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THE LONDON LUNCH The Old Brutonians Lunch this year in the City of London was held at Girdlers’ Hall, a magnificent building off London Wall, by kind permission of the Master and Wardens and arranged through the offices of the Vice President who is the Clerk (Chief Executive) of this ancient Livery Company. Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex, daughter of our President, was the Guest of Honour. We are particularly grateful to Her Royal Highness that soon after her visit to the School (reported elsewhere) she accepted the invitation to join the Old Brutonians for lunch, not in any official capacity, but as a private guest. Thus her attendance was not advertised in advance, which caught out one young Old Brutonian, who having introduced himself to her with great charm, asked her politely who she was. For the record, the lunch was attended by 156 Old Brutonians and 74 sent their apologies. The procedure and programme for the lunch remains the same since it was first held in a Livery Hall in 1997 – a mixture of formality, style and good humour, which seems to be a combination appreciated by all generations present. We were once again under the command of our Master of Ceremonies, Mr Robert Young, formerly Drum Major 1st Battalion Scots Guards and Beadle of the Girdlers’ Company and therefore on this occasion in his own home, keeping a very watchful eye on the proceedings. The new Senior Warden (Chairman of the Governors), Peter Squire, stood on his chair, next to the Countess, and proposed the Toast to the School. Peter, we believe, is only the second Old Brutonian to have the distinction of leading the Governing Body. The last (at least, within living memory) was Brigadier Harbin Warry who joined Old House in 1904 and died in 1970. For a number of years the Girdlers’ Company has THE LONDON LUNCH sponsored a bursary at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. The Bursary holder in 1999 – 2000 was Sally Matthews. Sally Matthews (now 27) is a world class soprano. The Sunday Times recently proclaimed “with careful nurturing Covent Garden might have its Kiri Te Kanawa for the new millennium.” Since then she has performed at Glyndebourne, the Proms (Royal Albert Hall) and at the time of writing is due to join Sir Simon Rattle, as the leading soprano with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. It was really kind of her, on one of her few days off, to come up from her home in the New Forest, to join us at Girdlers’ Hall to sing the School Song (solo) and then to lead the OBA massed choirs through both verses and the chorus. She received a standing ovation, and with her daughter, Grace, on her hip, received a bouquet from the President and was introduced to the Countess of Wessex. We will not see her like again. This year we did not follow the school song with “Swing Low Sweet Chariot” – the decline in the English Rugby team’s results made it inappropriate. Who knows, in 2005, Judge John Griffiths-Williams (P58/63) might ask if any Old Brutonians with Welsh blood in their veins would join him in singing Cwm Rhondda. This year marks the retirement from the organising team of Richard and Alice Taylor. They have fulfilled the role of Lunch Secretary now for many years, during which time the numbers have increased from around the 20 mark, when the event was held in a wine bar, to over 150. Harry Witherby takes over. Our thanks are also due to Robert and Kate Young and to Chris Stallworthy and his staff at Payne and Gunter (Caterers). We look forward to seeing you in 2005 at Ironmongers’ Hall on 18th November. THE OLD BRUTONIAN ASSOCIATION LONDON LUNCH – FRIDAY 18TH NOVEMBER AT IRONMONGERS’ HALL There is an important change to note concerning the OBA London Lunch. For this year – and this year only – the lunch will be on Friday , November 18th at Ironmongers’ Hall. From next year (2006) until further notice it will be held on the first Friday in December and NOT the last Friday in November. This is in order to avoid a perpetual clash with another event which would prevent a number of people from attending the lunch. Another change to note is that after very many years of sterling service Ricky Taylor is departing to the West Country (see you at the OBA Dinner, Richard) and the organising of the lunch is being taken over by Harry Witherby. In the same way as before, you will be sent a notification in September with a form to return with your cheque. Seats may be booked only by post with payment, and bookings will not be taken by telephone or email. However, in order for you to get a notification of the lunch you need to ensure that Harry has a note of your name, address and telephone number. You can do this by logging on the OBA web site www.oldbrutonians.com and clicking the register button. Alternatively you may send email to Harry Witherby at harry@oldbrutonians.com or phone him on 0845 166 4527 (local call). Just remember that if he doesn’t have your address you won’t get to the lunch. 