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V A L E T E
O B I T U A R I E S
of Air Pilots and Navigators
Guild and a member of Lloyds.
John was the much-loved
husband of the late Pamela,
father of William and James
and grandfather of Georgina,
Tommy and Jemima.
DART – On 12th September
2017, John Hibbert Dart (E,
1926-1930), aged 106. The
following words were provided
by his wife Jill:
John was born in New
Westminster, Canada and
came to St Edward’s in 1924.
He went to Imperial College
London for his BSc degree.
In 1936 he went to Storeys
of Lancaster as an industrial
chemist and from 1939 was
in various managerial posts
for the rest of his career. In
the War he was also a Special
Constable. John had already
come to love and serve Christ
His Master and helped lead
many youth camps, some for
East End children. Throughout
his life he loved and worked
with the youth particularly and
was loved by them throughout
his life at St Thomas Church of
England, Lancaster. He became
a lay reader in the 1940s and
in later years was a member
of the general Synod of the
Church of England for 15
years amongst other things.
John married Jill who survives
him. He loved sport and in his
younger days played hockey
for Lancaster as well as rugby.
He later climbed in the Lakes
and very often had a bunch
of youngsters with him. He
climbed in Europe for decades
including the Matterhorn
amongst other peaks. The
Thanksgiving Service to God
for John’s life was with a full
church many who had been in
his youth groups over decades.
He was still a much-loved
member of St Thomas Church
and was so thankful to God
for a church full of people of
all ages.
DAY – In 2016, Robert John
Day, (D, 1944-1950).
Robert was born 9th
September 1931. At St
Edward’s he was in the Rowing
VIII before leaving to study at
Exeter College, Oxford where
he obtained a 1st class degree
in Forestry in 1954. He studied
further for an MSc at the
University of New Brunswick
from 1956-1958 and made a
career in the Canadian Forestry
Department in Calgary before
moving back to academia at the
University of Toronto.
Mark Daymond was born in
Trowbridge on 5th September
1936. His early education
was undertaken by nuns at
a girls’ convent school in
Warminster! Subsequently he
began boarding at the age of
eight at Chafyn Grove School
in Salisbury. Moving to St
Edward’s, Oxford, as a boarder
in 1950, he was introduced by
Warden Kendall to Portmellon
(near Mevagissey in Cornwall),
a place that he loved and was
to become very significant for
the rest of his life.
joining the Board in 1977 as
Personnel and Administration
Director. During this time he
and Margot bought a holiday
home in Portmellon where they
spent as much time as possible,
whilst bringing up four children –
a son and three daughters –
in Ealing.
In 1984 Mark joined the
board of Remploy Ltd as
Personnel Director. At that time
Remploy specialised in employing
disabled people in their many
factories around the country. His
colleague wrote: “Mark ran the
operation with skill, intelligence
and his characteristic good
humour. He made two massive
contributions to the disabled
community. Firstly he was largely
instrumental in developing the
strategy of placing employees in
jobs in the community. This took
a lot of political manoeuvring at
first but ultimately resulted in
the doubling of disabled people
assisted by Remploy. Mark was
also one of the founders of the
international organisation for
the employment of disabled
people; he helped to recruit
organisations from all over
the world and, ably assisted
by Margot, ran conferences
to develop understanding of
ways to help. Mark was hugely
respected by colleagues all over
the world.”
Mark took early retirement
at 57, and he and Margot
moved first to Box in Wiltshire
and finally down to their house
in Cornwall. He continued to
fulfil a number of non-executive
and voluntary roles. He was
very committed to education
and served as a governor in
three different schools – one
state primary, his preparatory
school – Chafyn Grove, and,
of course, St Edward’s. He
thought that education should
be an all-round experience
and not overly focussed on
the academic. Unsurprisingly,
and making the most of his
experience, he was most
DAYMOND – On 5th April
2018, Mark Daymond, (E,
1950-1955). The following
obituary has been provided by
his son, Nicholas Daymond:
On leaving school it had
always been Mark’s aim to
become a doctor. However,
his A levels were insufficiently
good enough for him to
obtain a grant to medical
school and so this idea was
abandoned. In spite of the
elusiveness of Chemistry A
level, Mark greatly enjoyed his
time at Teddies, playing rugby,
rowing, involved in drama and
becoming Head Prefect. His
association with the school
proved to be enduring since
he served as a Governor from
1984 until 2006.
Mark Daymond (second from left, front row)
National Service gave Mark
two years to think about
alternative careers, some of
which time was spent with
the Wiltshire Regiment on
active service in Cyprus. After
demobilisation, he was taken
on as an Assistant Master at
Chafyn Grove for a year before
joining Arthur Guinness at the
Park Royal Brewery in West
London as an Under-Brewer.
Through involvement in amateur
dramatics at Guinness, he met
Margot, his kindred spirit and
soulmate, whom he married in
1960. Mark continued to work
at Guinness gaining promotions
to the new Computer
Department, to the Work
Study Department, as General
Services Manager, before finally