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GB-2014-WSA-20880 · Person · 1923-D.D.

Dallyn, John Jacob, son of John Dallyn, farmer, of Pulborough, Sussex, and Viola Meynell, nov­elist, of Wilfred Meynell CBE, journalist and publisher; b. 3 Jan. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (H); left July 1939; RM in WW2; a farmer in Sussex; m. 29 Aug. 1945 Jill, d. of Maj. Eric Cooper.

Dale, John Forfar, 1923-D.D.
GB-2014-WSA-20879 · Person · 1923-D.D.

Dale, John Forfar, son of John Ainsworth Dale CB CBE, prin. Asst Sec. Min. of Labour, and Mary Forfar, d. of James Forfar Dott of West Blatchington, Sussex; b. 26 Jan. 1923; adm. Sept. 1935 (G); left Apr. 1939; Min. of Home Security 1939-42, RAC Middle East and Italy 1942, later with Specialised Armour Devel. Estab.; an agricultural engineer 1946-; m. 2 Sept. 1948 Jacqueline Genevieve, d. of Ren

GB-2014-WSA-20878 · Person · 1923-D.D.

Cooper, William Alwin, son of Lance Harries Cooper MBE, chairman Mond Nickel Co., and Mary, d. of Nathaniel Kinch of Harrow; b. 2 June 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (A); left July 1941; Cor­pus Christi Coll. Camb., matric. 1941, BA 1944, MA 1948; Capt. REME 1943, invalided 1946; asst master Cheltenham Coll. Jun. Sch. 1948-52, Sherborne Sch. 1952-81, housemaster 1966- 81, Governor 1983-; an artist 1983- (elected Roy. West of England Academy 1973), with numerous one-man exhibitions in London and provinces; m. 18 Aug. 1956 Dorothy, d. of Colin Maurice Tustain, chartered accountant, of Leicester.

GB-2014-WSA-20877 · Person · 1923-D.D.

Chandler, Colin Guy, brother of Hugh Brian Chandler (qv); b. 18 Apr. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (H); left Apr. 1940; RN in WW2; lives in Australia.

GB-2014-WSA-20876 · Person · 1923-D.D.

Burrowes, Desmond Edward St John, son of Alfred Edward Burrowes MC, of Hampstead, and Alice Edna Stuart, d. of Henry Stuart Doig; b. 5 Apr. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (H); left Dec. 1940; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1945, MRCP 1949; MB (Lond.) 1945, MD 1951; gen. med. practitioner Ledbury, Herefordshire; m. 1st 5 July 1947 Kathleen Ruth, d. of Edward Maurice West of Liphook, Hants; 2nd 10 Sept. 1977 Ann Margaret Somerville, d. of Lionel George William Hill, civil engineer, of Monkstown, co. Cork, Eire.

GB-2014-WSA-20875 · Person · 1923-D.D.

Brydon, Charles Anthony Marshall, brother of William Walter Hugh Brydon (qv); b. 16 Sept. 1923; adm. Sept. 1935 (A); left July 1940; RNVR 1944 (Sub-Lieut.).

GB-2014-WSA-20874 · Person · 1951-2024

Dickinson, Virginia Hirwan, sister of David Dunbar Dickinson (qv); b. 22 July 1951; adm. Sept. 1969 (C); left Dec. 1969; Somerville Coll. Oxf., matric. 1970, BA 1974; a restorer of antique china 1974-6, of antique furniture 1976-82; m. 1976 Arthur Lindley, teacher of English; d. Feb. 2024.

GB-2014-WSA-20873 · Person · 1940-2024

Thomas, Eustace Justin St John, son of Eustace Albert D’Oyly Thomas AMICE, of Sutton, Surrey, and Rosanna, d. of John James O’Beirne of Cork, Ireland; b. 25 Mar. 1940; adm. Sept. 1953 (A); left July 1958; Inns of Court & City Yeomanry (TA) 1959-66; man. dir. JB Insurance Brokers Ltd. 1976-2010; retd. 2010; pres. Surrey Rugby Union 2005-6; d. 16 Mar. 2024.

GB-2014-WSA-20872 · Person · 1940-2024

Cooksey, Sir David James Scott, son of Frank Sebastian Cooksey CBE MD FRCP, consult. physician, and Muriel Mary Scott, d. of James Scott, mining engineer; b. 14 May 1940; adm. Sept. 1953 (A); left Dec. 1958; St Edmund Hall Oxf., matric. 1959, BA 1962, MA 1982; man. dir. Formica International, 1966-71; man. dir. Intercobra Ltd. 1971-80; chief exec., chmn., Advent Venture Partners LLP 1981-2006; chmn. British Venture Capital & Private Equity Assn. 1983-4, Audit Commission for England & Wales 1986-95, Local Govt. Commission 1995-6, Mary Rose Trust 1996-2001, Diamond Light Source 2002-8, European Venture Capital & Private Equity Assn. 2005-06, London & Continental Railways Ltd. 2006-11, Bechtel Ltd. 2008-, The Francis Crick Inst. 2009-, UK Financial Investments Ltd. 2009-12, Aegate Ltd. 2010-; governor Wellcome Trust 1995-2005; non-exec. dir. Bank of England 1994-2005; non-exec. chmn. of the directors, Bank of England 2001-5; chmn. State Honours Committee 2005-10; Hon. Life Pres., British Venture Capital and Private Equity Assn. 2012; Kt. June 1993; GBE June 2007; Hon. Fellow, St Edmund Hall, Oxf. 1996; Hon. DBA Kingston Univ. 1996; Hon. DSc Southampton 2008, UCL 2011; Hon. Fellow Univ. of Wales, Cardiff 1998, Imp. Coll. Lond. 2007, KCL 2012; Hon. FMedSci 2004, BAAS 2004; Pro Chancellor, Univ. of Southampton 2008-13; Bioscience 2015 report on proposals for UK Life Sciences Industry 2003; Cooksey Review of Healthcare Research Funding 2006; m. 1st, 30 May 1973 (div. 2003) Janet Clouston Bewley Wardell-Yerburgh Cooksey OBE PhD, charity fund raiser, art historian and picture restorer, widow of Hugh Arthur Wardell-Yerburgh, and d. of Ian Aysgarth Bewley Cathie MD MRCP, med. practitioner; 2nd, 14 Jan. 2011 Mary Ann Phyllis Julie Drabble, chief exec., hospitality industry; d. 28 Jan. 2024.

GB-2014-WSA-20871 · Person · 1939-2024

Walker-Smith, Hon. Sir John Jonah, Bart., son of Derek Colclough Walker-Smith, Baron Broxbourne PC QC, Conservative politician and barrister, and Dorothy Ellen Mary, d. of Lewis John Walpole Etherton of Rowland’s Castle, Hants; b. 6 Sept. 1939; adm. Jan. 1953 (R); left Dec. 1957; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1958, BA 1961, MA 1965; called to the Bar Middle Temple Nov. 1963; Recorder of the Crown Court 1980-2005; member, Westminster City Council 1968-86; succ. his father as 2nd baronet 22 Jan. 1992; m. 26 Oct. 1974 Aileen Marie, d. of Joseph Smith of Glasgow; d. 9 Mar. 2024.