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Huntley, Peter Richard, son of Kenneth Oliver George Huntley JP, solicitor, of Kingston-on-Thames, and Angela Lucy, d. of Air Vice-Marshal D’Arcy Power CBE MC MRCS LRCP RAF; b. 16 July 1948; adm. Jan. 1962 (L); left July 1963; d. 10 Dec. 1981.

Jackson, Bryan Alan, son of Leslie Jackson, House of Commons steward, of Hampstead, and Florence Catherine, d. of Arthur Arundel Allen, butler, of Dover; b. 29 Oct. 1943; adm. Sept. 1956 (L); left July 1961; articled to solicitor 1962, managing clerk 1965-76; hotelier Ilfracombe, Devon 1976-82; solicitor’s managing clerk 1979-85; a property conveyancer Farnham, Surrey 1985-8; m. 14 Sept. 1968 Patricia Ann Coles, local govt. officer, d. of James Patrick Bruce Coles, engineer; d. 1 Mar. 2013.

Johnston, Terence Desmond, son of William Franklin Johnston (qv); b. 5 Apr. 1944; adm. Sept. 1958 (L); left July 1962; joined Coldstream Guards 1965, Capt. July 1971, acting Maj. Mar. 1974; specialised in mountaineering and winter survival; retd. Aug. 1983; d. 14 Jan. 2000.

The house was named after Henry Liddell, Head Master from 1846 to 1855, who rescued the school from its early nineteenth-century decline, when prospective parents preferred boarding schools in the country to the unwholesome airs of London and pupil numbers dipped beneath 80. Liddell later became Dean of Christ Church and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. His daughter, Alice Liddell, was the inspiration for 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Alice through the Looking Glass'.

Pooley, Hereward Krohn, brother of Gareth O’Connor Pooley Dyas (qv); b. 9 Nov. 1945; adm. Apr. 1958 (L); left Dec. 1963; Trin. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1965 but did not graduate; a film editor, actor and stage dir.; resident in Toronto, Canada; m. 7 July 1985 Catherine Bernice Beecraft, social worker; d. 13 Apr. 2016.

Simms, Nicholas Digby, son of Ronald Edward Simms, PR agent, of St John’s Wood, and Margaret Felicity Seear of Nairobi, Kenya; b. 3 Oct. 1946; adm. Jan. 1960 (L); left Mar. 1964; successively in publishing and wine trade; author, Orlando’s Guide to North Norfolk; m. 1st, 1967 Sarah Carroll; 2nd, 1975 Leucothea Day; d. 2 Jan. 1992.

Stephens, Peter John Treeve, son of Maj. John Alban Treeve Stephens RASC, of Derbs, and Jean, d. of Alfred Robert Sidney-Wilmot of Great Horkesley, Essex; b. 3 Sept. 1941; adm. Apr. 1954 (B), (L) Sept. 1956; left July 1957; McGill Univ. Montreal, Canada, BSc 1961, MD CM 1965; a forensic pathologist Battle Creek, MI, USA, 1970-7, Davenport, IA, USA 1977-; latterly in practice at Burnsville, NC, USA; m. 8 Oct. 1965 Myrna Anne Mannila PhD, audiologist, d. of Charles Theodore Mannila of Esko, MN, USA; d. 2015.

Waller, Gordon Trueman Riviere, son of Harold Noel Waller MB BS MRCS LRCP FICS DLO, of Pinner, Middlesex, and Elizabeth Hope Sutherland, d. of Rev. William Fulton DD, Principal Trin. Coll. Glasgow; b. 4 June 1945; adm. Sept. 1958 (L); left July 1963; a singer, songwriter and guitarist; member Peter and Gordon duo, with Peter Asher (qv), to 1968; subsequently in various business employments; m. 1st, Gay Robbins; 2nd, 15 Aug 1998 (div. 2007) Georgiana Steele; 3rd, Mar. 2008 Josenia Couldrey; d. 17 July 2009.

Warden, Robert Douglas Cunninghame, son of Cdr. Robert Cunninghame Warden, RN, and Mabel Gertrude Matilda Fisher; b. 26 Oct. 1923; adm. Sept. 1938 (L); left July 1938; Roy. Australian Navy 1942-6; Adelaide Univ., S. Australia LLB 1950; called to South Australian Bar 1950; a grazier; retd. 1994; m. 19 May 1948 Mary Douglas, d. of Douglas Robertson of Medindie, S. Australia; d. 30 May 2016.

Wedderspoon, Alexander Gillan, son of Rev. Robert John Wedderspoon, Minister in Church of Scotland, of Glasgow, and Amy Beatrice, d. of Walter Woolley, of Saleby Manor, Lincs; b. 3 Apr. 1931; adm. Sept. 1945 (L); left July 1949; Jesus Coll. Oxf., matric. 1951, BA 1954, MA 1960; PGCE (Lond. ) 1958; Cuddesdon Theol. Coll., BD 1962; ord. deacon 1961, priest 1962 (Southwark); Curate Kingston, Surrey, 1961-3; lecturer in Religious Education Univ. of London 1963-6; educational adviser C. of E. Schools Council 1966-9; licensed to officiate Diocese of London 1963-70; Canon Residentiary, Winchester Cath. 1970-87, Vice-Dean 1980-7; Dean of Guildford 1987-2001; m. 1968 Judith Joyce Wynne, d. of Arthur Fitzwalter Wynne Plumptre CBE, Principal Scarborough Coll. Toronto, Canada; d. 10 June 2014.