Lorettonian Society

David Francis Mackie Carmichael (1954–59) died on 7th August, 2018. He played Rugby and Tennis and was a keen sailor: with his father he won the Plada Cup in Arran with their boat Vicki. He also played the clarinet and his solo of Mozart’s Concerto in A was recorded by the School. He graduated from Glasgow University in June 1966 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and pursued a career specialising in soils engineering and foundations. He became a Fellow of...

Christopher J.S. Holland (1958)

17th October 2018

Dr Christopher John Stanley Holland (1953–58) died at home in Exeter on 17th October 2018 after several years of heart problems. He was in the Athletics team and went on to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, (B.A.) before completing his medical training in Edinburgh, graduating M.B., Ch.B., and later becoming M.R.C.Psych., A.M.B.I.Psych. He practised Psychiatry in Edinburgh for many years and worked as a Consultant Child Psychiatrist at the Tavistock Clinic in London before becoming Ps...

Donald F.B. Henson (1950)

11th October 2018

Donald Frederick Bosher Henson (1946–50) died on 11th October, 2018. He was in the Athletics team and held the 1 mile record. Following National Service in the Royal Tank Regiment, he served as a Lieutenant from 1953 to 1959 in the Q.O.R. Glasgow Yeomanry (TA). He was in the Army, Combined Services and Scotland Cross -Country and Track teams. He worked for Playtex Ltd, Port Glasgow, then at Talbot at Linwood, mainly in Personnel. Having retired, he ran the Pancake Restaurant ...

Meghan E. Pye (2011)

6th October 2018

Meghan E. Pye (2011)
06/10/2018
Meghan Elizabeth Pye (2009–11) died on 6th October, 2018, aged 25 years. Meghan came into the Sixth Form from the British International School in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and was in the tennis team. She went on to Swansea University to study Politics, Philosophy and Law and then completed the GDL (Graduate Diploma In Law degree) at Swansea University. She had recently been working for a Cyber Security Company, SANS, EMEA, in their Training...

Frederic B. Brown (Hon)

20th August 2018

Frederic Benjamin Brown (Hon) died on 20th August, 2018. Ben left grammar school at 15 to become an apprentice asphalter working for his father: this included a two-year job at the Chapel Cross Atomic Power Station where he came close to falling to his death – one of many ‘close calls’ in his life. Having been called up for National Service in the Royal Artillery, he decided to sign on full-time and he was to serve in the Regular Army in the Royal Artillery for 22 years. Aft...

Ian E. Traill (1964)

3rd August 2018

Ian Edgeley Traill (1960–64) died on 3rd August 2018. He graduated with an M.A. in Geography from the University of Aberdeen. His career began in Aberdeen working for NESDA at the time when the discovery of North Sea Oil was making an impact on the economy. He went on to work as Business Adviser with Tech. Transfer Group of the Scottish Development Agency in Glasgow and as a National Expert with the European Commission in Luxembourg from 1988 to 1991. He returned to work in G...

John A. Raeburn (1959)

9th July 2018

Prof. John Alexander (Sandy) Raeburn TD, MB ChB, PhD, FRCP (Edinburgh), FRCP (Ireland) (1954–59) died very suddenly in Edinburgh on 9th July 2018, aged 77. .He enjoyed sports: rugby, fives, cross-country running and fencing. He also learned chess which he enjoyed teaching to his grandchildren, He played flute in the school orchestra and music and choral singing was a life-long pleasure to him. He excelled in academic studies, gaining entry to the second year of medicine at Ed...

Archibald Gilchrist (1948)

4th August 2018

Archibald (Archie) Gilchrist O.B.E. (1943–48) who died in Edinburgh on 4th August 2018, was Head of School, in the XV and Editor of The Lorettonian. He read Engineering at the University of Cambridge (Pembroke College). He played for the Glasgow District XV. After an apprenticeship with Alexander Stephen & Sons in Linthouse and time at sea as a Junior Engineer Officer with British India Co., he enjoyed a very successful career in Marine Engineering, becoming Director and Gene...

Robert E. Howell (1956)

12th January 2016

Robert Edward (Ted) Howell (1952–56) died on 27th May 2016 . He was Divisional Manager of Teesside Industrial and Materials Evaluation, Inspection Engineers Ltd in Thornaby-on-Tees and then became a Part-time Safety Engineer and Registered Firearms Dealer.

Ian W.. Geddes (Hon)

7th February 2018

Ian W Geddes (Hon, Staff, 1978–90) died on 7th February, 2018 at the age of 63 years. After George Heriot's, he graduated B.Ed., from the University of Edinburgh (later M.Ed.) and taught in Spain before coming to Loretto in 1978 to teach French and Spanish. He was House Tutor in Schoolhouse for two years before he married Olive and moved to Eskside East, but continued as visiting Tutor until 1989: he was producer of one of the first House Plays The Long and the Short and the ...

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