Follow Up! 2017

Follow Up! THE HARROW ASSOCIATION MAGAZINE 2017

THE HARROW WANDERERS A spotlight on this heritage Club and its home the Field House Club

SEEN THROUGH GLASS YouTuber Sam Fane on turning a passion into a job

DOWN ON THE FARM Farm Manager and Forester, Tom Perkins, looks back over 30 years

A TRADITION OF PHILANTHROPY John Lyon’s legacy

MEET THE NEW HA PRESIDENT HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal on his time at Harrow

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FROM THE CHAIRMAN

THE EXECUTIVE

Firstly, on behalf of the Harrow Association, I would like to extend our gratitude to Field Marshal the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE DL (Newlands 19523) for his exemplary service as President over the past four years. Also I would like to thank David Blackburn (e Park 19632), my predecessor as Chairman of the Association, who has been on the HA board for over 20 years.

President His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal (The Park 1960³)

I have the pleasure of introducing the 2017 issue of Follow Up!, your Harrow Association members magazine. It is most interesting to hear about all of the inspiring and note-worthy things that fellow OHs have achieved. Reading the following pages, you will be struck by the number of OHs involved in philanthropic initiatives. ere’s a fascinating interview with the new Harrow Association President and staunch campaigner for human rights, HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal (e Park 19603) in the Community section. You can read about a number of OHs working in international development in the Careers and Employability section and this issue’s Heritage feature looks at the legacy of the original Harrow philanthropist and founder, John Lyon. As always there’s news and views throughout from OHs, and information about how to participate in activities promoted and run by the Harrow Association and its members and get involved with the HA’s work. I hope you enjoy this issue as much as I have.

In the coming months you will be invited to join the Harrow Association’s online community – this will allow you to connect with fellow OHs, find out what is going on in the OH community and book events. Much effort has been expended to prepare for the launch and my thanks go to all the Association’s team who work tirelessly in its support.

Chairman Adam Hart (West Acre 19771) Executive Board Heyrick Bond-Gunning (West Acre 19853) James Darley (The Park 19843) The Hon Andrew Butler (The Knoll 19813) James de Broë-Ferguson (The Grove 19813) Colin Mackenzie-Blackman (Bradbys 19943) Will Orr-Ewing (Elmfield 19983)

Manager Perena Shryane ha@harrowschool.org.uk Digital Information Manager Luke Meadows meadowsl@harrowschool.org.uk Information and Research Officer Arusha Pillay pillaya@harrowschool.org.uk Financial Secretary Cece Walker hadtaccountant@harrowschool.org.uk Communications Officer Jessica Bellringer bellringerjr@harrowschool.org.uk

Adam Hart (West Acre 19771) CHAIRMAN

Follow Up! THE HARROW ASSOCIATION MAGAZINE 2017

THE HARROW WANDERERS A spotlight on this heritage Club and its home the Field House Club

SEEN THROUGH GLASS YouTuber Sam Fane on turning a passion into a job

DOWN ON THE FARM Farm Manager and Forester, Tom Perkins, looks back over 30 years

A TRADITION OF PHILANTHROPY John Lyon’s legacy

MEET THE NEW HA PRESIDENT HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal on his time at Harrow

Editors: Jessica Bellringer, Catharine Robinson, Perena Shryane* Design: Andrew Sinclair (Newlands 1971³) Print: AGS Print Advertising: William Landale (e Grove 1978³) Advertising enquiries to landalewjf@harrowschool.org.uk or 020 8872 8522.

Contributors: Adam Hart (West Acre 1977¹), Luke Meadows*, Arusha Pillay*, HRH Prince El Hassan Bin Talal (e Park 1960³), Maximilian Shadbolt*, Colin Liddell (e Head Masters 1961²)*, Dale Vargas (Druries 1952³)*, John Burn (e Grove 1944¹), Malcolm Kimmins (Rendalls 1950²), Patrick Yiu (e Knoll 1979¹), Tim Parker (West Acre 1947¹), Peter Hall (e Head Master’s 1956³), Robert E. Falkner (Rendalls 1962²)*, Fred Woolley (West Acre 1957³)*, Oscar Duke (Newlands 1999³)*, Ian Wallace (Bradbys 2000³)*, Hugo Burnand (Rendalls 1977¹)*, Natasha Laing*, Garth Bearman (Moretons 1960²)*, Johnny Farrar-Bell (Moretons 2004³)*, Damian Cox, Stephen Bois (Moretons 1960²), Will Davies (Rendalls 1999¹)*, Anthony Wilson (Druries 1962¹), e Hon Andrew Butler (e Knoll 1981³)*, Karim Wilkins (e Knoll 1984³)*, Rory Smith (e Park 2002³)*, Sam Fane (e Knoll 2002³)*, Ben Umbers (Moretons 2005³)*, Robin Stafford-Allen (e Head Master’s 1964¹)*, Caroline Shaw, Nigel Saxby-Soffe (Elmfield 1963²), Richard Foster (Elmfield 1966¹)*, Simon Guillebaud (Newlands 1986³)*, Jack Baucher (e Head Master’s 2000³)*, Tom Dannatt (Bradbys 1992³)*, Mark Giffard-Lindsay (e Grove 1982³)*, Nicholas Church (e Park 2002³)*, Tace Fox*, Tom Perkins*, Charles Marsden Smedley (e Park 1972³)*, Peter Hunter*, Julia Walton*, Rachel Marchant* * have supplied images also Due to space constraints, we have not listed the OHs who supplied their own news and images for News in Brief, but we are very grateful to them.

Cover: His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan (e Park 19603)

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Contents FROM THE HARROW ASSOCIATION MANAGER

I hope Harrow Association members of all ages will enjoy this latest issue of Follow Up! is is your magazine and, as such, we try to ensure as much of it as possible is written by OHs for OHs. One thing I have come to know from helping with the previous two issues of this magazine and working for the HA is the absolute wealth of interesting stories and achievements you have to share. It is a constant frustration for us that we simply can’t print them all!

Please continue to stay in touch. Continue to send us your news; do tell us what you would like to see in the magazine and ask how you can get involved.

Turn to pages 30 to 36 for reports from our clubs and societies and their contact details and page 80 for information on upcoming events. Please also look out for more information from us about OH Connect, the new way for OHs to communicate with each other and with the Harrow Association, which is coming shortly.

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Q & A: H RH PRINCE EL H ASSAN BIN TALAL The new Harrow Association President shares his memories of Harrow

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CORRE SPONDE NCE News and views from OH readers

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NE WS IN BRIE F What OHs have told us they’ve been up to

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ENGAGE MENTS, MARRIAGE S, BI RTH S AND DEATHS SOCIE TY SPOTLIG HT: HARROW WA NDERERS A walk through the history of this heritage cricket club

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LISTINGS: BOOKS OH Dr Oscar Duke shares his current favourite reads

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R & R: SOMETHING FOR THE WE E KE ND OH Ian Wallace recommends his favourite places to visit by car

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BIG P ICTURE: HUGE BU RN AND A look at this OH’s prestigious career

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E VENT REP ORTS Some highlights from the past year

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C A R E E R S A N D E M P L O YA B I L I T Y 38

PROFIL E: SA M FANE

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YouTuber and car enthusiast

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S ECTO R SPOT LIGHT: O Hs IN IN TER NATIONAL DEVELOPM ENT

OHs who died 100 years ago in the First World War

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A look at a small selection of OHs involved in charitable endeavours overseas

HARROW LIVES: THE FARM M ANAGER AND FORE STE R From dairy farming to woodland conservation

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ROL L OF HONOU R: 1916-1917

CA REERS CON VENTION 2017

FORTY YEARS ON: THE HARROVI AN IN 1977 Harrow celebrates or fails to celebrate HM The Queen’s Silver Jubilee

How you can help in 2018

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UNIVERS ITY D ESTINATI ONS I N 2016

THE FIELD H OUSE CLUB A treasure trove of cricket memorabilia

Where last year’s leavers went on to study

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JOHN LYON ’S LEGACY From 1572 to today

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SE CRET HARROW: PL AQU ES AN D M EMORIAL S If Harrow’s walls could talk

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THE OL D SPE ECH ROOM GALLE RY Exquisite gifts from OHs

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L EAVERS IN 2017 Welcome to the new OHs

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UPCOMING EVE NTS Join the HA at a future gathering

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Coming from a family comprising of so many Harrovians, could you tell us what being an Old Harrovian means to you? As you have mentioned, many of my family have attended Harrow. e tradition was started by the Iraqi branch of the Hashemite family; my father King Talal’s cousin, King Ghazi of Iraq, was at Harrow in the 1920s. He was followed by his son, King Feisal II, in 1949. I believe he was at Moretons, as was his father before him. King Feisal was joined in 1951 by my late brother, King Hussein, who was my guiding light and preceded me at e Park. e next generation was represented by my brother Prince Mohammed’s sons, Princes Talal and Ghazi. ey were followed after a few years by my son Prince Rashid, who was then joined by his cousin, Prince Hamzah bin Hussein, all Parkites. e Park has become somewhat of a Jordanian family affair.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE EL HASSAN BIN TALAL PRESIDENT, HARROW ASSOCIATION

Q&A The Harrow Association was delighted to welcome His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan (The Park 19603) as President earlier this year. We took the opportunity to ask him some questions about his time at Harrow and what Harrow means to him.

Could you share your fondest memory of Harrow? During my time at Harrow, there were no emails and very few telephones, so the main contact was through letter writing.

I remember my brother, King Hussein, saying to me once “When you write me a letter, your handwriting is illegible! Bring it with you next time you see me!” I am afraid nothing has changed and my writing remains illegible!

I suppose my fondest memories were those when my mother, Queen Zein, and my siblings would come and visit me and take me out to enjoy a knickerbocker glory on the Hill.

On the more serious side, next year will be the 100th anniversary of the Versailles Conference at which the fate of my region was a central theme. I would say my fondest academic memory of Harrow was to have won the Clementi Collard Imperial History Prize, whereby I gave a regional view of this imperial concert of nations and the lines that they drew in our world. I may not have followed the accepted wisdom on the subject at the time (then or now) but my examiner, Herbert “Bush” Harris, recommended that I be awarded the Prize. What impressed me was that despite the fact, as I have said, my arguments flew in the face of convention, Mr Harris and the School were fair enough to reward the quality of my work and arguments and the presentation of another point of view.

Among my fondest memories was hearing from Mr Harris that, although he may not have agreed with my conclusions, he admired my industry. For me, this embodied the essence of maturity and fairness. Mr Harris was a former Senior Master and historian.

He was called “Bush” by all and sundry because of his remarkable beard. He became a good friend to my brother and me. Living

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I recall Edward Heath, a new figure to all of us then, addressing us at the Harrow Alex Fitch Room on the mysteries of joining the EEC, also known as the Common Market. virtually next door to e Park, one was assured of a good tea and a good, and often highly informative, chinwag when visiting.

I have always maintained that the ird World is my First World and I have valued the interaction, to which the Harrow geographers bear witness. ey first came on a Geography field trip to Jordan led by the indomitable Tony Escritt.

My son, Prince Rashid, during his time at Harrow, took an active part in Mr Escritt’s projects and thoroughly enjoyed the desert experiences Mr Escritt subjected him to.

I think the trips continue to this day.

Do you have a favourite Harrow Song?

Harrow Songs do not monopolise the truth. e words of the Harrow Song; “the world outside is wondrous wide, but here the world is narrow” are balanced in a sense by the words “life in front of me, home behind”. Harrow tried to prepare those of us who are obliged to go out into that wider world and serve causes greater than ourselves, to make full use of every club, association and activity, and we were constantly being exposed to speakers who introduced us to new thoughts and new ideas. I recall Edward Heath, a new figure to all of us then, addressing us in the Harrow Alex Fitch Room on the mysteries of joining the EEC, also known as the Common Market. Churchill Songs earned their place in history, so it was not a length of a song that I cherish, but those glimpses of notes

like the catch of a song that do return again and again – to haunt and delight me.

Did you have a favourite place to spend time while at Harrow? My afternoons with Bush Harris were an important part of my Harrow existence, but also the Library. I enjoyed rugby and fencing but hated cross-country running. My memory of these was enjoying a quiet stroll and good discussion with Jamshed Vakil as we both meandered over the countryside!

You boarded at e Park. A Leadership Award scheme for Parkites was set up, in your nephew HRH Prince Hamzah bin Hussein’s name, funded by your brother, King Hussein. Can you tell us what part Harrow played in forming your leadership skills? e Leadership Award is a thank you to the School from my family for instilling Harrovian values.

Harrow has seen many great men pass through its doors; men who have shaped the course of world history, for better or for worse, and all of them have called the great school of Harrow home, just as we did. I

think that the sheer weight of history encapsulated in my old alma mater is what has guided my actions and thoughts, and as, you put it, played a part in forming my leadership skills. ere are many distinguished Parkites.

Were any an inspiration to you while you were at Harrow and do you have a particular pride in any of those that have followed you? I do not wish to appear to be favouring Parkites over others at Harrow. Harrow has produced many distinguished figures, not least of all the late Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, Stanley Baldwin and Winston Churchill, not to mention the 20 Old Harrovians who have held the Victoria Cross. However, I consider myself to be a Harrovian Parkite.

What else would you like to say to current and Old Harrovians? Treasure the friendships you make at Harrow. Take the rough with the smooth, and always try to give of your best. I look forward to seeing you all at the Harrow Songs!

Members of the Hashemite family who have been mentioned above: HM King Ghazi of Iraq (Home Boarder 1928³), HM King Faisal of Iraq (Moretons 1949²), HM King Hussein (e Park 1951³), HRH Prince El Hassan Bin Talal (e Park 1960³), HRH Prince Talal Mohammed (e Park 1978³), HRH Prince Ghazi Mohammed (e Park 1979³), HRH Prince Rashid El Hassan (e Park 1992³), HRH Prince Hamzah Al Hussein (e Park 1993³).

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Correspondence he was an observant little boy and his description of being shown how to dissect a grouse by the Australian Prime Minister, Robert Menzies, of visits to Clement Attlee’s Chequers and the Duke of Marlborough’s Blenheim, but most of all of his hosts, make for fascinating reading. I found it difficult to believe that an eight–year-old boy could be quite so perceptive but one must allow such licence in the crafting of a lovely tale.

watch the buzz bombs being flipped by the Spitfires. I also saw one flipped by a US P-38 Split-tail fighter.

MAP Mitchell (e Grove 19422) was Head of House and did duty “fire watching” from Speecher on cold winter nights. e first aid kit on the roof had brandy – and it was always replaced.

Yours sincerely, John Burn (e Grove 1944¹)

Yours etc., Dale Vargas (Druries 19523) DEAR PERENA, DEAR SIRS,

DEAR SIRS,

Young Winston & Me by Jonathan Dudley Your readers may be interested in a charming little book to be published by Skyscraper Publications on 8 June 2017. It is by Jonny Dudley (e Head Master’s 19543) and describes a period of his childhood in London and Hampshire, following the tragic death of his father, killed in action in the last year of the war. e story highlights two holidays he spent at Chartwell as a guest of Sir Winston and Lady Churchill, invited as a fellow pupil of their grandson, Winston, at their pre-prep, Gibbs. I use the term ‘fellow pupil’ rather than ‘friend’ because the two boys do not seem to have liked each other much. e arrangement clearly suited both families, Jonny’s as his mother had recently remarried and Winston’s as his parents had recently divorced. Both children tended to be parked with their grandparents and, as all parents and grandparents know, the task of “looking after” is considerably eased by the presence of another child of the same age. Sometimes the convenience of the parents is allowed to override the suitability of the pairing.

In Jonny’s case, the fact that he had little in common with young Winston was more than made up for by the fame of his hosts.

When we are very young we are rarely overawed by celebrities – usually because we don’t really know who they are. However,

Some recollections of WWII… As you know, Churchill would often come to Speecher for Songs. In his speech in late 1945, he remarked he had always wanted to play the kettledrum. Having never been allowed that opportunity, he decided that, if he couldn’t play the kettledrum, he wanted to be the conductor. In his words, he parlayed that desire into being the conductor of a vast and mighty band with music heard in the very corners of the earth!

At the close of Churchill’s speech, the School rushed out to the High Street. I was a House monitor of e Grove, so we were the last to leave. As I passed by, there was Churchill in the orchestra pit, banging away on the kettledrum with a large smile on his face.

During air raids, there were two stampedes on the stairs of e Grove. One for the shelters and the other to the roof to

Following Peter Walker’s (e Park 19621) tragic death in January, Pierce Brunt (e Head Master’s 19621), Tony Haslam (Druries 19621), Chris Nichols (e Park 19621) and myself [from left to right in photo below] wanted to create a tangible memorial to our dear friend. As he had been heavily involved in the re-formation of e Chalke Valley Cricket Club, of which he was Chairman, on their new ground in Bowerchalke (so generously given by the late Caroline Rawle, sister of Roger Ellis, e Head Master’s Housemaster) we decided to site the Bench there. So on 10 August, at a brief unveiling by Peter’s widow, Annie, we all drank to his treasured memory with Harrow Champagne. I attach some photos in which I thought you might be interested.

I do hope this finds you well.

With my very best wishes Colin Liddell (e Head Masters 19612)

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Submit your correspondence for future issues (and a chance to win a bottle of Harrow Champagne) to editor@harrowschool.org.uk.

Correspondence may be edited.

DEAR SIRS,

DEAR EDITOR,

My father Brian Kimmins was at Harrow (e Head Master’s) from 1913 to 1916, his time there cut short by his call up to serve through the final years of World War One. So many of his generation, including 644 Harrovians, were killed in those horrific four years, leaving an indelible scar.

He dedicated his life to the army for 40 years and his children, along with many others, asked the oft-quoted question ‘What did you do in the War Daddy?’. We persuaded him on his retirement to write his memoirs. e recently published book At Your Service is available for your readers and the wider Harrow community as detailed below.

It is now some 70 years on since I first arrived at Harrow.

I was an indifferent scholar but have enjoyed my years since retirement writing and have just published my third book, e Last Voyage of the Shelduck. It’s a novel and doing rather well.

Rather to my surprise, during the writing of the book I found myself thinking about e Reverend David Christie-Murray, my English teacher at Harrow. He was an extraordinary man, a boxer, a long-distance runner and something of an artist. On reflection, he taught me more than I appreciated and I remember him with affection. Does the School have Beaks like the Reverend Christie-Murray nowadays?

Yours sincerely, Malcolm Kimmins (Rendalls 19502)

Yours sincerely, Tim Parker (West Acre 1947¹)

(Should you wish to find out how you can purchase Brian Kimmins’ book, please contact the Harrow Association office on 020 8872 8200. – Ed.)

DEAR PERENA AND ALL IN THE HARROW ASSOCIATION OFFICE,

DEAR EDITOR,

We really enjoyed last night’s Songs, the School tour with Dale Vargas, the reception and the buffet supper afterwards.

My cherished education at Harrow has nurtured me in science and medicine. It is now over ten years since I was appointed as a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at the Heart and Lung Centre of New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton. e centre was a brand new unit when I started my post.

With great team work, it now ranks as one of the top heart centres in the UK, with lowest operative mortality. is year I have been rewarded by the Trust with a Royal Award for outstanding achievement, and have also been elected as the lead cardiothoracic surgeon.

Within the home, it is my pleasure to share with Old Harrovians the birth of my son, Nathan irachot Pongmontree (Yiu), on 28 November 2015. He is an energetic toddler who is unstoppable at exploring everything around him. I take this opportunity to give my best wishes to all my past friends and teachers at Harrow School.

Patrick Yiu (e Knoll 1979¹)

It was a magnificent occasion, bringing back fond memories, the opportunity to renew old friendships, and to see some of the new buildings and facilities, all of which Harrow can be proud.

I would like to thank you and all your colleagues and others involved in putting on a memorable evening, and one which Harrow does best.

Peter Hall (e Head Master’s 1956³)

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I thought the attached photograph of Sir Winston Churchill’s funeral might be of interest. We were ‘keeping the ground’ at New Palace Yard, Westminster and were the last folk to see Sir Winston lying in state. e Harrow Naval contingent are on the left of the photo, the ones with the caps on, above the coffin and bearers. I am the lad to the right of the chap below the lamppost, with what looks like bubble cheeks. e Harrow Army contingent continue on the line with berets on...It was very cold!

Robert E. Falkner (Rendalls 1962²)

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News in Brief 1940s Major WLS Lane (The Knoll 19452) was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Institute of Fundraising in November 2015.

Lord Millett (Newlands 19463) was awarded the Gold Bahaunia Medal in 2015 for services to Hong Kong, and has (at the age of 84) just retired from the High Court.

1950s MBJ Kimmins CVO DL (Rendalls 19502) wrote an autobiography on his father, Lt-General Sir Brian Kimmins (The Head Master's 19133) entitled At Your Service.

HJ Sims-Hilditch (The Head Master’s 19513) has had 20 years creating, designing and manufacturing medical aids for daily living.

These are made in China where he travels regularly.

MJE Taylor CBE TD DL (Druries 19513) will be retiring in October 2017 as Chairman of Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, following 22 years with Shell and 25 years chairing various third and public sector bodies, as well as over 60 years in a range of military-related roles. In retirement, he will be concentrating on his small hospitality business in Cumbria. www.whitrigghouse.co.uk.

ML Gordon OBE (Druries 19522) marked in May 2016 the 20th anniversary of his English foundation, Barry & Martin’s Trust, which works all over China in the field of Aids education, treatment and care.

Martin has received numerous awards for his work in this field; in November 2009 the first award from the Minister of Public Health of China for outstanding service to China in the field of HIV/Aids; in March 2011 the Great Wall Friendship Award from the Mayor of Beijing; and in September 2011 he received the National Friendship Award from the Deputy Premier of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

PdeF Hicks Jr (Druries 19543) has recently published a book John E. Parsons: an Eminent New Yorker in the Gilded Age, a biography of the leading attorney, philanthropist and reformer who was prominent in an era often compared to the present.

The Hon Gerald Maitland-Carew DL (The Grove 19552) was awarded a CVO in HM The Queen’s Birthday Honours 2016.

JR Horlin (Newlands 19562) was elected President of the Sydney Welsh Choir in January 2016.

TB Hargreave MS FRCS(Ed) FRCP(Ed) FEB(Urol) (Moretons 19573) Last time Tim contributed to Follow Up! he was at Nairobi Airport returning from an assessment of public health male circumcision. When a man is circumcised his chance of catching HIV is reduced by 70%.

Now more than 12 million adult men in East and Southern Africa have been circumcised

and this will prevent a third of a million HIV infections and associated drug costs. In March, he visited the Papua province of Indonesia for the World Health Organisation to help assess whether a similar male circumcision programme is needed there.

