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1950s…

Martin Romilly (Th 56) enjoys special 80th birthday at Leicester’s Welford Road

12 Apr 2023
The Haileybury Society was delighted to hear recently about the 80th birthday celebrations of Colonel Martin Romilly, OBE (Th 56) which were held at Welford Road, home of the Leicester…
1990s…

Health & Wellbeing: Total Body Fit Camp

30 Mar 202330 Mar 2023
Jon Sheridan (Ha 96) runs Total Body Fit Camp,  a health and fitness business based in Hertford which helps men and women transform both mind and body through a structured…
2000s…

Charity Work – Jack Garrett (BF 03)helps raise nearly £150,000 for NHS charities

10 Mar 202319 Jul 2023
First published 7th May 2020 Jack Garrett (BF 03) and a group of rugby fanatics (including Barnes Rugby Football Club), famous players and friends around the world took part in a charity…
2010s…

Charity Work – Izzy Stibbs (LS & M 10) raises over £2000 for Blood Cancer UK

10 Mar 2023
First published 15th August 2022 On the 20th August, Izzy Stibbs (LS & M 10) and her friend Evie ran the Reykjavik marathon in Iceland in support of Blood Cancer UK.…
1960s…

Charity Work – OH community raises £2000 for cricket charities in memory of Peter Ellis

10 Mar 202310 Mar 2023
First published 20th December, 2022 Following the death of Peter Ellis (Staff, 1964-96) earlier this year, The Haileybury Society was asked by the family to collect donations in Peter’s memory.  Ultimately £2000 was…
2000s…

Charity Work – Corinna’s Channel swim raises over £14,000 for MQ

9 Mar 202310 Mar 2023
Originally Published 28 Sept, 2020 We were delighted to hear from OH parent  Dr Ian Bridges (L 62) who contacted us about his daughter Corinna Bridges (C 00) who in…
1970s…

Charity Work – Calum Barclay (L 89) rows Atlantic for Human Practice Foundation

9 Mar 202310 Mar 2023
Originally Published 28 Aug, 2020 In 2020, Calum Barclay (L 89) took part in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge 2020, a 3000 mile rowing race across the Atlantic to raise…
1970s…

David Wright (Staff, 1973-2006) – OHs share their memories

6 Dec 20226 Jun 2023
Following the news of the death of David Wright (Staff, 1973-2006),  we have created this page for OHs to share their memories of the popular history teacher and polymath. If…
1970s…

David Wright (Staff, 1973-2006) – historian and polymath

5 Dec 20226 Jun 2023
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of former Kipling HM and history teacher David Peter Wright (Staff, 1973-2006) on 30th November 2022. Here, his friend and…
1940s…

Barry Nicholson (E 40) – farmer and cattle breeder

16 Nov 20227 Jun 2023
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Barry Paulett Nicholson (E 40) on 10th November 2022, aged 95 A prefect and Head of House at Haileybury…
1940s…

Michael Freegard (BF 47) – Haileybury Society Past President

1 Nov 20225 Jun 2023
It is our sad duty to advise members of the Haileybury Society of the death of Michael John Freegard (BF 47) on 27th October 2022, aged 89. Michael had a…
1930s…

Anthony Tarry (M & BF 39) – Horse breeder and steward

5 Oct 20228 Jun 2023
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn belatedly of the death of Anthony - Tony - Tarry (M & BF 39) who died on July 24th 2018 at the age of 92. He…
1950s…

Charles Hoctor-Duncan (K 50) – insurance agent and racehorse owner

3 Oct 20228 Jun 2023
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Charles Basil Hoctor-Duncan (K 50) who has died at the age of 85 on 12th April 2022. Charles was born in…
1960s…

Peter Ellis (Staff 1964-96) – OHs share their memories

1 Sep 202215 Jun 2023
Following the news of the death of Peter Ellis (Staff, 1964-96),  several OHs have written to the Haileybury Society keen to share their memories of this influential coach. Each of…
1960s…

Peter Ellis (Staff 1964-96)- rackets and cricket pro

16 Jun 202215 Jun 2023
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Peter Ellis, Haileybury Rackets and Cricket Pro from 1964-1996, on Tuesday 14th June, 2022, aged 89. A passion for cricket…
1980s…

Hugh Freeland (L 89)

19 Apr 202216 Jun 2023
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Hugh James Freeland (L 89) who has died of bone cancer on 10th April 2022 aged 45. Hugh was a big part…
1940s…

Douglas Cooper (K 44) – pharmacist

12 Apr 202216 Jun 2023
The Haileybury society is saddened to learn of the death of Douglas Barham-Cooper (K 44) (later changed to Cooper) who has died on April 3rd 2022, aged 90. After leaving Haileybury, Douglas…
1940s…

Thomas Mayhew (H 49) – Big 6 accountancy firm partner

7 Mar 202219 Jun 2023
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Thomas Oswald Mayhew (H 49) who has died 22nd January 2022, aged 86. Thomas was initially educated at the…
1950s…

James Everitt, OBE (B 50) – businessman and golfer

10 Feb 202223 Jun 2023
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of James - Jim - Edmund Everitt, OBE (B 50) who has died aged 85 on 1st February 2022 in…
1970s…

Unbeaten rugby XV of 1971 meet once more fifty years later!

2 Dec 202111 Dec 2023
Saturday 27th November 2021 marked a very special occasion when The Haileybury Society hosted a wonderful reunion to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the unbeaten rugby XV in 1971. The afternoon…
1940s…

Remembering the merger of the ISC with Haileybury in the 1940s

8 Dec 202018 Dec 2023
In the light of the 2021 announcement of Lawrence becoming a girls' house, we were delighted to hear from Michael O'Neil Shaw (L 47) recently who was in touch with…
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…
1970s…

Simon Kverndal, QC (B 71) – popular barrister who strived hard for others

23 Jul 202017 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Simon Richard Kverndal, QC (B 71) who has died aged 62 on Sunday 14th June 2020. Head of House, Deputy…
1980s…

Shooting Stars – When Haileybury won at Bisley

18 May 202013 Sep 2023
While attending to some household chores recently, Giles Haley (Th 86) came across an envelope of photographs which brought memories flooding back of a grand day at Bisley back in…
1940s…

Sir Stirling Moss, OBE (L 43) – internationally renowned racing driver

12 Apr 202011 Apr 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn today of the death of Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss, OBE (L 43), who has died at the age of 90. He had been ill…
1960s…

Patrick Curry (C 66) – leading figure in global chemical tanker chartering

1 Apr 202023 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Patrick John Curry (C 66) who has died on 31st March 2020, aged 66. He had been admitted…
1950s…

Brian Low (Tr 54) – Agrarian writer and journalist

12 Feb 20209 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Brian Derby Low (Tr 54) who has died in January 2020, age 79. Haileybury marksman Born into a farming…
1940s…

Barry Clarke (Tr 43) – career Shell man, OHRFC devotee and Past President of the Haileybury Society

2 Oct 20199 Jan 2024
The Haileybury Society is saddened to learn of the death of Past President and former Trustee, Barry Clarke (Tr 43) who has died age 89 on 12th February 2019. Below…
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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