DEATHS & OBITUARIES
Commander Thomas Robert Matthew Duke OBE RN (S 40-43) 1926-2021
The OS Club is sad to announce the passing of Thomas Duke who died in February 2021, aged 94.
David “Maurice” Blackstock Griffiths (E 48-53) 1935-2021
Sadly the OS Club has been informed that Maurice Griffiths passed away on 24th February 2021, aged 85.
Ian Charles Scott (L 62-67) 1949-2021
The OS Club has received the sad news that Ian Scott passed away recently, aged 71.
Robert Andrew Rowland (SH 79-84) 1966-2021
The OS Club is saddened to share the news that Robert Rowland passed away in a diving accident in the Bahamas on 23rd of January, aged just 54. Robert was a politician who served as a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 2019 until the UK’s exit from the EU in 2020. Please click here to read an obituary from The Times.
Robert James Winser (L 70-74) 1957-2021
Very sadly the OS Club has been informed that Robert Winser passed away on 21st January 2021, aged just 63. Please see the following message from his family: “After his time at Sedbergh he devoted his career to making a difference for others and he became a director in social services. He had a great love for life, his family, his friends and for hill walking too, all cut short by lung disease. We all miss him very much.” – David and Andrew Winser.
Christopher R I Morgan (Former Staff – Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages, School House Housemaster & Honorary OS)
The OS Club has received the sad news that former School House Housemaster Chris Morgan passed away in January 2021 after a long and brave fight with leukemia. Chris was a former Teacher of Modern Foreign Languages and showed over more than twenty years’ service at Sedbergh. He was a master of those small acts of kindness that are so important to a community such as ours and will be fondly remembered for his gentle nature and lovely sense of humour. He will be sadly missed.
Martin Valentine (Former Staff – Head of Art, Evans Housemaster & Honorary OS)
The OS Club is sad to announce the passing of Martin Valentine who died on 23rd January 2021. Martin was a former Head of Art and Housemaster of Evans House. He was always extremely generous with his time and advice for both pupils and colleagues, and encouraged both with quiet support. Martin cultivated an obvious esprit de corps with his departmental colleagues, while his attitude to pastoral care was quiet and considerate. Many Sedberghians appreciated his willingness simply to listen and to be sympathetic. He was a larger than life character who will be sadly missed.
Michael Norman Shaw, Lord Shaw of Northstead (S 34-38) 1920-2021
The OS Club is saddened to share the news that Michael Shaw, The Lord Shaw of Northstead, passed away peacefully on 8th January at the age of 100. Lord Shaw was a former National Liberal and British Conservative Party politician who served as an MP from 1960 to 1964 (as a National Liberal) and from 1966 to 1992 for the Conservatives. At his death he was the oldest life peer and the third oldest knight bachelor after Capt Sir Tom Moore and Sir Patrick Duffy, former MP.
Born in Leeds, Lord Shaw joined Sedgwick House in 1934 before leaving in the summer of 1938. He then joined the Indian Army on the outbreak of war, but contracted tuberculosis on the voyage out. Discharged from the Army, he joined his family firm as a chartered accountant. He married Joan Mowat in 1951. Standing first as a Conservative at the general election in 1955, Lord Shaw fought the safe Labour seat of Dewsbury, losing by over 7,000 votes. At the general election in October 1959, he stood as a ‘Liberal and Conservative’ and contested the Labour-held marginal constituency of Brighouse and Spenborough. He lost by only 47 votes to the sitting MP Lewis John Edwards, who died the following month. At the resulting by-election in March 1960, Shaw won the seat for the National Liberals and Conservatives with a majority of 666 votes over Labour’s Colin Jackson.
Lord Shaw returned to Parliament at the 1966 general election, when he was elected for the safe Conservative constituency of Scarborough and Whitby. He held that seat until it was abolished for the February 1974 general election, when he was re-elected for the new Scarborough constituency. He continued to represent Scarborough until he retired at the 1992 general election, making a total of 30 years as an MP. He also served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1974 until 1979, when MEPs were not directly elected, but were chosen by the House of Commons and House of Lords as delegates.
