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ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOLONDON, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27, 1919Legal news
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Ms Madeleine Jenny Reardon has
been appointed a Circuit Judge
deployed to the South Eastern
Circuit, based within the London
Courts, with effect from Aug 5,
2019.
Judge Cleary retired as a Circuit
Judge with effect from Aug 4, 2019.
District Judge Goddard retired
from the Bench with effect from
Aug 5, 2019.
District Judge Green retired from
the Bench with effect from Aug 3,
2019.
District Judge (Magistrates’
Courts) Rutherford retired with
effect from Aug 7, 2019.
Mr Steve Barnfield, who served
on the English Bridge Union Laws
and Ethics Committee for 15
years, and was Chairman for six,
has died aged 66, writes Julian
Pottage, Bridge Correspondent.
After studying mathematics and
computer science at Cambridge,
he followed a career as a tax
inspector and chartered
accountant. He played bridge for
England in the 1978 Junior
Camrose and won a number of
domestic events. His wife, Frances,
is also a keen bridge player.
At Cambridge, Barnfield
developed a reputation as player
who liked plus scores to the extent
that for many years after he
graduated a scorecard containing
only positive scores was called a
Barnfield card.
PARIS AND BACK BY AIR
L’ENTENTE AERIENNE
By Major C. C. Turner.
There is nothing more between London and Paris than a few wisps
of cloud and a slow-moving film showing the checkered fields of
Surrey and Kent, a mere streak of sea, and a few leagues of sunlit
French forest, stubble, and pasture. The film lasts three hours –
sometimes more, sometimes less. The orchestra we found monot-
onous and rather deafening. On the whole, a rather boring show,
but from the point of view of getting to the end of the journey
quickly, the way to choose. If you want to come back the same day,
as we were promised, you must make certain preparations.
We left Cricklewood in a two-engine Handley-Page-Rolls-
Royce aeroplane at 8.45 a.m. There were ten passengers, of
whom two were old pilots, and five other persons including
the pilot. It had been raining until the moment of starting, and
the aerodrome was almost under fog. No one would have been
surprised at a postponement, but apparently nothing matters
in flying nowadays, and we got away. Just after nine we came
down at Hounslow and complied with all customs and for-
malities. Here we saw the nine o’clock Airco leave with a big
load of small but important packages and two passengers.
We left at 9.30, our route taking us east of Epsom and Tonbridge.
We flew low, but encountered a lot of small wisps of thin cloud,
some of them below the machine. At one time, at only 1,500ft,
there was an almost unbroken floor of cloud below us, grey under
an overcast sky. We passed Ashford, climbing slowly as we neared
the coast at Lympne, near Hythe, the old war air “ferry” port look-
ing rather deserted, but its cleverly camouflaged hangars remind-
ing us of stormy times. Then straight across the Channel, which;
from shore to shore, took us about half an hour to span. The
weather was rapidly clearing, and there was sufficient sun to make
the sea blue-grey and to cast moving shadows of struts and wires
over the broad wings of the big aeroplane.ARRIVAL AT LE BOURGET
At 11.15 a.m., we passed Boulogne, and Paris Plage at 11.30, the
machine now feeling bumps due to the hot air off the sand-dunes.
For the rest of the journey we felt the unevenness of the air caused
by increasing heat, but, of course, the machine did not rock so
much as a smaller one would have done. Owing to a cross wind, it
took us 3 hours 50min to reach Le Bourget, where we landed at
1.20. Here, expecting to return almost immediately, most of the
passengers had lunch at one or another of the tiny village cafés. Le
Bourget is not, according to our experience, quite ready to cope
with international air traffic. The aerodrome is vast, and there are
innumerable hangars; but our pilot, Major Foot, was quite unable
to obtain petrol and oil for our return. We waited hour after hour,
and finally had to give it up. Imagine it – the Paris terminus of the
London-Paris airway, and no petrol! Mismanagement somewhere.
