MacCormac, Sir Richard Cornelius, son of Henry MacCormac CBE MD FRCP, consult. physician Middlesex Hosp., and Marion Maud, d. of Benjamin Charles Broomhall FRCS, surgeon and medical missionary in China, of Redlynch, Wilts; b. 3 Sept. 1938; adm. Sept. 1952 (B); left July 1957; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1959, BA 1962 (1st class hons Architecture), hon. Fellow 2006; UCL, MA 1965; RIBA 1967; project architect, Merton LB 1967-9; private practice 1969-; taught Univ. of Camb. Dept of Architecture 1969-75 and 1979-81; visiting Prof. Univ. of Edinburgh 1982-5; dir. Spitalfields Workspace 1981-; Roy. Fine Arts Commission 1983-93; FRSA 1982; pres. RIBA 1991-3; RA 1993; Commissioner, English Heritage 1995-8; sen. partner MacCormac, Jamieson, Prichard (latterly MJP Architects) 1972-2010; CBE Jan. 1994; knighted Jan. 2001; hon. Fellow of the Sch. 2005; m. 12 Sept. 1964 Susan Karin, d. of Lars Hjalmar Landen, author, of Croydon; d. 26 July 2014.

Richardson, Philip Arthur, son of Group Capt. Arthur James Richardson RAF and Dorothy, d. of Luther Norman of Stansted, Essex; b. 24 June 1928; adm. Sept. 1945 (B); left July 1946; d. Apr. 1995.

Raleigh, Stuart Francis, son of Stuart Francis Raleigh of Syracuse, NY, and Neeltje Wilhelmina, d. of William Buell Gere of Syracuse; b. 27 Nov. 1918; adm. Sept. 1936 (B); left July 1937; Prince­ton Univ., BA 1941; reporter and editor Bureau of National Affairs, Washington DC, 1944-9; vice-pres. and sec. Raleigh & Munns Inc., insurance brokers, Syracuse, 1949-55, pres. 1955-; m. 1st 11 Oct. 1947 Lucille, d. of Alfred C. Grover, US Govt employee, of Southern Pines, N. Carolina; 2nd 23 Sept. 1983 Jane Eberle Hawley, d. of William Caveny Eberle, insurance executive, of Philadelphia; d. 1 Oct. 2009.

Potter, John Spencer, son of Harold Potter LLD, Prof. of English Law, Univ. of London, and Beatrice Spencer, d. of Charles Fairfax Crowder, solicitor, of Birmingham; b. 26 Dec. 1928; adm. Apr. 1941 (B); left July 1945; KCL; living in New Zealand 1954; m. Sheila Janette, d. of C. H. J. Wily of Pukekohe, New Zealand; d. 14 May 1977.

Sammell, Ralph Frederick, son of Herman Joseph Sammell and Elsa Adèle, d. of Lewis Cuthbert Raphael of Cape Town; b. 10 Feb. 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (H), (B) Sept. 1929; left July 1932; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1932, BA 1936, MA 1968; Mobil Oil Co. London 1936-9; RNVR 1939-45 (Lieut.-Cdr); sales man. Dunlop Ltd Durban 1946-58; man. dir. A. G. Spalding & Bros (UK) 1959-64; Midlands dir. Charterhouse Group Birmingham 1965-75; retd to Durban 1975; m. 14 Dec. 1937 Deirdre Lucy Offley Studd; d. 5 June 1981.

Schneiders, George Reginald Henry, son of George Henry Schneiders, wholesale clothier, of Hampstead, and Mary, d. of Miller William Falconer of Scotland; b. 6 Dec. 1926; adm. Sept. 1940 (B); left July 1944; RN 1944-7; dir. S. Schneiders & Son Ltd. 1948-72; chmn. Clothing Manufacturing Fedn. of GB 1971-2; m. 23 Apr. 1954 Gillian Erica, d. of Eric Graham Howe, med. practitioner; d. 20 Nov. 2012.

Scrase, John Howard, twin brother of David Ellison Scrase (qv); b. 15 Mar. 1949; adm. Jan. 1963 (B); left Dec. 1967; Univ. of Bristol, BSc 1972; Harvard Univ., MA, USA, MBA 1974; First Nat. City Bank 1974-5; Citicorp Internat. Dev. Organisation 1975; a businessman; worked for several different enterprises in Kuwait and then in Lagos, Nigeria; m. 1st, 25 May 1985 in Bangalore, Clara Fernandes; 2nd, 23 Apr. 1991 in Lagos, Eunice Kessena Ozegha; d. Port Harcourt, Nigeria 27 Feb. 2016.

Scarfe, Antony Ralph Crespin, son of Henry Crespin Scarfe, Port of London Authority, and Florence Irene, d. of Edwin Goodall of Watford, Herts; b. 2 May 1922; adm. Sept. 1935 (B); left Dec. 1939; d. 16 June 1940.

Shepherdly, John Frederick, son of Frederick Cecil Shepherdly, road haulage contractor, of Hayes, Middlesex, and Violet Louise, d. of Frederick G. Spicer of Hayes; b. 27 Jan. 1938; adm. Sept. 1951 (B); left July 1955; a transport man.; m. 1st, 21 Apr. 1962 Jennifer Yves Riddick, sec., d. of H. J. Riddick of Malmesbury, Wilts; 2nd, 11 Mar. 1978 Jennifer Ann Poole, sec., d. of Leonard Cyril Poole, tailor; d. 19 Sept. 2014.

Watts, Sir John Peter Barry Condliffe, son of Leonora Emily Condliffe, draper’s shop asst., of Portsmouth, Hants; stepson of Gerald Walter Watts, civil engineer, whose surname he adopted; b. 27 Aug. 1930; adm. from Sheikh Bagh Sch. Srinagar, Kashmir, India, Mar. 1944 (B); left July 1947; Phillips Academy, Andover, USA; RMA Sandhurst; commissioned Roy. Ulster Regt. 1951 (Roy. Irish Rangers 1968); served Hong Kong, Malaya (despatches), Cyprus, Oman, BAOR, Borneo and Saudi Arabia; commanded SAS unit which stormed Jebel Akbar, stronghold of Omani rebels, Jan. 1959; MC 1960; 48 Gurkha Infantry Brigade 1967-9; CO, 22 SAS Regt. 1970-2; directing staff, Staff Coll. Camberley 1972-4; MOD 1974; commander, SAS Group 1975-8; Maj. -Gen. 1979; commander Sultan of Oman’s Land Forces 1979-84, chief of Defence Staff 1984-7; Lieut. -Gen. 1984; OBE 1972, CBE 1979, CB 1985; retd. Dec. 1987; KBE 1988; m. 1st, 11 Dec. 1954 (div. 1986) Mary Elizabeth Gertrude, d. of Thomas Flynn, postal clerk; 2nd, 13 Feb 1986 Diana Merran Watts, formerly Walker, d. of Lieut. -Col. Reginald Steward; d. 10 Dec. 2003.