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NEWSLETTER 122

2016APRIL

O L D K I N G ’ S C LU BKING’S COLLEGE SCHOOL

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www.oldkingsclub.org.uk SOUTHS IDE , WIMBLEDON COMMON , LONDON SW19 4TT +44 (20) 8255 5390 / OKC@OKC .ORG.UK

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SPORTS & FAMILY DAY(PAGE 9)

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CONTENTS

1 WELCOME

2 DRINKS & DINNERS

14 ACCREDITED ACTIVITIES

23 MEMBERS’ NEWS

28 KCS LODGE

32 ACT OF REMEMBRANCE

34 DEATHS & OBITUARIES

38 CLUB SHOP

40 FACEBOOK

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The Old King’s Club is made up of many thriving parts, sporting and non-sporting, and it was a pleasure to see them come together at the annual dinner at Skinners Hall. This year’s dinner will be held in the Great Hall at the School, complete with musical entertainment and will give members a chance to see some impressive new buildings.

We thank Funda Ozmus for her support of the Club during her time as the School’s Development Director and are pleased to welcome Matt Jarrett and his deputy Adriana Williams who star ted just a few weeks ago. Our club administrator Heidi Lissamore continues to provide invaluable support.

Members are again urged to check the website and Facebook regularly for news and upcoming events. The online shop continues to sell sterling silver cuff links, ties and blazer buttons. Ideas about products for our lady members would be most welcome!

Please get in touch if you would like be more closely involved with the Club - we look forward to seeing you soon. Alexander Malmaeus (OK 1984)chairman@okc.org.uk

WELCOME

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27 NOVEMBER 2015

2015 ANNUAL DINNERJohn Naylor (OK 1961), Master of the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers, hosted the Old King’s Club Annual Dinner at the Skinners Hall on 27 November 2015.

City of London civic traditions were observed, with fanfares and music by the London Banqueting Ensemble, the Ceremony of the Loving Cup and the Rose Water Bowl. Grace was said by Rev Joan Crossley, the Chairman, Alexander Malmaeus (OK 1984) proposed the toast to the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers and to the School, John Naylor proposed the toast to the Corporation of London and the Head Master of King’s College Junior Schol, Dr Gerard Silverlock, proposed the toast to the Old King’s Club: “may it f lourish, root and branch, forever”.

Over half of those who attended left the School in the year 2000 or later. Many younger members expressed enthusiasm for the variety of venues in which the annual dinners had been held in recent years.

Sir Robert Andrew (OK 1947), Micky King (OK 1959), Alexander Malmaeus (OK 1984), Dr Gerard Silverlock, Rev Joan Crossley & John Naylor (OK 1961)

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SATURDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2016

2016 ANNUAL DINNERThe Old King’s Club is delighted to make its periodic return to the School for this year’s dinner. As in 2013, it will be held in the Great Hall to musical accompaniment. Chris Hull’s catering department goes from strength to strength and we can promise a f ine meal with good wines.

The early phases of the School’s ambitious development programme can now be seen; the beautiful quadrangle with the war memorial which replaced the hard play area is a f ine example.

In 2013, School Organist Carl Jackson accompanied the members as they attempted to sing the nearly forgotten King’s College School Song. If we promise to practice beforehand, he may let us have another go!

2013 Annual Dinner in the Great Hall

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21 JUNE 2016

CAREERS EVENINGVolunteers from the Old King’s Club, who are chosen by pupils of the Lower 6th Form, will give two half-hour seminars to small groups. This is preceded by a drinks, supper and a chance to get together with fellow members of the Club.

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SPORTS & FAMILY DAYTo coincide with the annual Old King’s Club v. School cricket match, a picnic and series of sporting activities are planned: tennis, 5-a-side football, basketball, fencing, squash, Rif le Club, table tennis, netball, swimming and House tug-of-war.

Please register your interest in attending this event on the OKC website to provide the best email address so we can keep you informed and to help the organisers plan for the rough numbers attending and the activities you are interested in:

www.oldkingsclub.org.uk/sportsday

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DRINKS On one of the hottest days of the summer, members of the Old King’s Club were invited to drinks at the historic Oxford & Cambridge Club on Pall Mall. These events have gained quite a following among the younger crowd but all members of the Old King’s Club are welcome.

