The Record 2009 - Keble College - University of Oxford

Keble College: The Record 2009
Society (1946–7). He became a civil servant in the Department
of Scientific and Industrial Research (1947), was promoted
Principal Scientific Officer (1954) and Senior Principal Scientific
Officer (1959–65). He was appointed Chief Scientific Officer
in the Ministry of Technology (1965). After he retired he did
some work for the Civil Service Commissioners and pursued
his interest in fine art studies. He is survived by his wife
Audrey, companion Maureen, sons Jeremy and Jonathan and
granddaughters Lucy and Kate.
Richard Desmond Cunliffe
Noble (1951)
Michael Ernest Noble
(1960)
David Wallace Partington
(1953)
died on 19 June 2008 aged 78. He was educated at Eton and
came up to Keble after National Service to read Law. He
rowed and was a member of the College Debating Society. He
took a Pass Degree in Law, History and French (1956). Since
childhood he had been interested in music and had met several
composers. He joined the BBC as a Record Librarian and later
ran the Classical Music Department of a major London record
shop. He wrote widely for music magazines and edited the
Consort, the journal of the Dolmetsch Foundation which was
the essential publication about early music. He had an amazing
record collection including rare discs from Bulgaria, Russia
and what was then East Germany. When all the experts were
defeated by a question about British music Richard was the man
to ask because he knew all the answers. He is survived by an
older sister and a nephew.
died on 9 December 2008 aged 67. He was educated at Queen
Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Barnet and came up to Keble to
read Law. He was a member of the University Pistol Shooting
Team (1963–4) which he captained in 1963. He died after a
long battle with prostate cancer. He is survived by his wife Jean
who only last year suffered the untimely death of her daughter
Maihri.
died on 19 January 1997 aged 66. Educated at the Royal
Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, after completing
National Service (1948–50) he studied for a degree at
Cambridge (1950–3). He joined the Colonial Service and
was sent to Oxford where he came to Keble for the one year
Colonial Service Course. He married and was posted to
Northern Nigeria as an Administrative Officer. He returned to
the UK in late 1957 as his newly born daughter was suffering
from dysentery. He then worked in managerial positions for
various companies including Bacofoil and Hoover before taking
up a post in Fleet Street. In the 1980’s he retrained as a History
Teacher and moved to Northamptonshire. We are indebted to
his son Gavan Nadan for much of the above.
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