Lorettonian Society

William Stanley Alastair Allan (1938-42), who died on 29th November, 2017, was in the boxing team. He graduated M.B., Ch.B. from the University of Edinburgh and later became F.R.C.P.E., F.R.C.Path, and M.R.C.P. (Edin). His National Service was as a Flt/Lt in the R.A.F Medical Branch and he played Hockey for both the Scottish Universities and Berkshire, He worked as a Pathologist and Consultant Haematologist with the Wolverhampton Group of Hospitals. He was a keen bird-...

Nigel K. Duncan (1944)

22nd September 2015

Nigel Kenneth Duncan (1940-44) died in September 22, 2015, aged 88 years. He read Mechanical Sciences at the University of Cambridge (Trinity Hall) (1944-51). Served in the National Service (1945-48) throughout Lybia, Egypt and Palestine.
His career began in Newcastle as engineer in the steam catapults of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal. Having married to Alicia Cuesta in Edinburgh in 1957, he moved to Madrid (Spain) in 1959, where he started working for Empre...

Gordon C. Lindsay (1951)

4th February 2018

Gordon Christison Lindsay (1946–51) died peacefully at home on 4th February 2018 aged 84. He was a prefect and Editor of the Lorettonian. He graduated LL.B. from the University of Liverpool and did his National Service as a 2/Lt in the Cameron Highlanders. He worked as a solicitor and became President of the Liverpool Law Society and a Councillor and Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of the Wirral.
His daughter, Rachel Overfield, writes: “He had fond memories of Loretto and ...

William M.B. Brown (1963)

30th December 2017

William Michael Birnie Brown (1956-63) died peacefully, at home, on 30th December, 2017. He read Law at the University of Edinburgh and graduated LL.B before practising as a solicitor and becoming a partner, with McClure Naismith in Glasgow. A keen golfer, he represented Loretto at the Halford Hewitt for many years and later through his membership of the R&A qualified as a referee and was involved in the organisation of The Open Championship. He was Chairman of the West of ...

James P. Bell (1955)

1st January 2018

James Peter Bell (1952–55) died on New Year’s Day, 2018. He studied at the West of Scotland Agricultural College and did National Service as a 2/Lt in the 7th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (and became a Captain in the T.A.) before farming in Northumberland. He was also Controller at Eshott Airport, which he restarted after a 35-year hiatus, when he bought the farm on which it was based. This created an important amenity since it is the only private airfield between Peterlee ...

John D. Picton (1951)

15th January 2018

John Douglas Picton (1943-51) died on 30th December, 2017. He graduated B.Sc from the University of St Andrews, where he was awarded his half blue for hockey and saw National Service in the Royal Navy. He later rose to the rank of Commander in the R.N.R., as C.O. of the Tay Division, and was awarded the Reserve Decoration with clasp. He was Managing Director of Robert L. Fleming. Paper Sack Manufacturers in Dundee retiring in 1991, and was Chairman of the Environmental ...

Stephen J. Edwards (Hon)

18th December 2017

Stephen J. Edwards died on 17th December 2017 at the age of 79 years. Stephen moved to Musselburgh with his family in 1976 from Northumberland, having been working in industry in Wallsend following periods teaching art in Newcastle and in Essex. As Director of Art he arrived at a time when art, in any form, was not, perhaps, taken quite as seriously as it later became, and he set about establishing it as a subject examinable at ‘O’ and ‘A’ level, whilst developing the teachi...

Nigel C.S. Caird (1961)

8th August 2017

Died 8th August 2017, more details to follow.

Jasper M. Browell (1946)

9th October 2017

Colonel Jasper Miles Browell MBE (1941-46) died peacefully at home on Monday 9th October at the age of 89 years. He was in the shooting team. He joined the Army in 1947 and was commissioned into the Royal Artillery. He was seconded to the Royal West Africa Frontier Force in Nigeria 1951-53. He was ADC to Commander-in-Chief West Africa 1953-55. He served in Cyprus in 1958 and joined the Royal Horse Artillery in 1959. He saw further service in Aden in 1960 and Kenya in 1962. ...

Christopher J.B. Gooderham (1977)

10th June 2017

Christopher John Bransby Gooderham (1967-77) was killed instantly on Saturday 10th June in a head on collision on his motorbike. A Schoolhouse contemporary remembers “his devastating fast bowling at cricket and, given his height, that was all the more incredible. In addition, his size made him a great scrum-half at rugby; opponents would describe him as rather akin to a bumble bee that would not go away!” He went on to Sandhurst and joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, reti...

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