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17 MARCH 2016

DUEL DAY DINNER Due to an early Easter and the Archbishop of Canterbury’s schedule, this year’s dinner was held at the Savile Club in Mayfair instead of Lambeth Palace. An extremely jovial evening reached its climax with the re-enactment of the 1829 duel between the Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Winchelsea.

The part of Jeremy Bentham was played by Richard Criddle (OK 1986).www.oldkingsclub.org.uk/activities/duel-day-dinner

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CROSS-COUNTRYThe annual Old King’s Club v. School v. Staff cross-country race takes place on the f irst Saturday in December at 10.30am, and is a two-and-a-half mile run around Wimbledon Common star ting at the Fox and Grapes. The 2015 individual winner was Tom Lettice (OK 2008), just ahead of Hugh Train (OK 2012). Tom was presented with the Kevin Hawney Cup after the race. Many thanks to James Trapmore for organising the event and to the School for providing the refreshments - we look forward to seeing you on 3 December 2016!

JUL IAN SMITH

CRICKETA second gathering of Old King’s cricketers (mostly from the 1960s) but also including several former members of staff, enjoyed a day’s cricket at Lord’s on June 29th 2015. The match was Middlesex against Hampshire and through the good off ices and extraordinary administrative skills of David Holland the reunion group of 36 enjoyed the facilities of two boxes. Food - and a small amount of drink - were consumed, and a good day of reminiscence and renewal of friendships was enjoyed by all.

The Old King’s Club will play the School on Sunday 26 June 2016 and refreshments will be served in the Cricket Pavilion. This will coincide with the OKC Sports and Family Day.

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TENNISThe OKC will be entering the 2016 D’Abernon Cup and the qualifying competition for that will take place in April.

CHRIS DIACON

RIFLE CLUBThe Club had a very busy 2015 season with a number of new members joining the Club who ranged in experience - novices through to highly skilled shots. Last season was capped off by our Christmas shoot at 200 yards. A wide range of f irearms, some historic, were dusted off and used. This was followed by our Christmas lunch, for which we took over the Surrey’s historic clubhouse. We rounded things off in front of the blazing log f ire with a prize-giving, mince pies and coffee, and the odd drink from the bar.

Our f irst shoot of the new season was in January. It was a leisurely after-lunch “gallery” rif le shoot at 25 yards. A full programme of target, gallery, action and shotgun events has been booked for 2016. Notably, this includes the Schools’ Veterans Competition in July, during Bisley’s Imperial Meeting. The shoot is followed by our traditional bubbly and buffet on Century Range’s 600 yards f iring point.

The Club has upgraded its range of Target Rif les and we are now well equipped to compete. A major investment programme is also underway to improve the ranges and facilities at Bisley.

We have a number of Guest Days throughout the year so novices as well as shooters from past School teams and their friends and family would be most welcome to come to the Club. Come and see for yourself how much fun you can have.

RICHARD HUDSON

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FOOTBALL

1st XI The season began with much optimism for the 1st XI. Having retained their place in the Arthurian League’s Premier Division, there was a strong belief that the team could kick on and really make a purposeful challenge to the established order of Old Carthusians, Old Forresters and Lancing Old Boys. An excellent off-season in terms of recruitment has seen the likes of Jack Stephenson (OK 2012), Josh Tingle (OK 2009), Oliver Hewitt (OK 2012) and James Barton (OK 2015) all establish themselves within the squad, however the team has been unable to fulf il its potential, often f inding themselves dominating possession and play before losing by the narrowest of margins. 2016 will see the team have to f ight for their survival and show plenty of character and determination; qualities shown in abundance when they came back from 4-0 down at half-time to draw 4-4 away at Old Chigwellians, the highlight of the season thus far.

A disappointing exit in the Arthur Dunn Cup to Old Radleians at the last 16 stage has been compensated for by a very strong showing in the AFA Senior Cup, where the 1st XI have reached the last 16 and took on the Honourable Artillery Company 1st XI in January.

