Lorettonian Society

Henry Colin Brown (1937-42) died peacefully at home near Melrose on 2nd December 2015, aged 91. He served during WWII, initially in the Arctic Convoys on HMS Sheffield and was engaged in action in the Battle of the Barents Sea in 1942 for which he subsequently received the Arctic Star medal from the UK government and the Ushakov Medal from the Russian government. Later in the war he served on HMS Icarus undertaking minesweeping and then escort duties in support of the D-Day N...

John W. Hyslop (1957)

3rd September 2015

John Wylie Hyslop (1953-57) died in Australia on 3rd September, 2015. He qualified A.M.I.M. and A.E. (Aus) and was Managing Director of Sparco Pty, Ltd, an automotive parts distributor and importer, in Hobart, Tasmania. Apart from his fervent involvement in his business which continued right up until his passing, John had a keen interest in yachting and his 36 foot yacht Whistler participated and performed honourably both in the Sydney-Hobart yacht race and several Three Peak...

Robert J.M. Grigor (1961)

23rd March 2015

Robert (Robbie) James McIntosh Grigor (1952-61) who died unexpectedly on March 23, 2015, from a failed heart operation, was in the XI. He graduated LL.B. from the University of Edinburgh. Despite encouragement from Lionel Daiches to pursue a legal career he returned to his home town of Inverness to run the family whisky business. This followed the death of his father, Provost James Grigor, who had vigorously promoted the Invergordon grain whisky distllery. Serving as a town c...

James A. Cochrane (1938)

5th December 2015

Died 5th December 2015
James Aikman (Peter) Cochrane DSO, MC, (1932¬–38) who died on 5th December 2015, aged 96, was a Prefect, Editor of The Lorettonian and in the boxing team. He was not gifted with a singing voice and was persuaded to take extra carpentry by way of alternative to singing practice. Among his family his ‘one note hymns’ were legendary. Family stories also include reference to the replacement of fish prepared for dissection by kippers!
After Loretto, he...

James S. Turnbull (1946)

1st December 2015

James (Jim) Stuart Turnbull (1941-46), who died on 1st December, 2015, was in the XV, XI and golf, fives and shooting teams: “he enjoyed the happiest of schooldays gathering his ‘second family’ of friends who remained close to him for the rest of his life”. His life’s work was as a farmer with a great love of the land and nature. After leaving Loretto he graduated BSc in Agriculture from the University of Edinburgh. In 1951 he moved to Cannich in Glen Affric, working for th...

Harry G. More-Gordon (1947)

17th November 2015

Harry More Gordon (1940-47), who died on 17th November, 2015,aged 87, was a distinguished and most successful water-colour artist. As a choral scholar, he enjoyed St George’s School Windsor, but he was not entirely suited to the then emphasis on rugby at Loretto nor did he much enjoy his spell in the army on national service. He went to the Edinburgh College of Art in 1949 where he was immediately at home and where later he was to spend much of his working life. Robert Steed...

Robin S. Wotherspoon (1946)

4th November 2015

Robin Scott Wotherspoon (1938-46), who died peacefully at Muirfield Nursing Home in Gullane on 4th November, 2015, at the age of 87 years, was a prefect, Captain of the XV, and was in the XI, the Hockey XI, and the Athletics and Fives teams. He graduated in Law from Trinity College, Oxford and LLB from the University of Edinburgh, before becoming a WS. He was sole Partner in Wallace & Menzies, WS, Solicitors & Estate Agents in North Berwick and served as Town Clerk of North B...

Campbell Atterson (1979)

13th July 2012

Campbell Atterson (1975-79) died on 13th July 2012, aged 50. Campbell was a music scholar and was in the Cricket XI. He worked in auctioneering after leaving Loretto and had a love of adventure and an entrepreneurial streak which allowed him to change career tack often, always choosing a move that allowed him to take part and be present in family life. His love of music was a constant and he continuously developed his skills on the piano whilst passing on his passion to his c...

John C.N. Tetley (1954)

22nd October 2015

John Charles Norman Tetley (1950-54) died on 22nd October 2015, (50 minutes before his lucky number came up 23) after a very long illness (Alzheimer’s); His wife, Mieke, writes: “ he was a very active member of the Lorettonian Society, great golfer and great lover of life. He was member of lots of golf clubs in all the countries in which we lived (UK, Belgium, South Africa, Mozambique – three times golf champion , USA and France) and played Rugby in the UK and for the Belg...

Anthony L. Andrews (1942)

10th May 2015

Anthony Lewis Andrews (1938-42) died peacefully at home on 10th May, 2015, aged 91 years. A very keen sportsman, he was in the XV and the hockey, cricket, fives athletics and swimming teams. During WWII he served as a Captain in the 4th (P.W.O.) Gurkha Rifles in India, Burma, Malaya, Singapore and Indonesia. He graduated from the University of Oxford (Pembroke College) where he was in the University Fives Team and spent a year at Trinity Hall, Cambridge from 1955-56 and he ...

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