2009 Dinner
A total of 94 ORs and OC guests attended the 2009 dinner at the East India Club on Tuesday May 12. Attendees include at least five fathers and sons, one mother and daughter and three former Housemasters – David Summerscale, Ian Blake and Hugh Gammell. Guests included the Headmaster and OCs from D, P, W, V and B. Hon Secretary Nick Fitzherbert R75 displayed a map pinpointing the locations of the 15 per cent of the membership based overseas, before announcing that Nigel Donovan R73 and Peter Willis Fleming R76 had come all the way from America and Jeremy Agace R58 , Alistair Curry R82 and Stewart Hawkins R56 had travelled from Monaco, Germany and France respectively. Nick also noted high attendance by younger members, especially from 2007 and 2002 (ten from each) and thanked those members who had contributed towards their free and half-price places.
The tables in the dining room bore names such as Billy Elliot, Notes on a Scandal and Revolutionary Road – all films produced by special guest David Thompson R67, who was Head of BBC Films until 2008. His speech was a perfectly balanced mix of humour, history and insight, laced with self-deprecating reminiscences. His career as an impresario, for instance, got off to a bad start while at Charterhouse when he told Duckite friends called Gabriel and Rutherford that their pop group wasn’t very good! On the serious side he spoke of the importance of risk and intensity to any kind of creative activity and how David Summerscale had provided an early influence in this respect. Most memorable of all, however, will probably be his references to instructions from the matron and the cost of the digital removal of Tim Roth’s underpants!
The full list of attendees can be seen below:
44 James Mackie
51 Richard Davies
51 Brian Goodliffe
53 John Brooks
54 Brian Sharp
54 Nigel Butterworth
56 Stewart Hawkins
58 Jeremy Agace
60 Hugh Marsden
62 Michael Garvin
62 Robert Gillespie
67 David Thompson
67 Peter James
67 Paul Tanner
67 Peter Woolf
67 Nick Moore
68 Malcolm Bell
70 Charles Hume
71 Stephen Drury
71 Nicholas Parton
71 John Mickerson
71 Simon Melville
72 Martin Whiteside
72 Mike Barsham
73 Andrew Ball
73 Nigel Donovan
74 Clive Lawson Smith
74 Stan Baring
75 Nick Fitzherbert
75 Nigel Legge
75 David Levy
76 Peter Goodliffe
76 Peter Willis Fleming
76 Stuart Bell
77 Ivan Fitzherbert
77 Becky Munns
77 Nigel Sellars
78 James Harper
78 Nick Hicks-Beach
79 Charles Wace
80 Richard Curry
80 Alastair Bell
82 Alistair Curry
82 Mo Kimmins
84 Stephen Curry
84 Robert Hawkins
84 Duncan Bell
85 Cosmo Jackson
86 James Agace
93 Bruce Packard
98 Michael Gillespie
98 Giles Barling
99 Iain Ure
99 Sophie Wood
99 Ginny Robertson
99 Charlie Mortimer
99 Chris Jenner
99 Tim Melville
00 Ian King
01 Simon Spooner
01 Jon Barker
01Richard Simpson
02 Charlie Barrow
02 Will Young
02 Sam Parton
02 Luke Maunder
02 Jack Lawrence
02 Andrew King
02 Jessica Higginson
02 Elizabeth Powell
02 Lawrence Bernhard
02 Pippa Kingston
07 Harriet Clarke
07 Digby Don
07 Oli Harris
07 Cebuan Bliss
07 Alex Munns
07 Ryan Carey
07 Edward Greensmith
07 Henry Bliss
07 Rob Wildsmith
08 Felicity Parton
08 Alexander Bell
Matron 98-03 Sally Rutty
Housemaster 91-04 Hugh Gammell
Guests
Headmaster – John Witheridge
Housemaster – Stephen Hearn
Head of House - Robert Hodgkinson
W67 Gahame Seed
P74 Julian Mercer
B78 Belinda Knox
V85 Alex Evans
D86 Ben Holdsworth
PREVIOUS DINNERS
ORA Dinner – Attendees 2004-8
1930s /1940s John Byrt, Neill Cox, Michael Garvin, Michael Inglis, C Kemball, Simon Kimmins, JCS Mackie, NH Neale, MJ Perkins, D Reeve, Paul Vine, Guy Whittaker