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2nd XI The season began with an inauspicious cup exit in a bad-tempered game. The 4-3 loss was no bad thing as it provided a poignant reminder of what losing feels like and drove the squad to outperform themselves in the league, which kicked off with 3 wins on the bounce. Our progress was stalled with a draw against Epsom and a defeat to top-of-the-table Sennockians, but the 2s showed character to rediscover their form and their conf idence by beating Haberdashers, City of London and Harrow.

With two tricky f ixtures against the high-f lying Brentwood to come, as well as a top-of-the-table clash between Kings and Sennockians, the squad will be working harder than ever in the hope that promotion to the 2nd division will be their reward at the end of the season. No doubt their loyal fans will be hoping that such a feat will be delivered on the hallowed turf of West Barnes Lane at the annual fans day.

3rd XI This season has seen the Old King’s Football Club move from strength to strength, with the exciting introduction of a 3rd XI almost 12 months ahead of schedule!

MIKE T ILLES

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NETBALLOn the 6th January 2016, the OK girls faced their third annual match against the current 1st VII netball squad. A strong team, ranging over four years of Old Girls, fought hard against one of the strongest School teams to date. With some excellent shooting from recent leavers Manisha Patel (OK 2015), Saoirse Walsh (OK 2015) and Emma Hardy (OK 2013), the Old King’s Club was in the game until the end. Despite numerous interceptions from the Club’s defence Bea Trapp, Vicky van der Stichele, Zelmari Geldenhuys and Lottie Plaschkes (all OK 2015) and some great movement in the centre third by Katy Blake (OK 2012), Olivia Strafford (OK 2015) and Marlin Heitmann (OK 2015), they were outperformed by a School 1st VII who showed admirable teamwork and tidy play. The f inal score was 30-22, a well-deserved win for the School’s 1st VII and a great improvement over last year for the Old King’s Club.

Katy Blake (OK 2012)

NICOL A EDWARDS NLE@kcs.org.uk

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HOCKEYOn Monday 14th September 2015 some 2014 and 2015 Old Girls were welcomed back to the School to take on the newly-formed 1st XI Hockey team. With new hockey players in the LVI, this hockey team demonstrated how much potential they actually have. With only two weeks of training done, the girls were ready to take on Hannah Blackman-Mack’s (OK 2014) Old Girls’ side. It was close in the first half with the Old King’s Club team putting up a strong fight but in the second half the current girls found more space and moved the ball with pace which resulted in outstanding goals being scored from Tash Whitham, Poppy Hawkes and Lara von der Brelie. Player of the match was Elspeth Aylett for her excellent attacking play.

The final score was 3-0 to King’s 1st XI. Player of the match for the Old King’s Club side was Cath Fleton (OK 2015) in goal.

NICOL A EDWARDSNLE@kcs.org.uk

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RUGBYBuoyed by a commendable 5th place f inish in London 2SW last season and a cruel ‘golden score’ defeat to Guildford in the Surrey Cup Final, King’s 1XV have enjoyed a successful f irst half to the 2015-16 campaign at level 7 in the RFU pyramid.

In September the Old Boys star ted with a tricky home encounter versus perennial promotion aspirants, and local rivals, London Cornish who were overcome 27-21. This was followed up with two good wins; the f irst 34-12 away at Basingstoke (who were a National League side as recently as 2014) and then 29-8 at home against the invariably competitive Old Reigatian. After these early successes positive results proved somewhat harder to come by, with two more wins and a draw tempered by four narrow losses, as a result of which King’s went into the new year lying 5th. Under the captaincy of Jonathan Kiddle (OK 2004) and coached by Sam Richards (OK 2006) with the assistance of Joe Gray (Harlequins & England) there is justif iable optimism for the second half of the season.

The 2XV, led by Lorcan O’Duffy, who play their rugby in the Championship, the top tier of Surrey reserve team competition, have acquitted themselves impressively. After an inauspicious star t with back-to-back losses the team rallied and most recently recorded f ive league wins from six in the run up to Christmas. Like the 1XV the side has shown that on its day it’s well capable of holding its own and playing some entertaining and expansive rugby. As ever, the aim remains to push on and match or ideally better its 5th place f inish league in 2014-15.

