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Vernon, John Anthony Benedict, brother of Denis Sydney Foster Vernon (qv); b. 3 Aug. 1916; adm. May 1930 (B); left Apr. 1934; St John's Coll. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1938, MA; lntell. Corps in WW2 (Maj.), seconded Political Warfare Executive; staff of British Inst. Rome, later of UN High Commissioner for Refugees Geneva; international staff NATO 1952, dep. Dir. of Infor­mation 1978; OBE 1982; m. 21 May 1949 Susanna Mary Josephine Catherine, d. of Maj.-Gen. Boleslaw Wienawa Dlugoszowski, Polish Ambassador to Rome; d. 15 Oct. 2011.

Ustinov, Sir Peter Alexander, son of lona von Ustinov, journalist, and Nadia, d. of Louis Benois of St Petersburg; b. 16 Apr. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (B), (A) Sept. 1935; left July 1937; London The­atre Studio; Roy. Sussex Regt in WW2, seconded RAOC (Army Film Service); a playwright, author, film director, actor and entertainer; Benjamin Franklin Medal RSA 1958; FRSA FRSL; Rector Dundee Univ. 1968-73; Order of Yugoslav Flag (with Golden Laurels) 1974; hon. degrees at many universities; a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF; CBE 197 5; Kt June 1990; Chancellor Durham Univ. J 992; author of plays The Love of Four Colonels, Romanoff and Juliet, Photo Finish, and autobiography Dear Me 1977; m. 1st 8 Aug. 1940 Isolde Denham; 2nd 15 Feb. 1954 Suzanne, d. of Edmond Cloutier, Queen's Printerto the Canadian Govt; 3rd 17 June 1972 Hélène du Lau d' Allemans; d. 28 Mar. 2004.

Usher, Charles Glyn, son of Gilbert Lewis Dumper of St Cross, Winchester, Hants, and Hilda Dorothea, d. of Col. Gerald Henry Farrell of Alverston Hall, Cheshire; b. 12 May 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (B), (KS) 1939; left July 1943; assumed the name of Usher in lieu of Dumper 1943; RNVR in WW2; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1950; joined Lloyd’s 1950; dep. sec. Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry 1953; man. T&N Ltd. Bombay, India 1956; sen. admin. officer BSI 1966; m. 1967 Diana, d. of Nigel Oliver Willoughby Steward OBE, HM Foreign Service, of Beckley, Oxford; d. 16 Feb 2010.

Underwood, Stanley Gurney Browne, son of Frederick Sydney Gurney Underwood of East Molesey, Surrey, and Ethel, d. of William Skilton; b. 4 Nov. 1925; adm. May 1939 (B); left Dec: 1941; St Catharine’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1943, BA 1949, MA 1951; RN 1944-7; adm. solicitor Mar. 1954; practised in East Molesey; sec. The Southern Scrap Assn. 1957-86; liveryman Horners’ Company 1948, Broderers’ Company 1976; sec. Leander Club 1973-4; pres. Molesey Amateur Regatta 1987; m. 12 Sept. 1957 Pamela Phyllis May, d. of Archibald Hunt of East Molesey; d. 18 Oct. 2014.

Turnbull, Colin Macmillan, son of John Rutherford Turnbull MC, chartered accountant, of Warnham, Sussex, and Dorothy Helena Wellesley, d. of Rev. Arthur Wellesley Chapman BD, of Toronto, Canada; b. 23 Nov. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1942; Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 1942, BA 1947, MA 1949; Sub-Lieut. RNVR Nov. 1944; Dip. Ed. (Lond. ) 1948; res. student Benares Hindu Univ., India 1950; Dip. Social Anthropology (Oxon. ) 1956, BLitt 1957, DPhil 1964; asst. curator Dept. of Anthropology American Museum of Nat. History, New York, USA 1959-69; Prof. Anthropology, George Washington Univ., Washington DC, USA 1976-85; author of The Forest People 1961, The People of Africa 1962; exchanged marriage vows with Joseph Allen Towles, ethnographer, in 1960; d. 1 Nov. 1994.

Town, John Francis, son of Aubrey Francis Town LDS, dental surgeon, of Hammersmith, and Marjorie Maude, d. of Frank Rudolph Gascoine of Boxted, Essex; b. 26 May 1936; adm. Sept. 1949 (B); left July 1952; d. 14 Feb. 2014.

Tilson, Barnard, son of Howard Tilson, mech. engineer, of Boston, MA, USA, and Margaret Barnard; b. 2 Jan. 1929; adm. Sept. 1946 (B); left July 1947; Cornell Univ., USA, BA; for 33 years with Connecticut Gen. Life Insurance Co., latterly as dir. strategic marketing; resident at Avon, CT, USA; m. 12 May 1950 Ann Thacher, d. of Thacher Jenney, of Lincoln, MA, USA; d. 28 Oct. 2004.

Thurlow, Cyril William James, son of Benjamin William Thurlow of Ealing and Winifred Margaret, d. of James Cartland of Calcutta; b. 11 Apr. 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (H), (B) Sept. 1925; left July 1927; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1928, BA 1932, MA 1935; RAFVR (A & SD) 1941-5 (Flt Lieut.); asst master KCS Wimbledon; m. 3 Aug. 1946 Sheelagh Mary, d. of Patrick Joseph Flood LRCPI, med. practitioner; d. 27 Oct. 1980.

Thomson, Howard John, son of Harold Thomson, solicitor, of Slough, and Alice, d. of William Rhodes of Kendal, Westmorland; b. 28 Aug. 1911; adm. Apr. 1925 (H), (B) Jan. 1927; left July 1930; Pemb. Coll. Camb., matric. 1930, BA 1933, MA 1938; adm. a solicitor Aug. 1936; RA 1940-5 (Maj.); practised at Slough; m. 24 Oct. 1936 Joan Mary, d. of Herbert Fraser MRCS, of Datchet, Berks; d. 7 July 1972.

Tetley-Jones, Tetley Ironside, son of William Tetley-Jones of Cooling Castle, Kent, and Mary Grizeal Garden, d. of Surgn Maj. William Ironside RM; b. 10 Sept. 1912; adm. Apr. 1926 (B); left Apr. 1931; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1931, BA 1934, MA 1960; Sgt Pilot RAFVR 1936; 2nd Lieut. RE (TA) Aug. 1938, transf. RA Aug. 1940 (Maj.); Army Air Force 1940-5, Sqdn Cdr/Maj. 1941; TD; man. dir. and chairman Tetley Tea Co. 1945, pres. Tetley Tea Co. Inc. USA 1946; introduced tea bags to the UK housewife; m. 1st 3 July 1937 Kathleen Beryl Le Strange, d. of Lieut.-Col. Henry William Herring MC RE, of Colchester; 2nd 12 May 1958 Mary Elizabeth Seebirt, d. of Eli Fowler Seebirt of South Bend, Indiana, USA; 3rd 21 May 1973 Ann, d. of Capt. Willie Hyde Dickens OBE JP, planter, of Kenya; d. 8 Sept. 1990.