Lorettonian Society

Andrew Hannah Dawson (1993-98) died suddenly whilst playing rugby for Oxford Harlequins on 27th January, 2007, at the age of 27. He was a very popular Head of School and in the XV (and President’s XV), was Captain of Golf and JUO in the CCF. Following a Gap-year teaching at Wanganui in New Zealand, he went up to Jesus College, Cambridge, to read Geography, where he captained the college rugby team. He did his teaching diploma at Oxford and took up a post at Matthew Arnold ...

James S.M. Wilkie (1982)

22nd February 2009

James Stewart MacLean Wilkie (1978-82) died on 22nd February 2009, aged 45 years, after a long illness. He was in the fives and tennis teams. He read Spanish at the University of Nottingham, spending his third year in Salamanca and graduating with a 2:1. He then spent the next 6 years teaching English in Elche, near Alicante. He took a marketing and management course for a year at Napier, considered Law, but instead took his PGCE at Oxford Brookes before taking up a teachi...

Steven J. Laidlaw (1987)

27th December 2003

Steven James Laidlaw (1978-87) died tragically in a car accident on 27th December, 2003, soon after starting a new property development business, moving back to Inveresk, and only days after the birth of his son. Having graduated from Heriot-Watt University in Actuarial Maths. and Statistics, he joined Scottish Equitable (now Aegon) working on the Japanese desk, firstly as an Investment Analyst becoming Desk Manager in 1998. In September 1999 he was named Head of Insured Eq...

Cameron D.M. Johnston (1981)

13th March 2004

Cameron Douglas MacKenzie Johnston (1977-1981) died on 13th March, 2004, aged 39. He was playing rugby for one of the London Scottish teams and had a heart attack during the game. At Loretto he was in the athletics team. He worked for Willis Corroon in London. Cameron was married and he and his wife Meredith have a 3 ½ -year-old daughter, Meghan and had just found out that Meredith was pregnant with their second child. They were about to emigrate to Australia and their g...

Stuart W. Hill (1985)

7th May 2008

Stuart William Hill (1980-85) died on 7th May, 2008. Having read Hospitality Management at Napier University, he worked in York briefly, where he met his wife Helen. In 1995 Stuart purchased the Tayview Hotel situated between Dundee and Broughty Ferry which he ran with his wife for 13 years. He is survived by Helen and their two children, Faye (15) and Nathan (5) and his brother Cameron (OL 1982). He will be missed greatly by them all.

Eileen S. Hart (Hon)

6th June 2003

Eileen Hart (Hon), widow of Tom Hart, Bursar from 1959 to 1968, died on 6th June, 2003, in her 90th year. After leaving St Ethelberga’s School in Harrogate she studied French and music in Lausanne, Switzerland. On returning home, she was not permitted to go to university or to R.A.D.A. as she had wished. In 1936 she married Tom Hart and after he joined the Commonwealth and Foreign Office, she accompanied him to Malaya where both David and Hilary were born. Shortly before ...

Archibald K.J. Henderson (Hon)

20th July 2003

Archibald (Archie) Keith Johnston Henderson (Bursar 1969-79) died on 20th July, 2003, whilst on a cruise to St Petersburg with his wife Jean. Born in Edinburgh in 1914, he was educated at The Edinburgh Academy. After reading History at Oxford University he worked in the Civil Service of Ceylon from 1936-47 before moving to Calcutta and becoming Chairman and M.D. of James Warren & Co. until 1968. In Calcutta he was Captain of the Tollygunge Golf Club and his appointment as ...

Patrick L.L. Keiller (Hon)

28th July 2002

Patrick (Pat) Lewis Laurence Keiller (Hon.; Staff 1957-76) died on 28th July 2002 in his 87th year, a few short months after the death of his wife, Eileen Frances (Kay) Keiller (Hon) who died on 14th April Having left Glenalmond in 1934 where he had set a school record for the highest batting score in a school cricket match (a record which remained unbeaten until the 1960s), Pat went up to St John’s College, Cambridge, where he played college rugby with the late J.A.S. Taylor...

Shelley M. Burgin (1997)

27th March 2007

Shelley Marie Burgin (1995-97) died on March 27th 2007. After completing her early education in Yorkshire, Shelley entered Trafalgar Lodge in 1995. From the very first day Shelley knew that this was an excellent choice. She fully participated and embraced every part of school life. She played Tennis for 2nd team and Hockey in the 2nd X1, she also thoroughly enjoyed the communal singing in the chapel and the Saturday nights in the newly reformed ‘Linkfield’. Her singing le...

Hazel A. Scott Aiton (2001)

23rd August 2004

Hazel Ann Scott-Aiton (1996-2001) died tragically in a car accident near her home on 23rd August, 2004. Hazel was involved in almost all facets of Loretto life; she was Head of Balcarres House and a member of the hockey, athletics, swimming and lacrosse teams and was Captain of Girls’ Shooting. She had gained the Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award, was Leader of the Orchestra and took part in dramatic productions. She was presented with both the Euan Gordon and the Lord Tonypa...

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