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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, 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

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.

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.

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.

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.).

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.

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.

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.

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.