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Huxley, Sir Andrew Fielding, brother of David Bruce Huxley (qv); b. 22 Nov. 1917; adm. Sert. 1930 (A), non-res. KS Sept. 1931; left July 1935; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1935 (open schol.), BA 1938 (1st class hons Nat. Sci. Trip. Pts 1 & 2), MA 1945; Fellow of Trinity 1941; operational res. for AA Command 1940-2, Admiralty 1942-5, Lieut. RNVR May 1944; Camb. Univ. dem­onstrator in Physiology 1949, asst dir. of research 1951, Reader in Experimental Biophysics 1959; Jodrell Prof. of Physiology Univ. Coll. Lond. 1960-9, Roy. Society res. Prof. 1969-83; FRS 1955; Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 1963; Copley Medal, Royal Society, 1973; Kt 1974; President Royal Society 1980-5; hon. degrees at numerous universities; Fellow Imperial Coll. Lond. 1980, hon. Fellow Darwin Coll. Camb. 1981; OM 1983; Master of Trinity 1984-90; a Governor of the school (ex officio) 1984-90; a Busby Trustee 1986-; m. 5 July 1947 Jocelyn Richenda Gammell, d. of Michael Pease of Girton, Cambridge; d. 30 May 2012.

Stone, Sir John Richard Nicholas, son of Sir Gilbert Stone, Chief Justice of Nagpur, and Elsie Lawton, d. of Walter Scott of Hull; b. 30 Aug. 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (A); left Dec. 1930; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1931, BA 1935 (1st class hons Law Trip. Pt 1 1933, Economics Trip. Pt 2 1935); C. E. Heath & Co., Lloyd's brokers, 1936-9; Min. of Economic Warfare 1939-40, Cen­tral Statistical Office of War Cabinet 1940-5, personal assistant to Lord Keynes; Fellow of King's 1945-; CBE 1946; Dir. Dept of Applied Economics Univ. of Cambridge 1945-55, P. D. Leake Prof. of Finance and Accounting 1955-80; FBA 1956; ScD (Cantab.) 1957; hon. doctor­ates at many European Univs; Kt 1978; Nobel Prize for Economics 1984; author of a large number of works on Economics and allied subjects; m. 1st 1936 Winifred Mary, d. of Hammond Jenkins; 2nd 1941 Feodora Leontinoff; 3rd 1960 Mrs Giovanna Croft-Murray, d. of Count Aurelio Saffi; d. 12 Dec. 1991.

Greene, Wilfrid Arthur, 1st Baron Greene, son of Arthur Weguelin Greene, of Beckenham, Kent, solicitor, by Katherine Agnes, daughter of Octavius Fooks, of Gravesend, Kent; b. Dec. 30, 1883; adm. as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 24, 1896 (A); Mure Scholar 1900; Capt. of the School 1901; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1902, matric. Michaelmas 1902; Craven Scholar 1903; Hertford Scholar 1904; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1904; Chancellor's Prize for Latin Verse 1905; 1st class Lit. Hum. 1906; B.A. 1906; Fellow of All Souls Coll. 1907; Vinerian Law Scholar 1908; Council of Legal Education, studentship Trinity term, 1908; called to the bar at the Inner Temple July 1, 1908; M.A. 1912; K.C. 1922; Bencher Jan. 1925; appointed Standing Counsel to the Univ. of Oxford Oct. 1926; Hon. Student of Ch. Ch. and Hon. D. C. L. Oxon. 1935; a Lord Justice of Appeal Oct. 22, 1935; knighted and P. C. Oct. 25, 1935; Master of the Rolls April 26, 1937; F. S. A. 1939; Hon. F.R.I.B.A. 1941; created Baron Greene July 16, 1941; a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary June 1, 1949; resigned May 1950; a Busby Trustee May 1927; Founder and first Chairman of the Westminster School Society 1937; a Trustee of the British Museum 1949; served as Capt. 2/1st Batt. of the Oxford and Bucks L. I. 1914-6, as a G. S. O. in the 5th Army 1917, and in the 2nd Army 1917-8; M.C. Jan. 1, 1918; O.B.E. March 22, 1919; French Croix de Guerre, and Cavaliere of the Order of the Crown of Italy; m. May 28, 1909, Nancy, daughter of Francis Wright, of Nottingham; d. April 16, 1952.

Dobbie, Alexander Middleton, elder son of Sir James Johnston Dobbie, Kt., F.R.S., LL. D., Principal of the Government Laboratories, London, by Violet, daughter of Thomas Chilton, of Greford, Flintshire; b. June 22, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left Dec. 1916; 2nd Lieut. 1/6th Batt. the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) April 26, 1917; went out to the western front Aug. 18, 1917; d. at Pernes April 13, 1918, of wounds received in action near Bethune April 11, 1918; unm.

Wolstenholme, James Benjamin Wallace, elder son of James Wolstenholme, of Stanmore, Middlesex, by Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of T. B. Gossling, of Accrington, Lancs; b. March 25, 1895; adm. April 30, 1908 (A); left July 1909; enlisted in the Artists' Rifles April 1913; Lieut. Railway Transport Officer Sept. 27, 1915; transferred to R.F.C. Aug. 1917; killed accidentally while flying at Doncaster, Yorks, Aug. 20, 1918.

Wise, Edward Selby, eldest son of Edward Theodore Wise, of Westminster, by Aimée Vaughan, daughter of Prideaux Selby, of Croydon, Surrey; b. Oct. 6, 1887; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (A); left July 1902; H.M.S. Britannia; Naval Cadet May 15, 1904; Midshipman July 15, 1904; Sub-Lieut. Sept. 15, 1907; Lieut. Sept. 15, 1909; H.M.S. Severn; mentioned in despatches; killed in action on the sand dunes at Nieuport Oct. 20, 1914.

Wilson-Theobald, Ronald John McIver, only child of William Henry Wilson-Theobald, of Kensington, barrister-at-law, by Rosie, daughter of Isaac Lotinga, of Sunderland, co. Dur­ham; b. Sept. 20, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left Easter 1914; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1916; 2nd Lieut. attached 5th Batt. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Sept. 12, 1917; went out to the western front Nov. 2, 1917; killed in action near St. Quentin, France, March 21, 1918. ·

Tyson, Eric James, only son of Joseph Tyson, of Balham, bursar at the school, by Annie, daughter of John Branson, of Rockingham, Northants; b. March 17, 1892; adm. May 4, 1905 (A); left July 1910; a motor engineer; enlisted in A.S.C. (M.T.) Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. R.F.C. Aug. 5, 1915; Flight Commander and Capt. June 23, 1916; Major Nov. 21, 1916; in command of No. 5 Squadron in France; mentioned in despatches; M.C. Oct. 20, 1916; D.S.O. Sept. 26, 1917; m. Cora Florence Gladys, daughter of Philip C. Davies, of Trinity Road, Ealham; d. March 11, 1918, of wounds received in action near Arras, France.

Tudsbery, Lancelot Tudsbery, brother of Marmaduke Tudsbery Tudsbery (q.v.); b. Feb. 14, 1898; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (A); left July 1916; a student of the Inst.C.E. April 4, 1916; 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. (Spec. Res.) Jan. 13, 1917; went out to the western front March 30, 1917; killed in action near Ypres, Flanders, Aug. 22, 1917.