The club has come close to a 3XV on several occasions, but not yet quite managed to get to 50+ players required available on any given Saturday. The Vets will reconvene on 19th March for a home game against Guildford. Players young and old, and indeed all supporters, can be sure of a warm welcome at the club’s Arthur Road ground.

On 5th January coach, player and club stalwart André Du Toit lost a brave battle with pancreatic cancer. His contribution over the last decade cannot be overstated and all who knew him remain forever grateful.

TOM MOORE rugby@oldk ing sc lub .org .uk

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ROWINGThe 1884 Boat Club (Old King’s Club) achieved a convincing win over the current School 1st VIII on 12 December. It really was a great race and I think the best turnout so far for an OK v. School race. The crew was Ludo Bonnefous (OK 2015), Will Kinsella (OK 2015), William Doran (OK 2013), Will Nelson (OK 2015), Ben Norbury (OK 2014), Will Horrocks (OK 2011), Ollie Hines (OK 2013), Charlie Middleton (OK 2013).

Thanks also to Freddie Preece (OK 2015) for helping me chase everyone up, although he refused to get in a boat on the day! If we include me (OK 2012) in the coaching launch then we had representation from each of the last 4 years of leavers.

Congratulations to Charlie Fisher (OK 2013), who has been selected to row for Cambridge in this year’s University Boat Race.

JACK ELKINGTON

Photo: Peter Crawshaw

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GLENN MARTIN (OK 1966) had 7 Successful Stock Market Strategies (Harriman House) published in April 2015.

HE ATHER MCKISSACK MBE (STAFF) has been awarded an MBE for Services to Education. In her time as Senior Mistress at King’s, she was in charge of Partnerships and Outreach. In 2003 she and Carol Campbell, then head of Coombe Girls’ School, established one of the most principled, wide-ranging and effective independent-state school partnerships in the country.

Known as the Wimbledon Partnership, this ensures that King’s enjoys strong relationships with seven maintained secondary schools in South West London. Activities include management training, teacher-training, mentoring of heads of department and weekly GCSE classes for around 200 partner school students every spring term. Based on the principle of mutual benefit, Heather’s approach has always been to ask what our schools can learn from each other. Heather McKissack was made a Vice-President of the Old King’s Club at the AGM in January 2016.

WILL VAN KLAVEREN (OK 2013) played for the Welsh Academicals v Cambridge University 1st XV at Grange Road, on October 24th 2015. The Welsh Academicals won 19-36 with Will scoring a great try. He played at 12 for the whole match and has been starting at 14 for Bristol University 1st XV this season.

LUKE SUMNER (OK 2012) performed at Collyer Hall Theatre once more on 29 June 2015, with the Cambridge Footlights as part of their annual tour, stopping off at King’s en route to London’s Comedy Store, Edinburgh and the USA. The show, Love Handles, went down a storm with a packed crowd, many of whom remembered Luke’s previous performances on the same stage. Having left King’s in 2012, Luke’s memorable roles here included the title roles in The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett, and Caligula at the Edinburgh Festival.

MEMBERS’ NEWS

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FRANCIS PHILIP HORNE (OK 1975) was reported dead in issue 121 of the OKC newsletter. We are pleased to say that he is very much alive and apologise for any distress caused. The misunderstanding was caused by the new occupant of his former house calling the OKC office to request that mail no longer be sent to him as he had died 10 years earlier.

CHRISTOFFER ‘DR CHRIS ’ & X AND VAN TULLEKEN (OK 1996) appeared on BBC 1’s Frontline Doctors: Winter Migrant Crisis, on 7 March 2016. They follow refugees from their arrival on a Lesbos beach all the way to the Calais Jungle to discover the ailments that aff lict those caught up in the biggest wave of human migration since Indian partition. They also appeared on Series 5 of Hacker Time and Chris presented another Horizon episode in 2015, titled “Is Binge Drinking Really That Bad?”.

Xand van Tulleken with refugees on the beach of Lesbos, Greece Credit: Vito D’Ettorre

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SOPHIE PE ACOCK (OK 2014)

On 12th August 2015 I embarked on a 6 week long expedition to India with eight fellow Durham students. We were situated in Palampur, in the Northern state of Himachal Pradesh, in the foothills of the Himalayas. Our project was to build a water tank in a local school, which would enable the students to have access to water all year round as our tank would hold enough to supply the whole school with water for three months. We would also be teaching English lessons and helping the children with their conversational skills and confidence.

