John Uzielli (CO 1950-55) sadly died on the 27th June 2025. His Memorial Service will be at 12 noon on Monday 22nd September at the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Sunninghill, Sl5 7DD and afterwards at the Berkshire Golf Club. If you are unable to attend, the service will be live-streamed here.

John was the eleventh of fourteen Uziellis to go to Marlborough, dating back to 1896.  He loved his time at Marlborough and, following a successful career in the Lloyds insurance market, he spent six years as Secretary of the Marlburian Club between 1996 and 2002.  He enjoyed his weekly trips to the school, including one memorable appearance on the Antiques Road Show.

Golf played a defining part in John’s life and was a source of many lifelong friendships.  He was a successful player, gaining an Oxford Blue three times (Captain in his final year) and winning the President’s Putter in 1965.  He was a member of the Marlborough Halford Hewitt team in 1972 and is one of few people to have played over 100 matches in both the President’s Putter and the Hewitt.

John commanded great respect in the upper echelons of golf’s governance. He was elected Captain of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club for 2000/2001, having served on the Rules of Golf and Championship committees for over ten years, and he was Chairman of the Golf Foundation between 2001 and 2009.  He is also a past President of the Berkshire Golf Club, the Seniors Golfing Society and the Oxford & Cambridge Golfing Society.

Together with his wife Angela, who won the British Championship in 1977 and to whom he was married for 31 years, they were a formidable partnership both on and off the course.  They had two children (and five grandchildren) and enjoyed many family holidays in Cornwall, playing golf and braving the surf. John enjoyed frequent travel, gardening and walking his succession of dogs.  After Angela’s sudden death in 1999, John went on to form a long and happy relationship with Phyll Youngman, a close friend of Angela’s, which was a great joy for both their families.  

John was known for his modesty and lack of stuffiness, wearing his many successes lightly and never taking himself too seriously.  He faced personal tragedies, losing two brothers when he was still at school and then his wife, which he bore with inspirational resilience and no trace of self pity.  He was a very kind man whose natural affability, generosity of spirit, sense of fun and lack of ego made him universally liked and loved by all his friends and family alike.