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Robie, Edward Adams, son of Edward Hodges Robie of Riverdale, NY, USA, and Agnes Purcell, d. of Joseph Parks, of Elk Rapids, MI, USA; b. 4 July 1919; adm. from Phillips Academy, USA Sept. 1937 (B); left July 1938; Princeton Univ., NJ, USA, BA 1941; USN Air Corps in WW2, DFC (three stars); Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of USA 1953, sen. vice-pres. 1970-9; pres. and COO, Merrill Lynch Relocation Management 1982-5; member exec. board, CARE 1979-96, chair 1986-9; m. 11 Dec. 1948 Jacqueline Mae, d. of John W. Ingram of Richmond, VA, USA; d. 11 July 2005.

Robinson, Peter Geoffrey, son of Frederick Stanley Robinson MICE, of Southern Nigeria; b. 20 Apr. 1913; adm. May 1927 (B); left Dec. 1931; RMA Woolwich, 2nd Lieut. RA Aug. 1933, Lieut. Aug. 1936, Capt. Aug. 1941, Maj. Aug. 1946, Lieut.-Col. June 1955; psc; HQ 6th Indian Divn in WW2, MBE (Burma) June 1946; retd July 1958; m. 24 Apr. 1939 Elinor Mary Logan, d. of David J. Duncan of Coorg, S. India; d. 30 Oct. 1988.

Rose, Michael Brian, son of Lewis Rose and Celia, d. of H. Harris of Edgware, Middlesex; b. 2 May 1935; adm. Sept. 1948 (B); left July 1952; a co. dir.; m. 5 Oct. 1961 Linda Joy, d. of East Saville of Maida Vale; d. 15 Dec. 1976.

Rowland-Jones, Arthur Robert Vernon, son of Arthur Rowland-Jones, MGM film distributor in India, of Watford, Herts, and Evelyn Owen MBE, St John's Ambulance Brigade, d. of John Hensley Owen, stockbroker, of Watford; b. 31 Jan. 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (B); left July 1932 and went to St George's Sch. Harpenden; Queen's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1936 (choral bursary); RI NVR in WW2 (Lieut.); BMus (Lond.) 1948; a schoolmaster and music teacher 1948-67; sen. lecturer in Music East Sussex Coll. of Higher Education 1967-77; part-time music teaching 1977-; m. 9 August 1945 Olive Basil, d. of John L. Bergson, co. director, and niece of Henri Bergson, philosopher; d. 2006.

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.

Saunders, Peter George, son of Emanuel Schleyer-Saunders MD FICS, of Hampstead, and Joanna, d. of Michael David of Hampstead; b. 21 Dec. 1937; adm. Sept. 1951 (B); left July 1956; St Thomas’ Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP MB BS 1962; MRCOG 1969, FRCOG 1982; consult. gynaecologist and obstetrician Ashford Hosp. Middlesex; m. 16 Sept. 1961 Stephanie, d. of Col. John Cadman Watts OBE MC FRCS RAMC; d. 10 Dec. 2003.

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.

Scrivener, Ronald Stratford, son of Sir Patrick Scrivener KCMG, and Margaret Morris, d. of Wal­ter Dorling, stockbroker; b. 29 Dec. 1919; adm. Jan. 1934 (B); left Dec. 1935; St Cath. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1938; RAFVR (A & SD) 1940-5 (Sqdn Ldr), despatches Jan. 1941; entered HM Foreign Service 1945, served Berlin, Buenos Aires, Vienna, Caracas, Berne, Bangkok; CMG 1965; HM Ambassador Panama 1969-70, Czechoslovakia 1971-4; Asst Under-Sec. of State FCO 1974-6; retd 1976; exec. Dir. British-Soviet Chamber of Commerce 1977-83; foreign relations and market research consultant 1983-; Freeman City of London 1984; m. 1st 20 Feb. 1947 Elisabeth, d. of Maj. Vyvyan Drake-Brockman; 2nd 1962 Mary Alice Olga Sofia Jane, d. of Sqdn Ldr Robert Charlton Lane RAF, of Havant, Hants.; d. 14 Jan. 2001

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.