1960s GR Bearman (Moretons 19602) is the founder partner of Capital BC Partners, a boutique consultancy company specialising in the financial services sector.

PT Streeter (The Head Master’s 19602) wrote Cause Célèbre – a biography of Bevil John Rudd, published through The Matching Press.

DMC Walker MD FRCPC (Newlands 19611) concluded 11 years as Dean of Medicine at Queen’s University in 2010 and continues to be involved with teaching and health policy work. He is currently Stauffer-Dunning Chair and Executive Director of the School of Policy Studies and a Professor (Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine and Policy Studies) at Queen’s University.

Sir Peter Openshaw DL (The Grove 19613), having served as Recorder of Preston for seven years, has been sitting as a High Court Judge since 2005. Now approaching compulsory retirement at the age of 70, he is looking for further career opportunities before retiring to rural Lancashire.

I Coomaraswamy (West Acre 19633) was appointed as Governor of Central Bank by Sri Lanka’s President, Maithripala Sirisena, in July 2016.

RKJ Bruce (The Park 19643) and RPN Bruce (The Park 19643) The Bruce twins Patrick and Kenneth successfully completed 40 years in the construction industry, retiring this year as Group Commercial Directors of Costain Plc and Balfour Beatty Plc. Having travelled extensively for work, they are now adding to the 70 countries already visited but on a more leisurely basis with their last nine. So far this year they have visited New Zealand in a camper van with their wives, and Chile and Argentina in a 4x4, ‘boys on tour’ travelling 4,000 miles with trips on the Trans-Siberian Express, a safari in South Africa, and an exploration to Eastern Europe. There are many more trips to come, as well as chilling out in Kenneth’s place in Ibiza with wine tasting and painting.

PVFS Manduca (Rendalls 19653) has been Chairman of Prudential since 2012 and Chairman of TheCityUK Advisory Council since 2015. In November 2016, Paul, as Chairman of TheCityUK Advisory Council made a speech at Mansion House on the topic of Brexit.

SS Brown QC (West Acre 19662) retired as a senior circuit judge in May 2016.

MJ Farr (Elmfield 19663) who curated a Tintin exhibition at Somerset House in 2015/16 which broke attendance records, was behind the

first-ever colour edition of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets in English, which came out in January 2017. He continues his complete translation of The Adventures of Tintin for the new digital edition published jointly by Hergé Studios and Apple.

PT Harrison (Newlands 19672) has published The Medical Officer’s Diary RAF Lüneburg 1947. Exactly 70 years since it was written, this edition comprises his father’s diary and several hundred photographs only recently discovered in the family’s attic.

DR Levinson (Bradbys 19673) has, this past Christmas and New Year, with his wife Ena, successfully completed walking the Tasmanian Trail, a 483km trek from Devonport in Tasmania’s far north to Dover in the far south. The trek took them 23 days, from the tablelands and farmlands of the north, across the Highlands of the Central Plateau, down into the Derwent Valley and finally through the forests to the wilderness of southwest Tasmania and Dover. In 2020, they plan to walk the Camino Trail from France to Spain.

SD Boddy (The Grove 19682) has just moved back to Riga, Latvia, having spent two years in Hong Kong working for Harrow International Management Services.

ML Burch (The Park 19692) has recently become Chair of Arts Educational Schools London (a leading performing arts training institution), Chair of Stage One (the UK theatre producers charity which invests in West End theatre and supports the training of new commercial producers) and a Trustee of Charleston (Bloomsbury in Sussex). He continues to work in investment management.

1970s PDM Greig (The Park 19703) Pipers Farm was started in Devon by Peter and his wife Henri in 1989. In 2012, they were joined in the business by their younger son, Will. They produce multi-award-winning meat of the highest quality which is supplied next day, nationwide via online retail, as well as supplying discerning chefs. Pipers Farm Loin of purely grass-fed lamb was served recently at a Governors’ dinner at the School. www.pipersfarm.com Dr MP Seed (Elmfield 19712) was awarded his Professorial Chair in Pharmacology, at the University of East London, in August 2015.

He gave his inaugaral public professorial lecture on A Lifetime in Modelling: Translating Medicines (or not) in April 2016.

CDJ Seligman (Rendalls 19721) a professional pianist, has created his agency to provide the private individual with the thrill of a live performance in their own home and on their own piano. This performance will be given by a classical or a jazz artist of the highest calibre, so that special occasions can be celebrated with an exciting and satisfying musical experience. www.privatepianoperformances.co.uk

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Clockwise from top left: RKJ and RPN Bruce; PDM Greig’s Pipers Farm; CDJ Seligman; DR Levinson; inset, books by PT Harrison and Lt Col CN Black MBE

JD Campbell OBE (The Knoll 19723) left State Street Corporation in 2016 after 16 years and has joined Aberdeen Asset Management.

Already a governor of Sedbergh School, he has also become Chairman of their Investment Committee. His son, James, followed him and his father into The Knoll in September 2016.

CAM Florman (Newlands 19723) was appointed Chairman of LPEQ, an international platform of listed private equity companies, in September 2016.

CT Andrew (Rendalls 19731) is self-publishing a coffee-table photographic book about the 17th century windmill in Brill, his local village.

The book will be launched during the August Brill Festival.

Lt Col CN Black MBE (Rendalls 19732) is publishing his latest book, the new Colonel

Daniel Jacot espionage thriller, The Paris Trap, with Gibson Square in June. The third in the series, The Venice Archive, will be ready for publication in 2018.

Sovereign Order of Malta to Brigadier Granger, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. He will be partly resident and happy to see any OHs visiting this Green Forest Nation.

ADW Fothergill (Moretons 19732) Creator of hugely popular BBC productions, Planet Earth, Blue Planet and The Hunt, Alastair visited Harrow with his good friend and colleague, Sir David Attenborough, for an evening event held in Speech Room in aid of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. The pair discussed their adventures together over the past 30 years and shared their favourite moments to a full Speech Room of local conservation enthusiasts. All money raised from ticket sales went to the Durrell Trust.

Dr GRJ Fowler (Moretons 19743) is pleased that his sustainable buildings company, Advanced Housing Systems Ltd, won the Jersey Construction Council Sustainability Award for Dunes.

Vicomte Roland de Rosière KM (The Grove 19733) on 14 December 2016, presented his letters of credence as Ambassador of the

DK Chambers QC (West Acre 19762) is a QC practising international commercial law and arbitration at Maitland Chambers in London.

He was instructed as Lead Counsel for one of the two claimants in the Article 50/Brexit litigation – Miller & Santos v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. He won the case in the Divisional Court in November 2016, and then won the Government’s appeal in the Supreme Court in January 2017. This case, which

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ARE Ash (The Knoll 19752) set a record by visiting every Caravaggio painting in the world, 65 paintings in total, in under three weeks across 54 locations in 28 cities, for charity. Helped by The Royal Academy of Arts, he managed to see four restorations and also gain access to private collections. He has since been presenting lectures of his adventures and his knowledge of Caravaggio to various associations and schools.

attracted wide publicity and media coverage, has been described as the most important legal case in living memory. The result was to compel the Government to introduce legislation into Parliament to authorise the Prime Minister to trigger Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, thereby commencing the process of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU consequent upon the EU Referendum result in June 2016.

RCR Wynne-James (Druries 19762) starred in the film Mothers (2016), as Fr Emmanuel which is out in the UK in 2017. He is also featured in Riviera and is starring in a web series, which will be launched this spring, called Ink. In summer 2017, Rupert will be going to Finland to act in an international feature film.

LL-M Chu (The Knoll 19763) was appointed as a Consultant of Messrs Haldanes Solicitors in Hong Kong from 7 April 2017.

RTG Winter CBE (Moretons 19763) was made CBE in the New Year’s Honours List for voluntary services to International Development for Save the Children and Merlin.

D Anderson (The Park 19781) is a senior partner of Sykes Anderson Perry, a law firm in the City of London. He specialises in cross border tax planning for high net wealth individuals involving France, Monaco and Switzerland.

Much of his work involves property both in England and France.

HC Bucknall (West Acre 19791) On 11 March 2017, travel writer Harry Bucknall (West Acre 1979¹) set out from Iona for Liverpool and Belfast via Sunderland on the first of four 400-mile walks across the British Isles for his new book, A Road for All Seasons, to be published by Little Brown in spring 2019. He suspects, however, that, despite advances in technology, his questionable navigational skills will ensure a far longer distance travelled by the time he completes his journey in Dover at the end of the year.

RJ Fairer-Smith (Newlands 19793) has recently released his first monograph Alexander McQueen – Unseen, showing 16 years of Robert’s imagery shot behind the scenes at McQueen’s fashion shows for American Vogue.

John Galliano – Unseen is due for release in September 2017.

1980s Brigadier SJ Cartwright OBE (West Acre 19813) has been promoted to Brigadier and will command the British Military Mission to the Saudi Arabian National Guard from 17 September 2017.

CR Larizadeh QC (The Knoll 19813) has been appointed Chair of the National Children subcommittee of the Family Law Bar Association.

He is responsible for coordinating and managing, on behalf of all family law barristers nationally, responses to any proposed reforms and dealing with any practical issues arising in the field of children law. He has also recently been appointed by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple as advocacy trainer for Bar students and junior barristers and has been recommended by the latest Legal 500 directory as a leading barrister in the field of children law.

MD Gibbens (West Acre 19821) has won the Businessman of the Year Award at the 2016 Blackmore Vale Business Awards.

CD Pycraft (Elmfield 19823) has decided, after working for over ten years in the media, on a career change and returned to study horticulture at Capel Manor College in September 2016.

HN de la P Beresford-Peirse (Elmfield 19831) is the CEO of PayDesk Ltd. A de Botton (The Knoll 19831) published a new novel entitled The Course of Love in April 2016.

Above, clockwise from top left: ARE Ash; Dr GRJ Fowler; Felicity Benjamin; Perena Shryane with JH Blount; Rev FIL Orr-Ewing

SD Dakin (Newlands 19843) was awarded an award for faculty innovation and service, after ten years’ teaching digital marketing at George Mason University in Virginia.

SJ Hunt (The Knoll 19843) was appointed Chief Executive of William Grant and Sons Ltd in 2016, the fifth generation, family-owned distiller of some of the world’s most loved spirits brands including Glenfiddich Single Malt and Hendrick’s Gin. JJ Keith (The Park 19843) has set up a production company in Berlin specialising in advertising and online content. www.foxdevilfilms.com KM Wilkins (The Knoll 19843) has just started a new consumer cashback venture. www.GetPaidTo.com BJW Samuelson (Newlands 19852) was the first person ever to drive from one coast of the United Kingdom to the other without touching any public roads when his firm, Samuelson Wylie Associates, was commissioned to organise an expedition for Mercedes-Benz. He has also crashed a Porsche 911 Turbo north of the Arctic Circle on behalf of Porsche, has converted a smart car into a certified railway locomotive and used Sir Henry Birkin’s Blower Bentley to bring the Eurotunnel to a halt.

CR Bain (The Park 19853) is Chief Operating Officer at Digitalis Reputation, a Mayfair-based, online reputation management firm which offers digital crisis communications and social media privacy advice to corporations, board members and large family-run businesses. Before that, he was Deputy Chief Executive at risk management

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HL Ward (The Grove 19843) A new portrait of HM The Queen was unveiled by Her Majesty in a ceremony at Windsor Castle to celebrate six decades’ patronage of the British Red Cross on 14 October 2016. It was painted by Henry following a sitting at the royal residence last year. This is the first time HM The Queen has been depicted in a portrait as the patron of the charity, which supports people in crisis in the UK and overseas.

firm G3, which specialised in cyber security and online risk.

councillor. He runs Harps Farm for his family at Bedlars Green.

JS Foster (Bradbys 19853) is the Senior Vice President at Troca Hotels, a New Englandbased boutique hotel company.

HJE Virgin (Elmfield 19863) has completed his first novel, Exit Rostov, set in the South of Russia, where he was a teacher in the late 1990s.

He is currently seeking an agent and a publisher.

Before his novel, he completed two collections of poetry, The Glass Aubergine and Anthelion, as well as a Chinese travel journal, Teaching in Tangxia.

TW Pike (West Acre 19853) is working as a freelance environmental, fly-fishing and marketing writer. He has served as Chair of Trustees of the Wandle Trust (now the wider South East Rivers Trust) since 2008. His first book Trout in Dirty Places (2012) documented the birth of the urban river restoration and fly-fishing movements, and his Pocket Guide to Balsam Bashing (2014) empowers local communities to tackle invasive non-species. He has also contributed to Chalkstream Fly Fishing (2012) and The Fly Fisher (2017). He is a member of the Flyfishers’ Club and editor of the Flyfishers’ Journal.

AHM Wade (The Head Master’s 19853) recently set up Sharow Capital, a property investment management business based in London. After several years as Managing Director of King Sturge in Prague and as an Executive Vice President of JLL in London, Angus has set up his own business with former prep school friend Guy Speir to focus on opportunities in Central Europe and the UK. The team have recently acquired their first three buildings in Poland, totalling €50 million, and manage an additional 150,000 sqm of assets.

AM Hirshfeld (Druries 19863) was appointed the Executive Director of the National Hockey League (NHL) Coaches’ Association in September 2016. The Association represents all coaches currently working in the NHL. TAH Streeter (The Head Master’s 19863) is the new chairman of the CLA (Country Land and Business Association) in Essex, an organisation for owners of land, property and businesses.

Thomas is a graduate of the Royal Agricultural College and a Great Hallingbury parish

JH Blount (Elmfield 19873) performed at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Invictus Games which took place in USA, and at HM The Queen’s 90th birthday celebrations at Windsor Castle.

He also released his latest album, The Afterlove, in March 2017. He recently donated two of his music awards plus a couple of music-related items to the Music Schools, Elmfield and the Harrow Assocation office.

The Revd FIL Orr-Ewing (Elmfield 19883) and his wife, Amy, were invited to Downing Street as guests of the Prime Minister to celebrate Shrove Tuesday in March 2017.

PJ Pacifico (Rendalls 19883) was appointed CEO of AIM, the Association of Independent Music, which represents independent music companies and self-releasing artists in the UK, in November 2016.

TJ Jefferis (The Park 19893) was awarded his doctorate in the summer of 2016 from Birmingham University. His thesis explored the use of Twitter by senior leaders in schools. From August this year, Tim will be returning to the Harrow family, having been appointed as Second Master at Harrow Bangkok. Tim, Jo and the family are looking forward to this exciting new venture and the opportunity it presents to take the best of what Harrow offers overseas.

PJ Lintott (The Grove 19873) after 20 years in the London property market, last year established Lintott & Company, a specialist property consultancy acting for vendors and purchasers. www.lintottandco.com

SJ Uttley (Moretons 19893) co-wrote a film called Alleycats, which opened the 2016 East End Film Festival.

CE Gray (The Park 19883) is a Partner of Buzzacott LLP, a top 25 UK firm of chartered accountants head quartered in London. Carlo has moved to Hong Kong to establish and head up Buzzacott’s first international office. He has two boys, aged nine and five, who attend Harrow School International Hong Kong where Mr Mel Mrowiec is Head Master and who taught Carlo Geography at Harrow in 1988.

DAJ Cameron of Lochiel MP (Elmfield 19903) was elected a Member of the Scottish Parliament in May 2016, representing the Highlands and Islands region for the Scottish Conservatives.

MCP Hammond (Bradbys 19883) is Chief Financial Officer of Mail.ru, Europe’s largest internet-quoted company.

CT Hussey (The Head Master’s 19883) is the Head of Compliance at Wellesley & Co, a peer-to-peer lending platform for UK residential property developers.

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BTC Cumberbatch CBE (The Park 19903) stars as Richard III in the new BBC Two series The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses. The films are part of an adaptation of Shakespeare’s second historical tetralogy. He also starred in Zoolander 2 and continues to play the BBC’s most popular TV character Sherlock.

WFE Foster MRICS (The Park 19903) started a red deer farm as a new business venture in July 2016. He hopes Stanley the stag has done his business so that he has some calves to sell or keep in May.

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Clockwise from top left: BA Uttley; TJ Jefferies; PJ Pacifico; WFE Foster’s red deer farm; AMK-T Li (right); OJH Gooch

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OJH Gooch (Newlands 19913) has spent the past year as a guest conductor in the UK and further afield. He conducted a Haydn opera for the Royal Opera House on tour, made his debuts with the Tasmanian Symphony and Queensland Symphony and is a regular guest conductor with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

MTR Rowbotham (Druries 19913) is living in London and is an author of children’s books with sound for the iPad – ekkobooks.com GR Schaad-Jackson MEng (The Park 19913), following three years of working as a management consultant for Deloitte, joined the Gordon Ramsay group at the Savoy Grill and trained there for three years as a chef.

In 2007, he joined Sissi Fabulous Food, his London-based family boutique catering company, where they have been catering for heads of state, ambassadors and private clients for over ten years. Since 2013, he has been the resident chef on the Swiss TV show Al Dente.

BA Uttley (Moretons 19913) will be embarking on his third British and Irish Lions tour this summer as a filmmaker. Stamp Productions are the official filmmakers for the Lions tour of New Zealand. Stamp chairman, Roger Uttley OBE, is a former Beak at Harrow, legend of the Lions undefeated tour of South Africa in 1974, and coach of the successful tour of Australia 1989.

Stamp is a leading specialist in sports content.

It has recently completed an Olympic campaign for Bridgestone, filming with 16 Olympians across Europe including Daley Thompson and Olympic Champion Chris Mears.

AMK-T Li (The Park 19923) His fund, Convergence Ventures, was recently featured in Forbes Magazine February 2017 as one of leading local venture funds in Indonesia. Convergence Ventures is an early-stage technology venture fund focused on investing in Indonesia’s digital disruptors.

CEP Lyon (The Knoll 19923) is currently performing the role of Eduardo in the world premiere of The Exterminating Angel at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, as well as major roles in Australia, Germany and Denmark.

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AN Arani (Bradbys 1993 ), having completed his Master’s Certificate in Hospitality Revenue Management at Cornell University, was promoted to Vice-President in the family’s travel company, HAT Tours LLC, and would also like to extend a hand to any OH looking to establish businesses in/with Rajasthan, India. www.hattours.com JM Forbes (Bradbys 19933) is currently doing a fellowship in Anaesthestics at the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital in Brisbane.

He and his wife, who already have one child, are expecting another.

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CPV Alban-Moore (Rendalls 1994 ) has recently moved to Qatar with his wife and three children for a new job as Principal at Qatar National Bank.

NMN Chandiramani (Newlands 19953) His highly successful travel and hospitality business in Dubai (www.experttravel.ae) was recently awarded Best Corporate Travel Company by Acquisition International Magazine. He will embark on his MBA at Cambridge University in September 2017.

HC Conway (The Park 19953) appeared in an episode of How To Be a Socialite on All4 in which Henry ‘Queen Sloan’ teaches presenter Fletcher Cowan party etiquette tips.

TG Dunbar (The Park 19953) and Seb Cooley won the 2016 Eton Fives Kinnaird Cup for a sixth successive time. This is a record-breaking

AJD Murray (Rendalls 19903) has fired up UK operations for his US business that makes Foxy’s Thoughtful Ice Cream. In around 400 stores in the US and growing, Foxy’s Thoughtful Ice Cream launched a trial in selected Waitrose stores in March 2017, and more stores over the 2017 summer period.

Foxy’s Thoughtful Ice Cream is a super-premium ice cream with added probiotics and prebiotics, making it the first and only synbiotic ice cream. It’s not designed to be healthy (it is ice cream, after all), just a little healthier and with some thought put into the origin of ingredients such as organic fairtrade vanilla and marshmallows sourced from a small manufacturer in Somerset.

Three flavours launching in Waitrose are Rocky Road Less Travelled, California Pistachio and Rather Special Vanilla.

win for Tom, who is now the most successful player in the history of the Kinnaird Cup. CA Allman-Brown (Druries 19963), a Military Speaker, led the sermon at the Remembrance Day service in the Harrow School Chapel in November 2016.

RE Jacobs (West Acre 19963) has recently obtained post-graduate qualifications in art history and art law, winning the Anglo/ Netherlands Society Prize for Dutch Studies.

MS Narula (The Park 19963) has recently opened the Exhibitionist Hotel in South Kensington.

S Datta (Bradbys 19973) The Bagri Foundation & Soumik Datta Arts presented Tuning 2 You: Lost Musicians of India on Channel 4 in April 2017. This six-part film series was directed by Soumik and Souvid Datta (Bradbys 20043).

OJM Tomalin (The Grove 19973) founded Love Brand & Co., which opened its flagship store in Notting Hill in prestigious Westbourne Grove.

JG Blackwell (The Grove 20033) also joins the team behind this luxury men’s swimwear brand committed to helping save endangered elephants.

JHJ Wynn-Williams (Newlands 19973) is now the Press Officer at Prudential Plc. 3

NE Defty (Moretons 1998 ) is in his fourth year as Chairman of Cricket at the Hurlingham Club.

OC Hicks (The Grove 19983) and friend George Bullard completed a 1,200-mile kayaking expedition from Greenland to Scotland in September 2016. They are the first modern-day explorers to complete this journey. Hicks and Bullard arrived at Balnakeil Bay in the north of Scotland after over two months of negotiating Arctic sea ice and freezing temperatures.

JJF Cooke (The Grove 19993) released a nonfiction book entitled The Tree Climber’s Guide in April 2016.

Dr OL Duke (Newlands 19993) NHS doctor Oscar (24 Hours in A&E) presented a documentary,

Born Too White, for the BBC. Oscar, who himself has albinism, embarked on a personal journey to discover what life is like for people who share his condition in Tanzania.

Lord Sam Gordon (Moretons 19993) is working as a literary translator from French and his latest translation, Sophie Hénaff’s The Awkward Squad, will be released in 2017. This follows his previous translation of Karim Miské’s Arab Jazz which was released in 2015.

DFE Paske (West Acre 19993) had his artwork featured at the Autumn Paintings and Furniture Fair in November 2016. In February, Freddy teamed up with an ex-military photographer and award-winning documentary film maker to work alongside wildlife rangers in the Zambian bush.

On 29 June Lt Gen. Sir Graeme Lamb KBE CMG DSO, former director UK Special Forces and Commander British Field Army, will host the team for a panel discussion focusing on the future of anti-poaching and conservation. It promises to be at thought- provoking evening with proceeds going towards Game Rangers International.

2000s JM Baucher (The Head Master’s 20003) was recently invited to Buckingham Palace by HM The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh for services to conservation on the Indian subcontinent through his company Tears for Tigers Travel, a tour operator that focuses on trips to India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Burma. The reception was to celebrate the UK – India Year of Culture.