1950s Nigel Butterworth, Peter Costain, Alan Evans, Robert Fisher, Brian Goodliffe, Andrew Green, Stewart Hawkins, Patrick Kingsley, Peter Levy, NA Mackinnon, Gavin Roynon, Michel Sartori, Brian Sharp, Michael Waring
1960s Malcolm Bell, Peter Benka, Robert Dalgety, Harry Friedlander, Michael Garvin, Robert Gillespie, Timothy Harris, Peter James, Peter Lewis, Hugh Marsden, NAC Moore, Michael Stannard, Paul Tanner, David Thompson
1970s Louis Adomakoh, Osei Adomakoh, Andrew Ball, Stan Baring, Mike Barsham, Oliver Bartrum, Stuart Bell, Simon Bellars, Jeremy Bevan, Andrew Carless, David Cuff, Nigel Donovan, Stephen Drury, Ivan Fitzherbert, Nick Fitzherbert, Nick Freeland, M Garvin, Peter Goodliffe, Mike Green, Michael Harrap, Jeremy Harris St John, James Harper, Jeff Hedges, Nicholas Hicks-Beach, Gerald Hovenden, Charles Hume, Clive Lawson Smith, Neil Lawson Smith, Nigel Legge, David Levy, John Mickerson, Rebecca Munns, Donald Norman, Ali Rashidian, Howard Rosen, Nigel Sellars, Tim Sewell, Jeremy Stuart Smith, Chris Swainson, David Traill, Mark Uffen, Charles Wace, Peter Willis Fleming, Nick Wisdom, Whitney Vosburgh
1980s James Agace, Alastair Bell, Duncan Bell, Alistair Curry, Richard Curry, Stephen Curry, CHJ Davies, Nick Green, James Howard, Jeremy Kemball, Martin Kimmins, Anthony Kingsley, Ian Wace
1990s L Anson, J Balkwell, Jon Barker, Giles Barling, A Boyd-Carpenter, Matt Bray, R Cunningham, E Faulks, E Fife, John Gillespie, Michael Gillespie, S Goodwin, E Hogseth-Gill, Chris Jenner, B Lewis, Catherine Lewis-Norris, T McIlwaine, Tim Melville, Foster Merrick, J Merrick, Nick Moore, Charlie Mortimer, Bruce Packard, Prinn Panitchpakdi, Carey Quarrier, Phoebe Rawson Smith, Ginny Robertson, Anwar Sheikh, Richard Simpson, J Thom, C Thompson, R Thorpe, Iain Ure, J Walker, Nick Wheatley, R Willis, Sophie Wood
2000s Nax d’Ambrumenil, Jon Barker, Charlie Barrow, Fred Barrow, Edward Bell, Nicholas Bell, Lawrence Bernhard, A Brackfield, Matt Bray, Elliot Carpenter, Lewis Carpenter, James Chettle, Fay Dalby, Amardeep Devgun, Sukhuir Devgun, Sophie Edwards, Timothy Emmott, Matthew Fong, Deborah Hewitt, Penny Hewitt, Rennie Hoare, Tom Kelly, I King, Olivia Kingston, Jack Lawrence, Luke Maunder, Charlie Noble, Sam Parton, Thomas Pitt, Sauruv Rana, N Rudd, Simon Spooner, Tom Tennant, W Young
Guests have included: John Witheridge (Headmaster), David Summerscale (Housemaster 1970-75), Ian Blake (Housemaster 1976-91), Hugh Gammell (Housemaster 1991-04), John Peters (ex Brooke Hall and House Tutor), Robert Bogdan (Brooke Hall 75-), Sally Rutty (Matron 98-03), Andrew Duncan (P67), John Hooper (G71), Jeremy Hunt (V71), Paul Williams (B72), Mark Faldo (G74), Stuart Donnan (L75), David Glover (B75), Julian Mercer (P75), Julian Mills (H75), Sarah Miller (D76), Chris Oulton (W76), Belinda Knox (B78), Julian Hill (W78), Giles Schofield (S80), James Birch (H 82), Simon Berry (V84), Alex Evans (V84), Lucy Ives (G85), Ben Holdsworth (D86)
Old Robinite Association Dinner 2008
We had another fantastic evening at London's East India Club on Tuesday May 13th . More than 80 ORs and OC guests attended and Peter James (R67) gave a terrific speech with fascinating insights into his life as a best-selling crime novelist and film maker. The tables were all named after Peter's novels, so Secretary Nick Fitzherbert apologised in advance to those who found themselves sitting at 'Looking Good Dead' or 'Dead Simple'!
We also had many fresh faces in attendance, with a group of 1950s ORs rounded up by Alan Evans and Robert Fisher, and a bunch of the 60s generation came to see their old friend Peter James. The important thing is that there is every indication that many will be returning next year, together with more old friends.
