The Record 2009 - Keble College - University of Oxford

Keble College: The Record 2009
William John Kirkby
(1919)
Michael Austin Kirke
(1933)
Bernard Maurice Lott
OBE (1946)
died on 4 August 1986 aged 85. He was educated at Bloxham
and came up to Keble to read Theology. He went on to Wells
Theological College and was ordained Deacon (1925) and
Priest (1926). He was Curate of St James, Fulham (1925–33),
St Barnabas, Kensington (1933–9) and acting Curate of St
Margaret, Mountain Ash (1939–43). He moved to Wales as
Curate of St Basil, Bassaleg in Monmouthshire (1943–6) and
then Curate-in-charge of Llanvaches with Llanvair Discoed
(1946–7). He was appointed Rector of Panteg (with Llanddewi-
Fach and Llandegreth from 1953) (1947–54). He left Wales
and was Vicar of Astwood with Hardmead and Rector of
North Crawley (1954–60). Finally he moved to Dorset to
Langton Herring with Buckland Ripers. He died at his home in
Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan. We were informed of his death by
his daughter.
died on 27 May 2008 aged 93. When he was only 5 his father
died in the 1919 Spanish influenza epidemic. He was educated
at Sherborne and like his father (Revd Horace Kirke, 1903)
came up to Keble. He read History and was Cox of the College
1 st VIII (1934–5) and of the University VIII (1936). There was
a strong NE wind, Oxford won the toss but made the huge
mistake of choosing the Surrey station and lost. His nephew
Robert Stallard writes: ‘My uncle always maintained that just
before the start a police launch went by causing a wash which
hindered their start. To his dying day he always regretted not
holding up his hand to delay the start.’ He was asked to cox the
1937 boat but felt that he had to concentrate on his degree. He
had also been approached to stand by for the British team in
the Berlin Olympics. After completing his degree (1937) he was
appointed Assistant Master at the Royal School for the Blind
in Worcester (1938). He later taught at a Preparatory School in
Kent specializing in Latin and Mathematics. He then moved to
a school in Taunton to be near his 80 year old mother. He had a
great love for horses and for hunting. The last time he followed
the hounds on horseback was 1997 when he was 83. He spent
his last 2½ years in St George’s Residential Home where
amongst the few possessions he kept was his hunting cap ‘just in
case it was needed again’.
died on 5 December 1996 aged 74. He was educated at
Bancroft’s School and assisted at Woodford County School
(1940–2) before serving in the Royal Navy (1942–6). He
came up to Keble for the 2 year wartime short course in
English Literature ‘B’. He was appointed a Lecturer in English
Language and Literature at Ankara University, Turkey (1949)
then in Finland (1955). He was General Editor of The New Swan
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