JW Hall (The Park 20003) achieved an MBA-Finance from W.P. Carey’s Business School in 2016 and has been working for four years as an analyst and commercial real estate mortgage banker for America’s largest commercial real estate businesses including Warren Buffet’s Berkadia. He specialises in finding commercial mortgages for international buyers. In addition,

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JFP Sparks (Moretons 20053) took part in the BBC’s Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week, alongside a group of 22 of Britain’s toughest and fittest civilians. For two weeks they were battered, bruised, deprived of sleep and scared out of their minds. Each Special Forces instructor would have them for 48 hours before immediately handing them over to the next and then the next. First were the South African ‘Recces’, then the Polish GROM, the American Green Berets, the Korean Seals, the French GIGN and finally the Australian SAS. From rope climbs, to 10km runs in 35-degree heat with 20kg bergens, to surf torture in the seven degree Atlantic, he describes it as miserable but is very glad to have been a part of it. He completed five or six episodes and got down to the last eight before being removed by the French GIGN. He should have won it, obviously!

GS Ballance (Druries 20063) has been appointed Captain for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Gary captains Yorkshire across all three formats.

HD Wentworth-Stanley (The Grove 20023), SJH Greenly (Elmfield 20023), T Fenwicke- Clennell (Rendalls 20023) and their Old Radleian friend Rory Buchanan completed the 3,000-mile Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge by rowing from La Gomera to Antigua in 39 days, 4 hours and 14 minutes. The boys came second in their category and have broken the charity race record by raising £550,000 for the James Wentworth-Stanley Memorial Fund www.jwsmf.org.

James and his father Charles Hall (The Park 19671), have launched Zipin’ LLC, an automated market analytical software that finds undervalued commercial real estate investment properties in the United States.

DYP Kim (The Head Master’s 20003) was made an associate in the International Arbitration Group at Herbert Smith Freehills in April 2016.

M Gates-Fleming (Bradbys 20013) co-founded a healthy fast food business, Bal-Air, in Shoreditch in 2014 and is now expanding with two new sites opening in New Fetter Lane and the Leadenhall Building this year.

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A Yaqub-Khan (Moretons 2001 ) joins the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in May 2017.

FC Lower (The Grove 20013) and JAF Mee (Bradbys 2003³) jointly won the Rising Star award at the WealthBriefing awards in May 2015. The awards were designed to recognise companies, teams and individuals deemed to have demonstrated innovation and excellence during 2015.

EGC Monckton (The Grove 20013) became Equerry to HRH The Duke of York in February 2017.

AC Short (The Grove 20013) launched Old St Labs three years ago and it now has a team of 40 people with offices in London, San Francisco, Munich and New York. Old St Labs is a software company that has built a supplier collaboration platform which is used by the likes of Vodafone, AstraZeneca and Airbnb. Alex now lives in San Francisco and is always on the hunt for talent.

NTJ Church (The Park 20023) is now based in Cameroon on a development project to found and build a new engineering university that will equip graduates with an internationally recognised degree, employability, entrepreneurship, and has an ethical formation at its core.

CH Delaney (Newlands 20033) passed out of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and has joined the Royal Dragoon Guards.

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SA Northeast (The Head Master’s 2003 ) has been appointed Captain for Kent County Cricket Club.

CDA Stevenson RN (West Acre 20033) was appointed Commanding Officer of HMS Archer.

TJP Welman (The Head Master’s 20033) has broken the world record for the fastest sail across the Indian Ocean. Ted and his friend, Jack Faulkner, rowed over 3,600 from Geraldton Harbour, Western Australia, to Mauritius in just 56 days, beating the previous record of 86 days.

They are looking to raise £100,000 for Médicins Sans Frontières. www.doctorsadrift.com AJM Aitken (Moretons 20043) passed out of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and has joined Royal Gurkha Rifles.

NTGM Anthony de Dieudonne (Moretons 20043) has been selected as one of the exhibiting artists for the 2016 Jerwood Drawing Prize. This is the largest and longest-running annual open exhibition for drawing in the UK.

GL Olesen (Rendalls 20063) launched his new business venture, The Access Platform, an online student recruitment and outreach service for higher education, in September 2016.

FCH Critchlow (The Head Master’s 20073) passed out of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and has joined the Queen’s Royal Hussars in December 2016.

EMG David (The Knoll 20083) was selected as part of the Oxford rugby team that played Cambridge in the annual Varsity match at Twickenham for a second year.

AHP Olesen (Rendalls 20083) is in the process of starting a company that builds small affordable hydroponic farms. He has received a grant from the University of Virginia, where he is currently studying, to launch a sustainability initiative around the university. This is the largest grant ever given to an undergraduate by the university.

N Koshikov (West Acre 20093) was elected, in June 2016, as President of the Oxford Union.

S Lee (The Park 20093) received a record deal from Bonfire Records in 2017 for his most recent track and it has been released on Spotify and iTunes. The free download premiere which was launched on Soundcloud, has received over 80,000 plays.

VML Vunipola (Bradbys 2009³) won rugby’s England Player of the Year Award in May 2016 and was nominated for the World Player of the Year in November 2016. He was part of the winning England team in this year’s Six Nations Championship and was selected for the Lions squad touring New Zealand in the summer.

JH Scott (Elmfield 20043) co-launched new infused water company Dash Water.

AM Fedorciow (Moretons 20043) won the Men’s British Senior title at the British Weight Lifting Championships in June 2016. Adam beat his competitors with a snatch lift of 138kg and a clean and jerk of 174kg, putting him top of the British and Irish rankings.

EM Keith (The Knoll 20043) passed out of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and has joined the Royal Horse Guards.

EJB Elston (Rendalls 20053) passed out of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and has joined the Light Dragoons.

2010s K Gandhi (Bradbys 20103) In May 2016, Kabir interviewed Herman J. Cohen, a former US ambassador to several African countries, advisor to multiple US Presidents, and a 38-year veteran of the US Foreign Service, for the Africa Policy Journal.

CT Sham (Moretons 20103) was the first place prize winner of $12,000 in the PianoArts 2016 Biennial North American Piano Competition on 8 June. During the competition’s final round, Aristo performed Maurice Ravel’s Concerto in G

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Marriages TWW Scarborough (Rendalls 1951³) and Margie: May 2016 WEF Samuel (Druries 1954³) and Vivienne Wordley: 11 February 2016 GR Schaad-Jackson MEng (The Park 1991³) and Miss Laura Goodall: 3 September 2016 SPM Beckwith (Elmfield 1992³) and Miss Jessica Cummings: 4 September 2016 JWH Turner (The Park 1993³) and Miss Sally Dawson: 19 August 2016 AJD Ward (Druries 1994³) and Miss Amanda Rigg: 1 October 2016 OCB Gerrish (The Grove 1995³) and Miss Zuleika Parkin: 24 September 2016 CT Lochotinan (The Park 1996³) and Dr Panyapat Thummarattana: 22 January 2017 SSH Wong (The Park 1997¹) and Pan: 18 May 2016.

TFW de Pentheny O'Kelly (Newlands 1998³) and Miss Anjali Nanda: 2 July 2016 GRA Haslam (Druries 1998³) and Miss Georgina Dart: 18 February 2017 HJC Coaker (Elmfield 1999³) and Miss Georgina Finbow: 10 September 2016 SFC Carlisle (Elmfield 2002³) and Miss Georgia Dessain: 3 August 2016 J Martin (The Knoll 2003³) and Dr Caroline Albert: 13 August 2016 TC Riley (Bradbys 2005³) and Miss Tina Moshkanbaryans: 17 December 2016

Engagements Clockwise from top left: JM Baucher meeting HM The Queen; J Martin; G Haslam; M Gates-Fleming

RNP Hadow (The Park 19753) and Mrs Venetia Jenkins (nee Cooper): July 2016 DHLA Blow (The Knoll 19772) and Miss Martha Fiennes: May 2016 NW Bromley-Davenport (The Park 19773) and Miss Joanna Peyton-Jones: December 2016

major with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra under the baton of PianoArts Music Director Andrews Sill. He also won the Audience Communication Award and the Best Performance of a Composition by Johann Sebastian Bach. To be considered for these prizes, Aristo performed two 45-minute recitals: a solo recital followed by an ensemble recital that included a duo with Scott Tisdel, Associate Principal Cellist with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. In addition to the above prizes, Aristo also won first place in the Stecher and Horowitz Foundation’s 8th New York International Piano Competition. Held at the Manhattan School of Music in June 2016, the NYIPC featured young pianists from around the globe. Aristo won the Joyce B Cowin prize.

HAL Glover (Rendalls 20093) ,WJJ Glover (Rendalls 20113) and CT Sirker (The Knoll 20113) represented England at the Singapore Sevens in April 2017. They beat Australia to finish third in the tournament overall.

O Itoje (The Grove 20113) After helping England to a Six Nations Grand Slam victory and

securing a 3-0 series win over Australia, Maro was named European Player of the Year in May 2016 and in November won the World Rugby Award for Breakthrough Player of the Year.

He was also shortlisted for the World Player of the Year Award in November 2016. He was part of the winning England team in this year’s Six Nations Championship. Maro has also been selected for the Lions Squad touring New Zealand in the summer.

GT Opperman MP (The Grove 19783) and Miss Flora Coleman: July 2016 DCA Titchener-Barrett (Elmfield 19903) and Miss Amy Newton: April 2017 CNW Burdett MA (Oxon) (Newlands 19923) and Miss Teresa Ballester: March 2017 CEP Lyon (The Knoll 19923) and Mr Henry McIver: October 2016

HT Wong (The Knoll 20113) was third prize winner in the conducting category for the International Concerto Competition Debut at the Berlin Philharmonic Hall.

JB Silver (Rendalls 19923) and Miss Emma Boon: April 2016

S Shashoua (Rendalls 20123) Having played for the England Under-17s in August 2016 and been part of the successful Tottenham Hotspurs Under-18 team, Samuel has now officially signed with the club as a professional.

TJJ Barrow (The Park 19953) and Miss Sarah St George: February 2017

DW Chin (Bradbys 20143) scored the highest aggregate mark in Edexcel Maths in the UK last summer, with 1783/1800: an incredible feat to be number one in the country.

JMGS Warman (Newlands 19943) and Miss Susanna Joicey-Cecil: July 2016

NMN Chandiramani (Newlands 19953) and Miss Katerina Paligianni: December 2016 KA Gray (Moretons 19953) and Miss Jana Jegorkinova: June 2016 RMA Jones Davies (The Grove 19953) and Miss Lauren McCain: April 2016

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EHW Macfarlane BLE (Hons) (The Park 19953) and Miss Alice Cooper: February 2017 JD Innes (Elmfield 19963) and Miss Bess Boggis-Rolfe: April 2016 ADS Kennard (Druries 19973) and Miss Jo Morrison: November 2016

Capt. HML Cohen (Rendalls 20043) and Dr Jennifer Bracken: April 2017

MJB Short (The Head Master’s 19923) and Olivia, a son, Mayow Atticus Edward: on 16 April 2016 EDF Stoddart-Scott (The Park 19923) and Jennie, a son, Alexander Lawrence Finn: on 27 March 2016

Births CE Sumner (Moretons 19632) and Hannah, a daughter, Sasha Pearl: on 1 November 2016

PT Williams (Druries 19923) and Chantal, a daughter, Matilda Poppy Marie: on 19 December 2016

RJS Green (Elmfield 19983) and Miss Katherine Goulding: July 2016

BGG McL Merivale-Austin (Moretons 19752) and Somruedee, a son, Bruce Gardiner Mclean: on 19 December 2016

OG Bailey (West Acre 19933) and Doadie, a son, Jago Grenfell Strickland: on 20 April 2016

TWA Gurney (The Park 19983) and Miss Sophie Cattell: January 2017

CF Agar (West Acre 19763) and Elizabeth, a son, Machael John Forrester: on 23 August 2016

SE Martin (Moretons 19933) and Chloe, a son, Max Edward Remy: on 17 November 2016

OC Hicks (The Grove 19983) and Miss Rose Kingscote: April 2016

CR O’Connor-Fenton (The Park 19831) and Georgina, a son, Wilfred Cornelius: on 27 November 2016

MA Pleydell-Bouverie (Elmfield 19933) and Elizabeth, a son, Oswald Walter (Ozzie): on 26 May 2016

CJJ Bonas (Rendalls 19843) and Sholpan, a son, Alexander Zhantuar: on 11 October 2016

JWH Turner (The Park 19933) and Sally, a daughter, Lillie Connie Sarah: on 23 December 2016

JM McCombe MA MRICS (Druries 19843) and Beth, a son, Wilfred George Macleod: on 21 March 2016

SJ Damant (The Grove 19941) and Fiona, a son, Thomas Sancroft: on 25 April 2016

FJE Lyon (Rendalls 19873) and Lucy, a daughter, Petra: August 2015

JDA Baldwin (The Grove 19943) and Sasha, a daughter, Isabelle Daisy Evelyn: on 18 November 2016

PD Moseley (Newlands 19973) and Miss Kirsty Mitchell: December 2016

ER Clifton-Brown (The Park 19993) and Miss Georgiana Heneage: November 2016 AG del Balzo di Presenzano (Moretons 19993) and Miss Emerald Fraser: December 2016 RJ McMullen (Bradbys 19993) and Miss Gretel Dennis: December 2016 Comte Eon de Quelen (Elmfield 19993) and Miss Catherine Hayley Bell: July 2016 HJ Savory (Moretons 19993) and Miss Rosalie Barkes: December 2016

WDN Duke (The Park 19883) and Kate, a son, George David Timothy: on 6 April 2016

STG Highley (Elmfield 19943) and Kelsey, a son, Humphrey Evelyn: on 3 April 2017

JM Baucher (The Head Master’s 20003) and Miss Olivia Bowlby: January 2017

RPR Hoffen (Rendalls 19883) and Bella, a son, Charlie John Rogers Hoffen: on 24 December 2016

The Hon Alexander Bethell (Elmfield 20003) and Jonkvrouwe Alexa Hooft Graafland: September 2016

OH Chittenden (Rendalls 19893) and Emily, a daughter, Indigo Rose: on 27 March 2017

DA von Bohlen und Halbach (Elmfield 19943) and Claire, a son, Axel Christian: on 26 October 2016

GJR Clark (Elmfield 19893) and Alexandra, a daughter, Willa Rose: on 4 February 2017

CJM Cooke-Hurle (Rendalls 19953) and Alice, a daughter, Sandy Thomas: on 14 August 2016

AF Strang Steel (Elmfield 19893) and Jane, a son, Arthur Fairfax: on 6 March 2017

PRW Kaye (The Grove 19953) and Laura, a daughter, Florence Martha Kaye: on 27 July 2016

JEJ Dewdney-Herbert (Bradbys 20003) and Miss Henrietta Ashburnham: December 2016

HNJ Readman (The Head Master’s 19902) and Chelsey, a daughter, Tatiana Mary Alexandra: on 13 January 2017

CD Rutter (Newlands 19953) and Georgina, a daughter, Isla Grace Aliciana: on 22 July 2016

TCE Gamborg (The Grove 20003) and Miss Sophie Holborow: March 2017

RJ Barclay (Elmfield 19903) and Sarah, a daughter, Romy Anne: on 17 September 2016

EL Green (Moretons 20003) and the Hon Miss Camilla Stourton: June 2016

JHE Edmondson (West Acre 19903) and Claire, a son, Barnaby Harris Hunter: on 5 January 2017

AJB Turnbull (The Head Master’s 19953) and Flora, a daughter, Sylvia Mary Leonora: on 22 December 2016

RDS Neave (The Park 20003) and Miss Camilla Sanderson: May 2016

DCA Titchener-Barrett (Elmfield 19903) and Amy, a daughter, Amber Grace: on 7 August 2016

MJS Willetts (The Park 19953) and Jessica, a daughter, Isabella Rose: on 21 August 2016

AHE Torstenson (The Grove 20003) and Miss Emma Hurst: April 2017

BTC Cumberbatch CBE (The Park 19903) and Sophie, a son Hal: March 2017

HA Fleming (Moretons 19963) and Melissa, a son, Archie Hereward George: on 31 March 2016

OHT Van der Wyck (The Knoll 20003) and Miss Charlotte Puxley: September 2016

RW Maxey (West Acre 19913) and Alice, a daughter, Willa Storm Macfarlane: on 18 April 2017

TCH Mangnall (Elmfield 19963) and Kate, a son, Hugh: on 26 January 2017

OM Busk (Druries 20003) and Miss Joanna Read: November 2016 RJE Cadbury (Rendalls 20003) and Miss Antonia Kenning: September 2016

CM Dessain (Rendalls 20013) and Miss Anna Jones: November 2016 JAL Hext (The Grove 20013) and Jade Francoise Emms: August 8 2015 HAJ Francklin (Bradbys 20023) and Miss Chloe Maier: January 2017

JR Michell (Moretons 19913) and Heather, a son, Jack Edward: in February 2017 JCL Prior (Druries 19913) and Natalie, a daughter, Sophie Florence Diana Leathes: on 8 Feburary 2017 3

AJH Friend (Moretons 20023) and Miss Lily Hamnett: July 2016

HG Titley (West Acre 1991 ) and Helen, a son, Edward Addison Neville: on 8 May 2016

IJ Ruggles-Brise (West Acre 20023) and Miss Alexandra Minto: May 2016

CG White MBBS(Lond) BSc(Hons) MSc FRCS(Urol) (Rendalls 19913) and Anna, a son, George Andrew John: on 24 May 2015

GO Scott (Elmfield 20023) and Miss Pollyanna Gredley: March 2017 HC Seligman (Bradbys 20023) and Miss Clair Fahey: April 2017

CFR Hayes (Moretons 19923) and Rosie, a daughter, Georgiana Charlotte Elspeth: on 15 December 2016

BIA Maclean (Rendalls 19943) and Daisy, a son, Harry Bear: on 29 December 2016

TAC Tregoning (The Grove 19953) and Annabel, a son, Barney Arthur Henry: on 29 June 2016

MG Scotter MRCVS (The Park 19963) and Claire, a daughter, Matilda May: on 20 April 2016 TRH Greenly (Elmfield 19973) and Candice, a son, Rory John Howorth: on 18 June 2016 RHM Murad (The Knoll 19973) and Sarah, a daughter, Lily Olivia: on 26 August 2016 Dr DK Natarajan (Bradbys 19973) and Melissa, a daughter, Alisha Jasmine Kim: on 12 July 2016 A-HA Hleileh (Bradbys 19981) and Tara, a daughter, Arya May Jaffar-Hleileh: on 14 September 2016 TBP Coles (The Grove 19983) and Callie, a son, Merlin Arthur Paterson: on 7 February 2017

CJP Woodhouse (The Grove 20023) and the Hon Lydia Shackleton: November 2016

RJH Mitchell (The Head Master’s 19923) and Lucinda, a daughter, Emiliana Grace Cecilia: on 10 May 2016

NE Defty (Moretons 19983) and Louise, a daughter, Jemima Florence Ann: on 31 August 2016

JA Gallagher (Rendalls 20033) and Miss Sophie Kuropatwa: June 2016

HD Rosemont (West Acre 19923) and Helen, a son, John Frederick Houston: on 21 July 2016

ARS Newall (Elmfield 19983) and Emma, a second daughter, Olivia Ailie Ottilie: on 15 August 2016

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JPG Sewell (Elmfield 19983) and Amelia, a son, Edward Nicholas Herbert: on 27 August 2016

Left, baby Alexander Bonas born 11 October 2016

Lord Sam Gordon (Moretons 19993) and Isobel, a son, Bertie Raiph Dudley: on 30 August 2016 EGC Monckton (The Grove 20013) and Emma, a daughter, Eleanor Beatrix Isabelle: on 30 September 2016 NTJ Church (The Park 20023) and Anne-Laure, a son, Ambrose: on 25 December 2016 C Chiu (Bradbys 20053) and Ann, a son, Moreton: on 1 February 2017

Deaths Professor FRE Crossley (The Head Master’s 19291) 4 February 2017 3

MWA Panter (Bradbys 19503) 9 September 2016

Dr CP Bennett (Moretons 1931 ) 27 January 2017

MH Davis (Bradbys 19513) 17 May 2016

PAM Joseph (Small Houses 19313) 2 December 2015

MS Ross Collins (West Acre 19513) 15 December 2016

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TJ Shaw (Rendalls 19513) 8 September 2016

TD Wilkin (The Park 1931 ) 16 July 2016 3

RT Cole CBE (West Acre 1932 ) 15 October 2013

Sir Patrick Skipwith Bt (The Grove 19521) 6 October 2016

GM Creagh Brown (The Knoll 19332) 3 September 2016

GRP Coles (The Grove 19523) 21 March 2017

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JJ Cotterell (The Park 19533) 7 April 2017

N Firmston-Williams (Druries 1935 ) 1 June 2016 2

JM Osborne (The Park 1935 ) 26 June 2016

N Matveieff FCA (The Park 19541) 28 March 2017

OL Montgomery (Druries 19362) 12 October 2016

HFS Thompson (Bradbys 19541) February 2017

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BD Till (The Knoll & West Acre 1937 ) 12 June 2013 3

JQA Findlater (Druries 19542) 5 April 2016 DR Graham (Rendalls 19542) August 2016

SL Frewen-Laton (The Grove 1939 ) 19 June 2016 AD Shead (The Knoll 19403) 15 July 2016

CR French (Newlands 19543) 11 March 2017

JR Findlay (Elmfield 19411) 17 October 2016

The Hon Torquil Macleod (Druries 19553) 12 April 2016

BS Benabo (Druries 19431) 17 March 2016

The Hon Colin Orr-Ewing (Elmfield 19553) 3 August 2016

CAJ Chapman (The Head Master’s 19431) July 2016

JA Stenhouse (The Head Master’s 19561) 28 August 2016

JP Bond (Druries 19433) 15 September 2016

DG Jones (The Head Master’s 19562) 28 May 2016

DM Francke (The Knoll 19433) 7 March 2017

DMH Price (The Head Master’s 19563) June 2016

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RE Parslow (The Grove 1943 ) 16 December 2016

DJG Enthoven (Elmfield 19573) 11 August 2016

CB Paterson (The Knoll 19441) September 2015

AD Malcolm (The Head Master’s 19582) 29 October 2016

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RA Proctor (The Head Master’s 1944 ) 14 April 2016 2

JL Cox (The Grove 19592) 26 December 2016

RW Smart (Druries 1944 ) 12 July 2015

RA Gatty Saunt (Newlands 19602) 26 April 2016

Sir Elihu Lauterpacht CBE QC LLD (The Head Master’s 19443) 8 February 2017

JJH Bygott-Webb (Newlands 19631) 16 December 2016

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DVG de Pass (Bradbys 19632) 20 August 2016

JHTW Rinfret (The Grove 1944 ) 11 July 2016 1

CF Robinson OBE (The Park 1945 ) 23 January 2017

HS Toller (Druries 19632) 4 October 2016

DJC Samuel (Bradbys & Small Houses 19452) 17 January 2017

NRP Townsend (The Park 19632) 29 April 2016

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OJ Williams (Moretons 19633) 18 February 2017

JFS Watson (Druries 1945 ) 4 May 2016 3

JMW Mullens (The Head Master’s 19643) 7 August 2016

ACS Jennings (Bradbys 1946 ) 22 October 2016 RV May (Bradbys 19463) 10 July 2016

JE Paton (Druries 19653) 2 May 2016

Dr M Parkes (Bradbys 19463) 28 May 2016

The Duke of Westminster KG CB OBE TD DL (Druries 19653) 9 August 2016

Major RG Wilson MBE (Newlands 19463) 15 August 2016

C G Kingsley (Druries 19663) 26 June 2016

DJ McIntyre (Bradbys 19471) 1 March 2017

CDP Haddon (West Acre 19673) 24 December 2016

JVG Francke (The Knoll 19472) 2 May 2016

His Honour Judge Sir Gavyn Arthur KStJ GCFO (Elmfield 19692) 16 May 2016

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AS-M Hutchinson (West Acre 1947 ) 23 January 2017 3

NRI Foot (Rendalls 19722) 18 February 2017

Rt Hon the Lord Leach of Fairford (Bradbys 1947 ) 12 June 2016

P Owen Edmunds (Druries 19723) 24 September 2016

JDP Phillips MA CBiol MIBiol (West Acre 19473) 2 December 2016

SM Heathcote-Parker (Newlands 19732) 23 May 2016

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JE Upton (The Park 1947 ) 5 June 2016 2

JR Allsopp (Druries 19761) 30 September 2016

GM Ropner TD (The Park 1948 ) 28 May 2016

MD Spicer (Druries 19791) 29 October 2016

SJ Ashley-Smith (Bradbys 19483) 6 August 2016

HAC Cumming (Bradbys 19861) 20 December 2016

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SGI Hamilton M Chir FRCS (Druries 1948 ) 28 October 2016 2

Sir Brian Ohlson Bt (Moretons 1950 ) 19 March 2017

EGP Sells (Rendalls 20113) 6 November 2016

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Early 19th century Harrovians were notably enthusiastic about cricket and the Old Harrovian match against the School had been played for over 40 years before the Harrow Wanderers Cricket Club was founded. e Goose Match had been a regular feature since 1849. e Harrow Wanderers’ early constitution was not as a club at all, rather a private Harrovian touring side, first under the captaincy of ID Walker (Small Houses and Mr Oxenham’s 1858³), followed by AJ Webbe (e Head Master’s 1863³) then MC Kemp (Mr Middlemist’s 1874²). ese were the giants of old, three distinguished cricketers who devoted substantial parts of their lives to the game, felt passionately about Harrow cricket and created an elite group who played as the Old Harrovians. e Club was reinvented after the First World War as a wandering club.

