2013 Annual Report - Jesus College - University of Cambridge

162 OBITUARIES I Jesus College Annual Report 2013
Secretary of the Jesus College Boys Club, at Cambridge House, Camberwell. He read
History, graduating BA 1962. He joined the Civil Service on graduation and held a
number of senior positions within the Inland Revenue until he retired in 1998. In
retirement he lived in Dulwich for the summer months and spent the winters on the
island of Grenada.
He married Anne Kiggell in 1971. Ian’s brother, Colin Spence (1964) reports:
“He relished the company of his daughters Jackie and Fiona and his four grandchildren
and at a memorial party held shortly after his death it was widely agreed that whoever he
met would instantly become his friend for life”.
SPENCER-JONES, David Henry (1943) died on 14 May 2011 aged 87.
David Spencer-Jones, the son of the honorary fellow, Sir Harold Spencer-Jones (1908),
was born on 19 February 1924 in South Africa. Educated at Gresham’s School, Holt,
he came up in 1943 to read Agriculture. Shortly after arriving he joined the Royal Navy;
his service took him to Shanghai, Sydney and Hong Kong. Following demobilisation he
returned into residence and completed his degree, graduating, BA 1948; MA 1950.
He was followed up to Jesus by his cousin, Malcolm Ryland-Jones in 1954 and his
brother, John in 1955 (see below). Throughout his subsequent career he drew on his
Agriculture training working as an adviser, manager or consultant for ICI, Glaxo, Potash
Ltd, Midox Ltd and Water Wise. In retirement he pursued his interests in oil painting
and music.
He married Gillian Carlisle in 1952; they had three sons and two daughters.
SPENCER-JONES John Franklin (1955) died on 28 September 2012 aged 78.
John Spencer-Jones was born on 17 January 1934 in Greenwich, the younger brother of
David Spencer-Jones (1943) and the son of Sir Harold Spencer-Jones (1908). John spent
his early years living in Capetown, South Africa, where he had been evacuated at the start
of World War II. Educated at Gresham’s School, Holt, he gained his wings with the RAF,
before coming up. He came up in 1955, a year after his cousin Malcolm Ryland-Jones
and read Law, graduating BA 1958; MA 1962. At college he made a great number of
friends, was a member of the College First XV and had a lively interest in music; D. J. V.
Fisher described him as “thoroughly likeable”. Following graduation he pursued a
career as a management consultant and continued his interests in aviation and rugby.
He travelled extensively throughout his life and had a gift for being able happily to talk
to people of any culture from different walks of life regardless of race, religion or
background.
He married Ruth Betts in 1956; they had three sons and a daughter.
STUDDERT-KENNEDY, William Gerald (1954) died on Christmas Eve 2012 aged 79.
Gerald Studdert-Kennedy was born on 21 February 1933 in Lucknow, India. Educated at
Winchester College he came up 1954, following his cousin M. G. Studdert-Kennedy
(1945). He read English, graduating BA 1957; MA 1961. He was encouraged by his
supervisors to consider research but chose instead to join the BBC as an assistant
producer, where he later directed Panorama. After five years with “Auntie” he won a
Commonwealth Fund fellowship to study at Harvard and Berkeley. He remained in
academia for the rest of his career before finally retiring as a professor at Birmingham