In the 1982 Birthday Honours, Lord Shaw received a Knighthood, having the accolade conferred by The Queen on 25 November 1982. He was created a life peer on 30 September 1994 with the title Baron Shaw of Northstead, of Liversedge in the County of West Yorkshire and retired from the House of Lords on 31 March 2015. He was also the first Sedbergh School Foundation 1525 Society President from 2002-2005.
Michael, Joan and family lived in the historic Duxbury Hall in Liversedge, until he and Joan retired to more amenable accommodation in Winchester in 2015 when he retired from the House of Lords. He died on 8th January 2021 aged 100, leaving his wife, Joan, three sons and five grandchildren.
Please click here to read an obituary from The Yorkshire Post.
John Calderwood Crompton (SH 40-43) 1925-2021
Sadly the OS Club has been informed that John Crompton passed away on 7th January 2021, aged 95, after a short illness. He would regularly talk about his days at Sedbergh and his happy memories.
Brandon Charles Glover (Former Staff)
The OS Club has received the sad news that former Classics teacher Brandon Glover passed away in December 2020. Along with his wife Val who was a Matron in Hart and Robertson for ten years, Brandon played an invaluable role at Sedbergh where he was many things; inspirational Classics beak; Housemaster of Robertson (where he successfully established the new House); resident House tutor; Deputy Housemaster; tennis coach; bon viveur and, most importantly, friend to many staff and Sedberghians. He will be remembered for his exemplary professionalism, the unsparing support that he gave both pupils and staff, and the great humour and calmness with which he dealt with all manner of problems and concerns.
John “Michael” Watherston (S 46-50) 1932-2020
The OS Club is sad to announce the passing of Michael Watherston (S 46-50), who died on 6th December at the age of 88.
Jane Elizabeth Collison (née Riddell) – Widow of Victor Collison (Former Bursar)
The OS Club is saddened to share the news that Jane Collison, wife of former Bursar Victor Collison, passed away on 6th December 2020 at the age of 89. The Collison Prize was a prize awarded at the Prep School and given by the Collisons in the days of Cressbrook House, when it was the Junior Boys’ House. Jane was a long-time supporter of the School.
DEATHS
* Names in gold indicate an obituary link.
| First Name(s) | Surname | House | at Sedbergh | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David "Maurice" Blackstock | Griffiths | Evans | 1948-1953 | February 2021 |
| (Cdr) Thomas Robert Matthew | Duke (OBE) | Sedgwick | 1940-1943 | February 2021 |
| Ian Charles | Scott | Lupton | 1962-1967 | 2021 |
| Robert Andrew | Rowland | School House | 1979-1984 | January 2021 |
| Robert James | Winser | Lupton | 1970-1974 | January 2021 |
| Christopher R I | Morgan | Honorary OS & Former Staff (Modern Foreign Languages Teacher & School House Housemaster) | January 2021 | |
| Martin | Valentine | Honorary OS & Former Staff (Head of Art & Evans Housemaster) | January 2021 | |
| Michael Norman | Shaw (Lord Shaw of Northstead) | Sedgwick | 1934-1938 | January 2021 |
| John Calderwood | Crompton | School House | 1940-1943 | January 2021 |