S O C I E T Y S P OT L I G H T

HARROW WANDERERS CRICKET CLUB

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Opposite, left to right: ID Walker, AJ Webbe, MC Kemp Above: after the match against Eton at Lord’s, the Old Harrovian match was the most important School fixture of the season. All three of the captains of the Harrow Wanderers from its northern touring days are in this group: “Donny” Walker, “Webbie” Webbe and “Bishop” Kemp. Also included are Spencer Gore, not to be confused

with his son, also Spencer, the famous painter, but famous in his own right for being the first Wimbledon lawn tennis champion in 1877. Edgar Stogdon was the first chaplain to the Harrow Mission, later to become the Harrow Club; “Cocky” Pope was House Master of The Grove 1915-29 and the pavilion on the Bessborough ground was dedicated to the Rev William Law, who died a few months after this photograph was taken.

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Harrow Wanderers v e School BACK ROW FROM LEFT AR Ramsay (e Head Master’s 1923³), DAM Rome (e Grove 1923³), EW Wrigley (e Grove 1907²), GFD Haslewood (e Park 1927³), DE Yarrow (Small Houses and Elmfield 1926¹), JM Stow (Small Houses and e Park 1925²), HAG Torrens (e Head Master’s 1925³), NB Clive (Newlands 1927³). SECOND ROW, FROM LEFT RH Bull (e Grove 1924³), LG Crawley (e Park 1917²), CM Andreae (Moretons 1920³), CT Bennett (e Grove 1916³), NMV Rothschild (e Grove 1924³), EJE de las Casas (Moretons 1926³), AR Tawell (Moretons 1925²) SITTING CV Baker (e Knoll 1899²), TM Rattigan (e Park 1925²), Hon R Anson (Elmfield 1903³), WM Welch (Moretons 1925²), HJ Enthoven (Small Houses and Elmfield 1917²), RD Stewart-Brown (e Head Master’s 1925²) ON GROuND K Blackmore (Rendalls 1926¹), FE Covington (e Knoll 1926³)

1930

Northern Tour, Harrow Wanderers v Leicestershire Gentlemen at Oakham RL Feather (e Knoll 1947²), JD icknesse (e Head Master’s 1945²), RH McAlpine (e Grove 1945³), M Kok (Rendalls 1946³), RG Marlar (e Head Master’s and Rendalls 1944²), BH Farr (West Acre and e Park 1938¹), J Brankin-Frisby (Small Houses and West Acre 1922¹), M Tindall (Harrow Beak 1946), RB Stuart (e Park 1938²), RFB O’Callaghan (Small Houses and West Acre 1922²), TP Anson (Elmfield 1946³), AO Collins (Druries 1931³), RM Spiro (e Grove and Newlands 1945²). On the extreme left, back row, next to umpire: MJK Smith, later to captain England.

1950

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Northern Tour In 1924, the tour was revived. In the 1930s it consisted of two twoday matches in August against the Gentlemen of Leicestershire and the Yorkshire Gentlemen. e former match owed a lot to Joe Brankin-Frisby (Small Houses and West Acre 1922¹), whose hospitality became legendary. Later, Joe, as Honorary Secretary, was to steer the Club with a light touch, efficiency and much laughter. In the austere aftermath of the Second World War, much of the lavish hospitality of the pre-war years became impossible. is is not to say that the Wanderers were not most generously entertained, notably on tour by the ompsons at Aysgarth and the Brankin-Frisbys at Oakham. e Northern Tour thrives today as a three-day event and is well supported by young OHs with a common appetite for competitive cricket and off-the-field socialising.

Post-War Development Before the Second World War and, indeed, for some years afterwards, the main match of the season had been the two-day match against the School on the Friday and Saturday before Lord’s. e fixture list began to grow and eligibility for membership was extended to include keen cricketers beyond the first two School X1s. e match manager system was introduced and, from 1979 onwards, the list of fixtures reached between 30 and 45 matches per season. e introduction of limited overs cricket in the 1960s had made it possible to start an Old Boys’ knockout competition and the inauguration of the Cricketer Cup was another landmark in the Wanderers history.

One of the features of Harrow Wanderers cricket, probably an unavoidable result of the match manager system, is its diversity. is

Northern Tour, Harrow Wanderers v Leicestershire Gentlemen at Oakham HT Pelham (Elmfield 1956³), ML Maydon (e Grove 1953³), JA Lawton (Moretons 1946³), CNN Rome (e Grove 1955³), BS Raper (Newlands 1955¹), M Tindall (Harrow Beak 1946), MJB Wood (Druries 1956³), JN Brankin-Frisby (Newlands 1950³), I Sutherland (Harrow Beak 1952), MPH Weedon (Druries 1954²), JGC Jackson (e Grove 1945¹), J Brankin-Frisby (Newlands 1953³), DAM Rome (e Grove 1923³), DRJ Foster (Druries 1954²), GM Reid (Moretons 1955³)

1960

Northern Tour, Harrow Wanderers v Leicestershire Gentlemen at Oakham RMN Green (e Grove 1949¹), RM Tucker (e Head Master’s 1953³), CJA Jamieson (Druries 1958¹), EMR Davies (Rendalls 1955³), CR Harvey (Bradbys 1961³), CH Pelham (Elmfield 1960³), JA Lawton (Moretons1946³), SB Buik (Elmfield 1957³), GD Massy (Moretons 1951²), J Brankin-Frisby (Newlands 1953³), JN Brankin-Frisby (Newlands 1950³), PE d’Abo (Bradbys 1955¹)

1964

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tends to produce groups of players who regularly sign up for particular matches – some always go on the tour, some only play in the Cricketer Cup, others only play in the London area and so on. us it is difficult to catch a universal flavour; some matches are played with a stern intensity of which ID Walker would have approved, others have more of a festival air. e advantage is that this variety enables Wanderers of differing levels of ability and temperament to participate fully in the Club’s cricket programme.

Cricketer Cup e Cricketer Cup was conceived over a glass or two of port by Tony Winlaw (Elmfield 19513) and Henry Lewis (Shrewsbury Saracens) during a game between I Zingari and South Wales Hunts in 1966.

On their return to London, they chanced upon Ben Brocklehurst (Bradfield Waifs) in the bar of the Bath Club and after a few more drinks, during which the idea was kicked around, the competition was born and the first matches were played the following year. is hotly contested and highly successful competition added a new dimension to Harrow Wanderers cricket, bringing together the Club’s best players. e Club has yet to win the Cricketer Cup despite having reached the final five times – in 1968, 1975, 1990, 2003 and 2012.

A strong squad is being assembled for this season’s campaign.

e Future 2020 will mark the Club’s 150th anniversary and plans are underway to celebrate this in style. e election of an enthusiastic team of officers under the energetic chairmanship of Robert Nelson (Bradbys 19833) means that the Club is in safe hands and is regaining its former momentum. Every effort is being made to ensure that matches are managed efficiently and that the Club remains socially active.

On the occasion of the Eton v Harrow match at Lord’s on Saturday 24 June, members of the Club will gather in the Tavern pub after the game. e fixture list is expanding as a result of greater commitment from current players. Use of the recently refurbished Field House Club for tea and drinks on match days has, not unexpectedly, impressed visiting teams and match officials, thereby generating much goodwill. e Club is keen to retain the support of its retired players and details of life membership can be obtained from the Hon. Secretary. As always, recent School leavers are encouraged to get involved and should contact the Secretary, James Gillions (Elmfield 1987³) at james@gillions.eclipse. co.uk.

For further information about the Club’s activities, visit www.harrowwanderers.com.

Harrow Wanderers v Lords and Commons BACK ROW FROM LEFT Peter Morris, CT Lee (Rendalls 1980²), SD Martle (Bradbys 1983²), ASR de W Winlaw (Elmfield 1951³), Anthony Richards, Neil Durden-Smith, Jeremy Hanley, CM Horne (e Head Master’s 1915²), Mark Smith, Bernard Dodwell, Richard Kewshaw, Andrew Longmore, Ramesh Sethi FRONT ROW WNG Taylor (Bradbys 1974¹), Robert Atkins, JA Lawton (Moretons 1946²), IC Orr-Ewing (Elmfield 1955³), REP Lee (Newlands 1969¹), Brian Mustill, Peter Brooke, RD Nelson (Bradbys 1983³), EAC Chump (e Head Master’s 1960³)

1988

2016 BACK ROW FROM LEFT NE Defty (Moretons 1998³), RBG Harmsworth (Moretons 1997³), JJB Snow (Rendalls 2000³), JB Goodhew (Moretons 1995³), OAH Atkinson (Elmfield 2012³), RH Woolley (West Acre 1957³) KNEELING JB Snow (Rendalls 2005³), MF Goodliffe (Moretons 1998³), HTF Woolley (Moretons 1998³), AJBP Pritchard (West Acre 1998³), CF Draper (e Grove 2008³) and JH Walker (Druries 2000³)

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Listings BOOKS

Dr Oscar Duke (Newlands 1999³) is a doctor and broadcaster who has featured in the hit Channel 4 Series 24 Hours in A&E and recently presented his own documentary, Born Too White, on BBC2.

Kate Gross’ heart-wrenching tale of her own battle with cancer in Late Fragments is a powerful reminder of the way our daily outlook affects the way we live our lives.

Despite her terminal diagnosis and the challenges she faces in leaving behind a young family, Kate joyously demonstrates the importance of truly ‘living’ each day and cherishing those we love amidst the pressures of life in the modern world.

My earliest memory of performing is winning the class poetry competition aged five with a rendition of Roald Dahl’s e Pig from his collection of children’s poems, Dirty Beasts. It amazes me that to this day I can still remember it word perfectly and, despite many personal changes, comedy and a weak pun are still as important to me now as they ever were.

When visiting the doctor we invariably expect them to make us better, to heal or advise, and the public are all too familiar with the Hippocratic oath and a doctor’s commitment to Do No Harm. Henry Marsh’s memoirs of life as a neuro-surgeon – a favourite I incidentally share with the former prime minister – serve as a candid warning to both doctor and patient that sometimes doing nothing and avoiding the surgeon’s knife is the most sensible option. As doctors, we have huge power to improve life but knowing when not to intervene and learning to prioritise quality of life over quantity has been a vital lesson for me during my training and clinical practice.

An overindulgence in autobiography this list may be, but how each individual chooses to live life never fails to fascinate me. David

Attenborough, as the father of modern broadcasting, shows how true expertise and a commitment to education, combined with embracing the latest technological advances, can lead to a lifelong media career in a nation currently obsessed with the transient fame of reality TV and YouTube stars. Life on Air tells of his rise, from failing to get onto the BBC radio training scheme and the suggestion that he might be interested in working in the new medium of television.

His passion for natural history simply cannot fail to enthuse and his career is a huge personal inspiration.

From memories of singing along to the notorious soundtrack, to the strong political and moral messages contained within the extensive pages of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, the story of right and wrong, justice and forgiveness, is as relevant today as it ever was. And what a rousing musical score to add a little revolution to the lives of even the least rebellious.

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FLYWHEEL FESTIVAL B I C EST ER HE R I TAG E 24 -2 5 J U N E

ere is very little that is more glorious than rural Oxfordshire in the summertime, but if an excuse is ever needed for a visit, let this be it. Set within the grounds of the UK’s best preserved WWII bomber station, which has been transformed into a mecca for the restoration, storage and enjoyment of vintage and classic cars, motorcycles and aeroplanes, this is a summer car festival for those that like to get close to the action. ere are world-class road and racing cars being put through their paces on the fast display circuit, whilst the aerobatic displays performed by a wide range of vintage aircraft are second to none. is festival has all of the fun of the Goodwood Revival, but minus the overcrowding, for which it is all the more special – enjoy it now before the masses catch on!

CARAMULO MOTORFESTIVAL C A RAM U LO, P ORT U GA L 9 S E P T E MB E R

is glorious mountain-top village in northern Portugal is host to an Art Deco hotel and spa, as well as a family-run car collection-cum-museum. All the cars in the museum are in full working order, which is proven at this weekend event in September. e mountain road is closed and becomes a hill climb track where the exhibits are put through their paces alongside many famous guest stars and their cars. ousands pile into this small village for the event, which is part car race, part carnival and part village fête, done Portugal-style.

Photo: J Lavadinho

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Believe me, my young friend; there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in cars”, is famously not a quote from the Wind in the Willows, but it should be. I believe that cars can appeal on many different levels, but the appeal of a road trip is largely universal. It is sadness to me that as classic car values have sky rocketed over the last decade, many owners are now reluctant to use their cars for the very purpose for which they were designed. I do not believe that you need to spend a great deal of money on the hobby to enjoy great experiences. My daily car is a 1969 Fiat 500, which is worth little but produces more smiles than just about any other car I have ever driven. So whatever your chariot, old or new, plan an escape; make sure you have some good driving tunes, a worthy companion, and just go! I have been lucky enough to have spent several years discovering the roads less travelled of the UK and Europe, so here is a small selection of some of my favourite places to visit by car.

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S O M E TH I N G O N F O U R W H E E L S F O R TH E W E E KE N D Ian Wallace (Bradbys 20003), Global Marketing Manager for OverďŹ nch, a British company specialising in bespoke enhancements for Range Rovers, is also is a keen driver and participant in motoring events across Europe. A sourcer, broker and trader of cars and automobilia, he has pulled together some of his favourite motoring experiences, from breathtaking drives to heritage car shows, so there’s something for even the mildest of enthusiasts.

&R R& THE PASS OF THE CATTLE W E ST ER R OSS, SCOTTI SH HI GHLANDS

Not as easily accessible as the roads of Wales, but all the more special as a result, the Pass of the Cattle, or Bealach na Ba as it is in Gaelic, is a driving road to rival any in Europe. It passes between two tiny villages in the most sparsely populated corner of Scotland and it combines breathtaking views with challenging hairpins, followed by sweeping corners as you descend towards Loch Torridon.

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THE HERO CHALLENGE 2 3 SE P TEM B E R

is is a one-day classic car rally that is held in Worcestershire. e event is huge fun to take part in and is a great introduction to the sport of Historic Rallying. row your car around a series of high speed tests and then compete against other ‘crews’ over several navigation and timekeeping road sections, known as ‘regularities’.

THE WILD ATLANTIC WAY I RE L AN D

e west coast of Ireland is home to some spectacular scenery, empty roads, wonderful hotels and of course, good craic! e Wild Atlantic Way runs for 1,600 miles from the north to the south, but my favourite section is Connemara, to the west of Galway, as it mixes sublime scenery with a rich history – leave your car for a day and take a trip to the Aran Isles, so beloved of Seamus Heaney, to experience the traditional way of life in Ireland.

THE COL DE TURINI

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AL P E S MA RI T I ME S , F RA NCE

One of the most famous rally stages in the world, this mountain pass north of Monte Carlo provides an hour of concentrated driving and is consistently voted as one of the greatest driving roads of all time. It has over 34 hairpin bends to negotiate as you wind upwards and, by the time you reach the village of La Bollène Vésubie, I would recommend stopping for a hot chocolate at the Ranch Hotel.

Take a look at the decades of historic rallying photographs on the walls and relax; both you and your car deserve a break. www.ranch-turini.com

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THE HAINES INTERNATIONAL MOTOR MUSEUM

THE HAGERTY FESTIVAL OF THE UNEXCEPTIONAL

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e story behind this car collection is one of real motoring passion and its subsequent transformation into the slick museum that it is today is impressive. It has a great selection of cars from all eras and a world-class collection of Ferraris. www.haynesmotormuseum.com

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THE ACE CAFÉ A 4 0 6 , LON DON

Originally a biker’s haunt, this landmark venue on the North Circular hosts regular nights for different makes, models and tastes. It also serves some of the best chips in London. www.ace-cafe-london.com THE STAG INN B AL L S C R OSS, P ETWORTH

I love a jaunt down to this 17th-century coaching inn on the South Downs. Open fires, great food and a good selection of cask ales, this is a perfect pub in which to enjoy a long lunch. It also plays host to a low-key but fun car meet every 1 January. www.staginnpetworth.co.uk

is hilarious event is a celebration of the banal, the ordinaire and the mundane.

It shows that a love of cars doesn’t have to be restricted to high value motors; this is about well-preserved cars of all ages that are well loved, if deeply unexotic.

Pack a picnic of Angel Delight, pork pies and Tunnock’s Tea Cakes, bring a bottle of Babycham and leave any pretence at home!

THE EVO TRIANGLE OF NORTH WALES A5 , A5 43 TO B 45 01

ANGLESEY CIRCUIT, TRAC MON NORTH WALES

I love this race track, tucked away on the very northern tip of this Welsh island.

If you can avoid the distraction of the incredible views from the cliff-top setting then you can really enjoy this compact yet fast circuit, and get the hang of the notorious blind crest that is rocket complex – it’s always a surprisingly sharp left! www.angleseycircuit.com

“No greater peace of mind is available to a man than that which is discovered in a car” said Albert Camus, and I believe his words to be true. Sometimes I need an escape, to go and lose myself in the rhythm of a good drive. For great roads that are within reach of London, the so-called Evo Triangle of the A5, A543 and the B4501 is very hard to beat.

So called because it is a perennial favourite for motoring journalists, this winding drive through the Welsh hills is as scenic as it is challenging and makes for a wonderful place to stretch your car’s legs and clear your mind. I love to combine this with a night at the Metropole Hotel and Spa in Llandrindod Wells. Run by a true petrol head and fellow OH, Justin Baird- Murray (Druries 1978³) this grande dame of a hotel is a favoured bolt-hole for a secret escape. www.metropole.co.uk

DRIVE-IN MOVIE NIGHT 1 5 J U LY

Set in another WWII air station, e Classic Motor Hub is a gem of a destination for petrol heads. Set just outside my favourite Cotswold village of Bibury, this charming collection of WWII aircraft hangars plays host to a top notch selection of classic and vintage car specialists and dealers, and is in itself an ideal place for some mechanical browsing. On summer evenings, however, they hold drive-in cinema nights, showing iconic films, enjoyed from the comfort of your (classic) car. For an authentic experience I ditch the picnic to order the food that they serve direct to your car. A little bit of 50s LA glamour comes to the shires.

Photo: Classic Motor Hub/Clint Randall

T HE C LASS IC M OTO R HUB, BI BURY

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BORN IN CANNES ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA in the Swinging Sixties, Hugo Burnand (Rendalls 19771) first learned to develop and print photographs on the kitchen table at home with his mother, photographer Ursy Burnand. However, it wasn’t until his later years at Harrow that Hugo started earning money from photography, eagerly and successfully taking many Leavers’ photographs which, whilst rewarding, scuppered his A-level results, much to the chagrin of his parents!

Hugo’s career has spanned several decades, earning him an international reputation.

He has spent over 20 years capturing the great and the good at play for Tatler’s famous Bystander pages. His previous subjects include many international figures such as Michael Jackson, Lucian Freud, President Mikhail Gorbachev and Baroness atcher.

He was also the photographer for the weddings of Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall and that of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge.

On the day of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding, he and his team cycled to Buckingham Palace because of the road closures. Hugo and his team had just 28 minutes to work his magic when the wedding party returned to the Palace in their carriages.

His photographs have brought him critical acclaim, which is now enabling him to combine his talents with his passion for conservation. Hugo has just hosted his first solo exhibition at e Victoria and Albert Museum, London in aid of his charity Panama Wildlife Conservation Charity (PWCC). e exhibition opening was attended by Her Royal Highness e Duchess of Cornwall, who was Patron of the launch event.