To see pictures from the evening please click onto 'Photo Gallery'
Attendees
51 Brian Goodliffe
54 Nigel Butterworth
54 Brian Sharp
56 Michel Sartori
56 Robert Fisher
56 Alan Evans
56 Stewart Hawkins
56 Patrick Kinsley
62 Michael Garvin
62 Robert Gillespie
66 Robert Dalgety
67 NAC Moore
67 Paul Tanner
67 David Thompson
68 Malcolm Bell
68 Peter Lewis
69 Michael Stannard
70 Michael Harrap
70 Charles Hume
71 Stephen Drury
72 Mike Barsham
72 Simon Bellars
72 Jeffrey Hedges
72 Chris Swainson
73 Nigel Donovan
74 Clive Lawson Smith
74 Jeremy Harris St John
75 Oliver Bartrum
75 Nick Fitzherbert
75 Nigel Legge
75 David Levy
76 Stuart Bell
77 Becky Munns
77 Ivan Fitzherbert
78 Jeremy Bevan
78 Andrew Carless
78 Nick Hicks-Beach
78 James Harper
78 Donald Norman
79 Mike Green
80 Alastair Bell
80 Richard Curry
81 James Howard
82 Alistair Curry
82 Mo Kimmins
84 Stephen Curry
84 Duncan Bell
95 John Gillespie
98 Michael Gillespie
99 Iain Ure
99 Chris Jenner
99 Ginny Robertson
99 Charlie Mortimer
99 Sophie Wood
99 Tim Melville
00 Penny Hewitt
01 Matt Bray
01 Jon Barker
01 Richard Simpson
02 Deborah Hewitt
02 Luke Maunder
03 Fay Dalby
03 Sally Rutty (matron)
04 Sukhuir Devgun
04 Sophie Edwards
04 Matthew Fong
05 James Chettle
91-04 Hugh Gammell (ex Housemaster)
Guests
67 Andrew Duncan (P)
75 Stuart Donnan (L)
82 James Birch (H)
76 Chris Oulton (W)
78 Julian Hill (W)
84 Alex Evans (V)
72 Johnnie Hooper (H)
85 Lucy Ives (G)
Guests
Peter James
Housemaster Will Lane
New Housemaster Stephen Hearn
Head of House – Henry Don
Alex East - monitor
Matron – Connie Mayo
Belinda Knox - Alumni Officer
2006 Dinner 
The annual ORA dinner was held at the The East India Club in London's St James Square on Tuesday May 9th. It was a new venue for 2006 as we needed more space - 100 ORs and OC guests turned up and everyone had a fantastic time!
John Peters, a member of Brooke Hall for some 35 years, was our special guest and he received a standing ovation for a talk - based on reminiscences of the House and the school - that was delivered with great warmth and passion.
Will Lane proved again that he has already mastered the art of the Housemaster's speech and James Harper summed up exactly what so many of us have been thinking about the sad loss of our OR friend Osei Adomakoh, who was killed in the Nigerian air crash last autumn. What made it al the more special was that we were joined for the evening by both Osei's brother Louis and his widow Penny.
 Attendees spanned the genarations from 1945 to 2005 and they came from far and wide - Nigel Donovan and Peter Willis Fleming flew in from the USA and Nick Freeland travelled from France. And once again we had a full turn out of Housemasters - David Summerscale and Ian Blake both came fro pre-dinner drinks and Hugh Gammell now sees himself as a fully-fledged, OR tie-wearing Old Robinite!
The full list of attendees follows and pictures of the evening - with many OR ties on show - are spread throughout the site.
Stand by for the 2007 dinner - which will be one week later that usual - the third Tuesday in May - due to the timing of the May Day bank holiday
1945
Guy Whittaker
1947
John Byrt Michael Inglis
1950
Michael Waring
1951
Brian Goodliffe
1954
Nigel Butterworth Brian Sharp
1956
Peter Costain
1957
Michel Sartori
1958
Peter Levy
1959
NA Mackinnon
1963
Harry Friedlander
1962
RM Gillespie Michael Garvin
1964
Peter Benka
1968
Malcolm Bell
1970
Charles Hume
1971
John Mickerson
1972
Mike Barsham Gerald Hovenden
1973
Andrew Ball Nigel Donovan Mark Uffen
1974
Stan Baring Jeremy Harris St John Clive Lawson Smith Tim Sewell Nick Freeland Louis Adomakoh
1975
Oliver Bartrum Nick Fitzherbert Nigel Legge David Levy Howard Rosen
1976
Stuart Bell Neil Lawson Smith Ali Rashidian Peter Willis Fleming
1977
Ivan Fitzherbert Rebecca Munns Nigel Sellars
1978
Jeremy Bevan James Harper Donald Norman
1979
Mike Green Penny Adomakoh Charles Wace
1981
Ian Wace
1982
Alistair Curry Martin Kimmins
1983
CHJ Davies
1984
Duncan Bell
1986
James Agace
1993
Bruce Packard
1995
John Gillespie
1998
Giles Barling Michael Gillespie Anwar Sheikh
1999
Charlie Mortimer Chris Jenner Ginny Robertson Sophie Wood
2001
Amardeep Devgun
2002
Charlie Barrow Jack Lawrence Sam Parton
2003
Edward Bell Timothy Emmott Sally Rutty (Matron 98-03) Lewis Carpenter Fay Dalby Sophie Edwards Sauruv Rana
2004
Fred Barrow Charlie Noble Rennie Hoare Hugh Gammell (Housemaster 91-04) Thomas Pitt Tom Tennant Sukhuir Devgun
2005
Elliot Carpenter
Guests 
John Peters
1971
John Hooper (G)
1972
Paul Williams (B)
1974
Mark Faldo (G)
1975
Stuart Donnan (L) Julian Mills (H) David Glover (B)
1980
Giles Schofield (S)
1984
Alex Evans (V) Simon Berry (V)
Robinites
Will Lane, Housemaster Nick Mills, House Tutor James Harris, Head of House Seb Munns, Monitor James Bell, Monitor
For pre-dinner drinks:
David Summerscale Ian Blake 
2005 Dinner
Last year's dinner was held at the Travellers Club, 106 Pall Mall, London SW1 on Tuesday May 10.