| Brandon Charles | Glover | Honorary OS & Former Staff (Classics Teacher & Robertson Housemaster) | December 2020 | |
| John Michael | Watherston | Sedgwick | 1946-1950 | December 2020 |
| Jane Elizabeth | Collison (née Riddell) | Widow of Victor Collison (Former Bursar) | December 2020 | |
| (Dr.) Michael Trevor | Haslam | Evans | 1934-2020 | November 2020 |
| William Bryce "Bill" | Jamieson | Lupton | 1959-1963 | November 2020 |
| Thomas "Tom" | McClung | Sedgwick | 1947-1951 | October 2020 |
| Sheila | Rogers | Former Staff | Retired in 1985 | October 2020 |
| John Arthur Barton | Townley | Hart | 1956-1960 | October 2020 |
| Peter John | Berry | Lupton | 1949-1953 | October 2020 |
| Logie | Bruce-Lockhart | School House | 1935-1940 | September 2020 |
| Patrick Joseph Kinloch "Jo" Campbell | Penney | School House | 1944-1949 | September 2020 |
| Michael John | Melling | School House | 1961-1966 | August 2020 |
| Ronald Gordon MacRobert | Barr | Sedgwick | 1947-1952 | August 2020 |
| Ian Jackson Herbert | Richardson | Hart | 1936-1940 | July 2020 |
| (Dr.) Dan Gordon | Miller | School House | 1936-1941 | July 2020 |
| (Dr.) James Timothy Hessel "Tim" | Pick | Evans | 1941-1945 | July 2020 |
| (Col.) Duncan Stuart Archibald | Boyd | School House | 1945-1949 | June 2020 |
| Philip Francis | Lister | Powell | 1941-1945 | June 2020 |
| (The Rev) Robin G | Laird | Former Staff & Honorary OS | 1993-1998 | June 2020 |
| (Maj) Thomas "Edward" | Scott | Powell | 1943-1947 | May 2020 |
| Robert | Venters | School House | 1946-1950 | May 2020 |
| Kenneth Douglas MacRobert | Barr | Sedgwick | 1953-1957 | April 2020 |
| John | Duckworth | Evans | 1945-1950 | April 2020 |
| Ian Everard | Pilkington | Winder | 1951-1954 | April 2020 |
| Richard Alleyn | Haslam | Powell | 1943-1948 | April 2020 |
| Philip Hillary | Hunter | Lupton | 1964-1969 | April 2020 |
| Norman Gainsford | Wright | Hart | 1941-1945 | April 2020 |
| Charles Anthony "Tony" | Shaw | Winder | 1951-1956 | April 2020 |
| Carl "Victor" | Wild | Powell | 1937-1941 | April 2020 |
| Dr James William Alexander "Bill" | Moxon | Evans | 1943-1948 | April 2020 |
| Gavin David | Anderson | Hart | 1955-1959 | 2020 |
| John Plummer | Lister | Powell | 1938-1942 | March 2020 |
| David Renshaw | Martin | Sedgwick | 1946-1950 | March 2020 |
| (Maj.) Francis James | Goddard (MBE) | Winder | 1947-1952 | March 2020 |
| David Robert Buchanan | Russell | Powell | 1949-1954 | March 2020 |
| Peter Frederick | Armstrong | Day Pupil | 1943-1948 | 2020 |
| David | Horsley | Sedgwick | 1939-1943 | March 2020 |
| John Perran | Curry | Sedgwick | 1942-1945 | March 2020 |
| Michael Thomas Hunter | Beck | Lupton | 1949-1954 | March 2020 |
| John le Gallienne | Gilchrist | Evans | 1954-1958 | February 2020 |
| Michael | Sanger-Davies | Sedgwick | 1950-1954 | February 2020 |
| Peter J | Attenborough | Former Headmaster | 1975-1981 | February 2020 |
| Anthony Peter Thomas | Higham | Evans | 1954-1958 | January 2020 |
| (Cdr) David Stuart | White | Lupton | 1950-1954 | January 2020 |
| Peter Kidson | Poskitt | Hart | 1945-1950 | 2019 |
| Robert John | Tweedale | School House | 1941-1945 | December 2019 |
| David Brook | Sutcliffe | Winder | 1948-1953 | November 2019 |