Here I met Mr. Holt Thomas, who was on the ground to
receive the twelve o’clock Airco from London. It was half an
hour late, having been held up at Hounslow in order that the
Controller-General of Civil Aviation might see it start – a high
compliment, but one that would be better appreciated if he
were punctual. Indeed, some of the friends of aviation are not
at all kind to it. Mr. Holt Thomas, who is not troubling much
about getting passengers for his service, means to run it
throughout the winter, only submitting to interruptions
when there is a violent storm or a really dense fog.THE JOURNEY FROM PARIS
In a rising and gusty wind, with occasional rain, and under a very
threatening sky, we left Le Bourget at ten minutes to one yester-
day. With a strong wind abeam it was a stiff battle all the way. Great,
black, bellying clouds, with bright sunshine in between, made the
conditions difficult. The edges of the clouds and the bright patches
were full of “bumps”. More especially coming back, we had a fine
example of good piloting. The big Handley-Page forced its way
through dense rainstorms, superbly indifferent to them. The aerial
scenery was magnificent, vast panorama of tremendous storm-
clouds, and dazzling white cloudfields under patches of deep blue
sky. As we neared the French coast the shadow of the machine on
the snow-white clouds below was surrounded by a beautiful rain-
bow ring, known to the ballooning generation as a “glory.”
Across the Straits in the clouds we went a trifle too much east-
erly, owing to the freshening wind, and the pilot came down
low to see. We made the land at Dover, and a few minutes later
alighted at Lympne to comply with the regulations. The gale
blowing across the course prevented the machine resuming
its journey to Cricklewood until this (Wednesday) morning.
Some of the passengers therefore went on to London by train.RETURN OF AIRCO 16
The London-Paris express air service organised by Aircraft Trans-
port and Travel Limited, is being maintained with consistency
despite unfavourable flying conditions. Mr. G. Holt Thomas, the
chairman of the company, promises that the service will be run
with regularity, wet or fine, and this is being done.
The Airco 16, which flew from London to Paris on Monday,
returned from the French capital yesterday afternoon with
four passengers and a load of parcels. The machine, piloted
by Major Patterson, left Paris shortly after 12.30 p.m. (the
advertised time for departure), and readied Hounslow at
3.25 p.m. This is considered a very excellent performance, for
the machine had to fly through a gale, over land and water,
and met with low, misty clouds. Over the English Channel a
gale was blowing at sixty miles per hour. In consequence the
passage over the sea took 30min, instead of the usual 10min.
In spite of the adverse weather conditional which characterised
the earlier part of yesterday, the Aircraft and Travel Company
again despatched their machine to Paris. It started from the Houn-
slow aerodrome a few minutes after 12.30 p.m., and carried two
passengers, a quantity of newspapers, and several parcels. A simi-
lar machine was expected to start from Paris about the same time,
and it was due in London at 2.45 p.m.Today’s birthdays
Lady Antonia Fraser, writer, is
87; Sir Michael Holroyd, author,
84; Sir Mark Potter, President of
the Family Division and Head of
Family Justice, 2005-10, 82; Mr
James Wyness, Senior Partner,
Linklaters and Paines, 1994-96,
82; Sir John Royce, a former
High Court Judge, 75; Lt Gen Sir
Alistair Irwin, Vice Chairman,
Commonwealth War Graves
Commission, 2011-13; Adjutant
General, 2003-05, 71; Prof
Deborah Swallow, Märit Rausing
Director, Courtauld Institute of
Art, 71; Mr Andrew MacKay,
former Conservative MP, 70; Miss
Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano, 70;
the Rt Rev Christine Hardman,
Bishop of Newcastle, 68; the Rt
Rev Donald Allister, Bishop of
Peterborough, 67; Mr John
Lloyd, commentator; former
tennis player, 65; Mr Bernhard
Langer, golfer; two times Masters
Champion and Captain, Ryder
Cup Team 2004, 62; Sir Hugh
Orde, President, Association of
Chief Police Officers, 2009-15, 61;
Mr Justice Turner 60; Mr
Gerhard Berger, former Formula
One racing driver, 60; Miss Sian
Edwards, conductor, 60; Prof
Jeanette Winterson, writer, 60;
Mr David Morgan-Hewitt,
Managing Director, The Goring,
57; Mr Peter Ebdon, snooker
player; World Champion, 2002,
49; Miss Denise Lewis, former
athlete; Olympic gold medallist,
heptathlon, Sydney 2000, 47;
Miss Suranne Jones, actress, 41;
Mr Ed McKeever, canoeist;
Olympic gold medallist, men’s
kayak single (K1) 200m, London
2012, 36; and Mr Aaron
McKibbin, table tennis player;
Paralympic bronze medallist,
table tennis team, Class 6-8,
London 2012, 28.
