40s and 50s Memories
made in Australia. He had acquired a cockatoo
named Arthur. Arthur frequently accompanied
Geoff to matches and to hockey meetings. In
the end it was felt that Arthur was so important
he should be elected President of the club.
Geoff was always cheerful and well liked by
everyone. He will be missed by his many friends.
He leaves his widow, Helen and two sons,
Gavin and Dominic. Gavin is an up and coming
young sculptor and Dominic will be taking over
the running of the jewellery business.
His memorial service took place on February
1st 2013, at St. Andrew's Church, Cobham,
and was attended by over 300 people. OAs
were represented by Lionel King and myself,
Dennis Killingbeck. My brother John was
unable to attend being away in New Zealand
for the celebration of the centenary of the polar
expedition of Captain Scott.
E. URQUHART
Carpenter 1958
Edmund Urquhart left King's in 1958, from
Carpenter House. He left as House and
School Captain, and recalls Peter Harvey his
Housemaster, and R.D. Townsend and M.
Jacquet as masters he liked. The subjects he
enjoyed most were french and german, and
latin too, and these he was to follow beyond
King's.
Of his later life he writes:
After King's, I went to University College, Oxford
and read French and German.
I then followed this with further study at Oxford,
this time at St. Stephen's House with a view to
ordination. In 1963, this resulted in an Oxford
Diploma in Theology, and in 1964, ordination at
Winchester Cathedral. The same year I married
my wife Diana.
Between 1964 and 1969 I was Curate at New
Milton, and Priest in Church Hemsworth, Derby
from 1969 to 1973. In 1973, I became Vicar of
Bakewell, a position I held until 2005, as well
as Rural Dean between 1995 to 2004, and
Honorary Canon of Derby Cathedral, from 2002.
Edmund Urquhart at Ashourne
There were two pastoral situations in the public
domain which were worthy of note and with
which I was involved. The first concerned the
reputation of Sir Maurice Oldfield, the former
Head of MI6 who died in 1981. I wrote a letter
to the Guardian in 1986 in his defence. The
second instance concerned Stephen Dowling's
appeal against his conviction for the murder
of Wendy Jewell, after he had spent 27 years
in prison. I attended the High Court when his
appeal was allowed.
I am now appointed Rural Dean of Ashbourne
from January, 2012, six and a half years after
"retiring."
Our daughter Cath has become a Barrister after
previously being the Travel Editor of the Times.
Our son James works for the Arts Council and
is married to Jane, and their two daughters,
Emily and Ruby, are 11 and 7 respectively.
R. H. T. WARWICK
Bishop Fox 1942
Richard Warwick left King's during World
War II. g.w.morgan was his Housemaster
and his favourite teacher he remembers as
h.r.padfield ("Padders"). He had friends from
various Houses, R. Sandall and J. Rolfe from
Fox, E. Crabbe from Alfred and J. Fox from
Meynell. He liked geography and art.
He writes of his time after King's:
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