We decided to use the time when we weren’t teaching to paint the walls of some of the classrooms which looked a bit bare. We ended up doing an under the sea/Finding Nemo theme in the nursery classroom, shapes in kindergarten and a tree made of handprints in the Grade 4 classroom.

Our work at the school def initely had a lasting impact as it now looks more welcoming, especially in the classrooms for the youngest students who otherwise might f ind it diff icult to concentrate. The water tank is going to be extremely benef icial to everyone in the school as it means the children have access to water even in the hottest, driest months of the year. Sanitation will also be improved as they can wash their hands after using the toilet, leading to fewer children being off school sick.

The project helped me develop my teamwork skills as we worked very closely as a team and had to listen to and respect everyone’s ideas. I learnt to be adaptable and to think on my feet as, due to changes in timetables, students sometimes found themselves without a teacher. An important skill which I gained from my time in India was communication

EXPEDITION TO INDIA

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as the students and the majority of the teachers could not speak English. We used a lot of pictures to explain what we were talking about and learnt to simplify the language we were using so that they would f ind it easier to understand.

Overall, I found the experience extremely rewarding and felt that even though we were only in the school for a short time, we made a lasting difference to the children’s lives.

I am grateful to the Old King’s Club for its f inancial support.

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SHREYA S INGHAL (OK 2015) & AB I HOWELL (OK 2015)

In August 2015, we embarked upon our journey to Costa Rica. We would spend a month in the country, volunteering in a rural primary school and travelling at the weekends.

The school we volunteered at, Escuela de San Francisco, was relatively small with a vibrant and friendly learning environment. We were involved in classes with children aged 5-6 years old who absorbed the English language with ease.

English is essential for working in the thriving tourist industry of Costa Rica. We led sessions to introduce the children to the English language, star ting with topics such as colours, animals and fruits and vegetables.

At the weekends, we took the opportunity to experience what Costa Rica had to offer. We lived near the town of La Fortuna, known for being a tourist hotspot. La Fortuna was situated near the dormant Arenal volcano, mountain ranges and an 85km2 artif icial lake.

In summary, we have had a truly amazing time in Costa Rica. Our host family went above and beyond in accommodating us and made us feel like ticos for the month. Teaching in the school was fantastic and we will miss the children dearly. Our travels around Costa Rica showed us the gems of the country and it was an experience we will treasure forever. Thank you, OKC, for the award which helped us get there!

GAP YEAR REPORT

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Richard Bates (OK 1985) has had a busy and varied year as Master of the Lodge. Besides Initiating 3 new members into Freemasonry, the Lodge hosted the annual Sutton Craft Lecture Festival in July, held a barbecue at the Cricket Pavilion, sang carols with great gusto in the school dining hall and arranged a Master’s supper (also known as a ladies’ night) with musical accompaniment by the renowned soprano Dagmar Zeromska. The Chris Rashbrook Prize for Ritual was founded and awarded for the f irst time.

KING’S COLLEGE SCHOOL LODGE

Sutton Annual Craft Lecture Festival, 6 July 2015

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Lodge meetings are followed by an excellent meal with good wine in the much improved school dining room. This year, we have reconnected with several OKs who are members of other Lodges - a trend we hope will continue.

OKs wishing to f ind out more about Freemasonry are warmly encouraged to get in touch.

secre t ar y@kcs lodge .org .uk

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GOLF2015 was a very good year for the Golf Society. Chris Diacon and Peter Taylor’s diligence meant that we have added a new friendly match against the Old Cranleighans. The f irst match in 2015 was against the Old Paulines played at Kingswood GC in June. This was very f inely balanced resulting in an honourable draw 2 ½ - 2 ½ .

All of our other matches were played at Royal Wimbledon GC and we won all of them beating the Old Whitgiftians by 3 – 2 in July. We beat the Old Cranleighans by 2 -1 early in August – this match was played with teams of 6 players but we hope to expand this to teams of 10 for 2016. We comprehensively beat the Old Tiff inians at the end of August 5 – 0; this was particularly pleasing, since they were the only team to beat us in the past f ive years.

