The Marlborough College Community was greatly saddened to hear of the death of Roger Ellis, Master of Marlborough 1972-1986, who has passed away at the age of 93. As well as quadrupling the number of girls in the first half of his 14 years as Master, Ellis laid the groundwork for full co-education. Former college […]
A Service of Thanksgiving for Robin Brodhurst will be held in the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel at Pangbourne College, Pangbourne Road, Reading, RG8 8LA on Tuesday 28th March at 11.30 am. Those wishing to attend, please email Angela Leap to ensure there are sufficient Orders of Service and refreshments afterwards. Thank you. A full […]
Charles Peploe (C2 1944-48) was born on 1st September 1930. He was the youngest of three children born to Captain Charles Reid Peploe and his wife Catherine Mary MacFie in The Brookside, Bedhampton, in Hampshire, and he grew up alongside his brother David Claud who was sadly killed in the Second World War, and his […]
John L. Wilkinson (LI 1954-58) passed away on 14th October 2022, after a courageous struggle with complications following a stroke. John was at Marlborough from 1954 to 1958 at Littlefield and went on to read chemistry at Oxford and from thence to a brilliant career with Guinness and later with other beverage groups. His friends and colleagues at […]
Anthony Main (C3 1953-56) died on 6th August 2022 surrounded by his family at the age of 83. After Marlborough, he went on to do National Service in the Royal Navy. He later qualified as a Chartered Accountant in London and worked in the West Midlands for many years. In semi-retirement the family moved to […]
Ian was born in 1923 in Brasted, Kent, and grew up at Thatches, the thatched house built for his parents on nearby Brasted Chart by his maternal grandfather. His younger brother Christopher was born four years later, with Treacher-Collins syndrome, a rare calcium deficiency which required a great deal of medical care, special schools, and […]
Born in Radlett, Hertfordshire, his father was a family doctor of a Yorkshire family and his mother Scottish, born in Cardross. Having found letters written from the trenches in WW1, he published his father’s letters in a small book entitled “From Trench to Sky”, as his father, having been badly wounded in the Somme, joined […]
Robin was born in Putney on 26th April 1931 to Gordon and Rosemary Ferguson and brought up in Reigate. He was educated at Coniston then Hillside, Reigate then boarded at St Peter’s, Seaford from the age of eight. His school was evacuated to North Devon from 1940-1944 and during that time he lived with a […]
A former member of the music department, Jean died on 17th January 2022 aged 82. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, Jean was an accomplished and influential musician. She sang with and contributed to many significant and special choirs, such as the Bach Choir in London; and left a personal legacy of choral […]
Colin Cooke-Priest sadly died on 6 April 2020 at age 81. His Memorial Service will be held at 12.00pm on Tuesday 15 March 2022 at Portsmouth Cathedral and afterwards, at The Royal Naval and Royal Albert Yacht Club. You can read his full obituary here.