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GB-2014-WSA-21007 · Person · 1951-2024

Dickinson, Virginia Hirwan, sister of David Dunbar Dickinson (qv); b. 22 July 1951; adm. Sept. 1969 (C); left Dec. 1969; Somerville Coll. Oxf., matric. 1970, BA 1974; a restorer of antique china 1974-6, of antique furniture 1976-82; m. 1976 Arthur Lindley, teacher of English; d. Feb. 2024.

Brand, David, 1946-2022
GB-2014-WSA-21004 · Person · 1946-2022

Brand, David, son of Clifton Brand of Florence, SC, USA, and Elizabeth, d. of John Ritchie, barrister, of Tigh-na-Bruaich, Argyllshire; b. 16 Feb. 1946; adm. Apr. 1960 (G); left Dec. 1964; Univ. of Sussex 1965-8, BSc; asst. master at the Sch. 1968-9; Univ. of Sussex 1969-72, DPhil; CEGB computing bureau 1979-82; computer consult., PA Telecommunications 1979-82, Ewbank Preece Ltd. 1982-7; David Brand computer consultancy 1987-; m. 17 Dec. 1966 Angela, d. of Robert Elvin Newton Callingham, hotelier, of Hindhead, Surrey; d. 11 July 2022.

GB-2014-WSA-21001 · Person · 1944-2020

Orr, Andrew Cameron, brother of Matthew Ian Orr (qv); b. 8 Aug. 1944; adm. Sept. 1957 (B); left July 1961; d. 25 Feb. 2020.

GB-2014-WSA-21000 · Person · 1943-2023

Berkoff, David Jeremy William, son of Benjamin Berkoff, solicitor, and Jean Stuart Richardson, actress, d. of Sir Thomas William Richardson, Kt., Judge of High Court, Bengal; b. 4 Mar. 1943; adm. Sept. 1956 (W); left Dec. 1960; sch. teacher, Colonial Service 1961; Corpus Christi Coll. Camb., matric. 1961, BA 1964, MA 1968; res. consult. Economist Intelligence Unit 1964-7; economic asst. adviser, Min. of Overseas Dev. 1967-70; consult. economist, Hunting Tech. Services Ltd., Indonesia, Thailand, Sudan, 1970-7; sen. economist, World Bank, Asia Tech. Dept (irrigation projects, incl. Nat. Water Management, India) 1977-94; self-employed independent consult. 1994-2010; author, various articles on economics; ed., Epic Engineering Great Canals and Barrages of Victorian India 2013; d. 3 Mar. 2023.

GB-2014-WSA-20998 · Person · 1942-2023

Hall, Michael Aylmer, son of Arthur Aylmer Hall of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex and Kathleen May, d. of William Mark Busby of Aylesbury, Bucks; b. 26 Sept. 1942; adm. Sept. 1956 (G); left July 1961; adm. solicitor 1966; in practice with Wortley Byers at Brentwood, Essex; partner 1969-99; m. 18 Nov. 1967 Helen Elizabeth Jean, d of Edwin Lancelot Langley Earp, civil engineer, of Ightham, Kent; d. 2023.

GB-2014-WSA-20996 · Person · 1941-2022

Corcoran, John Anthony, son of Edward Allan Corcoran, and Barbara Lawrance, d. of Henry Walter Pring of Colyford, Devon; b. 10 June 1941; adm. Sept. 1954 (G); left July 1959; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. 1960, BA 1963, MA 1967; d. 8 Oct. 2022.

GB-2014-WSA-20994 · Person · 1940-2020

Maclennan, William Ian Keith, son of Sir Ian Morrison Ross Maclennan KCMG, HM Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, and Margherita Lucas, d. of Frederick Lucas Jarratt of Bedford, Beds; b. 17 Sept. 1940; adm. Sept. 1953 (G), (QS) 1954; left July 1959; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf., matric, 1959, BA 1963, MA 1966; asst. master Rugby Sch. 1964-2000, head of classics and housemaster; retd.; ed. and trans. Virgil

GB-2014-WSA-20993 · Person · 1940-2024

Cooksey, Sir David James Scott, son of Frank Sebastian Cooksey CBE MD FRCP, consult. physician, and Muriel Mary Scott, d. of James Scott, mining engineer; b. 14 May 1940; adm. Sept. 1953 (A); left Dec. 1958; St Edmund Hall Oxf., matric. 1959, BA 1962, MA 1982; man. dir. Formica International, 1966-71; man. dir. Intercobra Ltd. 1971-80; chief exec., chmn., Advent Venture Partners LLP 1981-2006; chmn. British Venture Capital & Private Equity Assn. 1983-4, Audit Commission for England & Wales 1986-95, Local Govt. Commission 1995-6, Mary Rose Trust 1996-2001, Diamond Light Source 2002-8, European Venture Capital & Private Equity Assn. 2005-06, London & Continental Railways Ltd. 2006-11, Bechtel Ltd. 2008-, The Francis Crick Inst. 2009-, UK Financial Investments Ltd. 2009-12, Aegate Ltd. 2010-; governor Wellcome Trust 1995-2005; non-exec. dir. Bank of England 1994-2005; non-exec. chmn. of the directors, Bank of England 2001-5; chmn. State Honours Committee 2005-10; Hon. Life Pres., British Venture Capital and Private Equity Assn. 2012; Kt. June 1993; GBE June 2007; Hon. Fellow, St Edmund Hall, Oxf. 1996; Hon. DBA Kingston Univ. 1996; Hon. DSc Southampton 2008, UCL 2011; Hon. Fellow Univ. of Wales, Cardiff 1998, Imp. Coll. Lond. 2007, KCL 2012; Hon. FMedSci 2004, BAAS 2004; Pro Chancellor, Univ. of Southampton 2008-13; Bioscience 2015 report on proposals for UK Life Sciences Industry 2003; Cooksey Review of Healthcare Research Funding 2006; m. 1st, 30 May 1973 (div. 2003) Janet Clouston Bewley Wardell-Yerburgh Cooksey OBE PhD, charity fund raiser, art historian and picture restorer, widow of Hugh Arthur Wardell-Yerburgh, and d. of Ian Aysgarth Bewley Cathie MD MRCP, med. practitioner; 2nd, 14 Jan. 2011 Mary Ann Phyllis Julie Drabble, chief exec., hospitality industry; d. 28 Jan. 2024.

GB-2014-WSA-20992 · Person · 1939-2023

Wakely, Kenneth George, son of Brig. William Hugh Denning Wakely (qv); b. 7 Jan. 1939; adm. Sept. 1952 (QS); left July 1957; RMA Sandhurst 1957, Queen