Our f inal friendly match was against our old adversaries Kingston Grammar School in September. With the score even at 2 -2 everything rested on the f inal match and I am delighted to say that we won it on the 18th hole making the f inal score 3 - 2.

Our elite golfers performed very well in the Grafton Morrish competition by qualifying as leaders in the London group with 88 – interestingly Charterhouse qualif ied fourth with 84. When it came to the f inals our team were drawn against Brighton in the second round and won convincingly 2 ½ - ½ but in the next round we lost to Charterhouse, who went on to be the overall winners of the competition.

GRAHAM COX

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Sir Cecil Hertslet KBE unveiling the War Memorial on 14 October 1921

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6 NOVEMBER 2015

The Rev. Joan Crossley led the Service of Remembrance at King’s College School. Andrew Halls laid a wreath on behalf of the School, Lt. Luke Shaw laid a wreath on behalf of the Old King’s Club and three members of the Combined Cadet Force laid a wreath on behalf of current pupils.

ACT OF REMEMBRANCE

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The service was held in the new quadrangle adjacent to the Great Hall. In the centre of the quadrangle stands the World War One memorial, which is made up of a pedestal designed by the architect Arthur Stratton (OK), originally surmounted by a sculpture by Charles Hartwell RA. The memorial was unveiled by Sir Cecil Hertslet KBE (OK) in 1921. The original sculpture was stolen in the 1960s, so the Old King’s Club commissioned Ian Bishop Design of Farnham to create a replica from photographs in 2003.

The Greek text on the pedestal translates to “Theirs is the prize of fair garlanded death”

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(SINCE JULY 2015)

It is with regret that we have to report the following deaths:

LEN BARKEY (OK 1950)

MICHAEL BARRY (OK 1956 & EX-STAFF)

JOHN BOFFIN (OK 1943)

PATRICK BUTLER (OK 1952)

NIGEL CHARLTON (OK 1968)

PETER COWIE (OK 1959)

JONATHAN EEDY (OK 1963)

DAVID ELDRIDGE (OK 1951)

JOHN FIELD (OK 1941)

LIEUTENANT TONY HART (OK 1942)

DAN JELLINEK (OK 1985)

ALEXANDER LAWRENCE (1960)

TIM LOWRY (OK 1951)

PROFESSOR ROGER MEAD (OK 1956)

DOUG RAMAGE (OK 1967)

DONALD TODD (OK 1943)

DUNCAN TRIBUTE (OK 1959)

CHRISTOPHER WIGHTWICK (EX-STAFF)

MICHAEL WILSON (OK 1978)

CHRISTOPHER WOOD (OK 1954)

DEATHS & OBITUARIES

LT ANTHTONY HART DSC OBE (OK 1942) died, aged 93. After a brief spell in the family business as a young man, he volunteered for the Navy. In February 1943 Hart was an ordinary seaman aboard the destroyer HMS Beverley, in the battle for convoy SC118, which pitted 11 American, British and Canadian warships, protecting 64 slow-moving

east-bound merchants, against 20 U-boats. After off icer training, he served on HMS Curzon, where he saw successful action against enemy U-boats.

After the war he rejoined the family f irm, later becoming a senior partner and chief executive of the loss adjusters Cunningham, Gibaud & Bryant, where he remained until his retirement in 1987. His best known case was the Great Train Robbery.

Tony Hart was Master of the Worshipful Company of Broderers and

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elected Alderman of the City of London in 1976 and a founder member of the Worshipful Company of Insurers in 1979.

As magistrate in the City of London, Hart was vice-chairman of the bench in 1970, when he persuaded the Home Off ice to build a new court house and to preserve the city’s unique court. He was appointed OBE in 1995 for his services to the magistracy of the City of London.

