Last Things

Announcements

1964–8

(From The Times (London), unless otherwise stated)

ELIOT On June 14, 1964, Herbert Edward Eliot, father of Lewis and Martin, aged 89.[1]

OSBALDISTON On March 16, 1965, Mary, beloved wife of Douglas Osbaldiston. No flowers, no letters.

Death of English resident George Passant of England died yesterday, July 26 (1965), at the house of Froken Jenssen, 15 Bromsagatan, aged 65.[2]

GEARY On August 7, 1965, Denis Alexander, beloved husband of Alison and dearly loved father of Jeremy and Nicolette, aged 51.[3]

DAVIDSON On January 20, 1966, Austin Sedgwick Davidson, Litt D, FBA, dearly loved father of Helen and Margaret, aged 77. Cremation private.

EDGEWORTH On June 22, 1966, in University College Hospital, after much suffering gallantly borne, Algernon Frederick Gascoyne St John Seymour (Sammikins), 14th Earl of Edgeworth, DSO, MC, much loved brother of Caroline, aged 45. Funeral St James’s Church, Houghton, 2.00 p.m. June 26. Memorial Service, Guards Chapel, July 10, noon.

ROYCE On February 7, 1967, at the Crescent Nursing Home, Hove, Lady Muriel Royce, widow of Dr Vernon Royce, mother of Joan Marshall, aged 86.

SCHIFF On September 15, 1967, victim of an accident, David, beloved and adored son of his heartbroken parents, Azik and Rosalind, Lord and Lady Schiff, aged 12 years 11 months. Funeral, Central Synagogue, 11.00 a.m. September 18.

COOKE On May 22, 1968, suddenly, Gilbert Alexander, CMG, husband of Elizabeth, aged 59.

GETLIFFE On May 27, 1968, after a long illness, at his home in Cambridge, Francis Ernest, Lord Getliffe, FRS, adored husband of Katherine and dearly loved father of Leonard, Ruth, Peter, and Penelope, aged 64. Funeral private.

Died[4] Lord (Francis) Getliffe, 64. British physicist, who was one of his country’s leading figures in radar and operational research in World War II: of lung cancer. US Medal of Merit. Adopted controversial stance over atomic warfare. Temporary difficulty (McCarthy era) over US passport, roused protests from leading US scientists. Was due to receive honorary degree, Yale commencement, on day of death.

ELIOT–CALVERT On 12 July, 1964, at St Peter’s, Eaton Square, Lewis Gregory (Pat) Eliot, son of Dr and Mrs M F Eliot, to Muriel, daughter of Mrs Azik Schiff and the late Roy Clement Edward Calvert.

ROSE–SIMPSON On November 12, 1964, in London, Sir Hector Rose, GCB, KBE, to Jane Barbara Simpson.

OSBALDISTON-HARDISTY On December 6, 1965, Sir Douglas Osbaldiston, KCB, to Stella Hardisty, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Hardisty, 526 Upper Richmond Road, Putney.

MRS PENELOPE ALTSCHULER to wed DR HIMMELFARB[5] Mrs Penelope Altschuler, daughter of Lord and Lady Getliffe, of Cambridge (England), announces her engagement to Dr David Ascoli Himmelfarb, son of Dr Isaac Himmelfarb and the late Rachael Himmelfarb, of Cleveland, Ohio. Both Mrs Altschuler and Dr Himmelfarb have had previous marriages.

ELIOT–SHAW On January 4, 1967, quietly, Pat Eliot to Victoria Shaw.

HOLLIS-DOBSON[6] In London, at St Mary-the-Virgin, Bayswater, Maurice Austin Hollis, to Diana, daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Dobson, of 16 Inkerman Road, Salford.

GETLIFFE-MACDONELL On February 17, 1968, in Trinity College Chapel, Professor the Hon. Leonard Horace Getliffe, FRS, elder son of Professor Lord Getliffe, FRS, and Lady Getliffe, and Pauline, daughter of Professor and Mrs Macdonell, of 66 Madingly Road, Cambridge.

MR G S F GRESHAM and MISS N R ELIOT[7] The engagement is announced between Guy Stephen Falconbridge Gresham, only son of Colonel and Mrs Stephen Gresham, of Whissentdine Hall, Rutland, and 29 Halkin Street, and Nina Rosemary Eliot, daughter of Dr and Mrs Martin Eliot, The Tutor’s House, — College, Cambridge.

MANSEL–MARCH On July 7, 1968, at St Cuthbert’s, Philbeach Gardens, Laurence Massinger Mansel, son of Mr Christopher Mansel, FRCS, and the late Mrs Mansel, of 16 Poulton Square, Chelsea, and Vera March, elder daughter of Dr and Mrs Charles March, of 27 Warwick Gardens, Kensington.

ELIOT On January 28, 1965, at 81 Eaton Square, to Muriel (née Calvert) and Lewis Gregory (Pat) Eliot – a son (Roy Joseph).

GAY On November 17, 1965, at Bury St Edmunds General Hospital, to Joyce (née Crawford) and George Harvey Laurence Gay – a son[8] (Harold Harvey Laurence).

INCE On June 20, 1966, at the London Clinic, to Marcena Prescott (née Johnson) and Percival Lester Ince – twin daughters (Cynthia and Valentine).

OSBALDISTON On June 26, 1966, at St Mary Abbots Hospital, to Stella (née Hardisty) and Douglas Osbaldiston – a son (Edward Bartholomew Maynard).

HOLLIS On July 6, 1968, to Diana (née Dobson) and Maurice Austin Hollis – a daughter (Freda Elizabeth).