Lorettonian Society

Malcolm Bain Anderson (1947-51) died peacefully at home in Vancouver on 20th May 2013 aged 78 years. From Loretto he went to Victoria College and then the University of British Columbia where he received his Bachelor of Commerce degree. He had a Hudson's Bay Company Award and played for the University XV and the Victoria XV. He served from 1958-60 in the R.C.A.F. Reserve. He had a long career in sales with the Hudson's Bay, Eatons, Dominion Securities, CJVI Radio and Shell Oi...

John B. Houston (1968)

30th January 2015

John Bryson Houston (1965-68) died in Dumfries after a short illness on 30th January, 2015, aged 63 years. After spells at the West of Scotland Agricultural College, Auchincruive and at the Barony Agricultural College, Dumfries, he returned to assist full-time on the family farms near Dundrennan - initially working with his father and later to be joined by his brothers, David and Peter. The farms extended to some 385 ha and in those days were running two herds of pedigree Ayr...

Peter M.B. Bucher (1964)

29th April 2015

Peter Melville Blackwood Bucher (1960-64) died on 29th April 2015 after a short illness. He was 69. He was a Prefect and in the XV, and the Cricket and Hockey XIs and was Captain of Golf. He had worked in investment management since leaving school and latterly was an Assistant Director with Edinburgh Fund Managers.
Golf was always a major part of his life but after school he joined Edinburgh Wanderers and for a number of years he was their first team hooker.
Just a few of h...

Christopher J. Sedgwick (1960)

18th April 2015

Christopher J. Sedgwick F.C.A. (1956-60) died on 18th April, 2015.
His wife, Wendy, writes: “Christopher and I were married in 1967 and moved to the Highlands near Inverness in 1969 where we've lived in the same cottage on the Moray Firth ever since. He was a chartered accountant, latterly running his own business but his main interests were numerous sailing holidays in our Drascombe Longboat, playing squash up until January as a 72 yr old veteran, as well as bringing up a f...

John McTurk (1971)

25th October 2014

John McTurk (1968-71) died suddenly on 25th October, 2014. On leaving school he farmed near Dumfries with his father, Tom (1936) and brothers before moving to farm in Wigtownshire after his marriage to Monica. He had three great loves in his life, his family, his rugby and Belted Galloway cattle. John loved life, whether doing something for himself or helping others, and will always be remembered for the continual smile on his face. He is survived by Monica and their two dau...

David W.W. McCaul (1946)

11th February 2013

David Woodburn Wilson McCaul, (1941-46), who died on 11th February, 2013, was a Prefect and in the XV and the Fives and Athletics Teams. He studied at the East of Scotland Agricultural. College and was awarded a Nuffield Travelling Scholarship in Agriculture to work in the U.K., Holland and Denmark. He worked as a Landowner and Mill Manager with J. Christy Ltd (Animal Feeding Stuffs) in Londonderry. He was a Deputy Lord Lieutenant for the City of Londonderry

Charles D. Brewis (1946)

24th November 2014

Charles Duns Brewis (1942-46) (known as Peter), who died on 24th November, 2014, aged 85 years was in the shooting team. He was a partner of C. Brewis and Son farmers in Northumberland at Ultham Grange before moving to 1991 to Newton Underwood: he specialised in arable farming but was also well known for calf-trading throughout the North of England. He was a very keen fisherman, particularly on the Tweed and Loch Maree and he played bridge regularly. He is survived by his ...

Ian R. Lilburn (1945)

1st January 2013

Ian Robertson Lilburn F.S.A. (Scot.) F.R.S.A., F.R.G.S. (1940-45) died in 2013 (DoD entered as 1/1/2013 as place holder). He graduated from the University of Cambridge (Pembroke College),and from Aberdeen School of Architecture and the Architecture Association School in London. He later worked as a Genealogist and Research Historian. He was made a Freeman of Berwick upon Tweed.

Peter Rintoul (1934)

11th January 2015

Peter Rintoul (1929-34) died on 11th January, 2015, in his hundredth year. He was a Prefect and Pipe Major. He graduated from Cambridge University (Clare College). After university, he worked for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS): when he volunteered for the army at the outbreak of the Second World War he was drafted into the Royal Engineers. Perhaps his finest hour was his responsibility at the war's close of overseeing the first train to leave Hamburg for H...

Ronald H.J. Blake (1942)

3rd October 2014

Ronald Harry Jamieson Blake (1937-42) died on 3rd October 2014, at the age of 91 years. He was a prefect and in the XV and Hockey XI. During the Second World War he served as a Captain in the Royal Artillery with a regiment from Newfoundland in North Africa and Italy, most notably at Monte Cassino. He farmed near Albany in Western Australia with a mixed farm and particularly Murray Grey cattle. In retirement he became a well respected silver worker producing many beaut...

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