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Wren's was founded in 1948. It is named after Sir Christopher Wren’s (1632-1723), who attended Westminster School under the Head Master Richard Busby.

Wintle, Giles Colston, son of Colin Colston Wintle, journalist, of Ealing, and Flora Mary, d. of George Percy Wagstaff of Highbury; b. 27 Feb. 1935; adm. Sept. 1948 (W); left July 1952; adm. solicitor Apr. 1958; practised in London; Inst. of Chartered Accountants; administrator 1958-; Renter Warden Armourers’ and Braziers’ Co. 1988; retd. 1999; m. 15 July 1966 Elizabeth Ann Leslie, d. of Robert Leslie Dodds FRCS, surgeon; d. 27 Jan. 2012.

Winham, Peter Timothy, son of Cyril Vincent Winham, land agent, of Westerham, Kent, and Winifred Ella Durling; b. 25 Apr. 1942; adm. Sept. 1955 (W), (L) Sept. 1956; left Apr. 1959; Royds & Co, land agents, 1959; Crosse & Blackwell (Holdings) Ltd. 1961; asst. publications officer RIBA 1964-9; photographer Union Castle Line 1969-72; Lond. Electronics Coll. 1972-3; gen. man. Taylor’s Paraffin Oil Co., Maldon, Essex, 1974; a maintenance engineer; m. 1982 Alicia Ann Beecham; d. 1 Dec. 2007.

Winham, Godfrey Charles, son of Francis Bernard Winham, land agent, of Chelsea, and Gwendoline Dorothy Winham; b. 11 Dec. 1934; adm. Sept. 1947 (H), later (W); left July 1951; d. 27 Apr. 1975.

Tyrrell, Timothy Robert, son of Timothy Martin Tyrrell (qv); b. 23 Sept. 1942; adm. May 1956 (W); left Dec. 1956; d. 1995.

Turner, William Douglass Jamieson, son of William Bambrough Turner, barrister, of Wimbledon, and Susan Miller Somers; b. 17 Feb. 1937; adm. Sept. 1950 (W); left July 1955; Allied Suppliers Ltd.; d. 12 July 1991.

Townend, Peter Robert Gascoigne, son of Roy George Townend, regional man. War Damage Commn., and Millicent Edna Amy Amelia, d. of Peter Gascoigne, musician, of Oxford; b. 8 Mar. 1935; adm. Sept. 1947 (W); left July 1950; at St Paul’s Sch. 1950-4; Christ’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1954, BA 1957, MA 1962; ed. Lookout magazine Malaga, Spain 1962-6; Roy. Coll. of Music 1964-7; freelance concert organist and conductor; European correspondent Vision, New York, USA 1966-9; acted at Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Italy 1969-70; a writer and photographer; author of Out of Focus 1971, Zoom 1972, Fisheye 1974, Triple Exposure 1976; m. 17 Apr. 1973 Hon. Katharine Patricia Smith, formerly wife of Ivan Moffat, Beverley Hills, CA, USA, and d. of William Henry Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden, chmn. W. H. Smith & Son; d. 6 June 1999.

Topolski, Daniel, son of Feliks Topolski, artist, and his first wife Marion, d. of William Mason Everall of Wolverhampton; b. 4 June 1945; adm. Sept. 1959 (W); left July 1963; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1964, rowed against Cambridge 1967-8, BA 1967, Dip. Soc. Anthrop. 1968, MA 1972; a BBC producer 1969-73; writer for The Observer and broadcaster 1973-93; rowed in world championships 1975 (silver medal), 1977 (gold medal); in four winning crews; coach of the Univ. of Oxf. Boat Club for fifteen Boat Races (1973-87), winning twelve, incl. a ten-win streak (1976-85); coach to the Great Britain Rowing squad at two Olympic Games (1980 & 1984); Hon. Fellow New Coll. Oxf.; author The Oxford Revival 1985, co-author True-Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny 1989; winner Travel Radio Programme of the Year 1994; m. 1998 Susan Gilmore, actress, d. of James Gilbert; d. 21 Feb. 2015.

Summers, Geoffrey, son of Gerald Summers of Hendon and Rachel, d. of A. David Bernstein of Battersea; b. 10 Aug. 1937; adm. Sept. 1950 (W); left July 1954; adm. solicitor Apr. 1960; m. 2 Sept. 1961 Joan Caroline Martel, d. of Benjamin Levine of Birmingham; d. 21 Dec. 1970.

Stansbury, Peter McKnight, son of Harold Eugene Stansbury and Florence Lilian, d. of Henry Robertson of Muswell Hill; b. 3 Mar. 1942; adm. Apr. 1955 (W); left Dec. 1959; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1960; an art book publisher and bookseller; d. 15 Oct 2015.