Hugo has spent the last four years photographing the indigenous tribes of Panama, who are the natural guardians of these lands, which are home to a staggering number of species. His travels have taken him deep into the Darién Gap, trekking on steep inclines, on paths not much wider than a magazine, with thick vegetation on one side and a sheer drop on the other, up to his knees in mud. On one occasion, upon arriving into the Llano Bonito community, exhausted and covered in mud, Hugo discovered that the chief and his family had moved out of their hut to make space for him and his team.

Gaining the trust of the Emberá tribe involved embedding himself in their way of life, hunting for the giant, sharp-toothed guinea pig, eating rat, negotiating and compromising intensely: a very different challenge from photographing the British Royal Family. e projects that Hugo has helped set up have contributed to the protection of many valuable species and protected the biodiversity of a massively important ecosystem. e economy of Panama is stronger as a result of the charity’s work and local people are better educated and equipped to interact with their wildlife in a productive and sustainable way.

Hugo lives in Notting Hill Gate, not far from his studio where his love of photographing family portraits takes place. www.hugofoto.com

HUGO BURNAND BIG PICTURE

Opposite, HRH The Prince of Wales by Hugo Burnand

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Event Reports

e Harrow Association of South Africa (HASA) Annual Dinner e Kelvin Grove Club, Newlands 13 February 2017 irteen OHs with ten wives and partners and five guests participated in an enjoyable evening of good food and wines, fellowship and Songs. e event was arranged by David White (Elmfield 19572) and Tim Scarborough (Rendalls 19513) and included eight local OHs – Roy Jack (e Park 19442), Tim Crawley (Druries 19583), Robert Maydon (e Grove 19573), David Reid (Newlands 19522), Peter Radcliffe (e Grove 19592), Noel Curzon (West Acre 19502), William Ingram (e Knoll 19592) and Giles Hodgson (e Head Master’s 20081). Also present were three overseas visitors, Roger Ward (Druries 19502), Anthony Nelson (e Park 19613) and Remington Norman (Rendalls 19583). e selection and singing of Songs was coordinated by Tim Crawley with a keyboard accompanist. Tim, once again, provided the Five Hundred Faces solo.

Above, from left to right: David Dundas-Reid, Remington Norman, Anthony Nelson, Tim Crawley, Tim Scarborough, David White, Roger Ward, Peter Radcliffe, Giles Hodgson, Roy Jack, William Ingram, Noel Curzon, Robert Maydon.

OH Singapore Dinner 30 March 2017 A group of 14 OHs and special guests, including former Beak Graham Wilson gathered for dinner at the Clan Restaurant to catch up over good food, drink, and of course, Songs. Many familiar faces were joined by several newcomers, with attendees spanning the years from the late 1970s through to the 2000s, reflecting the increasing breadth of ages and nationalities within the OH network that can now be found in Singapore. One amusing discovery of the night was that among the attendees, no less than three work together at the same insurance firm! While finance and consulting probably remain the dominant industries of employment for many OHs in Singapore, it is a breath of fresh air to see many involved in fields as diverse as education, hospitality and fine art. ey were joined by Douglas Collins, CEO of the Harrow Development Trust, who updated the group with news and stories from the Hill. e evening concluded as usual with an assortment of Songs, with promises to reconvene again soon at the Cricket Club Terrace over pints of Tiger beer.

Standing (l to r): Pascal Demierre, James Richardson, Jonny Hulbert, Douglas Collins, Graham Wilson, Alastair Yarrow, Andrew Lau, Christopher Khoo, John Friedman.

Seated (l to r): Brandon Lau, Jamie Coventry, Alex Lee, Oliver Scarr, Andrew Lea-Cox.

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OH Cross Country Society Report ames Hare & Hounds Alumni Race – 17 December 2016 With the mid-December diary thick with Christmas parties, there was one event that stood out: the annual old boys (and girls) cross country race on Wimbledon Common. is eagerly anticipated mud-fest seemed to come around quicker than usual this year and, despite noble intentions, minimal training was achieved by most of us. We convened at the ‘spiritual home of cross country’, the ames Hare and Hounds clubhouse on Wimbledon Common, a bastion of cross country running housing memorabilia from bygone days. e motley crew of OHs, ranging from those just departed the Hill to the 40 -years-on- brigade (CJFB), soon assembled and exchanged excuses and injury travails.

We watched as ‘keeno schools’ such as Winchester and Sedbergh engaged themselves in strenuous stretching and warm up routines, but a handshake, slap on the back and rose-tinted reminiscence of school days was all that was needed for us ‘old school’ OHs. Indeed, spirits were high as we assembled for our team photograph before massing on the start line, alongside 200 or so other runners. With many a Long Ducker behind us – CJFB has 18 to his name – we were confident that five miles on soft ground would be kids’ stuff. And so it proved, with the Harrow team coping well with the muddy, undulating course and coming a respectable 7th out of 33 schools. Best of all though was the news that Eton had only managed 20th. How the

OH RuNNeRS Quentin Baker (Moretons 19893), Ed Cartwright (e Grove 19923), Alex Cartwright (e Grove 19873), Charles Farrar-Bell (CJFB) (Moretons 19721), Johnny Farrar-Bell (Moretons 20043), Charlie O’Connor-Fenton (e Park 19831), Jonathan Orme (e Park 19913), Mark Sankey (e Park 19943)

mighty have fallen. Individual performances of note were Ed Cartwright in 11th and Quentin Baker not far behind in 21st place.

Catching up over tea and biscuits at the prize giving, it was clear that, despite the sore legs and tired bodies, there was a real sense of accomplishment. We had done Harrow proud and kept alive that Churchillian spirit of continuing in the face of adversity. And while we knew that cross country running on Wimble-

don Common on a cold December’s afternoon isn’t everyone’s idea of fun, secretly I think we all rather enjoyed it. e OHs were delighted to be joined by two current members of the School cross country team, Oliver Tippett and George Grassly, who both ran very well. We look forward to them bolstering the OH team in the next few years.

JOHNNY FARRAR-BELL (Moretons 20043)

Harrow School Fido May Trophy Clay Pigeon Shooting Competition 23 February 2017 ere was a record turnout of school entries for the seventh annual competition in honour of one of Harrow’s foremost clay pigeon shots, Fido Reginald Vivian May (Bradbys 19463). Particularly impressive was the High Gun score of 48/50.

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OH Golfing Society Another busy year was in prospect for the OH Golfing Society, after a very full and successful 2016, when as many as 30 different events were played. e championship fixtures, consisting of the Halford Hewitt, Bernard Darwin at three age levels, Grafton Morrish, and Public Schools Midland meeting, all saw enthusiastic OH teams competing against strong opposition with mixed results. Two rounds won in the Hewitt v Blundells and e Leys, under non-playing captain Alex Mann, before succumbing to the ever-strong Charterhouse. e Bernard Darwin side, led by our new President Jamie Warman, were unfortunately just unable to overcome Clifton in defence of their 2015 title, although the Seniors team, under the leadership of Jeffrey Bonas, did reach the semi-finals before colliding with those Carthusians again. e Grafton with a team of six, captained by Jeremy Fricker, qualified for the finals at Brancaster and Hunstanton, beating Lancing in the morning before losing narrowly to Stowe, eventual finalists, in the afternoon. ere was also a fair result by our Midlands team of eight at Little Aston, led by our new Secretary, William North, who finished well up the field with 98 points, just eight behind winners Wrekin. Alastair Mackenzie and Adrian Gracey, runners up in the individual best pair competition, were the heroes for Harrow.

Two matches were played against the School side, at Woking and Sunningdale, kindly organised by Master-in-Charge Simon Page. While the School team lost both encounters to the strongly led OH teams under Jeremy Fricker and Jan Brugelmann respectively, both meetings proved to be great experience for the boys at these two famous courses and helped to prepare them for their inter-school matches. e Harrow meeting on the home course was also enjoyed by a good number of OHGS members, especially fathers with sons at the School.

As many as seven meetings, all of them at different first class courses in the south east, were played by 14 under-30 OHs at concessionary rates, an increase over the already healthy numbers of 2014 and 2015, and competitions were much enjoyed by all participating, including those hosts from the clubs involved. Former House Master of Moretons, Simon Berry, has consistently been a great catalyst for these events. e annual Spring Meeting at Royal St Georges, run by new match captain Geoffrey Goddard, was a fine success too, with 28 players enjoying the considerable challenges of a cold east wind over that

famous and severely testing links, with Rupert Fisher, who had brought in the previous year’s winner, taking the Henriques Stableford Cup in fine style at his home club. Likewise, the autumn meeting at Royal West Norfolk GC, once again ably run by our Treasurer omas Olesen, attracted 28 players including Chairman of Governors John Batting, all of whom much enjoyed tackling the wind in fine conditions on a very different type of links, and a selection of worthy winners of the five trophies pleasingly comprised a good few ‘rookies’ at this fixture. e Harrow Association meeting this year at Ashridge, in perfect autumn sunshine, attracted a maximum entry of 52, and has again encouraged several non-OHGS players to join our society. is event is now well established and will, in 2017, be played at the New Zealand Club near Woking.

Another match was played against the Old Etonians at Worlington with mixed success, and an exciting match against the Brigade of Guards at the usual Worplesdon location was tied, under the captaincy of Andrew Gammon. e annual Rix Hill knock-out championship continues to attract OHGS players, with the prospect of playing in the final at Valderrama – a fine reward after early rounds at many privileged courses. e OHGS is proud of the close relationship it has developed with the School golf teams, and I have found it particularly rewarding to meet and watch some of the undoubtedly very talented young players coming through, judging by some of the spectacular shot making witnessed. We hope many of these young bloods will be available for future years’ participation in again winning some of the major events where OHs have triumphed in the past. e 2017 golfing season will follow a very similar programme of fixtures, with the added attraction of a Scottish meeting in June at Muirfield, North Berwick, Gullane and Luffness. We look forward to welcoming more new members whom we are confident will enjoy considerable golfing opportunities available with the OHGS. Extensive work has also taken place this year to make our website more interesting and informative; visit www.ohgs.org.uk where details of how to join the OHGS are clearly set out. What more indeed could any OH golfer wish for? For just £20 annual subscription, there’s really a lot of joy to be had, in great company, at any of the wide range of fixSTEPHEN BOIS (Moretons 19602) OHGS Capt. tures!

e Knoll House Dinner e Ironmongors’ Hall – 20 August 2017 On 20 August 2017, 92 Old Knollites, together with four House Masters (three past and one future) gathered in the magnificent surroundings of the Ironmongers’ Hall for their tri-partite dinner.

Guests were successfully guided through the three-course dinner (including a Crème Knôllée dessert) with great professionalism by Graham Bucknall (e Knoll 1983³) and former House Master, Dr Eric Sie, proposed the health of the house in a witty after-dinner address. Songs were, as usual, led by Guy Hurley (e Knoll 1978²), while Martin Singleton kindly provided accompaniment on the piano. In keeping with the tradition of Knoll House dinners, the songs were numerous, with the usual Knoll verses being included in Io Triumphe and Giants. Several disappointingly competent solos were also performed, including a memorable rendition by House Master-elect, Dr Craig Owens, of the first verse of Five Hundred Faces.

Dr Owens also impressed those present by being the first to have spotted that 2020 will be the 150th anniversary of e Knoll; another Old Knollite dinner is planned for that year, and a three-line whip will be issued for all!

THE HON ANDREW BUTLER (e Knoll 1981³) AND KARIM WILKINS (e Knoll 1984³)

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1982-1986 1st XV Rugby reunion lunch 26 November 2016 e Harrow Association and Harrow Development Trust welcomed back a group of approximately 50 OHs who played in the 1st XV teams from 1982 to 1986, along with a number of their former coaches including Roger uttley OBE, George Attenborough, Bill Snowden, John Ing and James Baron (Newlands 19702). After the official group photograph was taken on the Shepherd Churchill Room (SCR) terrace, the OHs and invited guests sat down to lunch in the SCR. Will Landale (e Grove 19783) introduced Roger uttley, to great cheer, with Roger’s trade-mark rallying cry of “money-inthe- bank”; and Roger replied, reminiscing about his years coaching this generation of OHs. Roger noted how gracefully all had aged and, in particular, Tom Nicholson (West Acre 1979) who, with his crop of jet black hair, looked fitter, leaner and more athletic than

he ever did 33 years ago! As a memento of the occasion, Roger was also presented with a rugby ball signed by all the Old Lions. e OHs then watched the much-anticipated game against Wellington. ere was unanimous agreement that that standard of rugby at Harrow today was astonishing and had moved onto a new level since the 1980s: many commented, after the match, that the XV had produced one of the greatest schoolboy matches they had seen. e OHs felt that the 2016 players could be proud of being part of a superb Harrow team and, most importantly, the Old Lions were particularly impressed by the dignity and sportsmanship with which the XV handled their one- point defeat. After a warming tea in the SCR, a selection of OHs continued their reminiscing in e Castle and vowed to keep in touch.

OH Property Club drinks Marylebone – 16 June 2016 e OHPC was delighted to bring almost 40 together for drinks in Marylebone. For those who weren’t able to make it, this was a very relaxed ‘drop in and out’ evening where we had OHs of all ages, involved in a range of interesting property-related roles, meet up for drinks. As ever, it is great to see old friends catch up and new relationships form and we hope that more members will join these evenings.

WILL DAVIES (Rendalls 19993)

e Park House Dinner e Calvary and Guards Club – 2 November 2016 123 Old Parkites gathered at e Cavalry and Guards Club for their tri-partite House Dinner. Members of the House were joined by former House Masters Rob Collins and Peter Hunter and former Matron Pat Warwick-Smith. e current House Master, Ben Shaw plus members of the current upper Sixth, were also in attendance.

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Harrow Association Songs 6 October 2016 and 7 March 2017 It was wonderful for us to be able to welcome so many OHs and guests back to the Hill for Songs in October and March.

OH Players: Macbeth Speech Room – 28 and 29 April 2017 e OH Players returned to the Hill to present Shakespeare’s Macbeth, a story of prophecy, murder and madness. is rendition was innovative from the start; it was set in Speech Room whilst the refurbishment team were in. is worked to great effect as the sinister content of the play was complemented by the theatrical miscellany near centre stage as well as the ominous plastic seat covers. Shakespeare in Speech Room is always an experience and this performance realised ‘e Scottish Play’ to a very high standard.

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40 Years On Reunion dinner e Ivy – 3 March 2017 On 3 March, 27 of those who joined the School in the 1976/77 academic year met at e Ivy in London to celebrate their 40 Years On Dinner. Old acquaintances were renewed and a good time was had by all. ere was some discussion as to whether we should have been celebrating this year (40 years on from our arrival at the School) or in five years’ time (40 years on from our departure), but the general consensus was that it mattered not a bit and gives us a good reason to get together again in 2022!

Keith Metcalfe, Deputy Head Master, gave us an insight into the changes seen at the School since we have all left and Martin Singleton came and accompanied the somewhat shambolic rendition of some of our favourite Songs, chosen by those attending who could be bothered to vote (typical OHs!). After good food and (possibly) a little too much to drink, we now really know what it feels like to be 40 Years On! ADAM HART (West Acre 19771)

OH Real Tennis and Rackets Association e OHRT and RA organise a number of real tennis matches throughout the winter months against clubs as well as other Old Boys teams, and are always delighted to include new and younger players in the matches. In addition, if you are interested in starting to play real tennis, we have links to a number of clubs who have discounted introductory packages.

Finally, we have an annual dinner at the start of each season where we welcome the School’s 1st Rackets pair and other guests in what is always a very convivial evening.

Our biggest fixture is our annual tussle against the Old Etonians where we play for the Wellesley Trophy (the only boy we believe to have attended both Harrow and Eton!): this is usually played at Queen’s Club but every five years since 2005, to celebrate the bicentenary of the Harrow v Eton cricket match, we have our fixture at Lord’s.

At the inaugural match at Lord’s on 18 June 2005, we played ten doubles matches including a schoolboy pair and the result was an honourable five-all draw.

OH Adventurers visit Harrow School OH Room – 20 September 2016 A number of OH Adventurers returned to Hill to present a collection of talks, hosted by the Geography Society, to current Harrovians. Pen Hadow (e Park 1975³), President of the OHA, introduced the evening, then James Sunley (Elmfield 1979¹), Sneh Khemka (West Acre 1989³), Jamie Sparks (Moretons 2005³), Mark Mosimanm (Bradbys 1990³) and Henry Cookson (Elmfield 1989³) shared stories of their inspirational endeavours to a captivated audience of boys and Beaks.

Founder’s Day 5 February e School and OHs celebrated Founder’s Day in the best way they know how, with an impressive display of Harrow Football.

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e Byronics After the success of last summer’s joint event with the Eton Dragonflies, e Byronics – the club for gay and bisexual OHs – hosted a repeat event with drinks on the evening of 8 June in the gardens of St Paul’s, Covent Garden, in London. If you’re interested in finding out more about the club please get in touch with Rory Smith (harrowbyronics@gmail.com) for further information.

OH Association Football Club e OHAFC, founded in 1859, continues to thrive and up-to-date news is available at www.ohafc.com, which is considered to be one of the finest amateur sport websites. e Club’s 1st XI is returning to

Promoted OHAFC 2nd XI – Season 2016/17

Division 1 of e Arthurian League after a tough season in the Premier Division while the 2nd XI, pictured left, has gained promotion to Division 2, narrowly missing out on the Division 3 title on goal difference. e 3rd XI has enjoyed loyal support from its regulars despite suffering several heavy defeats at the hands of strong one-team clubs who entered the League in September. e over 35s, holders of the League Veterans Cup, lost in extra time to Old Foresters in this year’s final, having overcome Old Carthusians and Lancing Old Boys in previous rounds. e biennial dinner at the Hurlingham Club in February was attended by 150 members and guests who were treated to entertaining speeches by the Head Master and the Club President, Andrew Butler (e Knoll 19813). e Jubilee Cup was presented to the FestiPhil winning captain, Alex Gilbert (Moretons 20013). Jack Alhadeff (e Grove 20063) was awarded the Robert Worthy Young Player Trophy and Fred Richardson (Elmfield 19993) won e Charles Clover Brown Award for outstanding services to the Club. is season’s Easter tour is to Madrid.

CLUB CONTACTS Harrow Aviation Club Harrow Rifles Harrow Wanderers OH Association Football Club OH Cross Country OH Adventurers Club OH Entrepreneurs & Investors Club OH Eton Fives Club OH Fencing Club OH Finance Club OH Lodge OH Golfing Society OH Horse Racing Club OH Law Association OH Lawn Tennis Club OH Medical Society OH Motoring Club OH Players OH Polo Club OH Property Club OH Real Tennis and Rackets OH Sailing Association OH Squash Rackets Club OH Wine Club e Byronics

JB Steel (Rendalls 19673) DHW Dashwood (e Knoll 19742) JR Gillions (Elmfield 19873) HTF Woolley (Moretons 19983) MH Sankey (e Park 19943) RM Portal (Elmfield 19812) JBG Taylor (Elmfield 19933) RJ Bryan (Moretons 19923) AE Webb (Druries 19893) A Swarup (Newlands 19903) JDI Skeggs (Elmfield 19973) TE Olesen (Rendalls 19711) AP Rogers (Elmfield 19843) PLSI Ali-Noor (West Acre 20013) Alistair Scott (Tennis coach 1988-2000) OL Duke (Newlands 19993) IH Wallace (Bradbys 20003) JC Poole (Bradbys 20003) CPE Betz (Elmfield 19953) TRM Stoddart-Scott (e Park 19923) H Boralessa (Moretons 19833) DE Butler (e Head Master’s 19603) DCA Titchener-Barret (Elmfield 19903) AM Raffety (Rendalls 19953) RJH Smith (e Park 20023)

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john@greatrollright.com david@dashwood.eu james@gillions.eclipse.co.uk woolleyhtf@hotmail.com mark.sankey@cantab.net bert.portal@sky.com jgbtaylor@gmail.com rjbryan_007@yahoo.co.uk ukdocinnz@gmail.com bobswarup@yahoo.com secretary@ohlodge.com ohgsoc@gmail.com anthony@airliestud.com pierre@ali-noor.com alistair.e.scott@hotmail.com oscarlduke@gmail.com ianh@ian-wallace.co.uk james_c_poole@hotmail.com clarkbetz@hotmail.com tomstoddartscott@gmail.com hboralessa@hotmail.com debutler@argonet.co.uk dominic@dtbsportsandevents.com araffety@armit.co.uk roryjhsmith@gmail.com

There are only a few seats available should you wish to book.

Tuesday 21 November 2017

CHURCHILL SONGS at the Royal Albert Hall in celebration of Leadership and Service at Harrow School Royal Albert Hall box office +44 (0)20 7589 8212 www.royalalberthall.com

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FEW PEOPLE ARE LuCKY enough to turn their life’s passion into their job, but that is exactly what Sam Fane (e Knoll 20023) has managed to achieve.

Social media has become a source of entertainment for millions of people around the world and has turned some users into celebrities. Sam’s Seen rough Glass YouTube channel has over 240,000 subscribers and he travels the world driving supercars most of us could only dream of. We spoke to Sam to find out how he came to be one of the UK’s most successful car YouTubers and how he has made a full-time career from his online videos.

As a young boy, Sam dreamt of becoming a Formula 1 superstar and, like all good Formula 1 drivers, started go-karting at an early age. When Sam came to Harrow, however, his focus turned from cars to music.

Although, much to Sam’s disappointment, Harrow’s music facilities were limited when he arrived, over the years the School bought new equipment and built a music studio for the boys to use. Sam spent a great deal of time in the studio, confessing that it was a way of avoiding running Long Ducker each year.

When Sam left Harrow, he managed to find a job in a music studio. After a few years, he moved to the PR company Freud Communications, where he worked on major projects such as the Bafta awards.

During his years at Freud Communications, Sam was also involved in campaigns for Formula 1 and various car manufacturers. is reignited his love for cars and he eventually realised that this passion was too great to ignore. Like many OHs, Sam liked the idea of working for himself so decided to set up his own PR company specialising in motorsports projects. He established an office in London and acquired a number of clients but soon found the stress of working alone difficult to cope with. He turned to his father, Harry Fane (e Grove 19663), who has

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“When you’re not busy, do your hobby, and when you’re busy, drop your hobby. For me that hobby became YouTube.”

run his own company for most of his life, for some help.

“Dad gave me some amazing advice,” Sam relates. “He told me: ‘You should find a hobby. You can’t just sit by yourself from nine to six every day staring at your computer. When you’re not busy, enjoy your hobby, and when you’re busy, drop your hobby.’ For me me that hobby became YouTube.”

In his search for something that he could do in his spare time, Sam had turned to YouTube for inspiration. He naturally drifted towards channels featuring cars and motorsports but soon realised that nobody was creating anything really entertaining or amusing about them.

“I was watching these guys driving amazing cars and I just thought they could be a bit happier about doing it!” he said.

