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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.

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.

Cobbold, Temple Chevallier, brother of Reynold Chevallier Cobbold (q.v.); b. Feb. 13, 1904; adm. April 26, 1918 (A); left July 1921; d. 30 Dec. 1983.

Edwards, Hugh Robert Arthur, brother of Edward Cecil Theodore Edwards (qv); b. 17 Nov. 1906; adm. Sept. 1919 (A); left July 1925; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1925, rowed against Cambridge 1926 and 1930, BA; MA 1940; won (with L. Clive) the Pairs and rowed in the winning Four at the Olympic Games, Los Angeles, 1932; rowed in winning Eights and Fours at the Empire Games, Canada, 1930, Grand Challenge Cup and Stewards Cup Henley 1930-1, Silver Goblets 1931-2; PO RAF Oct. 1931, FO Apr. 1932, Flt Lieut. Apr. 1936, Sqdn Ldr Dec. 1938, Wing Cdr Oct. 1946, Group Capt. July 1947; retd Nov. 1956; despatches Jan. 1941, June 1945, Jan. 1946; AFC Jan. 1943, DFC March 1944; coached Oxford in the Boat Race 1959-62; m. 16 June 1934 Michele Lydia Rosemary, d. of Maj. John Frederick Williams of Southsea, Hants; d. 21 Dec. 1972; DNB 1971-80, pp 278-9.

Clark-Kennedy, William Hew, second son of Capt. Alexander William Maxwell Clark­ Kennedy, of Knockgray, Galloway, by the Hon. Lettice Lucy Hewitt, third daughter of James, 4th Viscount Lifford; b. March 3, 1879; adm. Jan. 19, 1893 (A); left July 1896; served in Paget's Horse during the South African War 1899-1901, and was mentioned in despatches; became asst. manager of the Standard Life Assurance Co. in Montreal and later a director; chairman of the Guardian Insurance Co. of Canada 1943; joined the Black Watch 1905; Major 1915; served in France in Great War I; reported killed at St. Julien 1915; Lieut.-Col. Dec. 30, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 14, 1916, bar Jan. 11, 1919; C.M.G. June 3, 1918; V. C. Dec. 14, 1918, for his gallantry when seriously wounded in the advance on the Fresnoy-Rouvroy line; Croix de Guerre 1915; m. Sept. 5, 1914, Kate, younger daughter of Robert Reford, of Montreal; d. Oct. 26, 1961.

Herbert, Aubrey, brother of Jesse Basil Herbert (qv); b. 16 Oct. 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (A); left July 1924; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1924, Pres. of the Union 1928, BA 1928, MA 1962; education officer BBC 1933-41; dir. of programmes Malaya Broadcasting Corpn 1941-2; officer in charge propaganda broadcasting Colombo 1942-6; foreign correspondent India 1950-3; chief agent Liberal Party 1945, contested (Lib.) Parly elections between 1929 and 1966; West Suffolk CC 1955-70, county alderman 1970-4, Suffolk CC 1974; OBE Jan. 1978; m. 1st 28 Apr. 1929 Phyllis Irene, d. of Ernest James Haylor, draper, of Oxford; 2dn Ruth Crisp, d. of Sir Thomas Crisp English (qv); d. 20 Nov. 1981.

Ala, Mirza Hussein Khan, second son of His Excellency Mohammed Ali Khan, of Ennismore Gardens, South Kensington, Persian Ambassador to Great Britain; b. Dec. 3, 1883; adm. Jan. 20, 1898 (A); left July 1900; Secretary to the Persian Legation in London 1903; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Nov. 19, 1906; Minister for Public Works and Commerce in the Persian Cabinet and a member of the Persian Mission at the Versailles Conference in 1919; sometime Persian Minister at Washington; Iranian Minister at the Court of St. James 1934-7; Director General, Ministry of Commerce, Iran 1937-8; Governor of the Iranian National Bank 1941; Minister of Court to the Shah 1942; Iranian Ambassador to Washington 1945-50; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iran, 1950-1; Prime Minister March 12, 1951 after the assassination of General Razmara; resigned April 27, 1951 in face of the violent opposition of the Majlis to negotiations with Great Britain over the oil dispute, and was appointed Minister of Court by the Shah; re-appointed Prime Minister 1955; resigned 1957 and re-appointed Minister of Court; assumed the family name of Ala in addition to Khan; m. June 8, 1927 Fatemeh, daughter of Sir Abol-Ghassem Khan Naser-ol-Molk, G.C.M.G., sometime Regent of Iran; d. 12 July 1964.

Aglionby, Wilfrid Henry, brother of John Orfeur Aglionby (q.v.); b. April 16, 1890; adm. April 30, 1903 (A); left Easter 1908; Corpus Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1908: B.A. 1912, M.A. 1915; Wells Theo. Coll. 1912; ordained deacon 1913, priest 1914 (London); Curate of St. Mary the Virgin of Eton, Hackney Wick, Middlesex, 1913-6; temp. Chaplain to the Forces (4th class) June 14, 1916; served in Palestine with the 16th Infantry Brigade Sept. 1916 - June 1918, and in France June-Nov. 1918; twice wounded April 10 and July 29, 1918; M.C. Feb. 18, 1918; Curate of St. Michael's, Shoreditch, 1920-3; Vicar of St. Frideswide, Poplar, 1923; Perpetual Curate of St. Saviour's, Ealing, 1936; Prebendary of St. Paul's 1948; d. July 29, 1958.