The Record 2009 - Keble College - University of Oxford

The College at Large
and Mechanical Engineers in India. He came up to Keble to
read Physics. He was an Experimental Officer at the Royal
Aerospace Establishment (1953–7). He held various posts
in the Computer Science Division of the Atomic Energy
Research Establishment (1957–89). He was part of the team that
‘invented’ IT (Information Technology) and was Chairman
of various International Committees. He published many
articles in scientific journals. After he retired he did occasional
work as a software consultant. He leaves a wife Heather (who
was a Fellow of Somerville), sons Michael and Christopher, a
daughter-in-law and a grandson.
Geoffrey William Hutton
OBE KStJ DL (TT 1945)
Douglas Stewart
Johnstone (1975)
died on 10 April 2009 aged 81. He was educated at Watford
Grammar School and came up to Keble as an Army Cadet.
After a year he was given a War Emergency Commission in
the Royal Artillery (1946), he was posted to Palestine, given a
Regular Commission and Mentioned in Despatches (1948). He
served with the United Nations forces in Cyprus as a Major
and Battery Commander (1964–6). As Lieutenant Colonel he
commanded a regiment in Germany (1969–71) and was then
a Colonel on the General Staff in Northern Ireland (1972). He
returned to Germany as a Brigadier Commanding an Artillery
Brigade and was also Garrison Commander Dortmund and
Ruhr District (1973–6). He was Deputy Commander NE
District and Garrison Commander in the UK at York (1976–9).
He then became the Brigadier Royal Artillery within UK Land
Forces World-wide less BAOR with special responsibilities to
the Commander General Royal Marines and Commander-in-
Chief Fleet (1979–81). He was Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty the
Queen (1980–1) and made Deputy Lieutenant for the County
of Avon (1988) becoming Deputy Lieutenant for the City and
County of Bristol (1996). He was a Knight of Grace of the
Order of St John (1996) and Honorary Consul of the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan. Geoffrey and his wife Diana were left to
support two grandsons when their daughter Fiona died very
suddenly (2005). He is survived by his wife Diana and sons
Christopher and Timothy.
died on 21 December 2008 aged 55. After school he joined the
Army and went to the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.
He came up to Keble to read Geology but left after one year.
He farmed and ran a Wildlife Park at his home Mole Hall,
Widdington in Essex. His sporting interests included marathon
running and the triathlon. The Wildlife Park had to close in
2008 due to his terminal illness. He died after a courageous
battle against cancer and is survived by his mother Mrs Pamela
Johnstone and his sister Caroline Mascaux.
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