Sam discovered a community of motorbike enthusiasts who were creating ‘motovlogs’ in which bikers drove around filming and talking about anything interesting they saw. ese videos were popular and strangely entertaining. Living in and driving through Central London every day, Sam saw all sorts of cars, and amusing incidents involving cars, and realised he could make a similar type of video, but from a car. Because he didn’t have to reveal his identity in the videos, it meant he could carry on with his day job as well. is was the start of Seen rough Glass.

He had made a number of videos with his friends while at Harrow so had already had some experience of how YouTube worked. For the first few months, Sam showed the films on Seen rough Glass only to his close friends and family, never posting any of them on his personal social media pages. For him, it was purely a distraction from work until, one day, he saw on Instagram a picture of a million-pound Ferrari parked about ten minutes away from his office.

“From a nerdy point of view I was desperate to go and see it. en I realised this was the middle of the day in the middle of the working week; nobody was going to be there, so maybe I should take my video

camera along.”

Sam’s video of the rare Ferrari got 5,000 views over the course of a week and suddenly his YouTube channel was more than just a hobby. e Ferrari video was noticed by other car YouTubers and Sam became good friends with Paul Wallace, creator of the Supercars of London channel, who helped him develop Seen rough Glass and gave him some great advice. Sam’s day job was also going well and he was able to buy a new car, an Alpha Romeo 4C, which was “…incredibly rare at the time. You didn’t really see them on the street and there was this big interest online, which I had underestimated.”

Sam continued to drive around London, making funny videos about all the

Above, Sam with Sebastian Vettel and his YouTube channel Seen Through Glass

rare and exotic cars he spotted, and he was soon invited by another car YouTuber to go on a supercar road trip around Europe. “at was the first time I turned the camera on myself. My PR head realised that if I wanted to collaborate with any of the other YouTubers on the trip I had to sell myself.”

Ever since that trip, Seen rough Glass has grown so much that, just over a year ago, Sam was able to close his PR business and start making YouTube videos full time.

His films are entertaining and funny as he expresses his thoughts and opinions on the latest and greatest cars. He travels the world with friends and shares with his viewers the opportunities he has to drive the most exciting cars on the planet.

According to Sam, however, it’s not always as glamorous as it looks and his success does not come without hard work.

“From the outside, it looks like we are all walking around with video cameras having the time of our lives, having a bit of a laugh, which was probably my dad’s concern at first!”

He stresses that it is possibly the hardest he has ever worked in his life. He currently produces between two and four videos every week and keeping up with Google’s demands and keeping his channel growing is a 24/7 job.

“You look at something like Top Gear, which UK automotive YouTubers are often compared to, and they have six months of planning, three months of filming and millions of pounds to spend. Unfortunately, for us it’s usually 24 hours of planning, a £100 budget and the video has to be uploaded the following day.”

According to Sam, in the YouTube world you have to be passionate about the content you are creating or your channel will never grow and be a success. e amount of work and energy you need to put in requires you to love the whole process, from the long hours of filming to endless late-night editing. As you watch Sam’s videos, you can tell he loves every minute of it. As he says, “It is, for me, a complete passion and an obsession.”

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S E C TO R S P OT L I G H T

STREET CHILD TOM DAN N AT T

INSTITUT SAINT JEAN N IC C HU RC H

OHs making a positive contribution to the wider world are numerous.

From Richard Curtis (Rendalls 19702) setting up Comic Relief in 1985 to HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal (î Ąe Park 19603) dedicating his life to peace and the protection of human rights globally, the examples are many and varied. In this Sector Spotlight, we shine a light on just a small selection of OHs who have chosen to make a career out of charitable work overseas.

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ACTION AID NI GE L SAX BY- SO FFE Elmfield 1963²

After 20 years in the City, in 1994, disillusioned with its post-Big Bang values, Nigel moved to ActionAid, the international development NGO, as its finance director. ere, he oversaw the transformation of the organisation from a small UK-based charity into an international federation of local NGOs, based in the south.

He took a particular interest in issues of financial and operational performance and accountability, and of resource allocation.

ActionAid was one of the first development organisations to recognise the need to address

both the causes of poverty, rooted in the power imbalances between the developed and developing worlds, and its symptoms at a local level. It is also recognised globally for its work promoting the rights of women and girls. Nigel left ActionAid at the end of 2009 but has maintained his interest in the sector as a trustee of Practical Action (development with a technology focus) and Article 19 ( freedom of expression and information). He was awarded the OBE for services to international development in 2010.

GLOBAL ACTION M A RK GI FFA RD- LIN DSAY

TEARS FOR TIGERS JAC K B AU CHER

GREAT LAKES OUTREACH S IMO N G UIL LE BAU D

PHILIPPINE SELF HELP FOUNDATION R ICH A RD F OSTER

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P H I LI P P I N E S E LF H E LP F O U N D ATI O N www.pshf.net

In September 1984, Richard Foster (Elmfield 19661) left his sports club management job in Belgium and embarked on a long journey that culminated in Japan, where he was to live for 27 years. ere, he was alerted by a newspaper article to a famine on Negros Island in the Philippines. e island had been plunged into crisis by a collapse in the sugar price.

With sugar workers laid off in their thousands, their children went hungry and hospitals recorded hundreds of deaths from malnutrition.

Richard arrived in Bacolod, Negros, on 1 January 1987. He visited the paediatric wards of the provincial hospital and helped parents with prescriptions which they had been unable to fill for lack of funds. He met one mother carrying her six-year-old boy; of six children, only he and his little sister had survived.

Before returning to Japan, Richard gave one of the doctors money to start a revolving livelihood loan fund. is marked the beginning of the Philippine Self Help Foundation. ree decades on, famine conditions on the island of Negros are a distant memory but the PSHF continues to empower the poor with small business loan assistance across five locations in the Philippines. ey welcome visitors and volunteers.

What leads an OH to move to Burundi, the poorest country in the world? Simon Guillebaud (Newlands 19863) could not have anticipated what lay in store. Having loved his schooldays, including being captain of cricket and rackets, he went to Loughborough and then into business, but only briefly, because a new adventure awaited.

A series of unlikely encounters led Simon to Burundi and, in 2003, he set up Great Lakes Outreach (GLO) to support the nation’s best prospective leaders of integrity, helping facilitate long-term change. GLO now brings hope to around 75,000 lives annually through education, social enterprise and community transformation.

Burundi, in Central Africa, suffered genocide on a smaller scale than Rwanda, which meant there was less accompanying media attention and funding. Statistics rate it the poorest, hungriest and unhappiest nation.

Everything Simon does is informed by his Christian faith and he is a sought-after inspirational speaker. In 2015, his latest book, Choose Life, received national recognition as Devotional of the Year, providing daily inspiration for thousands.

Right now, people are starving around him. Simon would love any help to meet urgent needs. “I’m on the ground, making sure no money gets wasted.”

TE A R S F O R TI G E R S www.experience-wildlife.com

G R E AT L A K E S O UTR E A C H www.greatlakesoutreach.org

Jack Baucher’s (e Head Master’s 20003) conservation roots began when he moved to Nepal in 2009 to study the language and work in a Himalayan village.

He soon learned about the issues in the village with human-wildlife conflict and how it was diminishing the resident leopard population. After this eight-month stint in the Himalayan foothills, Jack had learned Nepali. He had also witnessed not only the simplicity and frugality of the life of the local Nepali people, but also the adverse impact of the continuing spread of humanity on indigenous wildlife throughout the hillside and river valleys.

Jack continued his conservational focus and lived on the Indian subcontinent for five years. Learning the relevant field skills to become an accomplished conservationist – tracking tigers; guiding botanists; working with mahouts and domesticated elephants; fine tuning the art of camera trapping snow leopards; studying scats and analysis; maintaining habitat and grasslands; interacting and living with communities, and working with government officials to enable effective national park management.

Since his introduction in 2009 and five years of field experience, Jack now has his own specialised travel agency, Tears for Tigers – Travel & Consultancy, which introduces donors and clients to the best conservation practices across the globe. Tears for Tigers offers clients an opportunity to engage in conservation and become very hands on and pragmatic about the realities of saving endangered wildlife from extinction.

Jack now works with the likes of the World Wildlife Fund and the philosophy of ‘seeing is believing’ is something he deems critical to the survival of many species.

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STR E ET C H I LD www.street-child.co.uk

Tom Dannatt (Bradbys 19923) founded the charity Street Child in 2008. Today, the charity supports the education of more than 50,000 children in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria and Nepal, running programmes for major organisations such as uNICEF and DFID as well as depending heavily on the generosity of private supporters.

Tom initially began the charity as a side project alongside a small recruitment business he was running in the City of London but, in 2012, sensing the potential of the organisation, he became full-time CEO. Street Child started, and is still best known for, its work in Sierra Leone. is work included setting up Sierra Leone’s first, and now annual, marathon in May each year, still the charity’s major fundraising event, attracting hundreds of locals and international visitors. It expanded into Liberia in 2013. e Ebola crisis posed extreme challenges but ultimately was a situation on which Street Child was widely recognised as making a major impact, especially because of its focus on using local staff. As a result, Street Child was encouraged by uNICEF and others to respond to the Nepal earthquake, where the charity has helped rebuild over 200 classrooms. Street Child’s newest mission is responding to the catastrophic, vastly under-reported situation in North East Nigeria, where the Boko Haram insurgency has left over three million children out of school.

Tom now lives in Norwich with his wife, Lucinda, and four young sons. He works in Street Child’s London office for a few days most weeks, and travels for a few days most months.

After leaving Harrow, Mark Giffard-Lindsay (e Grove 19823) worked as a Logistics Officer for Operation Raleigh’s expedition to West Cameroon. He served for nine years with the Parachute Regiment Reserve, leading paratroopers on challenging exercises throughout the world. Working in the expedition industry, Mark launched and planned over 60 overseas school expeditions.

After field experience with CARE International in Nepal, Mark worked for the International Federation of the Red Cross, where he managed a large-scale emergency relief operation in the Himalayas, providing emergency food aid and rebuilding six hospitals for 26,054 flood victims. He was then made Country Director, overseeing long-term sustainable development programmes in environmental protection, maternal-child health, and community-led microcredit and enterprise.

After working in Geneva as a Senior Officer at the headquarters of the International Red Cross and the united Nations, advising on global policy-making, he co-founded Global Action.

Global Action facilitates learning for uK schools through school expeditions in Nepal, India, Tanzania’s Zanzibar Island and in Switzerland. Mark believes passionately that engaging youth in learning about poverty reduction, environmental issues and social justice can shape the changes needed for positive global change.

I N STITU T S A I NT J E A N

G LO B A L A CTI O N www.global-action.co.uk

In 2015 Nicholas Church (e Park 20023) left his job in France to become a missionary in the Cameroon for two years with his wife and child. e family live in a small hut, enjoying a colourful Cameroonian lifestyle including frequent trips to the local market, pineapples growing in the garden, regular power-cuts and a family of lizards on their door step.

His mission has been to set up a new engineering university, Institut Saint Jean, which is based in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon. e first cohort of students arrived for the opening in 2016, and the intention is for it to become a hub of excellence in the sub-Saharan African French-speaking region. It will equip its graduates with an internationally accredited degree in IT, Business and Entrepreneurship, supported by a core ethical pedagogy. e principal ambitions are to bridge the gap between higher education and employment, balance the inequalities of access to Higher Education (socio-economic and gender) and combat the ever-present brain-drain culture. Having got off to an encouraging start, Nicholas is now working on developing support and raising funds for the project across the globe.

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Careers Convention 2017

This January, the Harrow Association and the School hosted a Careers Convention for Fifth and Sixth Form boys. It was great to see many OHs and a number of current parents offering their help and advice on the day, talking to the boys about their careers and answering a myriad questions.

Ben Umbers (Moretons 2005³) and Robin Stafford-Allen (e Head Master’s 1964¹) share their experience of the day.

Ben Umbers (Moretons 2005³)

Robin Stafford-Allen (The Head Master’s 1964¹)

I work for HRA Group, a Canadian diamond manufacturer and am part of launching and establishing Forevermark, the diamond brand from De Beers Group, in the UK and Ireland. I work closely with De Beers and the central Forevermark team to ensure our diamonds are marketed in the correct and appropriate way. Every day is different and I have been lucky enough to meet some of the most talented jewellers in the country, working alongside the likes of Theo Fennel who is now in partnership with Forevermark.

I chose to participate in the Careers Convention at my alma mater because I am a big believer in sharing knowledge, especially when it comes to something I am extremely passionate about. I love what I do and I feel

My life as an engineer has been varied. I have worked on the engineering of cars, MRI scanner magnets and ultimately nuclear fusion research machines, but always the work has been, for me, fascinating and satisfying.

It is something important to me that my work should be constructive. At the Careers Convention I try to advise Harrovians to consider engineering and be aware that this covers the design of everything from eco energy projects to motor racing, from medicine to bridges. I also point out that, although the financial rewards are generally not huge, engineers will always be needed and in demand, so continued employment should be likely.

One of the most satisfying occasions was when I actually put a young Harrovian off engineering by discussing what he really enjoyed doing and arranging

very lucky to do what I do, so if I can help anyone to have the same mentality I do now, then great.

I like to believe it benefited the boys too as it is something different from what I think they would have seen before. To be honest with you, I don’t think most of them knew what I did! However, I tried to show them an exciting glimpse into the industry and steer away from the typical first question of ‘How much money do you make?’

I’d certainly recommend it to other OHs, as not only is it great to inspire the boys who might greatly influence and benefit all our industries in the very near future, but it’s also a great event to catch up and network with fellow OHs. You never know where that will lead.

an industrial visit, provoking a strong interest in physics that eventually morphed into studying astrophysics at university. I enjoy helping young people to discover what truly interests them so that their career choice will give them pleasure for the rest of their lives, and I am always pleasantly surprised by the maturity of attitude and sensible questions from Harrovians that the discussions at the Careers Convention produce.

The bonus of the Careers Convention is the meeting of advisors prior to the event. There is always a good mix of OHs of all ages and other professionals who may be parents of present Harrovians or just friends of the School. Whatever the connection, they are always interesting people and the hour of chatting and dining prior to the Careers Convention is to be thoroughly recommended as a good way to spend a Sunday evening.

Would you like to help next year? We are always keen to hear from OHs willing to share their experience and expertise with current Harrovians at the Careers Convention every January. If you would like to be involved with the 2018 Convention, please contact Perena Shryane at ha@harrowschool.org.uk.

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Harrovians’ University Destinations 2016

Nearly all Harrovians move on to university on completion of their A levels, with the majority taking up offers from their first-choice institution. Many boys progress directly to university, while others choose to pursue a gap-year project first. e range of Harrovians’ university destinations has become broader, both in terms of the number of UK institutions and courses, and the overseas applications arising from an increasingly global perspective. American universities in particular, are featuring ever more prominently, with many boys attracted by the Liberal Arts model and the high quality and range of campus facilities on offer. European universities also attract attention, along with more distant destinations such as Hong Kong, Australia and Canada.

Of those leaving Harrow in the summer of 2016: • 27 boys took up a place at Oxford, Cambridge or Ivy League institutions • US destinations included Harvard, Princeton, Georgetown and Chicago • Almost 50% of the boys taking up places in 2016 were doing so at the world’s top 40 universities • 80% of the boys taking up places at UK institutions joined Russell Group universities e top destinations for Harrovians leaving in 2016 were Exeter, Oxford, Edinburgh, Bristol and Cambridge.

UK Destinations

USA Boston College Chicago Georgetown Harvard Northeastern NYU Parson’s Penn State Princeton Toronto UCLA UC Santa Barbara UVA Wesleyan Total

1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 17

Aberdeen 1 Bath 7 Birmingham 1 Bristol 13 Brunel 1 Cambridge 12 Cardiff 1 Cirencester 1 Durham 9 Edinburgh 13 Exeter 15 Hull 1 Imperial 5 KCL 6 Leeds 2 Leicester 1 Loughborough 2 LSE 3 Manchester 4 Newcastle 7 Oxford 13 Oxford Brookes 4 Queen Mary, London 5 Sheffield Hallam 1 Southampton 1 St Andrews 2 Strathclyde 1 Sussex 2 Swansea 1 UCL 9 York 2 Total 146

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SAT UR DAY 24 JU N E 2017

ETON V HARROW AT LORD’S Bring your family and friends to watch the School take on the old foe

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ROLL OF HONOUR 1916-17 In the Great War of 1914-18, 2,917 Harrovians served in the armed forces: 690 were wounded and 644 killed. In the annual issues of Follow Up! from 2015 to 2018, we present the names of those Harrovians who died 100 years earlier as a result of the First World War.

Lieutenant MRHA Allen (e Head Master’s 19101) Lieutenant GR Alexander (High Street 19023) Lieutenant G Ambler (e Park 19122) Lieutenant JS Anderson (Church Hill 19152) Captain HSO Ashington (e Knoll 19101) Captain GE Barclay (Elmfield 19061) Major TH Barclay (Elmfield 19013) Major HD Bentinck (Elmfield 18991) Lieutenant RA Biddulph (West Acre 19102) Lieutenant HEC Biedermann (e Knoll 19071) Captain CA Bland (e Knoll 19121) Lieutenant AF Blackwell (Moretons 19092) Lieutenant Lord B Blackwood (e Grove 18873) Lieutenant Colonel S Bonner DSO (Small Houses 18961) Lieutenant HJ Boyton (Church Hill 19102) Captain EF Brown (e Head Master’s 19082) Lieutenant DC Brown (e Head Master’s 19113) Lieutenant JEJ Brudenell Bruce (e Head Master’s 18952) Lieutenant EFC Budd (e Knoll 19082) Captain Sir HGT Butlin Bt. (e Grove 19112) Brigadier-General CB Bulkeley-Johnson ADC (Rendalls 18842) Captain AR Buxton (Elmfield 18973) Lieutenant PH Byng (Newlands 19103) Lieutenant CJ Byron (West Acre 19141) Captain JW Carter MC (Home Boarders 18983) Captain RAB Chancellor (High Street 19142) Lieutenant Colonel RC Chester-Master, DSO (e Park 18883) Lieutenant EWB Childe-Pemberton (e Knoll 19103) Captain GHT Chowne (e Head Master’s 18931) Captain TR Colyer-Fergusson, VC (e Head Master’s 19142) Captain CN Cory (Rendalls 19042) Lieutenant DP Cox (e Head Master’s 19122) Lieutenant MAE Cremetti, DCM (High Street 19092) Squadron-Commander IHWS Dalrymple-Clark (High Street 19052) Captain EBM Delmege MC (Druries 19082) Major AHN Devenish (West Acre 18883) Lieutenant Colonel VAMC De Calry DSO (Druries 19003) Lieutenant HN Dickinson (Home Boarder 19001) Captain ER Donner (Moretons 19141) Lieutenant ES Doran (Newlands 19052) Captain FO Eiloart (High Street 19102) Lieutenant GS Evans (e Knoll 18821) Major AEB Fair (Druries 18892) Captain JGK Farrar (West Acre 19983) Lieutenant Colonel AJ Fife (Elmfield 18963) Captain WA Fleming, MC (Rendalls 19083) Lieutenant DD Fowler (e Park 19143) Lieutenant AH Fry (Newlands 19042) Lieutenant RA Gault (Newlands 19153) Sergeant DB Gillespie (Home Boarders 18972) Lieutenant AS Gilmour (Druries 19061) Lieutenant NW Goddard-Jackson (e Grove 19142) Brigadier-General CWE Gordon (Newlands 18932) Major FR Gregson (e Head Master’s 18712) Lieutenant Colonel BS Grissell, DSO (Newlands 18971) Lieutenant F Grissell (Newlands 19043) Lieutenant CWA Halliday (Home Boarders 19042) Lieutenant JH Harford (Moretons 19142) Captain J Hartnoll (e Knoll 19012) Major GW Hemans (Rendalls 18961) Lieutenant DF Hervey (Rendalls 19142) Captain RBT Hill (Rendalls 19122) Captain RB Holland (e Head Master’s 19081)

24 March 1917, aged 25 24 April 1917, aged 31 3 August 1917, aged 23 10 October 1916, aged 19 31 January 1917, aged 26 24 January 1917, aged 27 4 May 1917, aged 33 2nd October 1916, aged 35 19 November 1916, aged 25 10 August 1917, aged 29 9 September 1916, aged 23 2 June 1917, aged 26 4 July 1917, aged 46 1 May 1917, aged 37 14 December 1916, aged 24 1 April 1917, aged 27 13 September 1917, aged 25 11 April 1917, aged 38 11 September 1917, aged 26 16 September 1916, aged 23 11 April 1917, aged 49 7 June 1917, aged 37 25 September 1916, aged 24 10 January 1917, aged 20 9 July 1917, aged 35 24 December 1916, aged 21 30 August 1917, aged 47 13 April 1917, aged 21 1 May 1917, aged 41 31 July 1917, aged 21 30 October 1916, aged 28 21 August 1917, aged 21 14 August 1917, aged 24 8 September 1916, aged 29 23 October 1916, aged 27 5 October 1916, aged 44 10 May 1917, aged 33 13 October 1916, aged 34 3 September 1916, aged 21 2 November 1916, aged 27 3 May 1917, aged 24 30 June 1917, aged 51 16 August 1917, aged 43 4 October 1916, aged 36 7 February 1917, aged 36 10 August 1917, aged 27 17 March 1917, aged 19 31 October 1916, aged 30 16 September 1916, aged 19 11 September 1916, aged 36 15 September 1916, aged 28 9 September 1916, aged 20 23 July 1917, aged 39 15 May 1917, aged 62 19 April 1917, aged 37 15 September 1916, aged 30 17 November 1916, aged 31 26 October 1916, aged 20 20 May 1917, aged 34 4 March 1917, aged 37 17 May 1917, aged 20 3 June 1917, aged 23 2 October 1916, aged 25

