Lorettonian Society

Quentin Moir Russell (1959-64) died on the 17th of June 2021 aged 75, of streptococcal pneumonia in hospital at Great Yarmouth. He came to Loretto in 1958 and although his entry in the Register is short he owed many things to the school including lifelong friendships and his love for the bagpipes which he continued to play regularly (and well) throughout his life. After gaining a BSc in agriculture from Reading University he joined a prominent firm of Chartered Surveyors in ...

Edward K. Macaulay (1951)

11th June 2021

Edward Kingston Macaulay (1946-51) died on 11th June, 2021. He was a prefect and was in the XV and the Hockey XI and Fives team. Following study at Bradford Technical College, he worked in the textile industry, becoming Director of Bulmer & Lamb, the Bradford spinners and dyers and Chairman of Anglo Felt Industries Ltd. and he was also the Chairman of the Halifax Courier (Holdings) Ltd. He lived latterly near Alnwick and was Director of Hepburn Farm Ltd. He is survived by...

John F. Dunn (1954)

7th June 2021

John Forster Dunn (1949-54) died on 7th June, 2021, aged 85 years. He was a prefect and in the XV. He worked for the Dunlop Rubber Company and as Senior Executive for Sumitomo Rubber Industries in Birmingham, London, Rhodesia, Germany and Belgium. He is survived by his wife, Anne, his son, Tom, daughter, Emma, and 7 grandchildren.

Hamish G.R. Galbraith (1944)

10th May 2021

Hamish Galbraith Russell Galbraith (1936-44), for 23 years Headmaster of the Nippers, died on 10th May, 2021. He was 94.
He first arrived at Loretto with his twin brother, David, as a 10-year-old Nipper and spent the war years in Musselburgh. After National Service with the Gurkhas, he went up to Christ Church, Oxford, before returning to Loretto in 1950 as an assistant master at the Nippers. In 1954, with his new wife, Sheila, he moved to Cheam School in Surrey, where ...

Ian R. Methven (1955)

19th April 2021

We have been notified of the death of Ian. We don't have any more details at this time.

Michael G. Bell (1978)

27th March 2021

Obituary to follow

Robin D. Galloway (1959)

1st March 2021

Robin Douglas Galloway (1954 – 59) has died. Douglas was a prefect and in the Athletics Team. He was awarded First Class Honours in Arabic Studies at the University of St Andrews, was Captain of University Athletics and in the Scottish Universities Athletics team. After working in the civil service, he became Head of Language Training for the government in Oman. He is survived by his two sons, Mike (1990) and Alan (1994).

His contemporary, Alastair Langlands (1959), write...

Donald I.A.S. Craig (1952)

23rd February 2021

Donald Ian Angus Sinclair Craig (1947-52) died on 23rd February 2021. He was a Prefect, Captain of Cricket and in the Fives team. On leaving school he took part in a schoolboys expedition to Iceland. After National Service from 1953-55, he continued as a Lieutenant in the Parachute Regiment (T.A.) until 1957. He started his working life as a stock broker working for J. H. Tod. After many years of take overs in the stock broking world he finished his career with Investec. He...

Ian G.N. Smith (1952)

21st February 2021

Ian Geofrey Newlands Smith (1947-52). Geof was born in Lumbwa, Kenya, where his father farmed: this was virgin Africa. Buck, zebra, warthog, and cheetah were common, and colobus monkeys sang from the Mopane trees. It was an idyllic childhood and he grew up forming a deep love of Africa. After early schooling in Kitale, where he learned to ride and play polo, he went to Loretto in 1947, where he became a keen member of the Pipes and Drums.
After school, he returned to Kenya...

Ralph A. Brooks (1950)

17th February 2021

Ralph Alastair Brooks M.C. (1946-50) died on 17th February 2021. He was in the shooting team.
During his National Service, aged 19, as a 2/Lt commanding his platoon of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB) in Korea, he displayed such inspiring leadership under fire that he was awarded the Military Cross – one of the youngest soldiers to be so recognised. The company had come under intense artillery and mortar fire and was swiftly attacked by wave after wave of enemy troop...

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