Lorettonian Society

James (Jim) Grant Forbes Dawson (1954 – 58) died on 9th August, 2022. He read Engineering at the University of Edinburgh and after a very successful career as a Civil Engineer, became Chairman of Gibb, the Consultant Engineers, and Chairman of Law International, the Association of Consulting Engineers, Gibb Hellas AE and Gibb Polska zoo sp. He was also a member of the Council for East European Trade and of the Committee for South African Trade. He is survived by his wife Joan...

Francis G. Cochran (1952)

7th June 2022

Francis Gordon Cochran (1943 – 52) died on 7th June, 2022, at the age of 88 years. He was Head Nipper and was a prefect, and in the XV, XI, Hockey and Fives teams. He graduated with a BA in Law from the University of Oxford (Trinity College) followed by an LLB from the University of Aberdeen. His National Service was as a 2/Lt in the Gordon Highlanders in Malaya, where he was hospitalised after an accidental shooting, continuing to serve in the TA from 1955 to 1962, retiring...

George H. Findlay (1970)

14th May 2022

Dr George Henry Findlay (1965 – 70) died peacefully at home on 14th May 2022 after a short illness. A prefect at school, he went on to read Medicine at St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School of the University of London, graduating MB, BS, and was a GP in Folkestone, Kent, for 30 years. He was a member of the O.L.G.S. and regularly attended recent Over 60s Lunches in London. He is survived by his wife, Kathryn, his children Alexander, Andrew, and Hannah, and his grandson Ciarán.

Arthur R. Cole-Hamilton (1953)

18th February 2022

Arthur Richard Cole-Hamilton, CBE (1948 – 53) died peacefully at home on 18th February 2022, aged 86 years. He edited The Lorettonian. His National Service was as a 2/Lt in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. He graduated BA from Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and qualified as a CA, working for his father’s Chartered Accountancy firm, Brechin – Cole-Hamilton, before joining the Clydesdale Bank in 1967, rising to become Chief General Manager and Director of the bank from 1982 – 92,...

Gerald E. Martin (1949)

13th January 2022

Gerald Ewart Martin (1939 – 40 and 1944 – 49) died on 13th January 2022, at the age of 91. He was a prefect, in the XV and Hockey XI, and edited The Lorettonian. It was a notably successful XV: Gerald was a Scottish Trialist and three members of that XV later played for Scotland. He left the University of Edinburgh early, following the death of his father and did his National Service as a Lieutenant in the Royal Tank Regiment in Suez, after which he returned to Edinburgh to g...

Iain D.F. Croall (1947)

28th December 2021

Ian Douglas Fletcher Croall (1939 – 1947) passed away peacefully in his sleep on 28th December 2021, at the age of 92. He worked for Young’s Seafood from 1961 to 1968 and then M & J Seafoods in Aylesbury until his retirement in 1993. He is survived by his wife Sheila and his son Alastair and four grandchildren.

James R. Anderson (1955)

25th November 2021

James (Jim) Russell Anderson (1947 – 55) died very suddenly on 25th November, 2021, aged 83 years. He studied at the North of Scotland College of Agriculture in Aberdeen. After College Jim worked for BOCM as farm manager on their demonstration farm in Selby, Yorkshire, and at Knaptoft, Leicestershire. He was then manager of Moray Firth Maltings Granary Plant in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, until he retired in 2001. He enjoyed fishing, shooting, bowls and occasional golf, and was ...

Robin I.M. Hardy (1950)

19th November 2021

Robin Ian Menelaus Hardy, OBE, FBIM (1941 – 50) died in Florida, USA, on 19th November 2021. Born in Valparaiso, Chile, he and his brothers Cyril Graham (1944) and John Alastair (1952) and cousin Herbert Peter (1943) all travelled to Loretto from Chile. He was a Prefect and in the XV and the Athletics Team and was the Editor of The Lorettonian.
Robin worked for British American Tobacco in Chile, Africa, Central America and Europe from 1952 to 1992, finally becoming President...

Donald E. Hutchison (1956)

15th November 2021

Donald I.M. Wallace (1951)

4th November 2021

Donald Ian Mackenzie Wallace (1947–51) died on 4th November 2021. He was a Prefect, Editor of The Lorettonian and in the fencing team. Following National Service as a 2/Lt in the Royal Scots (seconded to the 5th King’s African Rifles), he read Economics and Law at Clare College, Cambridge, and served in the Hertfordshire Regiment T.A. from 1954 to 1957. He edited The Birds of the Western Palearctic and was an author and illustrator of many books about birds. He was Marketing ...

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