Obituaries
Peter and Jean married in the summer of 1949 and together produced two daughters and one son. After he took early retirement, they moved back south to Wiltshire where he could devote more time to gardening. He created a lovely garden from scratch, with botanically interesting as well as beautiful herbaceous borders, and grew much of the family’s fruit and vegetables. He was also able to indulge his love of books and adding to his own collection. It was a love of theatre and involvement in amateur dramatics which had brought Peter and Jean together in the first place in Cambridge, and this continued to be a life-long, shared interest. In retirement they both enthusiastically supported the Theatre Royal in Bath and the Salisbury Playhouse, and they also enjoyed trips to London theatres, especially the Globe on the South Bank, until deteriorating health precluded such long journeys from home. But they were still able to celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary with a trip around their favourite parts of the Cotswolds. Although a heart condition meant that he suffered from increasingly poor health in his last years, Peter was still able to enjoy his garden and remain at home almost until the end, when he died peacefully in Salisbury District Hospital. He is missed by his family and friends and remembered by them as a very kind man, always thoughtful of others and a wise and shrewd listener. He is survived by his wife, Jean, and three children. One of his daughters contributed significantly to this obituary.
as he became Manager of Prudential in Lahore, Pakistan. In 1971, he joined Noble Lowndes and returned to Singapore as Managing Director there for several years. In 1981 David, Lisbie and their, by now, three children finally moved back to the UK and he joined Allied Dunbar as an Independent Financial Consultant, with great success until retirement. He spent his retirement playing golf, dog walking, doing the The Telegraph crossword every day and enjoying his family and his seven granddaughters. He was a keen armchair sports fan and an avid fan of tennis player, Andy Murray, so was particularly pleased to see him win the Men’s Singles title at Wimbledon in 2013, the first British winner of that title for 77 years. He died on 25 September 2013 after bravely bearing a two year illness. His family miss him very much, in particular his wonderful sense of humour, gentle kindness and great family spirit. David’s wife, Lisbie, contributed this obituary.
Peter William Wilmot-Dear (1939-43; Staff 1951-52) 15.08.1925 – 09.12.2013
Peter Wilmot-Dear was the younger of two brothers who came to the College from the Prep. His brother, Arthur, who was at the College between 1937 and 1941, was reported missing in action during the Second World War in April 1945.
Andrew Franklin Wilson (1958-65) 19.12.1946 – 26.03.2013
Peter arrived at the College with a school scholarship in 1939, was in Grenville and was a prefect during his final year. After leaving Dulwich, he went to St John’s College, Cambridge, for a Natural Sciences degree, where he was also cox for one of the College’s boats. After graduation he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR). He used to remind people jokingly of the fact that shortly after he joined the RNVR, the Japanese surrendered. He was posted as a radar operator on HMS Formidable, which was ferrying servicemen back from the Far East, and he often needed to use his ingenuity to repair the radar equipment with pieces of wire. After demobilisation in 1947, Peter worked briefly in electronics research and development at Mullards, which later became Philips. But in 1948, he returned to Cambridge to do teacher training, where he met his future wife, Jean Thompson. His first teaching post was at Westminster City School for two years, then a single year back at Dulwich, followed by many happy and productive years at King’s School, Peterborough. Several of that school’s former pupils recall him not only as an inspirational teacher, but also as the single-handed producer, director, stage manager and make-up artist for many memorable school plays. He eventually moved to become Head of Science at Stevenage Girls’ Grammar School, before later moving to Wyndham School, in Egremont, Cumbria, from which he took early retirement in 1974.
Andrew Wilson came to Dulwich from Dalmain Road Primary School in Forest Hill and was in Sidney. While at the College, he was a prefect and was such a promising swimmer that he was in the College swimming team for four consecutive years
from 1961-62. He also represented Great Britain in the u18 water polo team in 1964 and as a swimmer in 1965. After leaving the College, Andy took a gap year with the primary purpose of gaining selection for the England 1966 Commonwealth Games team. This was successful, although ill health in Jamaica prevented him from fulfilling his full potential. He returned from Jamaica to go to University of Sheffield, and also continued his international swimming career as well as playing u21 water polo for his country. After university, he spent a few years working as a journalist before moving into university administration at the University of Birmingham. He continued to write and over the years regularly had swimming-related books and articles published. In 1969 he married fellow international swimmer and Tokyo Olympian, Judy Gegan, and together they worked tirelessly for swimming in the West Midlands. They taught, coached and performed administration of swimming clubs as well as swimming regularly themselves. The late 1980s
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