Obituaries
systems to specific business sectors, including the construction industry to recruitment agencies, and this business continued successfully into the 1990s. In 1994 he married his second wife, Julia, who shared his love of holidays in France, music, photography and long walks in the Surrey countryside. His other interests were fast cars, skiing and cats. For more than 20 years, he was a trustee of the Friends of Guy’s Hospital, which entailed supporting their computer system, producing their annual reports and contributing to decisions about the best use of funds to support patients, relatives and staff. He retired early from his role as Operations Director of In Practice Systems Ltd, a leading primary healthcare software provider, after fifteen years of service. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2001 but remained positive throughout his illness. Dearly loved by many, his strength and courage will continue to be an inspiration. Peter’s wife, Julia, contributed this obituary.
He was a keen sailor and was always very happy sailing on his boat with friends. He also loved the family holiday home in the Alps – skiing in winter and sitting on the terrace with family, friends and a glass of wine in summer. Most of all, he enjoyed spending time with the family, particularly his grandchildren, for whom he always repaired any of their broken toys in his workshop. Sadly, this enjoyment was cut short when a brain tumour was diagnosed in May 2012, and he died peacefully at home a few months later. He was a generous and sociable host, reflected in more than 300 people turning up to his memorial service in the Old Library. Weston’s wife, Jean, has contributed significantly to this obituary.
Moelwyn Weston Howell (1958-65) 24.01.1947 - 25.06.2013
Moelwyn Howell came to Dulwich from Torridon Primary School in Catford, like his older brother, Weston, and was in Drake. While at the College he was in the swimming team. After leaving Dulwich, he became an articled clerk at
Dr Clifford Weston Howell (1952-60) 17.04.1941 - 16.08.2012
Weston Howell (he was always known by his second name) was born in south Wales in 1941 and stayed there with his mother for the duration of the war. His mother returned with him to Catford when he was five so that he could start school. He came
an accountancy firm and on completing his accounting studies, he became a chartered accountant and later a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He initially bought property in London and developed a career as an accountant in the UK and Europe. He emigrated to Australia in 1978, where he married and had three daughters and two sons. Moelwyn furthered his career in Australia, focusing on company accounting and holding senior management roles in various organisations in the manufacturing and health sectors, and for the government. He had a life-long love of sport which started while he was at Dulwich, where he developed a passion for rugby union. He played for London Welsh and Sydney Welsh rugby clubs, as well as a few other local teams in Sydney. Sadly, Moelwyn passed away on 25 June 2013 after a stroke. He is greatly missed and fondly remembered by all his family and friends. One of his daughters contributed this obituary.
to Dulwich with a scholarship from Torridon Road Primary School in Catford and was in Drake. While at Dulwich he was a good rugby player, which was when he used to think of himself as Welsh. He played for the College 1st XV in his O level year and for London Welsh while still at school, but getting tuberculosis at the end of the Remove year put an end to his rugby playing. After leaving the College, he went to Guy’s Hospital, London, as a medical student, and soon met Jean there, who was training to be a radiographer. Weston and Jean married and on qualification as a doctor, he became a junior house officer in Brighton, where Pippa, the first of four daughters, was born. Shortly after, he joined the Royal Navy, which gave him his life-long love of the sea and boats, to do his National Service as a medical officer in Malta, where a second daughter, Sian, was born. After leaving the Navy, he briefly returned to Brighton as a senior house officer, before he was appointed Registrar at King’s College Hospital in Denmark Hill in 1967. He he spent more than 30 years there. He had a break from King’s with a year’s fellowship in 1971 at Baylor Medical School, in Houston, Texas, developing his speciality in cardiac anaesthesia. A third daughter, Nina, was born in Houston, before the growing family returned to London and Weston became a consultant anaesthetist in 1973 at King’s. A fourth and final daughter, Beccy, was born at King’s in 1973. He remained at King’s and was Clinical Director there for ten years until his retirement in 2001.
Dr Steve Hoyle (Honorary Staff Member 1981-2011) 03.02.1952 – 01.05.2012
Steve Hoyle was educated at Bradford Grammar School and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, where he read Geography. He
remained at SOAS to do a PhD in Geography, finally leaving in 1976 and moving to Bedford College, also at the
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