Son of Noel Tynwald Summerscale and Beatrice Wilson; b. 22 Apr. 1937; ed. Sherborne Sch. and Trinity Hall Camb.; BA 1959, MA 1963; lecturer and tutor in Eng. Lit. St Stephen’s Coll. Delhi 1959-63; asst. master Charterhouse Sch. 1963-75; Master of Haileybury 1976-86; FRSA 1984; succeeded as Head Master of the School Apr. 1986; m. 1975 Pauline, d. of Prof. Michel Fleury, President de 1’Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Paris.