CHRISTOPHER WOOD (OK 1954) who died aged 79, was an advertising executive turned writer whose oeuvre included literary f iction, historical novels and the screenplays for the James Bond f ilms The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979). He was born in Lambeth, and during the Blitz his parents sent him away to Norwich where he became a

pupil at the Edward VI Grammar School. He later returned to London to attend King’s College Junior School. By the end of the 1960s, Wood was managing brands for the advertising agency Masius Wynne-Williams. He used his daily journey from Royston in Hertfordshire to write f iction. In 1976 he wrote the comedy f ilm Seven Nights in Japan, which starred Michael York, for the director

Lewis Gilbert, with whom he shared an agent. Gilbert’s next project was The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), and he brought Wood on board. Wood returned to the franchise two years later as the sole writer on Moonraker.

DUNCAN TRIBUTE (OK 1959) spent his career in the advertising and aerospace industries. In that time he was advertising manager for a number of companies including Martini & Rossi, The Welcome Foundation and Lee Jeans. In the aerospace industry he specialised in the provision of add-on equipment for enhancing cabin interiors and to provide additional services for older aircraft. At King’s he was an accomplished marksman and was Surrey Schools champion, and was selected to shoot for English schools. He moved to Cornwall in 2007 where he became Chairman of the Carrick University of the Third Age.

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NIGEL CHARLTON (OK 1968) died in a helicopter accident on the Fox Glacier, South Island New Zealand with his wife Helen, two other Britons, two Australians and the New Zealand pilot of the Squirrel helicopter. He was one of 3 brothers at King’s and qualif ied as a dentist at The (now Royal) London Hospital in 1973, going on to spend most of his career as owner of a practice in Totton.

PROFESSOR ROGER MEAD (OK 1956) studied Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at Cambridge. He worked for the Agricultural Research Council at the National Vegetable Research Station, Wellesbourne, before joining the f ledgling Department of Applied Statistics where he was made Professor in 1984. He became Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Food in 1993, then Deputy Vice-Chancellor for 4 years until his retirement. His joint paper in the Computer Journal some 50 years ago, modestly titled A Simplex Method for Function Minimization has some 20,000 citations and, known world-wide as the Nelder-Mead algorithm, remains a foundation to current research and is widely applied in a diverse range of computer software. His magnum opus was The Design of Experiments: Statistical Principles for Practical Application.

LEN BARKEY (OK 1950) star ted his working life in marketing, moving to advertising in 1959 where he remained for the rest of his working life mainly at Saatchi and Saatchi during its heyday with Maurice and Charles, where he ultimately became deputy Managing Director. He was a Fellow of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising. After retiring from Saatchi’s he continued to act as a consultant to other advertising and marketing companies, was a trainer on the DTI Enterprise Initiative and a small business advisor for the Prince’s Trust. He also taught at the European Business School, Greenwich College and the University of Reading. He was awarded a Cambridge Blue for tennis and Half Blue for table tennis. Throughout his working life his passion for tennis remained. He was a member of the All England for over 25 years and it was through him that the Old King’s Club was able to hold its annual dinner there in 2012. Leonard was a much liked-member and vice-president of the Club as well as member of the Management Board of the Benevolent Fund.

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DOUG RAMAGE (OK 1967) was said to be an impressive character at school, precociously mature and with a mischievous sense of humour. Doug went on to Keble College where he complimented his studies with regular appearances on the wing for the Oxford Greyhounds. He played rugby for the Old King’s Club until the 80s.

CHRISTOPHER WIGHTWICK (EX STAFF) died in March 2013, aged 81. He was Head Master of King’s 1975-80. Innovative, representing a new generation of teachers, he was well liked by many pupils and members of staff. It was he personally who saw to it that corporal punishment was abolished at the school, far ahead of his time. He also introduced German as an optonal subject at ‘O’ and ‘A’ level. An accomplished linguist, Mr. Wightwick published several books, such as the Berlitz German and English grammar handbooks. A supporter of several charities, he donated his body to medical science.

DAN JELLINEK (OK 1985) a Brighton author, editor of UKauthority.com, author of the popular politics book People Power: A User’s Guide to Democracy in the UK and e-democracy campaigner died at the age of 47. He was passionate about the potential of technology for social good, and the need to end the digital divide and wrote for The Guardian, BBC Online, Local Government Chronicle, The Times, the Sunday Telegraph and Total Politics magazine. He was a UK board member of E-Democracy.org and one of the founders of the think-tank Vox Politics.