| Alan William | Parkes | Sedgwick | 1974-1977 | November 2019 |
| (Maj.) Andrew Archibald Steele "Archie" | Scott | Sedgwick | 1932-1937 | November 2019 |
| David Robert | Greenwood | Hart | 1958-1963 | November 2019 |
| Walter Douglas | Bertram | Evans | 1945-1948 | October 2019 |
| Richard Charles | Sawtell (MBE DL) | Powell | 1943-1948 | October 2019 |
| Eric Aldie Neilson | Mercer | Winder | 1940-1943 | October 2019 |
| Lionel Victor | Walsh | School House | 1944-1947 | October 2019 |
| (Prof.) John Barr | Cavanagh | School House | 1935-1938 | October 2019 |
| Anthony Noble | Frankland (CB, CBE, DFC) | Hart | 1936-1941 | October 2019 |
| Dieter | Pevsner | Sedgwick | 1946-1949 | October 2019 |
| Gerald Douglas Henderson | Smith | Hart | 1943-1947 | September 2019 |
| (Prof.) David William | Brocklesby | Sedgwick | 1942-1946 | September 2019 |
| Clive James Forgie | Turner | Evans | 1950-1954 | September 2019 |
| Michael | Longhurst | Winder | 1958-1963 | September 2019 |
| David | Alban | Former Lupton Housemaster (67-76) and Member of Staff | 1952-1976 (Staff) | September 2019 |
| Michael Hutton | Vignoles | Lupton | 1943-1947 | August 2019 |
| Anthony "Graeme" De Bracey | Marrs (MBE) | Honorary OS | 1939-2019 (Honorary OS) | August 2019 |
| Robert Christopher | Robinson | Hart | 1944-1948 | July 2019 |
| Victor Derek "Vic" | Oldfield | Lupton | 1939-1943 | July 2019 |
| Alastair John | Turnbull | Sedgwick | 1955-1960 | July 2019 |
| Jonathon James Charlton "Jon" | Hardey | Sedgwick | 1963-1968 | July 2019 |
| John Basil | Crossley | Lupton | 1963-1968 | July 2019 |
| (Dr) John George | Coxon | Winder | 1934-1938 | July 2019 |
| Benjamin William | Bennett | Hart | 1942-1944 | June 2019 |
| (Dr) Geoffrey William Syme "Geoff" | Burgess | Hart | 1956-1960 | May 2019 |
| Sheila | Donald | Widow of David Donald (OS) - Former Headmaster of Cressbrook School (49-76) | 1930-1934 (David Donald) | May 2019 |
| Frederick Wilson "Freddie" | Hoult | School House | 1951-1955 | May 2019 |
| Richard Anthony | Huck | Sedgwick | 1973-1978 | April 2019 |
| Roger Martin Browne | Hollinshead | Powell | 1959-1964 | April 2019 |
| David Hunter | O'Brien | Hart | 1945-1951 | April 2019 |
| Thomas Edward "Ted" | Richardson | Evans | 1941-1945 | April 2019 |
| David Arthur | Gilliat | Powell | 1948-1953 | March 2019 |
| John Hampden | Hyatt | Sedgwick | 1941-1946 | March 2019 |
| Ian Douglas | Sangwin | Hart | 1954-1958 | February 2019 |
| John Routledge | Veale | Evans | 1954-1959 | February 2019 |
| Michael Theodore | Broadbent | School House | 1967-1972 | February 2019 |
| Donald Barrett | Mackay | Sedgwick | 1948-1953 | February 2019 |
| Douglas | Eynon | Sedgwick | 1949-1953 | February 2019 |
| Peter Edward | Rickitt | Evans | 1960-1964 | January 2019 |
| Malcolm Brian Taylor | Bromley | Lupton | 1950-1954 | January 2019 |
| Robert James "Bob" | Sykes | Evans | 1947-1950 | December 2018 |
| George William "Bill" | Frank | Evans | 1944-1948 | December 2018 |
| (Dr) Walter Graham | Mathews | School House | 1943-1947 | December 2018 |
| (The Rev) Peter J D | Allen | Former Teacher, Chaplain, and Second Master | 1987-1993 | December 2018 |
| Richard Hugh | Thomas | Former Physics Master | 1967-2002 | December 2018 |
