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Category: Edmonstone

Stories about OHs from Edmonstone House, Haileybury

1940s…

Anthony Dawes (E 42) – Actor who debuted with Alec Guinness and appeared in Fawlty Towers

11 May 202129 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Anthony Cecil John Dawes (E 42) who has died on the 21st January 2021 at the age of 92.…
1970s…

Industrial Flooring: Ecotile

5 Feb 202122 Aug 2023
James Gedye (E 79) is the CEO and founder of Ecotile, an award-winning privately owned UK manufacturing company which produces a wide range of flooring solutions. Services Ecotile produces high quality, durable…
1980s…

Marine: Inwards Marine Yacht Brokerage

20 Jan 202123 Aug 2023
Robert Inwards (E 89) is part of Inwards Marine, a family run yacht brokerage business with offices in Monaco and the UK working with buyers, sellers, private individuals and marine…
1950s…

Nigel Copeman (E 58) – oil industry executive who later qualified as a pilot

16 Nov 202029 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Nigel Charles Kevin Garry Copeman (E 58), who has died on 23rd September 2020, aged 75.  Nigel was diagnosed…
1960s…

The importance of the Old School Tie – a story of two friends and a crowded platform in India

17 Aug 202018 Dec 2023
Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm McVittie (E 60) recalls a meeting in Dehli in 1978 when an OH tie helped two old OHs identify each other on a crowded platform in the Indian…
1930s…

Dr Herbert Burchnall, OBE (E 33) – acclaimed university registrar

29 May 202029 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Emeritus Professor Dr Herbert Henry Burchnall, OBE (E 33), (Hon LLD 1984), who has died at the age…
1980s…

Simon Ellison (E 87) – Pharmaceuticals specialist in cell and gene therapy

15 May 202029 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Simon Hume Ellison (E 87) who has died of cancer on 7th April 2020 at the age of 46. After…
1950s…

Christopher Emms (E 51) – Chartered surveyor with love of rugby

12 May 202029 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of ardent England rugby fan and Edmonstonian Christopher Edward Emms (E 51) who has died aged 83 on 1st May 2020.…
1930s…

Gordon Grayson (E 38) – Solicitor, community servant and Arctic Convoy survivo

27 Feb 202029 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Robert Gordon - "Gordon" - Grayson (E 38) who has died, aged 95 on 17th January 2020. Gordon was born…
1950s…

Blayney Chetwode Hamilton (E 59) – Lawyer with a passion for horseracing

1 Dec 201629 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Blayney Chetwode Hamilton (E 59), who has died on 7th June, 2015, aged 69. Chetwode Hamilton was brought up…
1930s…

Rear-Admiral Derek Satow RN CB (E 37) – naval engineer with a passion for Somerset

1 Dec 201631 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Rear-Admiral Derek Graham Satow, CB, RN (E 37), who has died on 10th February 2016, aged 92. Arctic convoys…
1930s…

Michael Ashton, MC (E 34) – Japanese PoW who became a major figure in horseracing.

1 Dec 201629 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Capt. Michael Alfred Ashton, MC (E 34), who has died on 7th January 2016, aged 95. Born at Linton,…

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