />
accompanied by their black Labrador. Hugh also became the President <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Retired Chartered Engineers’ Club in Exeter and was elected a member <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Royal Aeronautical Society.<br />
Hugh died on 1 July 2005 from prostate cancer.<br />
COLIN KERR HUNTER (1940) was born on 6 February 1921 and attended<br />
Newcastle Royal Grammar School. He came up to King’s to read Modern<br />
Languages, but his studies were interrupted by the war and he did not<br />
graduate until 1947. After obtaining a Certificate in Education he returned to<br />
his old school in Newcastle as a master. The <strong>College</strong> knows very little <strong>of</strong> his<br />
life after this point, except that he developed multiple sclerosis and was forced<br />
to retire in 1976. Colin died on 4 December 1991.<br />
HARSH HUTHEESING (1953) was born on 1 February 1935 in Bombay, his<br />
mother being the sister <strong>of</strong> Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister. His<br />
parents fought for India’s independence and spent periods in jail as a result.<br />
Harsh came to King’s to read Economics and his physical presence was<br />
striking. He was <strong>of</strong> medium height and elegantly clad, with features <strong>of</strong> the<br />
utmost refinement, and big, hooded eyes which gave him a faint air <strong>of</strong><br />
melancholy. Even more surprising was his voice, speaking an impeccable
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