Today is the anniversary of the
drilling of the world’s first oil well
in Pennsylvania in 1859 and of the
birth of Donald Bradman,
Australia cricketer, in 1908.
AND THOU shalt remember all the way
which the LORD thy God led thee these
forty years in the wilderness, to humble
thee, and to prove thee, to know what
was in thine heart, whether thou
wouldest keep his commandments, or
no. And he humbled thee, and suffered
thee to hunger, and fed thee with
manna, which thou knewest not, neither
did thy fathers know; that he might
make thee know that man doth not live
by bread only, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of the
LORD doth man live.
Deuteronomy 8.2-3TULLEY.—Happy 100th Birthday to
Margaret Tulley. Congratulations. With
love from Sue, Linda, Adrienne and
family.
Online ref: A234656WOOD.—40th Anniversary, Anthony
George, 2nd Bn, Para Regt, killed at
Warrenpoint, August 27th 1979. A loved
and brave son, deeply missed, Mum,
Terry and Liane and family.
Online ref: 572845Mr E.J.R. Milburn and
Miss C.F. Hawes^
The engagement is announced
between Jake, youngest son of Sir
Anthony and Lady Milburn, of
Matfen, Northumberland, and
Camilla, youngest daughter of Mr
and Mrs Warwick Hawes, of
Burkham, Hampshire.
Online ref: 573267
Mr R.J. Oliver and
Miss C.G.S. Macpherson^
The engagement is announced^
between Richard, son of Mr and
Mrs John Oliver, of Smethcote,
Shropshire, and Clementina,
daughter of Mr Strone and the
Hon Mrs Macpherson, of
Armsworth, Hampshire.
Online ref: 573262
NEVILLE.—On 13th August 2019, to
Selina (née Kelway-Bamber) and
Richard, a daughter, Matilda Grace, a
sister for Jemima and Edward.
Online ref: A235537FONE.—Alan Ernest died peacefully on
19th August 2019, aged 88. Loving
husband of Gill, loving father of
Caroline, Graham, daughter in law
Caroline, son in law Richard (deceased)
and proud grandfather to Jessica,
Melissa and Alex. Private family
cremation followed by a Service of
Thanksgiving at St John the Baptist
Church, Bath Street, Frome, Somerset,
on Thursday 12th September at 2 p.m.
Donations in lieu of flowers may be sent
c/o William Adlam Funeral Service,
68A Locks Hill, Frome BA11 1NH.
(Tel: 01373 452100). Cheques made
payable to RNLI.
Online ref: 573322HORNE.—Dr David George Bryan,
of Kingswood, Surrey, passed away
peacefully on 16th August 2019, in his
88th year. Beloved husband of 58 years
to Valerie and adored father to
Christopher, Jeremy and Andrew.
Much loved by his grandchildren,
Alexander, Georgina, Nathan and
Marcus. David, a true gentleman,
will be hugely missed by his family
and friends, and will be fondly
remembered for his kindness,
generosity, wisdom and sense of
humour. A Funeral Service will be
held at Randalls Park Crematorium at
11 a.m. on Wednesday 11th September.
Family flowers only, but if desired,
please send donations to The Children’s
Trust Tadworth.
Online ref: A235542BIRKETT.—Peter John, MBE, died on
12th August at the Royal Sussex County
Hospital in Brighton, aged 87. Husband
of Etta, father of Deborah and
Christopher, grandfather of Storme,
Savanna, River, Pepa and Freddy and
brother of Audrey. Cremated on this day
at Woodvale Crematorium, Brighton.
Online ref: A235544MICHAELSON.—Robert Paul Brandon
died peacefully on 13th August 2019.
Beloved friend, brother and uncle, he
will be hugely missed by everyone.
