Deaths We regret to record the following deaths: The Revd Canon J.A. Bumess ( 1 9 1 0). J.A. Galletly, M.B., B.Ch., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., b.P.H. ( 1 9 1 9 ). U Mying Thein, O.B.E., LL.B . ( 1 920). L.R. Bee ( 1 921). E.S. Hoare ( 1 922). B.L. Higgins ( 1 924). The Revd F.A. Casson (1925). The Very Revd N.M. Kennaby ( 1 9 25). C.T. Ayre ( 1 928). The Rt Revd L.A. Brown (1928). D.H. Darling ( 1 928). O.E. Thomas (1928). J.A. Potter ( 1 929). D.H. Adeney, Ho11.D.D.(Wheato11) (1930). R.C. Latham, C.B.E., F.B.A. (1930). The Revd W.G. Allison ( 193 1 ). R. Latham, Ph.D. ( 1 933). The Revd R.H.P. Orr ( 1 933). H.G. Wolskel, M.B.E. M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. ( 1 933). J.W. Findlay, M.B.E., Ph.D. (1934). R.M. Marsh ( 1 934). A.C. Reid, C.M.G., C.V.O. (1 934). R.C. Wordsworth (1 934). D. Herdman (1935). P.StV. Tabbemer (1935) in 1987. N.F Hughes, T.D., Sc.O (1937). D.W. Hall, M.B ., B.Ch., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.G.P. (1939).
G.L. Hughes ( 1 940). A.J.C. Lyddon ( 1 940). His Honour Judge J.F. Kingham (1943). D.I. Pearce ( 1 943). The Revd K. Herd (J 946). J.H.C. Lamb ( 1 946L). T. Bracewell, A.RJ.C.S. ( 1 947). J.McL. Hill ( 1 947). R.D. Poyser (1947). E.A.G. Warlow ( 1 947). A.E. Isaacs ( 1 948). B.R. Brown ( 1 950). J.F. Epps ( 1 951). W.H. Griffi t hs (195 1 ). J.R. Hobbs (1 954). The Rt Revd J.G. Hughes, Ph.D.(Leeds) (1 954). L.D.P. Hobba ( 1 955). D.B. Rees (1955). P.W.S. Rowland ( 1 960). FN. Trotter (1967). T.M. Quirke (1970). T.D. Mulrey (197 1 ) . P.W. Davies, Ph.D. ( 1 973). A.A. Scoa ( 1 978). C. Bryers ( 1 9 89).
We publish short summary obituaries in the Record of Queens' mem.bers who have died, where information is available to us. The Revd Canon J.A. BURNESS ( 1 9 10) aged 102!/2. John Burness, one of our last remaining links with pre-1914 Queens' , was surely our oldest member and perbaps the longest-lived Queensman of ail time. The son of C.M.S. Missionaries, he came to Queens' from King's School, Ely, and then went on to Ridley Hall before ordination in 1 9 1 4. After curacies at Liverpool and Derby, he went out to Canada as incumbent of St Andrew's Mission, Lake Saskatoon, returning to England in 1 924. After a time in Suffolk, he was Vicar of St Paul 's, Derby, until ill health( ! ) prompted bis return to S u ffolk in 1 929 as Rector of Helmingham, where be remained until his retirement in 1 960 to Witnesham, near Ipswich. There he continued regularly 10 conduct services until the summer of 1993. Bumess was a man of deep faith and phlegmatic temperament with a capacity to make lasting impression . A talented artist and a great lover of wild life (be even invented a n mousetrap to catch rnice without hurting them! ). he was also a keen gardener and bee-keeper . iterests he maimained activeJy until the last months of his life. U M. THEIN, OBE, LL.B. (1920) aged 90. U Myint Thein read Law at
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Rangoon University and came to Queens· to continue bis studies. Called to the Bar by Lincoln• s Inn in 1 925. be returned to Buima to hold legal posts, including membership of the Bunna Legislative CounciJ from 1935, until the outbreak of war. He remained undercover in Bmma, thinly disguised as a gardener, during the Japanese occupation doing much to mitigate the bard hips of British intemees. After the war, he was Chief J udge of the Rangoon Civil Court until B urma ' s independence i n 1948 when h e became Ambassador t o both ationalist and Communist China and subsequently represented Bunna at the United ations. A judge of the Supreme Court in 1953, he held with distinction the post of Chief Justice from 1 957 until his imprisonment in 1 962 following bis refusai to co-operate w ith the new military govemment. He remained in protective custody' until 1968. He lived quietly in Rangoon after his release and in spite of retirement and ill health kept alive bis interest in world affairs. A scholar, poet and wit, .known to his friends as "Oncle Monty", U Myint Thein was a judge of rare insight and forbearance, a diplomat of ski li and resource, and a man of courage, spirit and great generosity.