| Peter David | Hymas | Winder | 1946-1950 | November 2018 |
| George Marshall | Fish (OBE) | School House | 1942-1946 | November 2018 |
| Peter Myles | Hutchinson | Hart | 1951-1955 | November 2018 |
| Edward Stuart "Zeke" | Smith | Evans | 1946-1950 | November 2018 |
| James Robert | Bruce-Lockhart | School House | 1954-1959 | November 2018 |
| David Goodman | Blanche | Powell | 1947-1951 | October 2018 |
| (The Rev) David Roy | Holmes | Lupton | 1947-1952 | September 2018 |
| Charles Graeme | Watherston | Sedgwick | 1949-1953 | September 2018 |
| (The Rev) James Henry "Jim" | Smith | School House | 1946-1950 | September 2018 |
| John Blackburn | Talbot | Winder | 1940-1943 | September 2018 |
| William Fawcett "Billy" | Banks | Hart | 1942-1946 | September 2018 |
| Neil Melvin | Mackay | Lupton | 1940-1945 | September 2018 |
| Graham Hurndall | Smith | Hart | 1949-1952 | August 2018 |
| Samuel John Willoughby | Barker | Evans | 1993-2000 | August 2018 |
| William Lewis Robertson | Scott | Evans | 1949-1953 | August 2018 |
| (Sir) Henry Arthur Hugh | Cortazzi | Sedgwick | 1936-1941 | August 2018 |
| Michael Ian | Grierson | Lupton | 1957-1963 | July 2018 |
| Peter Donald | McQueen | Evans | 1951-1956 | July 2018 |
| James Alexander | Robertson | Sedgwick | 1948-1952 | July 2018 |
| John Gilfillan Luscombe | Robinson | Hart | 1947-1951 | July 2018 |
| Andrew Snowden | Harton | Evans | 1963-1969 | June 2018 |
| Richard John | Rossiter | Winder | 1948-1953 | May 2018 |
| Stephen Herbert Kay | Butcher | Winder | 1942-1947 | May 2018 |
| Timothy Wace "Tim" | Roberts | Lupton | 1951-1956 | April 2018 |
| David Francis | Barker | Winder | 1936-1940 | April 2018 |
| Peter Morley | Yorke | Powell | 1952-1957 | April 2018 |
| (Prof) Robin Stuart | Sharp | Winder | 1950-1954 | April 2018 |
| Stuart Robert | Paton | Hart | 1977-1982 | March 2018 |
| (Prof) Robert Cairns Brown | Aitken | Winder | 1947-1951 | March 2018 |
| Christopher Kenneth | Mylne | Sedgwick | 1940-1945 | March 2018 |
| Geoffrey Richard | Hague | Sedgwick | 1939-1944 | March 2018 |
| Dudley Charles Dowsland | Moore | Lupton | 1955-1959 | March 2018 |
| (Sir) John Archibald | Ford | School House | 1935-1939 | February 2018 |
| John Reed | Hindmarsh | Powell | 1958-1963 | February 2018 |
| John Douglas | Hiley | Lupton | 1953-1958 | January 2018 |
| Hugh Frederick | Lockhart-Ball | Evans | 1961-1966 | December 2017 |
| John François de Werdt | Duvoisin | Evans | 1949-1953 | January 2018 |
| James Edward | Sugden (OBE) | Hart | 1960-1964 | December 2017 |
| Graham | Shepherd | Sedgwick | 1942-1946 | December 2017 |
| Anthony Martin | Russell | Hart | 1947-1952 | December 2017 |
| Colin Patrick | Crabbie | Lupton | 1960-1965 | December 2017 |
| Victor H Brooke | Dowse | Former Schoolmaster and Lupton Housemaster | 1963-2000 | November 2017 |
| Peter Graham Carleton | Taylor | Evans | 1959-1964 | November 2017 |
| Anthony Norburn | Craven | Sedgwick | 1937-1941 | November 2017 |
| Michael Lindop | Bottomley | Winder | 1938-1943 | November 2017 |
| David Graeme Salvesen | Macmillan | Winder | 1949-1953 | October 2017 |
| Kenneth John | McCracken | Sedgwick | 1952-1957 | October 2017 |
