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rode in the Grand National, only to pull up
at the second fence; he continued to ride
out for the Balding stables well into his 70s.
Every year he would tackle the hardest runs
in the Alps and the Rockies into his 80s
until no insurance company would cover
him. But still there was something quite
different that appealed to him too –
stillness, quiet and his own company.
Photographing birds was a strong centre of
gravity. And then there was sculpture –
horses mainly but also human figures.
Always a gentleman, he became ever more
so in his 80s. He never married.
David Kingston (Coll, 43-48): died
19.6.2015. He was brought into this world
by a young gynaecologist, Bill Gilliott, who
29 years to the day later did the same for the
Prince of Wales. He sang Bach under the
formidable direction of Sydney Watson.
National Service, Royal Signals. Scholar,
Christ’s College, Cambridge, 2 Natural
Science BA 1952. He then embarked on a
long and successful career with the Medical
Research Council, first with the Central
Public Health Laboratory 1953-67, then the
Rheumatism Unit 1967-76 and finally the
Clinical Research Centre 1976-93. He
commuted 30 miles on a motor bike for 10
years and drove to Moscow for a medical
conference. On retirement he undertook a
Fine Art course at the Open University. In
his final years he attended church at St Mary
Magdalene Church, Great Hampden, where
he had pumped the organ as a boy. Married
1970 Anne Hohler (died 1981). He is
survived by their two sons and a daughter.
David John Buckley Rutherford (D, 44-48):
died 26.6.2015. VIII 1947-48 President.
National Service, 9th Lancers 1949. Trinity
College, Cambridge, 3 History 1953, MA
1960. He rowed for 1st and 3rd Trinity and
was a member of Leander Club. He joined
the wine trade in 1953, working for
Rutherford, Osborne & Perkin, taken over
by Martini & Rossi in 1969 when he
became Director of External Affairs.
Chairman, Wine and Spirit Association
1974-76 and 1988-89. Appointed OBE for
services to the wine trade 1987. Chairman,
Fédération International des Vins et
T H E T R U S T Y S E RVA N T
Spiritueux 1989-91. Master of the Vintners’
Company 1994-95. For his services to the
European wine trade he was rewarded with
the French Ordre National du Mérite 1976
and the Ordre du Mérite Agricole 1991. He
joined the City of London Yeomanry and
had memories of serving sausages to the
Queen Mother and falling off Safety Pin, his
horse, at a rehearsal for the Lord Mayor’s
Show. He drove sports cars and motor bikes
round tracks, looped the loop with the Red
Arrows and skied with the Kandahar. In his
retirement, he was a strong supporter of his
wife’s activities – Art for Youth and the Art
Fund. Married 1959 Elisabeth Thierry-Mieg,
who survives him with their three daughters.
Andrew Neil Paterson (E, 45-50): died
18.4.2015. Brother of JBP (Coll, 42-47). He
set up a dance band which played at the
School Leavers’ Dance during the
professional band’s breaks. National Service,
RASC in Austria, where he was in charge of
a civilian transport platoon 1951-53.
Pembroke College, Cambridge, Modern
Languages, MA 1960. He then began a
career in advertising and marketing, first as a
trainee with Reckitt & Colman (Overseas)
Ltd 1956. Then Senior Marketing Executive
Pritchard, Wood & Partners 1960, followed
by Marketing Manager Charles Kinloch &
Co 1966, and then his own one-man
business operated from his home. Managing
Director National Carpet and National
Furniture Index 1970. He was Governor,
later Clerk, Thomas Martyn’s Foundation,
an educational charity, 1978-2011. He was a
Freeman of the City of London and of the
Company of Watermen and Lightermen of
the River Thames 1989. He was made an
Honorary Member of Lady Elizabeth Boat
Club (Trinity College, Dublin) 1974 and of
King’s College Boat Club (University of
London) 1976 for services and coaching. He
always retained his interest in music and
rowing and made his own 8mm films of his
holidays abroad and of rowing events. He
did not marry.
Nicholas Mrosovsky (H, 48-52): died
22.2.2015 in Canada. Exhibitioner, Sen Co
Prae. Art and Duberly Prizes. Captain of
Gymnā . Scholarship Honoris Causa
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Magdalene College, Cambridge 2(1)
Chemistry, MA 1962. PhD Psychology,
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