2012 Annual Report - Jesus College - University of Cambridge

134 OBITUARIES I Jesus College Annual Report 2012
London before returning in 2000 to a Lectureship in Law at Cambridge, becoming first a
Fellow of Newnham and latterly Fellow and Lecturer in Law at Queen’s (2007-), during
which time Emile was a Fellow and Lecturer in political philosophy at Fitzwilliam.
They had two children, Elisabeth and Martin, and between them lead a robust and
active intellectual and personal life with shared interests in religion, politics, philosophy
and the law.
Emile’s sudden death in February 2010 from a ruptured aorta was a devastating blow.
Amanda showed impressive strength through this bereavement, which left her a widow
with two small children. The following summer she herself developed pains which were
attributed to the inevitable stress of her situation, and only the next January diagnosed as
cancer that was already advanced. With supernatural – she would say ‘graced’ –
determination she fought this illness, not least for the sake of her young family. Friends,
especially from her former community at Blackfriars, rallied round as she underwent
punishing treatments. Yet in the midst of this came another dawn of love, when she met
Carlos Ezcurra, an Argentinian political scientist. They married in a joyous nuptial mass
in Queen’s College Chapel on 1 November, 2011 with Carlos becoming at once a
husband and loving father. She died exactly none months later leaving with her friends
and family indelible memories of bravery, honesty, joy and a love that, in her firm
conviction, knows no end.
FENWICK, Thomas Richard Featherstone (1945) died on 20 January 2012 aged 85.
Tom Fenwick was born on 11 December 1926 in Newcastle. He came up from
Charterhouse in 1945 and read Agriculture, graduating BA 1948. We are grateful to
James Fenwick, his son, for providing the following:
“On graduation, he determined to farm and following various stints in Suffolk, the
mid-west of America and Western Australia, he returned in 1952 to take over the family
estate at Wolsingham, Co Durham. A countryman at heart, the estate became his
lifelong project. He farmed cattle and sheep and managed the forestry and shooting
enterprises for more than 50 years. In addition, he ran a forestry company, NFP, for over
20 years. He served as a JP, was High Sheriff of County Durham in 1976, acted as a
Church Warden for 37 years and stood as the Conservative candidate for his home
constituency of North West Durham in the 1979 election. He was married to Sally Page
for 54 years and they had 4 children.”
FINCH, Jack (1942) died on 10 December 2010 aged 86.
Jack Finch was born on 31 January 1924 in Thorpe-next-Norwich. Educated at the City of
Norwich School he came up to Jesus in 1942 to read History with an exhibition. After a
year he commenced his military service which lasted three years and included a period in
Palestine. Following demobilisation he returned to Cambridge and completed his
degree graduating, BA 1948. After a years’ teacher training he began his career as a
teacher which included serving as head of the History Department for thirteen years at
Southampton Totton Grammar School and for fourteen years at Hounsdown
Comprehensive School. He enjoyed music and was a leader of the Southampton Concert
Orchestra.
He married Annette Arnold in 1945 and they had three sons and one daughter.