MICHAEL BARRY (OK 1956 & EX-STAFF) joined the Classics staff at King’s in 1983. He produced Oliver! twice – a JS production in 1989 and an epic version in 1999 with the adult roles taken by staff members ( JS Head John Evans as Fagin, and Nigel Edwards as the Beadle) where the most memorable performance was by Marcus Mumford as the Artful Dodger, an early sign of the famous Mumford and Sons! He pioneered the GCSE in Classical Civilisation and was mentor to the A level candidates who produced outstanding dissertations on aspects of Greek Art, and was for many years an OCR examiner. Michael retired in 2002, returning annually with Ian Morris to walk the Swiss mountains and revel in their railways.

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Made in England by Toye, Kenning & Spencer (est.1685), manufacturer of jewellery and clothing by appointment to HM The Queen.

The ties and bow ties are made of pure silk and are hand f inished.

Buy them via oldkingsclub.org.uk

Ties £28Bow ties £22

CLUB COLOURS

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The Old King’s Club Blazer Button displays the crown and lion crest from the 1829 King’s College London/ King’s College School coat of arms.

A well-presented box set containing 2 large and 8 small buttons can be purchased via oldkingsclub.org.uk

Blazer buttons £75 / set

Hallmarked sterling silver gilt cuff links struck from the same die as the large blazer buttons are also available.

Cufflinks £85 / pair

BLAZER BUTTONS & CUFFLINKS

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The Old King’s Club Facebook page is frequently updated with news, photography and events and acts as a complement to the website.

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PRES IDENT: M ICKY K ING

PAST PRES IDENTS : ROB IN REE VE , S IR ROBERT ANDRE W, CAVAN TAYLOR V ICE PRES IDENTS : R ICHARD ARMITAGE , M ICHAEL BARRON , DAVID BELCHAMBER , ROY DAWSON , CHRIS DAY, CHRIS D IACON , MARK FR ANCIS , PETER GR ANT, JOHN HAMILTON , TONY HE IN , HE ATHER M CKI SSACK , ROGER MATHE WS , PADDY R ALSTON , BRYAN STOKES , TONY STOKES , DAVID TILLES , KELV IN WALTON

CHAIRMAN: ALE X ANDER MALMAEUS

HONOR ARY SECRETARY: PAUL MANSELL

HONOR ARY TRE ASURER : R ICHARD CRIDDLE

ELECTED COMMIT TEE MEMBERS : R ICHARD BATES , CHRI S DAY, JOHN GALLOWAY, R ICHARD HUDSON , MA X K IRBY, M ICKY K ING , GAVIN STEBB ING

CO - OPTED: MAT T JARRET T

REPRESENTATIVES OF ACCREDITED ACTIV IT IES : CR ICKET: THOMAS E AVES , CROSS COUNTRY: JUL IAN SMITH , DUEL DAY: ALE X ANDER MALMAEUS , FENCING: DAVID TILLES , FOOTBALL : M IKE T ILLES , GOLF : GR AHAM COX , HOCKE Y: ROB SCHILL ING , KCS LODGE : SANJEE V GUPTA , NETBALL : N ICOL A EDWARDS , R I FLE CLUB : R ICHARD HUDSON , RUGBY: DARRYL DRUCKMAN , TENNIS : CHRI S D IACON , ROWING: JACK ELK INGTON SAIL ING: JAMES BRYANT

TRUSTEES OF THE OLD K ING’ S CLUBHOUSE : R ICHARD ARMITAGE , TONY HE IN , STEPHEN TESTER

TRUSTEES OF INVESTED FUNDS: RODNE Y OFFER , GUY SL IMMON , MARK SMITH HON AUDITOR : ADRIAN HOUSTOUN

BENE VOLENT FUND MANAGEMENT BOARD: R ICHARD MORRIS (CHAIRMAN AND TRUSTEE ) , R ICHARD ARMITAGE ( TRUSTEE ) , R ICHARD CRIDDLE (CO - OPTED) , ANDRE W HALLS (CO - OPTED) , SYED HAMEED ( TRE ASURER AND TRUSTEE ) , JOHN HAMILTON ( TRUSTEE ) , TONY HE IN ( TRUSTEE ) , CAVAN TAYLOR ( TRUSTEE )

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