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Lieutenant JC How (e Head Master’s 19152) Lieutenant TW Horne (High Street 19032) Captain GL Jackson (Rendalls 19132) Captain HCF Jeffcock (Church Hill 19033) Captain CM Joicey (Druries 19093) Lieutenant LSG Jones (Elmfield 19153) Lieutenant MCW Kortright (West Acre 19122) Captain EHC Le Marchant (e Head Master’s 19132) Brigadier-General W Long (Moretons 18982) Lieutenant AV Lowry-Corry (Rendalls 19132) Major JB Lynch, DSO (Home Boarders 19002) Major EL Lyon (Elmfield 18962) Lieutenant Colonel WH MacGeorge (High Street 18662) Lance-Corporal AR Margesson (Small Houses 18963) Lieutenant C Mackeson (e Head Master’s 19152) Captain JCF Magnay (e Head Master’s 19133) Lieutenant Colonel PM Magnay (e Head Master’s 19052) Captain GW Mapplebeck (West Acre 18973) Captain GM Mayer (e Knoll 19112) Sergeant FM Michaelis (e Head Master’s 19102) Lieutenant HF Miles (e Grove 19122) Lieutenant CD Moon ORD (West Acre 19031) Lieutenant CH Newton-Deakin (High Street 19103) Captain CA Nicol (Moretons 18952) Lieutenant RB Nivison (Druries 19132) Captain L Norman (e Park 18962) Lieutenant HN Nuttall (High Street 19051) Major GB Oliver (Druries 18982) Major A Li Palmer (Moretons 19022) Captain HC Pember (e Park 18971) Major GFW Powell (e Head Master’s 19102) Lieutenant Colonel AC Pratt DSO (West Acre 18921) Lieutenant N Ramsay (e Knoll 18882) Captain JM Ramsay (e Head Master’s 19152) Captain CS Rattigan (West Acre 19042) Captain NM Reid (e Knoll 18932) Lieutenant JK Grant-Robertson (High Street 19102) Captain PV Rose (Druries 18843) Lieutenant FR Seely (e Head Master’s 19151) Lieutenant MJ Shaw (Rendalls 18983) Lieutenant HJ Snowden (Moretons 19152) Captain SJ Snowden (Moretons 19093) Captain WA Stirling (Elmfield 19142) Lieutenant DC Sykes MC (West Acre 19082) Captain CR Tidswell (e Head Master’s 18983) Lieutenant GR ompson (e Knoll 19142) Lieutenant RFC ompson (e Head Master’s 19022) Major AA Torrens (e Head Master’s 18922) Captain SB Tubbes (High Street 19121) Cadet AJ Turner (e Park 19142) Lieutenant TV Tyrwhitt-Drake (e Head Master’s 19153) Lieutenant RB Van Praagh (West Acre 19132) Captain JL Vaughan (High Street 19143) Lieutenant GYL Walters (Rendalls 19131) Major AT Watson (Moretons 18862) Lieutenant HMW Wells (Druries 19072) Lieutenant GK Welsford (High Street 19091) Lieutenant D Wilson (Druries 19152) Lieutenant TB Wilson (High Street 19112) Private WT Winthrop (e Head Master’s 18932) Lieutenant F Wollocombe (e Grove 19111) Captain RD Wylie (Newlands 19012)

2 April 1917, aged 19 22 August 1917, aged 30 9 April 1917, aged 23 30 May 1917, aged 28 5 June 1917, aged 25 20 June 1917, aged 19 21 May 1917, aged 23 29 October 1916, aged 22 28 January 1917, aged 37 September 1916, aged 20 5 March 1917, aged 33 17 September 1916, aged 39 16 December 1916, aged 65 11 January 1917, aged 38 16 August 1917, aged 19 23 April 1917, aged 20 13 April 1917, aged 31 30 July 1917, aged 27 16 February 1917, aged 24 14 May 1917, aged 24 3 September 1916, aged 22 2 December 1916, aged 31 11 April 1917, aged 24 8 May 1917, aged 39 15 September 1916, aged 21 15 September 1916, aged 35 5 July 1917, aged 30 29 September 1916, aged 35 15 November 1916, aged 34 3 May 1917, aged 37 29 July 1917, aged 26 16 August 1917, aged 43 3 September 1916, aged 47 13 April 1917, aged 19 13 November 1916, aged 32 12 January 1917, aged 39 1 January 1917, aged 21 25 April 1917, aged 48 13 April 1917, aged 20 15 September 1916, aged 34 11 August 1917, aged 20 26 March 1917, aged 25 14 October 1916, aged 20 26 July 1917, aged 26 16 October 1916, aged 35 3 September 1916, aged 20 11 September 1916, aged 32 8 December 1916, aged 42 22 August 1917, aged 23 31 July 1917, aged 19 29 January 1917, aged 19 9 April 1917, aged 22 16 August 1916, aged 20 15 September 1916, aged 21 5 August 1917, aged 47 15 September 1916, aged 27 20 October 1916, aged 25 28 December 1916, aged 19 18 July 1917, aged 25 7 June 1917, aged 40 10 September 1916, aged 24 23 August 1917, aged 33

e Dead by Rupert Brooke

ese hearts were woven of human joys and cares, Washed marvellously with sorrow, swift to mirth. e years had given them kindness. Dawn was theirs, And sunset, and the colours of the earth. ese had seen movement, and heard music; known Slumber and waking; loved; gone proudly friended; Felt the quick stir of wonder; sat alone; Touched flowers and furs and cheeks. All this is ended. ere are waters blown by changing winds to laughter And lit by the rich skies, all day. And after, Frost, with a gesture, stays the waves that dance And wandering loveliness. He leaves a white Unbroken glory, a gathered radiance, A width, a shining peace, under the night.

Read by Head of School, George Reid (Moretons 20123) at the Remembrance Sunday service on 13 November 2016 Source: e Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke (1915)

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WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I DID

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HARROW LIVES

BRIEFLY HAVE AN AMBITION TO BE A TOM PERKINS LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER

FARM MANAGER AND FORESTER

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As ambulance and police sirens shriek up and down Northwick Park Road outside and drive the resident cockatoo into a frenzy, inside Tom Perkins’ kitchen, with its clutter of outdoor gear and the paraphernalia of agricultural life, you could be in a farmhouse anywhere in rural England.

Tom himself is tall, mild mannered and softly spoken. He first came to Harrow in 1983 as herdsman on the School farm. He had gone straight into a job after leaving school, working in arable and fruit farming. “ere was plenty of work around Colchester, where I lived, and it wasn’t difficult to find a job. I suppose it was always inevitable that I would work on the land or in agriculture in some way. My father drove agricultural machinery – combine harvesters, tractors and things – for a living. When I was a child I was always outside exploring the countryside and the woods, and I have always been interested in animals, particularly birds.”

When he was 21, he met Peter Harris, the manager of the School farm, at a birthday party in London. “It came up in the course of conversation that Peter was looking for someone to look after the farm’s dairy herd. He arranged for me to go to Harrow for an interview and that was that.”

In those days, being the School’s herdsman was a full-time job. e School had a herd of Friesian dairy cows and produced milk for the Central Dining Hall and some of the Houses.

“We had 50 cows that had to be milked twice every day. I did all the dairy work and looked after the herd. Peter looked after the production side: the pasteurising and bagging of the milk. ere was a rota for Shell boys to collect milk for their Houses. ey had to get up at six o’clock in the morning, so some of them saw it as rather hard labour. It was sometimes a bit of a race to get them back in time to for breakfast and lessons.” e School also had a very active Farmers Club and groups of 15 to 20 boys would come down to the farm each day. Many of them were destined for agricultural or veterinary college after leaving School and so were very keen to help out. “Actually”, says Tom, “the main attraction was the chance to drive a tractor. We had three tractors and offered training so they could get a tractor driving licence. Boys would literally race down to farm for lessons at lunchtime. Some of them became quite proficient and we would ask them to rotovate and plough the fields.”

“In the 1980s and 1990s there was less academic pressure on the boys and they had more time to get involved in the farm. ere was a great sense of camaraderie. We used to visit agricultural shows and try out projects like keeping chickens, or goats or quail. e boys would trawl through Farmers Weekly and decide that it would be a good idea to buy a couple of goats or some geese. We would

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The School was keen to continue keeping cattle on the farm, so I chose English Longhorns, an old native breed that is popular for conservation grazing.

The farm is run on organic principles so the animals are not fed any concentrated food, just grass and silage which we produce ourselves… it is completely self-sufficient in that way.

borrow the minibus the CCF used as an ambulance to transport injured boys from the rugby fields and go and pick the animals up from Northamptonshire or somewhere. We were allowed to use the minibus as long as we cleaned it out properly before returning it. e boys weren’t always very good at this, so in the end the CCF wouldn’t let us have it any more. After that, I sometimes used my car.

Once, I travelled to Denham in my Mini with a boy to pick up some ex-battery chickens, which he had found for the bargain price of £1.50 each. We managed to get 60 of these poor, bedraggled things into cardboard boxes and squeezed them into the car. On the A40, a hen suddenly popped out of one of the boxes, followed by another and then another

until we had about half a dozen of them flapping about the car with the boy trying desperately to stuff them back into the box.”

“I believe the same boy kept ferrets in his room in e Grove. Some of the boys lived on big rural estates and their parents allowed us to go ferreting there, so we would drive out into the country early on Sunday mornings with the ferrets. A couple of other boys kept Harris hawks at the end of Moreton’s garden.

One of them gave his hawk to me when he left School and I kept her on the farm for a few years until someone released her into the wild. I thought she had gone forever but about two weeks later I saw her in an oak tree near the shed she’d lived in. I managed to lure her back but she was never the same again and became quite aggressive. Eventually, I gave her to a bird of prey centre who promised that if they managed to breed from her they would let me have a young male bird, but she fought off all her potential mates, so I never got another hawk.”

In 1987, Peter Harris left to manage a dairy herd in Sussex, so the School decided to sell its dairy herd and to rent the fields out to an equestrian centre. Tom felt it was time for him to move on and he got a job with a big dairy herd in Surrey. A few months later, however, he was back at Harrow again. e deal with the equestrian centre had fallen through and another farm employee, Charles Lesley, had taken over the tenancy of the farm and asked Tom to come back and help him rebuild the herd.

“I thought it sounded very exciting and was keen to come back, as long as I could have the house I’d been living in again. e School agreed with one condition: quite a number of trees on the School estate had been damaged in the great storm of October 1987 and I would help clear them up. I had no experience of forestry or working with trees, so I had to train in forestry and arboriculture.

We didn’t have any cows at first, so I started looking after the trees all over the estate and helping out around the grounds. at’s when the forestry side of my job first began. Now, forestry makes up about 70% of my work.”

When Charles Lesley left, in 2001, Tom took over as manager of the farm and, because dairy farming there was no longer a viable proposition, decided, with the School, to run it as a conservation area, improving hedgerows, planting trees and managing the pastures to encourage biodiversity. “e farm looks completely different now from how it did 15 years ago,” he says. “A lot of the hedgerows didn’t exist. ere was just electric fencing around the pastures. e School was keen to continue keeping cattle on the farm, so I chose English Longhorns, an old native breed that is popular for conservation grazing. e farm is run on organic principles so the animals are not fed any concentrated

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food, just grass and silage which we produce ourselves, avoiding the use of chemical herbicides and artificial fertilisers. It is completely self-sufficient in that way.”

With the focus of the farm now on conservation, Tom has close ties with the School’s Conservation group. “It’s a fairly large group of boys: quite similar in number to those who used to come down to help with farming. ey help out with clearing woodland, planting hedges and various types of conservation work. Other boys help out as part of their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award activities. Not so many come to help with the cattle now.

Unlike in the 80s, Harrovians don’t want to go to agricultural college; they tend to come down because they want to go to veterinary college and need experience of working with farm animals. ey are also under more academic pressure and don’t have so much time for other things.”

Today, Tom has three other people working with him, including a fully qualified tree surgeon, and divides his time between managing the farm and the animals, and directing the work of his team. “ere’s always plenty of work but I’m 60 now, so I tend to leave the physical forestry work to the others. I’ve got lots of ideas about how the farm could develop in the future. It would be great to see an environmental study centre being set up alongside the farming activities. ere is quite a big community around here and the farm is ideally placed to offer people the chance to learn about hedgerows, trees, animals, nature in general.”

As far as his own future is concerned, there are still things he, and his wife Eva, who shares his love of trees, would like to do: “I’d love to travel to the west coast of the USA and see the giant redwoods, and I want to visit New Zealand. I’ve always been a keen ornithologist so it will be nice to get back into that. We like to just take off in our campervan and explore ancient buildings and woodlands, and we enjoy folk music and going to festivals.

Our dream is to buy a small woodland, maybe in the West Country or Wales.”

After more than 30 years at Harrow, does he ever wish he had done something else?

“When I was young, I did briefly have an ambition to be a lighthouse keeper. It seemed so romantic, being airlifted out to a lighthouse with all your provisions for three months, with a library and just the sea to look at. But I feel really lucky that I have been able to spend my working life doing something that would have been my hobby anyway.”

Right: Tom with a 250-year-old sweet chestnut, Castanea sativa, in Grove Wood

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1977 was the year that God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols was banned by the BBC. It was also the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee, which was marked by festivals and street parties all over the country, despite the fact that the economy was in deep recession. e Harrovian kicked-off the year with a rather cynical look at the coming celebrations in the article ‘Rule Britannia’, which appeared in the 22 January issue.

FORTYYEARSON THE HARROVIAN IN1977

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The Design Centre in London has painstakingly picked certain ‘tasteful’ items to be our national Jubilee souvenirs. Among those going on sale later in the year are a paperweight with a plastic effigy of Prince Philip suspended inside and a puzzle superimposed on a coronation picture where, to win, the lucky contestant has to land a ball-bearing in the Queen’s nose.

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‘is, mark you, is to be no ordinary term; this is the first term of Jubilee Year – a celebration of 25 years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. How can we celebrate?

What have we to celebrate?

A look at the activities of the rest of the country would in any other circumstances give a good guideline.

However, as I write, the sole representative of patriotism is a ‘Wonderful Woolworth’s Jubilee Sale’, and the worst is yet to come. e Design Centre in London has painstakingly picked certain ‘tasteful’ items to be our national Jubilee souvenirs. Among those going on sale later in the year are a paperweight with a plastic effigy of Prince Philip suspended inside and a puzzle superimposed on a coronation picture where, to win, the lucky contestant has to land a ball-bearing in the Queen’s nose. ere is an undoubted similarity between such beautiful concepts and much Harroviana. Surely Community Service could design similar amusements, for example throwing sponges at models of the Royal family or, perhaps ‘Bowling for the Corgi’. On the Hill there are certainly no shortages of venue for such celebration: Druries or the Museum schools are, in fact, ideal Jubilee buildings.

Certainly a Jubilee Year allows every Englishman to indulge his eccentricities to the full, and the Harrovian need be no exception. Each one of us could paint our room Union Jack colours and replace those dubious posters with pictures of even more dubious national figures. All of us could follow the example of the C.C.F. Navy Section who, I believe, have already offered the Royal Yacht a berth in the Shepherd Churchill Waterfall.

But why celebrate at all in the midst of the gloom and doom of the recession? Exactly because of it. roughout history the English have succeeded by pulling the opposite way from the rest of the world (or foreigners as we know them), and it can happen again.

Also, there is no better breed than the Harrovian for doing what has been advised against.

So may I leave you as you trudge through the slush wishing heartily that you were somewhere else with the glad thought that preparations have already begun. At least one house on the Hill has issued every room with a presentation dustpan and brush to ensure that all is in order for the national whoopee.’

For some, the School was just not putting enough effort into celebrating the Jubilee. In a letter to the editors in the 28 May issue, A Royalist writes: ‘For a School that so venerates tradition, would it not be fitting to celebrate the Queen’s Silver Jubilee with more gusto than simply an extra day off at the exeat, which has been granted by the Queen anyway? I am not suggesting that we should hold a street party, but a banner in the high street would be quite adequate to show our appreciation of the Queen.’ e 2 June issue of e Harrovian was a special ‘Jubilee Number’. Containing a vari-

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For a School that so venerates tradition, would it not be fitting to celebrate the Queen’s Silver Jubilee with more gusto than simply an extra day off at the exeat, which has been granted by the Queen anyway?

ety of Jubilee-related stories, interviews and quizzes, it leads with an article, ‘Justifying the Jubilee’, which argues why money should be spent on the Jubilee in spite of the country’s economic difficulties: ‘Why, say the critics, waste all the money on pageantry with the country in its present situation? e common answer to this attack is that if the money were not spent on celebration it would never be distributed efficiently to those in need. But, supposing it was, and in this country I have faith that it might be, I for one would oppose such an action. e Jubilee will prove far more necessary than we realise.

A celebration is even more essential in times of depression: it provides a break, a time when even the media can feature the good news. Also, towns and villages throughout the country have spent the past year organising events to raise funds for their street parties and both these fund raising happenings leading up to Jubilee Day and the celebrations then will prove a worthy distraction and a good chance to break out from the gloom. I believe it would do us good at Harrow to share in these celebrations.’ e final acknowledgment of the Jubilee was in the Speech Day issue of 28 June, which recorded the Head Master’s speech: ‘Just over a fortnight ago my wife and I attended a particular Service of anksgiving at a Church in London. e Director of Music for the occasion, who is not unknown to many people here today, put his choir on, most appropriately in this year of Her Majesty’s Silver Jubilee, to sing that glorious anthem written by Sir Hubert Parry for the occasion of the Coronation of Her Majesty’s greatgrandfather, King Edward Vllth, to the words of the 122nd Psalm ‘I was glad when they said unto me: We will go into the house of the Lord.

Our feet shall stand in thy gates: O Jerusalem’. Into this anthem Sir Hubert worked a musical context for the previously tuneless cries of the Scholars of Westminster School shouting out in the Abbey, in accordance with their ancient and privileged tradition, and in their ancient pronunciation, the words ‘Vivat Rex’ or ‘Vivat Regina’, depending on whether it was a King or Queen at whose Coronation they were assisting. And a really jubilant sound it was that we heard in that performance of this anthem the other day in London.

Jubilee. A word of the most extraordinarily complicated derivation; trumpets made of ram’s horn come into it; many languages have borrowed from each other to form it; let us settle, with the Concise Oxford Dictionary, as it finally settles down, for “Season of rejoicing: exultant joy”.

And so, as we share with Westminster, and a few other schools but not many, the privilege of having been granted a charter by Queen Elizabeth I, I say now, on your behalf, what I shall say in the telegram of loyal greetings which I shall send to Her Majesty for next Tuesday, ‘Vivat! Vivat! Vivat Regina Elizabetha Secunda! God Save e Queen!’

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F IELD HOUSE C LUB In 2010, Dale Vargas (Druries 19523) asked designer Charles Marsden-Smedley (e Park 19723) to have a look at the Field House Club with a view to smartening it up. e Club was looking tired; that was obvious. It was also obvious that the Club owned a treasure trove of cricket memorabilia that deserved to be properly displayed, and protected.

Various key design decisions were taken early in the project. e magnificent oil painting, Dickenson’s e Interval, of the crowd in front of the pavilion at Lord’s for the Harrow v Eton Match of 1905, was hanging above the fireplace with distracting reflections from the windows opposite. e painting was cleaned and re-framed by Paul Mitchell (Rendalls 19592) and hung on the south wall. Proper lighting was also installed. In its place, over the fireplace, a display of cricket bats was designed in a fan around the Harrow shield.

Two showcases were designed, one over the mantelpiece in the large room, and one in the smaller room for objects such as cricket balls and silver cups. A complete re-hang was designed, including an up-date of the collection of portraits of those who have made 100 against Eton at Lord’s, and portraits of Harrovians who have gone on to play cricket for England. e Club was also redecorated. In 2015, a showcase for the magnificent AJ Webbe tankard was added. In 2016, the Club was formally opened by Tony Pigott (e Head Master’s 19721) of Sussex and England. e redesigned Club is becoming increasingly popular, not just with the Harrow Wanderer members but also with others, who can hire the room for meetings and events.

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Above, The Field House Club was acquired by William Nicholson (The Park and Moretons 18392), who played in the Harrow XIs of 1841-43, and presented to the School, in 1884, as a place in which Old Harrovians (the only opposition at the time) could change. Nicholson was director of J&W Nicholson, distillers of gin, and he used much of his wealth to the benefit of the School. Among his donations was the field now known as the Bessborough ground. Nicholson was president of MCC in 1879 and is remembered for advancing the money to enable the club to buy the freehold of Lord’s. When the visitors’ changing room was added to the Sixth Form pavilion in 2005, the Field House Club was converted for social use.

Right, Sir Stanley Jackson (The Head Master’s 18843); the Hon FS Jackson, known as “Jacker”, captained the Harrow XI of 1889 and went on to captain both Yorkshire and England.

He was one of the best all-rounders of his time. In 1888, after a matchwinning performance against Eton, Edward Bowen wrote and dedicated to him the song, A Gentleman’s a’Bowling. Jackson later earned distinction as a politician and Governor of Bengal. Also playing in the 1899 XI was another of Harrow’s great cricketers, AC MacLaren, who captained England on 22 occasions.

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Above, the large canvas on the south wall of the Club is entitled The Interval and is signed “Dickensons”. It represents the crowd gathered in front of the Lord’s pavilion during the lunch interval of the Centenary Match of 1905.

It is accompanied by a legend giving the name of each person in the scene, whose portrait has been painted individually. The origin of the painting is unknown but in the 1940s it was found rolled up in a garage by an acquaintance of Joe Brankin-Frisby (West Acre 19221), who presented it to the Club.

Below right, The “Webbie” Webbe Tankard was presented to AJ Webbe (The Head Master’s 18683) by members of the Oxford Harlequins Cricket Club on the occasion of his marriage in 1893.

Webbe was in the Harrow XIs of 1872-74 (captain in 1874) and in the Oxford University XIs of 1875-78 (captain 1877-78). He captained Middlesex CCC from 1875-87 and was president from 1923-36. He played one test match for England v Australia in 1888-89.

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Above, the two display cabinets contain a miscellany of items related to Harrow cricket, among them the cricket balls shown below. On the walls are portraits of Old Harrovians who have won England test cricket caps, as well as those who have scored a century for the School against Eton at Lord’s. There are also portraits of Lord Bessborough and Robert Grimston, the two great champions of 19th-century Harrow cricket, of CO Eaton, originator of the “Goose Match” in 1849, and of “Donny” Walker, founder of the Harrow Wanderers in 1870.

A THANK YOu e Chairman and Trustees of e Cricket Fund and Field House Club would like to thank Dale Vargas (Druries 19523) for his devotion to all matters concerning the Club. ey would like to especially thank him for his undertaking, ten years ago, of the great and difficult task of planning and overseeing the refurbishment of the Field House Club. e result is magnificent and somewhere that is enjoyed by all who are lucky enough to visit it, whether to watch cricket or dine. We would all like to wish Dale a long and happy retirement but look forward to seeing him on the Field House Club terrace regularly.

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John Lyon’s most tangible legacy is the original schoolhouse in Old Schools, along with the many lions depicted on the walls and gates of the School, and the roads and buildings around Harrow on the Hill that bear his name. Beyond these visible traces, is the long tradition of providing a good education and practical help for local people that was established with his foundation of what became Harrow School.