A private Funeral for family friends to
be held at Basingstoke Crematorium on
Wednesday 11th September at 11 a.m.,
followed by a celebration of Bob's life at
Sandford Springs Golf Club, Kingsclere
at 1 p.m. No flowers. Donations, if
desired, may be made online at
http://www.howeandson.co.uk/tributes-and-
donations/ or by cheque to 'Injured
Jockeys Fund' and/or 'Guide Dogs for
the Blind' c/o Howe & Son, Bear Hill,
Kingsclere RG20 5QA. Tel: 01635
298303.
Online ref: 573340MORRIS.—Anthony Leslie died
peacefully at home on 31st July 2019,
aged 69. Retired solicitor and former
partner of Linklaters, Solicitors. He died
as he lived, with courage and humour.
Son of the late Edgar and Yetta Morris.
Deeply loved and mourned by his wife,
Mamie, his sister, Marilyn and all his
family and friends.
Online ref: A235560GETHIN.—Barbara, in her 103rd year
on 16th August in Nairn. Dearly loved
mother of Elizabeth, Christopher,
Nicholas and Stephen. Service at
Inverness Crematorium, 2 p.m. on 30th
August. Family flowers only please.
Online ref: A235562CROSS.—On August 22nd 2019,
to Joanna (née Howard) and Tom,
a daughter, Josephine Alice Lucy,
a sister for Tabitha and Phoebe.
Online ref: A235565CHRISTOPHER.—Tony (John Anthony)
CB BSc FRICS, died on Sunday 18th
August at Braeburn Lodge, Deeping St
James, Lincs aged 95. Husband of
Pamela Evelyn (deceased), formerly
Chief Valuer, Valuation O�ce Inland
Revenue. Funeral at Peterborough
Crematorium (PE6 7JE) at 1 p.m. on
Monday 9th September 2019. No
flowers, donations if desired to Macular
Disease Society. Afterwards at Orton
Hall Hotel Conservatory, Peterborough
(PE2 7DN).
Online ref: A235564LAWTON.—Rose (née Daly), died
peacefully on 21st August, aged 93.
Much loved wife of the late David,
mother of Pat and the late Stephen.
Online ref: A235563GOODRICH.—On August 24th 2019,
to Alex (née Tait) and Elliot, a son,
Rohan Patrick.
Online ref: A235568 In memoriamSTOPPS.—Edward Charles (Ted). Died
50 years ago today. Remembered with
love by his daughters, Carolyn, Rosalind,
Amanda and Elizabeth.
Online ref: A235569BUCKMASTER.—Henry Gerald on
23rd August 2019, aged 64. Deeply loved
and loving husband of Julia. Papa of
Rose, Camellia and Lily and brother to
Minnie, Mary Lou and Tessa. Private
funeral. Thanksgiving to follow.
Online ref: A235570MERCER.—Agnes Mary (née Fowler),
formerly Mary Bell, of Prestbury,
Cheshire, died peacefully in Exeter,
13.07.1922-18.08.2019.
Online ref: A235572OWEN.—Jean died on 25th August,
aged 94. Much loved widow of John,
mother of Annabel, Alex and Sarah.
Fun granny to her eight grandchildren
and eight great grandchildren. Her
Funeral will be held on 4th September
at 2 p.m. at the Cam Valley
Crematorium, Great Chesterford,
Essex. Family flowers only, but
donations, if desired, can be made to
http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk
Online ref: A235571DONOVAN.—Catherine Jean (Kitty),
on August 20th 2019 peacefully aged
90 years. Kitty was born in Wallasey and
then lived in Crosby and Preston. She
was a treasured and beloved aunt of
Scott, Mark, Stephen, Anne, Jane and
Michael; the children of her brother
Frank and wife Joan. Kitty will be sadly
missed and always remembered by her
many family and friends whose lives she
so positively touched and influenced
throughout her long life. She had a great
enthusiasm for her family and friends
and her interest in music, art and travel.
In particular she loved Scotland and the
Scottish Borders, as her maternal family
came from the famous Common Riding
town of Selkirk. Requiem Mass at St
Joseph's Church, Blundellsands on
Friday August 30th 2019 at 2.30 p.m.
Family flowers only please but if desired,
donations to the RNIB c/o H. Leslie
Humphreys, 69 Liverpool Road, Crosby,
L23 5SE. Tel: 0151 924 4805.
Online ref: A23557324 ***^ Tuesday 27 August 2019 The Daily Telegraph
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