14 OLD BRUTONIAN ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 2005
Present at the Lunch: Guest of Honour: HRH The Countess of Wessex Guest of the Association: The Headmaster, Nigel Lashbrook 1939 John Burnett (N) Geoffrey Collins (N) Keith Lilly (O) 1940 Michael Robinson (N/P) 1941 Michael Harvey (N/P) 1942 R.P. Coward (P/O) Christopher Cruttwell (O) Arnold Stevenson (O) 1943 Edwin Bristow (O) Mike Hooper (P) Alec Stephen (P) 1944 John Beauchamp (O) Edward Prance (P) Stephen Shell (N) Dick Thomas (N) James Vigar (O) 1945 John Coleman (N) Geoffrey Jarman (N) Robin Kent (O) Joe Palmer (N) Chris Rhys-Jones (O) [President] 1946 David Chalke (P) Nicholas Chubb (O) Tim Harlow (N) Ian Stevenson (O) George Warry (O) 1947 Peter Souzos (N) 1948 Dick Howell (N) John Hudson (N) Bill Kidd (O) Keith Loney (O) James Roe (P) John Webster (N) 1949 Peter Nisbet (P) Michael West (O) 1950 Michael Baker (P) Peter Bond (P) James Marshall (O) 1952 Michael Read (P/L) 1953 Chris Ledger (N) Ian Maitland (P) 1954 George Comer (N) Roger Gallannaugh (O) Colin Lloyd (P) Norman Robson (O) Martin Taylor (O) 1955 Michael Boyt (L) Andrew Pearson (N) Barrie Sullivan (N) 1956 Stephen Jenkins (L) Jerry Pontin (N) Nicholas Swallow (O) John Wood (O) 1957 Robert Barry (P) Warwick Clarke (O/B) John Longman (P) Richard Sullivan (N) Richard Taylor (O) Peter Warren-Price (P/B) 1958 Edward Cloete (P) Peter Diment (N) Charles Foot (N) Geoff Hayward (N) Anton Schooley (O/B) Edward Waltham (N) Robert Willy (L) 1959 John Champion (N) Peter Squire (P) 1960 Roger Beach (N) David Graham (O) Jeremy Hall (L) Peter Phillips (L) Charles Pointon-Taylor (N) Michael Roberts (L) 1961 Richard Cloete (P) 1962 Mark Brunt (P) 1963 David Hindley (Staff) Tim McNeill (P) Harry Witherby (B) 1964 James Wills (B) 1965 Colin Williams (L) 1968 John Graves (P) 1972 Richard Hammond (B) Dominic Wood (O) 1975 James Chalke (B) 1981 Jonathan Cox (O) Ben James (O) 1983 Trevor Albery (B) James Holland (O) 1984 Daniel Graham (O) Mark Ledger (B) 1985 Tony Beadles (Staff) Ben Newman (P) Christopher Squire (P) Duncan Stewart (O) Mark Waltham (O) 1986 Nicholas Gammon (P) Tresham Graham (O) James Lloyd (O) Tom Phillips (O) Toby Scourse (N) James Strevens (N) Richard Taylor (N) Philip Williams (P) 1987 Chris Gammon (P) Jolyon Jago (P) James McKinlay (L) James McNeil (P) Richard Squire (P) Fraser Stewart (O) James Waltham (O) 1988 Dan Hammond (L) Tim Hodgson (O) Sophie Kirke (W) Mark Lloyd Davies (L) THE LONDON LUNCH Ben Longman (O) Karen Menzel (W) Amanda Reeves (W) 1989 Don Gibson (L) Douglas McKenzie (L) Daniel Nutburn (L) Peter Uren (B) Alex Yeung (B) 1990 Edward Beresford-Jones (O) Henry Burrows (O) Thomas Gough (O) Matthew Gresham (P) Blair Hargreaves (P) Timothy McCallum (O) Charles Noble (P) George Robson (O) James Thomas (L) 1991 Ian Clothier (N) Andrew Molyneux (N) Adam Nunn (B) 1993 Neil Anderson (B) Charlie Campbell (P) Edward Molyneux (N) Edward Squire (P) Edward Thomas (L) 1994 Jamie Cranfield (O) Paul Crang (L) James Knowling (L) Andrew Pritchard (N) 1995 Nicola Coward (W) Kate Sedgman (W) Sophie Stanford-Tuck (W) 1996 Hannah Carew-Gibbs (W) Suzie Franklin (W) Alex Livingstone (W) Giles Sedgman (P) 1997 Lizzie Sedgman (W) Apologies were received from 73 members of the Association. SCHOOL NEWSLETTER It has been the practice in recent years to send out with the OBA Newsletter a copy of the School’s spring Newsletter. Uniquely this year there is no spring Newsletter from the School owing to a change in editor. You should receive your next School Newsletter in the autumn, and we trust that normal service will be resumed this time next year. OLD BRUTONIAN ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 2005 15
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