Lorettonian Society

Charles Colquhoun McInroy (1931-40) died on 24th October 2015. He was a Nipper from 1931-1935 and in the Senior School from 1935-1940. He was a keen sportsman who was in the XV, Hockey XI and Fives and Athletic Teams. During the war he served as a Captain in the Royal Tank Regiment in the Western Desert, Tunisia, Italy and Austria and as a Staff Captain with the Rome Area Allied Command. He worked in the financial services industry with Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Soc...

David A. Macaulay (1958)

3rd October 2015

David Alan Macaulay (1951-58) died on 3rd October, 2015 in hospital, at the age of 75 years. He was in the XV and the XI and the Hockey, Fives and Swimming teams and he played for the London Scottish Schoolboys XV. Alan worked as a Shipping Executive with Boustead & Co. in Singapore and then as a Marine Insurance Executive with Charles Taylor & Co. in London, and retired in 2000. He loved his golf and was a member of Liphook Golf Club for 54 years. He was a keen fisherman ...

John P. Stokoe (1951)

29th August 2015

John Parkin Stokoe (1947-51) died on 29th August, 2015, having suffered from Alzheimer's and dementia for some time. He was Captain of the XV and in the XI, the Hockey XI, and the Athletics and Fives Teams. Schoolboy Rugger caps for Scotland? For his National Service he was commissioned into in the Royal Horse Guards as a 2nd Lt from 1952-1954: he was fiercely proud of his time with the 'Blues' and loved to re-tell stories of this period of his life. He began his career wit...

William M. Baxter (1948)

10th August 2015

William M. Baxter (1944-48) died on 10th August. 2015, aged 85 years, after a short battle with cancer. He worked as an engineer and as Sales Manager of Moir & Baxter Ltd the Edinburgh motor engineers and was President of the Scottish Motor Trade Association from 1967 to 1969. As a young man rallied cars across Europe, notably completing the Monte Carlo rally. He was passionate about yachts and sailing, racing yachts on the Firth of Forth before choosing the more leisurely ...

James G. Raitt (1948)

31st July 2015

James Gordon Raitt (1944–48) died on 31st July 2015, in Kelso. After National Service as 2/Lt, 5 Regt RHA, 1949–1950, most of the time on Salisbury Plain, he was subsequently a Captain with the Hertfordshire Yeomanry, RA (TA), 1950–1954. He graduated with First Class Honours in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge (Sidney Sussex College) and following his Cert.Ed. taught at Wellington College in Berkshire from 1954 to 1961. Whilst there he worked during the summe...

John J. Ballantyne (1950)

28th March 2015

John Jeremy Ballantyne (1946-50), who died on 28th March, 2015, was in the Cricket XI. He attended Lausanne University and after National Service in the K.O.S.B., attached to the King’s African Rifles, he served in the T.A. (K.O.S.B.) from 1953-69. retiring in the rank of Major. He was a director of Deanbrae Knitwear in Hawick and was Managing Director of fabric manufacturers, Jeremy Ballantyne Ltd., in Walkerburn. He was a member of the Queen’s Bodyguard in Scotland, the Ro...

James G.F. Campbell (1955)

3rd June 2013

James Gerard Francis Campbell (1952-55) died in Tulsa on 3rd June, 2013, at the age of 75. Gerard is survived by his wife, Helen; family, Alan and Lori Thomas, Tarquin Campbell, Casper and Sabrine Campbell.

William R. Anderson (1955)

1st June 2015

William Rollo Anderson (1948-55) died on 1st June 2015. William spent his working life in the fish business as manager of various departments. His wife died in 1987, having been cared for by William, for many years with the help of his mother-in-law. William was a voracious reader and had an extensive knowledge of armed forces, battles and strategy. He loved Radio 3 and was a long-time supporter of Aberdeen football club. He walked for miles every day when he was fit, was th...

David B. McMurray (1956)

7th June 2015

It is with great sadness that we record the death of one of Loretto School's great Headmasters, David McMurray, who died on 7th June 2015 after a long illness, cheerfully borne. The many Old Lorettonians and staff at Loretto who knew him have paid fond tribute to him.
David was a pupil at Loretto, from 1945 to 1951 in the Nippers (Head Nipper) and from 1951 to 1956 in the Senior School. He was a School Prefect, played in the XV, the Cricket and Hockey XIs and the Fives coup...

Gordon C.D. Ruxton (1951)

Gordon Charles Dey Ruxton (1947-51) who died on 13th May, 2015, aged 81 years,was in the shooting team. He was a sales director of Flakt Ltd, the Swedish producers of air-conditioning equipment. This work took him round the world – particularly to the Middle East - dealing with British and Arab Royalty, gaining a reputation as a sound and reliable salesman and making many lifelong friends. He retired in 1989 but retained a keen interest in business and finance. He was broug...

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