JOHN LYON’S LEGACY JOHN LYON WAS BORN in around 1514 and lived in the hamlet of Preston, just to the east of the Hill. By 1562, he had become a wealthy landowner, with property not only in Middlesex but in Hertfordshire, Essex and Bedfordshire, and later in Kilburn and Marylebone. He had no living heir to whom he could leave his property, so chose to leave his estate to provide a free education for the poor boys of the parish of Harrow on the Hill.

During the reign of Elizabeth I, education was seen as an important means of disseminating Protestantism and strengthening its hold on the country, and a number of other grammar schools of the period have a foundation similar to that of Harrow. In 1572, John Lyon, probably with the help of influential friends at court, was granted a Royal Charter to re-endow a school in Harrow on the Hill as the Free Grammar School of John Lyon. His reasons for

endowing the school were stated in the Statutes as ‘only the advancement and setting forth of the glory of God and the good example, benefit and furtherance of good Christian people.’ e Orders, Statutes and Rules were drawn up in 1591 as a guide to the assets and obligations of the Charter. ese Statutes were to be administered by six leading men of the district who were nominated as the Keepers and Governors of the Possessions, Revenues, and Goods of the Grammar School of John Lyon. e Statutes ensured the free education of 30 poor boys from the parish of Harrow on the Hill and provided £20 a year to support 60 of its poorest parishioners. ey made provision for salaries for two teachers, the preaching of 30 sermons a year in the church, the ringing of the church bells on these occasions, and an annual Governors’ dinner. ey also provided funding for two exhibitioners at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and two at an unspecified Oxford College. Priority for this support was to be given to the poorest pupils of the Free Grammar School. e Statutes were only to come into force after the death of John Lyon’s wife, Joan.

Opposite, the John Lyon stained glass window in the Chapel at Harrow School. Above, Queen Elizabeth I with Lord Burleigh and Sir Francis Walsingham.

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SHAFTESBURY ENTERPRISE The tradition of assisting local people established in John Lyon’s Statutes can perhaps be seen in its current expression in Shaftesbury Enterprise.

Community service has been part of life at Harrow for many years.

Charles Vaughan (pictured right), who became Head Master in 1845, was interested in local affairs and instigated an annual lecture to which local people were invited, and became the first Chairman of the Harrow Local Board.

A small ‘social service’ group of boys was established in 1961 to provide help to the people, institutions and organisations of the Hill. The numbers taking part grew quickly and boys began to organise fundraising events as well as undertaking activities such as gardening for the elderly, visiting residential homes, helping at schools for disabled children, providing activities at adult daycare centres,

Charles Vaughan, Head Master 1845-1859

listening to children read at primary schools and voluntary work in local charity shops.

In 2013, this philanthropic activity

became part of Shaftesbury Enterprise. The traditional activities undertaken by Community Service expanded to include, among others, a partnership with the charity Spear, which provides courses for young people aged between 16 and 24 to become more employable and succeed in employment, echoing the funding of apprenticeships for local boys John Lyon’s Trust provided in its earliest years.

Harrow’s Lumina course, for pupils from state secondary schools in north-west London considering applying to Oxbridge, reflects John Lyon’s provision for the support of exhibitioners at Cambridge and Oxford colleges. The financial and practical support Harrovians give to FirmFoundation, a charity that assists single homeless people in the borough of Harrow, is a descendant of John Lyon’s intention to help the poorest people of the parish.

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Far left; The Fourth Form Room is the first floor of the original School building, completed in 1615.

It has remained unaltered apart from lighting and heating for over 150 years. It was used as a set in the film of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

Left; The John Lyon Memorial, was translated by Mark Warman and published in the Parish Magazine of April 1918: Here Lyon rests, the school’s great founder, one Whom Harrow fitly honours as her son: Where Priest-town in its sunny pastures lies Watching how Harrow’s green ridge cuts the skies.

There his ancestral home and there sprang he, Last of his line, unblessed with progeny: Yet fathering a school of glorious name, He won himself both family and fame.

And so, while Harrow prospers, far and near Let all Harrovians with love revere And say a prayer for Lyon buried here.

The building and maintaining of the school was to be paid for by the income from John Lyon’s land in Middlesex and Hertfordshire. Income from his estates in Marylebone and Kilburn was reserved exclusively for the upkeep of the Edgware and Harrow roads – the main arteries from the area into London. The Statutes also allowed for the education at the school of fee-paying ‘foreigners’ – children of wealthier parents who lived outside the parish.

Since the granting of the Charter, although they have gone through various transformations, the three main objectives of John Lyon’s bequest – the education of local boys, support for the needy of the parish and the upkeep of the Edgware and Harrow roads – have always been maintained.

A free education John Lyon died in 1592 and his wife, Joan, in 1608, after which the building of the School began. On its completion in 1615, the governors increased the number of scholars from 30 to 40 and admitted the first boy, Macharie Wildblud, to the Free Grammar School of John Lyon. e classical curriculum offered by the school – consisting mainly of Latin and Greek – was intended to prepare boys for the universities and the professions and, by providing poorer boys with this type of education, John Lyon gave them an opportunity to aspire to these careers.

Over the years, the number of fee-paying ‘foreigners’ attending the school increased and more prosperous families began to move into the area, attracted by the free education on offer at Harrow. Genuine parishioners believed that this influx of outsiders, along with the many ‘foreigners’ at the school, meant that their sons were being denied the free education to which they were entitled. ey also felt that the classical curriculum offered was of limited use to boys whose future lay in trade and manual work and they appealed unsuccessfully to the Governors for funds to establish a commercial school with a wider, more suitable curriculum.

Charles Vaughan, who became Head Master of Harrow in 1845, tried to resolve the complaints of the local residents by introducing a two-year residency rule for free scholars. In 1851 he attempted to establish the commercial school that the local people wanted. e Governors rejected his proposal so, at his own expense, he established a separate school in a converted shed. Known as the English Form, for a charge of £5 per year it provided local boys with a commercial education, including mathematics and French. e English Form continued until the Public Schools Act 1868 came into force. e Act made it possible for John Lyon’s Statutes to be replaced and the Governors to be given charge of the finances of the whole School. e Act also ended the right for local boys to receive a free education at Harrow. It did, however, allow the Governors to transform the English Form into the Lower School of John Lyon, which opened in 1876. A day school, it offered a curriculum including Latin, English, modern languages, writing, maths, natural science, history and geography. e school received subsidies from the Lyon charities and fulfilled its obligation to provide a free education to the boys of the parish established by John Lyon by funding Foundation Entrance exhibitions, which were open to boys who had been resident in the parish for at least two years.

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by the Public Schools Act, the Governors used some of Harrow’s endowments to create a variety of scholarships and bursaries. In 1913, the Head Master, Lionel Ford, established an Endowment Fund to raise money to fund about 12 entrance scholarships, meaning that for some years there were 35 or 40 scholars in the School at any given time.

In 1944, Winston Churchill launched a fund to pay for the sons of Old Harrovians killed in or ruined by the war to attend Harrow, as well as boys who would not otherwise be able to afford the fees.

On Churchill’s death in 1965, the Churchill Memorial Fund was established to raise money to pay for one scholar a year from the borough of Harrow. A number of other benefactors have funded scholarships and bursaries to enable boys to attend the School for reduced or no fees. Notable among these are the Sir Peter Beckwith Scholarships, established in 1992.

Local philanthropy Along with free education for 30 poor boys from the parish, John Lyon’s bequest provided £20 a year for 60 of the poorest householders in the parish. He also instructed that any surplus money left from the running of the school should be used for charitable purposes, and for more than 200 years the Governors administered the Lyon Trust as a charity, assisting the sick and those in need, and supporting the church with gifts of money. e help provided tended to be given to the young. Girls were given money when they got married to help them set up house, and both boys and girls were supported in preparing to earn a living. In 1694, the Trust paid the apprenticeship fees of an Alperton boy, and the practice of funding apprenticeships for local boys carried on until the Governors ended it with the powers given to them by the Public School Act 1868.

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In 1883, the Head Master of the time, Montagu Butler, decided to start a School Mission in Notting Dale, one of the poorest parts of London. Its purpose was to ‘minister to the wants of the poor and the neglected, and in so doing to bring together classes of our fellow countrymen who know far too little of each other.’

The first Missioner was an Old Harrovian, the Reverend William Laws, Henry Montagu Butler, Head Master who described the purpose of the Mission as spiritual, philanthropic, educational and to provide entertainment. Masters and boys at the School undertook to pay his salary for at least seven years and, along with charities and members of the newly formed Harrow Mission Association, they were also responsible for buying the land and paying for the construction of the buildings.

The Mission Room was opened in 1884 and served as a centre to provide people with the necessities of life such as hot meals and clothes. Later, clubs for men and boys, Harrow School Clubs, were established; a sports field was bought; a children’s holiday fund was set up; and a day nursery established. As conditions in the area improved and poverty declined, the role of the Club changed and it became more of a centre of community life. Over the years, the Club has expanded and moved premises. In 1970 its name was changed to The Harrow Club W10 and it started to admit girls as well as boys. Since the 1990s families of members have been encouraged to become involved with the Club’s activities, organising weekends away and running coaching sessions.

The Club has kept its close association with the School.

A Harrow Master was appointed as the first manager of the Club in 1931, a tradition that lasted until 1996, and throughout its history it has relied on Old Harrovians for practical and financial support. Harrow boys have always been involved in fundraising for the Club and in recent years have participated in Olympic wrestling lessons with Club members.

John Lyon’s Statutes explicitly stated that the endowment for the upkeep of the Edgware and Harrow roads could not be used to benefit the school and, in spite of much litigation over the years, starting in 1611 with a lawsuit challenging the Governor’s use of Road Trust money for building the original schoolhouse, this remained the case for centuries. By 1872, responsibility for maintaining the roads passed to the local authorities and the income from John Lyon’s property in Marylebone, then known as the Road Trust Charity, was divided between the six London boroughs through which the Edgware and Harrow roads passed, supposedly to be spent on maintaining the roads.

As the property in Marylebone and Kilburn grew in value and the income derived from it increased, it became a source of concern for the Governors that such a large fund was not being used for what John Lyon had intended, nor for any charitable purpose, and could not be used to benefit the School, but was just being absorbed into the general income stream of each local authority. In 1980, the Governors set about creating a scheme that would allow Road Charity funds to be used to improve the lives of young people. Eleven years later, in 1991, John Lyon’s Charity was born.

In keeping with the original intentions of John Lyon, the rules of John Lyon’s Charity ensure that it cannot directly benefit either Harrow School or The John Lyon School, and its principal focus is on supporting young people and education. Any funding the charity gives must benefit people living in the Charity’s beneficial area – one mile each side of the road in the boroughs through which the roads pass.

John Lyon’s Charity is now one of the largest grant-givers in London and has provided over £90 million of grants benefiting young people and their families across north-west London.

Up to 15% of the Charity’s income is reserved for funding bursaries for young people to attend Harrow, The John Lyon School, and independent girls’ schools and specialist arts institutions in the Charity’s beneficial area. Those receiving support must live in the Charity’s beneficial area and be unable to attend the schools without financial assistance.

Acknowledgement and bibliography A History of Harrow School by Christopher Tyerman (Oxford. OUP. 2000); Harrow School Yesterday and Today by ED Laborde (London: Winchester Publications, 1948); A Timeline History of Harrow School by Dale Vargas (Worth Press, 2010); A Long and Winding Road – e Story of John Lyon’s Charity by Nick Owen (John Lyon’s Charity, 2013); John Lyon’s Charity

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SECRET HARROW PLAQUES AND MEMORIALS

If Harrow’s walls could talk‌ They do talk, telling us endless stories through the numerous plaques erected either in memory of Old Harrovians, in honour of benefactors to the School, or simply tales of what happened in that spot many years ago. Most of these blend into the fabric of the buildings or the gates they are attached to and you will have walked past them every day without thought. Perhaps you did read them? Do you remember any of these and can you remember where they are located?

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1 (previous page) King Charles’ Well on Grove Hill before Leaf Schools 2 An easy one! The first stone of the Speech Room on Grove Hill on the wall of Speech Room 3 The Cricket Grounds, on the wall of the Field House Club 4 A memorial to Leslie Cowans Wilson (Elmfield 19423), by the pond behind the Vaughan Library 5 The WWI memorial stone on the wall of the War Memorial building on the High Street 6 The Queen Elizabeth I statue memorial at the main entrance to Speech Room 7 Memorials to fallen OHs, next to the gates on Bill Yard 8 A memorial to benefactor Herbert Leaf (Rendalls 18673), on the walls of the Leaf Schools’ archway 9 Next to the steps from Druries up to Bill Yard 10 On the gates at the bottom of Football Lane 11 The Vaughan Library first stone, at the top of the steps of the East side entrance to the Vaughan Library 12 A memorial to the first-ever recorded fatal motor accident, at the junction of Grove Hill and Peterborough Road 13 A memorial to benefactor Henry Yates Thompson (The Park 18521), by the door to the entrance of the Art Schools 14 A memorial to MC Kemp (Mr Middlemist’s 18742) on the gates to the driveway to the Field House Club 15 A memorial to Fred Crosby, Rackets Professional, at the entrance to the Crosby Court in the Rackets building 16 A memorial to Pasht, rumoured to be a former Head Master’s son’s cat, in the small garden outside the entrance to the Shepherd Churchill Hall

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Left, the Vaughan Library, designed by George Gilbert Scott and named after Charles John Vaughan, Head Master during the 1850s, underwent a much needed renovation in 1998. This much-loved landmark was given a new lease of life with a new mezzanine level and stairways to reach the galleries, and a spiral staircase in the centre connecting new lower levels. The monumental task of computerising the catalogue was completed and new lighting installed.

In the year immediately following the refurbishment, user visits increased from fewer than 4,000 a term to 73,000.

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Above, this plaque, on the wall of Old Schools, commemorates the moment when Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (The Head Masters 1813) and Harrow Giant of Old, dedicated his life to improving the condition of the poor. Lord Shaftesbury went on to become a prodigious philanthropist, reforming the treatment of the mentally ill with the Madhouses Act 1828, regulating conditions and working hours for children with the Ten Hours Act 1833 and providing schools for the poor through the Ragged School Union.

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VISITORS TO THE OLD SPEECH ROOM GALLERY in the past couple of years will recall the strikingly large silver wares on display in the upper mezzanine level. e substantial silver salver and wine cooler modelled as HMS Asia, form part of the Codrington Treasure. e pieces were made for OH Admiral Sir Edward Codrington (1770-1851) after his various victories at Trafalgar (1805) and Navarino (1827). ey were part of a temporary loan to the School by the Codrington Trust. is year, however, the Codrington family decided to offer the collection indefinitely to form part of the permanent collection in the Old Speech Room Gallery. James Codrington (Elmfield 19491) made arrangements for the Admiral’s medals to be removed from the Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth and transported to the Hill. e family then provided two beautiful, inlaid medal cabinets, commissioned by one of Sir Edward’s sons in the mid-19th century, to create the perfect setting for the group. e cabinets have been re-fitted and given an internal upgrade to bring them up to date and meet the exacting display conditions of the gallery. e summer term of 2017 will see the Admiral’s Treasures reunited for the first time in very many years.

Quite coincidentally, while planning was underway, a portrait of George Perceval (Harrow 18042), who left Harrow to join Codrington as ‘Powder Monkey’ on board HMS Orion in 1805, came up for sale at

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auction. Peter Stilwell (West Acre 19591) happened to be in the right place at the right time and successfully bid for the painting on behalf of the School. e splendid portrait now hangs outside the Curator’s office by way of introduction to the Codrington story.

Julia Walton, the Old Speech Room Gallery Curator, was contacted in February 2016 by OH Jonathan Harris (Elmfield 19533). He asked if she would consider displaying the collection of Chinese ceramics and sculpture made by his great uncle, OH Henry Blackwall Harris (Small Houses and e Head Master’s 18852). Moreover, on behalf of his son, Marcus (e Head Master’s 19853), who is now the legal owner of the works, he stated that the collection could be loaned on an indefinite basis. Within a very few weeks, 12 carefully packed crates containing Chinese vessels, dating from the 10th to the 19th century, were delivered and promptly locked away in secure storage. Along with the artworks came several boxes of supporting receipts and ledgers; indeed, every document a Curator needs to prove title and provenance. HB Harris had been most methodical in his collecting habits! It was only in the autumn of 2016 that the 80 or so vessels, stands and sculptures could be com-

pletely unpacked and a future exhibition planned. Henry Blackwall Harris’s life was so fascinating, and he himself so modest, despite his many accomplishments – he was a keen sportsman, traveller and active supporter of the founding of Letchworth Garden City, that it was easy to understand how he came to be attracted to the study of Chinese ceramics. His approach was one of scholarship; it was he, along with a small group of likeminded enthusiasts, who founded the highly respected Oriental Ceramic Society in 1921. For the Old Speech Room Gallery to be given the opportunity to show his collection, all put together so competently before 1929, is an exceptional accolade. e Harris family must be commended for keeping the collection together and enabling Harrow boys, staff, families and visitors to appreciate their uncle’s extraordinary ability as a collector of Chinese antiquities.

Opposite, large Imperial dish with dragons and floral sprays, mark of Kangxi (1662-1722) on base; above, William IV silver salver made by John S Hunt, London, 1838. Presented to Admiral Sir Edward Codrington by 600 Naval Officers as a mark of their esteem in 1839; inset, ‘The Orion Jewel’, a brooch of diamonds, rubies and enamel, given to Sir Edward by his brother, William, to commemorate Edward’s command of HMS Orion at the Battle of Trafalgar.

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Left, Young Harrovian, 1908, oil painting by Harrington Mann (1864-1937); believed to be Lionel Bruce Charles (Druries, 19082); awarded the MC in WWI. Above, Study of a Lady from the side, ink and wash portrait by OH Sir Francis Grant (1803-1878).

An email from Douglas Collins, CEO of the Harrow Development Trust, brought Julia Walton into contact with OH and former Harrow Governor, Peter Beckwith (Elmfield 19583). Over the years, Peter had amassed a sizeable collection of prints and paintings with a Harrow theme, many of which were now deemed surplus to requirement. Peter wondered if the Old Speech Room Gallery would be interested in receiving them as a gift. e 30 or so framed artworks duly arrived in the gallery early in April. Apart from several 19th-century prints that will be familiar to many OHs, there is a very rare view of the back of Old Schools, as seen from St Mary’s churchyard, a rare hand-coloured and signed lithograph of Old Schools by Cecil Aldin (1870-1935), some amusing cartoons featuring Eton v Harrow matches at Lord’s, a fine sketch by OH Sir Francis Grant (1803-1878) and a wonderful – and large – oil painting of a Young Harrovian by Harrington Mann (18641937), which is signed and dated 1908. Most poignant of the works is a sketch of the Harrow opening batsman, TB Wilson, the year he

scored 53 in the first innings of the Eton v Harrow match – the famous ‘Fowler’s Match’ of 1910. After going up to Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1911 he was killed in the Great War. is beautifully framed artwork will be the Object of the Term in summer 2017, not only to mark the centenary of the death of omas Bonhote Wilson (High Street 19062) but also to acknowledge the on-going generosity of OHs whose gifts and loans continue to enrich the Old Speech Room Gallery collections.

Visit the Old Speech Room Gallery e Old Speech Room Gallery is usually open on Mondays, Tuesdays, ursdays and Fridays during term time from 2.30pm until 5.00pm and OHs are welcome to visit during these times. From time to time, the Gallery is closed for School use, so please contact the Curator on 020 8872 8205 before making a visit. Visit the School website harrowschool.org.uk for up-to-date information on current exhibitions.

A N EW A D D I T I O N T O RE N D A L L S RE A D E R e Old Speech Room Gallery isn’t the only recipient of generous artistic donations from OHs. Earlier this year, James Mitchell (Rendalls 1982²), was delighted to find a home for his copy of the Macmillan Dictionary of Art, a remarkable encyclopaedia of the history of art which runs to 34 volumes. Over 20 years, his father, Peter Mitchell (Rendalls 1951³), and uncle, Paul Mitchell ( Rendalls 1959²), made numerous contributions to its editing, along with all the leading art historians of the day. It is currently in the Vaughan Library but will have its permanent home in Rendalls Reader, once renovations there are completed.

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UPCOMING EVENTS STAYING IN TOUCH Eton v Harrow Cricket Match LORD’S – SATURDAY 24 JUNE 2017

All OHs and their family and friends are invited to watch the School take on the old foe at Lord’s. Tickets can be brought at the Gates or through the venue. Harrow Wanderers wearing their colours will be granted access to the Allen Stand.

OH Players drinks at the Globe SAVE THE DATE – THURSDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2017

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A celebration of 150 years of Fives at Harrow SATURDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2017

The OH Eton Fives Club welcome all former fives players to a day of celebrations including informal fives games, a match between OHs and the School, drinks and dinner in the Shepherd Churchill and Songs.

West Acre House Dinner WEDNESDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2017 – £35

7pm for 7.45pm The Imperial Hotel, London, 61-66 Russell Square, London WC1B 5BB

Irish Dinner SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2017

Please book via the Harrow Association website, details to follow.

OH Medical Society Tri-partite Dinner

The laws governing the storage and use of personal data are about to change and this will affect the way both the Harrow Association and the Harrow Development Trust communicate with you. The details are still being worked out, but one thing is clear – from May 2018, we will need your explicit consent in order to stay in touch.

This is important as we want to continue to: • Send you your annual alumni magazine Follow Up! and the School’s Harrow Record • Invite you to events such as Churchill Songs at the Royal Albert Hall, Harrow Association Songs, reunions and House dinners • Advise you of activities (fixtures, meetings, dinners, etc.) of OH clubs and societies • Send you news and updates about OHs worldwide • Tell you about School achievements and developments • Inform you about the different ways you can support Harrow.

SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER 2017

Royal College of Physicians St Andrews Place, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4LE The OH Medical Society welcome the Old Etonian and Old Wykehamist Medical Societies for dinner with Guest of Honour, Sir Mark Walport FRS FRCP FRCPath FMedSci. Tickets £70, £60 for those studying at university.

OH Golf Day TUESDAY 10 OCTOBER 2017 – £90

New Zealand Golf Club Following successful HA Golf Days at the Berkshire and Ashdridge, John Macpherson (The Grove 1980³) has kindly offered to host a day at the beautiful New Zealand Golf Club. Teams of four will compete for prizes in a morning round, followed by lunch.

Individual applications are also welcome and should be sent to simonberry49@gmail.com

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This list is not exhaustive, but it illustrates why it is so important that we continue to be able to communicate with you. There is no action needed now but, before May 2018, we will send a simple consent form to you, together with a postage-paid return envelope.

When you receive this form, please complete it and return it to us. If we do not receive your consent, there is a significant risk that we will no longer be able to contact you and we really would like to stay in touch.

Thank you very much and we hope to see many of you at the Royal Albert Hall in November.

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