Housemasters past and present - David Summerscale, Ian Blake, Will Lane and Hugh Gammell, as Ian presents the new Housematers name board to Will. The board will hang between the private side and boys' side in Robinites. (Pic B05a)
100 years of Robinites
This was another special year for the ORA Dinner as it marked the Centenary of the House. We were delighted, therefore, that the current Headmaster, The Revd John Witheridge attended as our special guest.
The Headmaster wrote to the Hon Secretary on May 11 as follows:
Thank you so much for a splendid dinner at The Travellers! Everything had been organised beautifully. I thought the atmosphere was as cheerful and positive as any I can remember. A great occasion for Robinites and I felt priveleged to be part of it.
Welcoming Housemasters past & present
We were also very pleased to welcome Will Lane for the first time as Housemaster and he was accompanied by the house tutor Martin Crosby and the Head Monitor Richard Greensmith.
As it is the Centenary year we also invited Housemasters from previous generations. And it was fantastic to see David Summerscale (70-75), Ian Blake (76-91) and Hugh Gammell (91-04) all attending the dinner and all on great form.
Thanks
Special thanks go to Nigel Legge (75) for providing the beautiful venue, Ivan Fitzherbert (77) for assistance with the mailing, Hugh Marsden (60) who provided mints at the end of the meal and Richard Peskin (62) and Bob Lacey Thompson (40) who did not attend but each sent a contribution to the evening.
Looking to the future
There was discussion at the AGM and over dinner about how to encourage other members to contribute to the the dinner, in particular helping to fund free places for recent leavers. Nigel Legge and Will Lane also talked of their joint ambition to build a fund over time that could be used if and when current Robinite parents face short-term difficulties in finding the fees. If any members would like to talk further on this matter please contact Nick Fitzherbert.
Members attending
ORs attending this year spanned 65 years and came from far wide. David Summerscale was just back from Sri Lanka, David Traill (75) flew down from Edinburgh and Whitney Vosburgh (74) and Nigel Donovan (73) both came from America. Many people had not seen each other for 30 years or more and, thanks to the OR updates that have been coming in this year, we were all able to share a lot of news.
1930s
NH Neale 39
1940s
Neill Cox 41
GT Whitaker 45
MJ Perkins 46
P Vine 46
Michael Garvin 46
John Byrt 47
D Reeve 47
Simon Kimmins 48
1950s
Brian Goodliffe 51
Andrew Green 54
Gavin Roynon 54
Brian Sharp 54
1960s
Hugh Marsden 60
RM Gillespie 62
Timothy Harris 65
Malcolm Bell 68
Michael Stannard 69
1970s
Charles Hume 70
John Mickerson 71
Jeremy Stuart Smith 71
Stephen Drury 71
Nick Wisdom 71
Mike Barsham 72
Simon Bellars 72
Nigel Donovan 73
Stan Baring 74
Jeremy Harris St John 74
Whitney Vosburgh 74
Clive Lawson Smith 74
Nigel Legge 75
David Levy 75
Nick Fitzherbert 75
David Traill 75
David Cuff 75
Stuart Bell 76
Ivan Fitzherbert 77
Rebecca Munns 77
Osei Adomakoh 78
James Harper 78
Donald Norman 78
Nicholas Hicks-Beach 78
Andrew Carless 78
Mike Green 78
Charles Wace 79
1980s
James Howard 81
Alastair Curry 82
Nick Green 82
Duncan Bell 84
Anthony Kingsley 89
1990s
Nick Moore 94
Catherine Lewis-Norris 95
JWM Gillespie 95
Prinn Panitchpakdi 96
Nick Wheatley 96
Michael Gillespie 98
Foster Merrick 98
Giles Barling 98
Iain Ure 99
Charlie Mortimer 99
Virginia Robertson 99
2000
Nax d'Ambrumenil 00
Tom Kelly 00
Edward Bell 03
Lewis Carpenter 03
Rennie Hoare 04
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