Aikman, Anthony Robert, son of William Robert Aikman, member of Lloyds, and Marjorie Roberta Amanda, d. of Hugh Fraser Macmillan, curator Roy. Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; b. 3 Feb. 1942; adm. Sept. 1958 (L); left July 1959; Univ. Coll. of North Wales, Bangor, 1959-62, BA (forestry); career incl. working as a forestry officer, teaching and writing in Rome and Venice 1967-70, screenwriting in Hollywood 1970-2, running an Outward Bound Sch. in Italy, the Melanesian mission to the Solomon Is. 1975, exploring in S. America and the Far East; author of The Caves of Segada 1985, Eye of Itza 1986, Brokers of Doom 1987, Treehouses 1988, The Farang 1992, The Black Swan 1999, Boy, Doc, and the Green Man: also The Fire-Eater: a short story 2000; d. 8 July 2011.

Corbin, John Charles Neal, son of Charles Frederick Hinds Corbin of Northwood, Middlesex, and Annette, d. of William Neal, merchant; b. 14 Sept. 1948; adm. May 1962 (L); left July 1967; d. 26 Feb. 1984.

Holloway, David Richard, son of William Edwyn Holloway, actor man., of Adelaide, Australia, and Margaret Boyd, d. of George Schleselman, analytical chemist, of Dundee; b. 3 June 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (L); left July 1939; Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1949; editorial staff, Daily Sketch 1941-2, RAF Coastal Command 1942-6, served Aden, Sri Lanka and India; leader writer, News Chronicle 1950-2, literary critic 1953-7, book page ed. 1958-60; dep. literary ed., The Daily Telegraph 1960-8, literary ed. 1968-88; author, John Galsworthy 1968, Lewis and Clark and the Crossing of America 1972, Derby Day 1975, Playing the Empire 1979; m. Mar. 1952 Sylvia Eileen, d. of Douglas Gray; d. 31 Aug. 1995.

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.

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.

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'.

Brown, David Felix Andrew, son of Felix Warden Brown, med. practitioner, of Highgate, and Eileen Mabel Elizabeth, d. of George Way; b. 19 Oct. 1946; adm. Sept. 1960 (L); left July 1964; Penguin Books 1975-; freelance writer and book editor; m. 3 Jan. 1973 Jacqueline, d. of John Hoare, writer; d. 1 Nov. 2009.

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.

Winham, Peter Timothy, son of Cyril Vincent Winham, land agent, of Westerham, Kent, and Winifred Ella Durling; b. 25 Apr. 1942; adm. Sept. 1955 (W), (L) Sept. 1956; left Apr. 1959; Royds & Co, land agents, 1959; Crosse & Blackwell (Holdings) Ltd. 1961; asst. publications officer RIBA 1964-9; photographer Union Castle Line 1969-72; Lond. Electronics Coll. 1972-3; gen. man. Taylor’s Paraffin Oil Co., Maldon, Essex, 1974; a maintenance engineer; m. 1982 Alicia Ann Beecham; d. 1 Dec. 2007.

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.