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Wren's
GB-2014-WSA-01873 · Corporate body · 1948-

Wren's was founded in 1948. It is named after Sir Christopher Wren’s (1632-1723), who attended Westminster School under the Head Master Richard Busby.

GB-2014-WSA-18471 · Person · 1935-2012

Wintle, Giles Colston, son of Colin Colston Wintle, journalist, of Ealing, and Flora Mary, d. of George Percy Wagstaff of Highbury; b. 27 Feb. 1935; adm. Sept. 1948 (W); left July 1952; adm. solicitor Apr. 1958; practised in London; Inst. of Chartered Accountants; administrator 1958-; Renter Warden Armourers’ and Braziers’ Co. 1988; retd. 1999; m. 15 July 1966 Elizabeth Ann Leslie, d. of Robert Leslie Dodds FRCS, surgeon; d. 27 Jan. 2012.

GB-2014-WSA-18449 · Person · 1942-2007

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.

GB-2014-WSA-18448 · Person · 1934-1975

Winham, Godfrey Charles, son of Francis Bernard Winham, land agent, of Chelsea, and Gwendoline Dorothy Winham; b. 11 Dec. 1934; adm. Sept. 1947 (H), later (W); left July 1951; d. 27 Apr. 1975.

GB-2014-WSA-20853 · Person · 1948-2022

Williams, Martin Gwynne, son of Sir David Innes Williams Kt. MD MChir FRCS, consult. urologist, the Hosp. for Sick Children, Great Ormond St., and Margaret Eileen, d. of Albert Victor Harding, farmer, of Cardiff, Glamorgan; b. 13 Mar. 1948; adm. Sept. 1961 (W); left Dec. 1965; Trin. Hall Camb., matric. 1966, BA 1969 (1st class hons Economics), MA; a chartered accountant, ACA 1972, FCA; Coopers & Lybrand 1969-81; Laurence Prust & Co. Ltd., later Credit Commercial de France (UK) Ltd., 1981-90; Advent Ltd., 1991-2000; Quester Capital Management Ltd., 2000-7; Spark Venture Management Ltd., 2007-13; d. 2022.

GB-2014-WSA-17211 · Person · 1942-1995

Tyrrell, Timothy Robert, son of Timothy Martin Tyrrell (qv); b. 23 Sept. 1942; adm. May 1956 (W); left Dec. 1956; d. 1995.

GB-2014-WSA-17173 · Person · 1937-1991

Turner, William Douglass Jamieson, son of William Bambrough Turner, barrister, of Wimbledon, and Susan Miller Somers; b. 17 Feb. 1937; adm. Sept. 1950 (W); left July 1955; Allied Suppliers Ltd.; d. 12 July 1991.

GB-2014-WSA-16977 · Person · 1935-1999

Townend, Peter Robert Gascoigne, son of Roy George Townend, regional man. War Damage Commn., and Millicent Edna Amy Amelia, d. of Peter Gascoigne, musician, of Oxford; b. 8 Mar. 1935; adm. Sept. 1947 (W); left July 1950; at St Paul’s Sch. 1950-4; Christ’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1954, BA 1957, MA 1962; ed. Lookout magazine Malaga, Spain 1962-6; Roy. Coll. of Music 1964-7; freelance concert organist and conductor; European correspondent Vision, New York, USA 1966-9; acted at Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Italy 1969-70; a writer and photographer; author of Out of Focus 1971, Zoom 1972, Fisheye 1974, Triple Exposure 1976; m. 17 Apr. 1973 Hon. Katharine Patricia Smith, formerly wife of Ivan Moffat, Beverley Hills, CA, USA, and d. of William Henry Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden, chmn. W. H. Smith & Son; d. 6 June 1999.

Topolski, Daniel, 1945-2015
GB-2014-WSA-16952 · Person · 1945-2015

Topolski, Daniel, son of Feliks Topolski, artist, and his first wife Marion, d. of William Mason Everall of Wolverhampton; b. 4 June 1945; adm. Sept. 1959 (W); left July 1963; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1964, rowed against Cambridge 1967-8, BA 1967, Dip. Soc. Anthrop. 1968, MA 1972; a BBC producer 1969-73; writer for The Observer and broadcaster 1973-93; rowed in world championships 1975 (silver medal), 1977 (gold medal); in four winning crews; coach of the Univ. of Oxf. Boat Club for fifteen Boat Races (1973-87), winning twelve, incl. a ten-win streak (1976-85); coach to the Great Britain Rowing squad at two Olympic Games (1980 & 1984); Hon. Fellow New Coll. Oxf.; author The Oxford Revival 1985, co-author True-Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny 1989; winner Travel Radio Programme of the Year 1994; m. 1998 Susan Gilmore, actress, d. of James Gilbert; d. 21 Feb. 2015.

Summers, Geoffrey, 1937-1970
GB-2014-WSA-16485 · Person · 1937-1970

Summers, Geoffrey, son of Gerald Summers of Hendon and Rachel, d. of A. David Bernstein of Battersea; b. 10 Aug. 1937; adm. Sept. 1950 (W); left July 1954; adm. solicitor Apr. 1960; m. 2 Sept. 1961 Joan Caroline Martel, d. of Benjamin Levine of Birmingham; d. 21 Dec. 1970.