| Stephen Allinson | Jay | Hart | 1940-1943 | October 2017 |
| Michael Royden | Richards | Evans | 1944-1948 | October 2017 |
| (Prof) Henry Kenneth | White | Winder | 1938-1941 | October 2017 |
| George B | Newby | Winder | 1956-1959 | October 2017 |
| Nigel Anthony | Hurst | Lupton | 1974-1978 | October 2017 |
| Ian Harold M | Robinson | Powell | 1938-1941 | September 2017 |
| Patrick Edmund | Jolly | Lupton | 1978-1983 | September 2017 |
| Leslie "Les" | Fletcher | Former School Lab Technician | 1965-1996 | August 2017 |
| Robert Edward | Hodges | School House | 1979-1986 | August 2017 |
| Alastair John | Breckenridge | Sedgwick | 1955-1960 | July 2017 |
| Richard Woosnam Ward "Dickie" | Dawe | Former Winder House Tutor | 1954-1963 | July 2017 |
| David McNab | Bertram | Evans | 1947-1951 | July 2017 |
| Christopher Graham "Chris" | Wells | Evans | 1960-1965 | June 2017 |
| (Prof) John Seymour | Conway | School House | 1943-1948 | June 2017 |
| Hugh Highley | Sugden | School House | 1962-1966 | June 2017 |
| William Henry Raymond | Meageen | School House | 1950-1955 | May 2017 |
| Philip Angus Newham | Robotham | Hart | 1979-1984 | May 2017 |
| Jeremy Frank Collinge | Fisher | School House | 1944-1949 | May 2017 |
| N Peter C P | Meadows | Former Winder Housemaster | 1959-1990 | April 2017 |
| (Dr) Frederic Salkeld | Plumpton | Powell | 1946-1951 | March 2017 |
| David Michael | Behrend | Sedgwick | 1941-1945 | March 2017 |
| Richard "Rick" David | Abbott | Lupton | 1968-1973 | March 2017 |
| Peter Rodney | Hyde | Hart | 1957-1962 | March 2017 |
| (Dr) Roger James | Mawby | Sedgwick | 1952-1957 | February 2017 |
| Richard Drummond | Hardwick | Powell | 1955-1960 | February 2017 |
| (The Rt Hon The Lord) David Charles | Waddington (PC) | Winder | 1944-1947 | February 2017 |
| Garth Roger | Nicholas | Hart | 1944-1949 | February 2017 |
| Peter Walter | Phillips | Sedgwick | 1947-1952 | February 2017 |
| Noel Wilfrid | Berry | School House | 1955-1960 | February 2017 |
| William Edward | Greenhalgh | Powell | 1945-1949 | February 2017 |
| (Sir) Christopher | Bland | Lupton | 1951-1956 | February 2017 |
| Peter Michael | Poole (CBE, TD, JP, DL) | Lupton | 1943-1946 | February 2017 |
| Colin James | Sherwood | Powell | 1949-1952 | February 2017 |
| John Alexander | Gossip | School House | 1944-1949 | December 2016 |
| Andrew Philip | Bradshaw | Winder | 1968-1973 | December 2016 |
| Florian Louis | DeVito | Sedgwick | 2008-2010 | November 2016 |
| Michael James | Wilson | Powell | 1957-1962 | November 2016 |
| Paul James | Page | Lupton | 1978-1983 | November 2016 |
| Peter Lowson | Addison | School House | 1945-1949 | October 2016 |
| Timothy Charles | Mileson | Sedgwick | 1996-2003 | October 2016 |
| (Dr) Samuel Kribb | Young | Hart | 1941-1945 | October 2016 |
| John Richard | Thompson | Hart | 1949-1954 | October 2016 |
| Ewan Douglas David | Bell | Winder | 1951-1956 | October 2016 |
| Michael Robin | Fowler | Hart | 1949-1952 | July 2016 |
| Robert Paul | Lester (MBE) | Winder | 1930-1936 | July 2016 |
| (Dr) Timothy Martin | Venters | School House | 1958-1963 | June 2016 |
| Neil Pollock | Magee | Lupton | 1957-1961 | April 2016 |
| (Sir) John Seton | Cassels | Lupton | 1942-1946 | March 2016 |
