New Members: July and December 2017

NEW MEMBERS

Lara Basirov

Lara was admitted to the Freedom by Redemption on the recommendation of Melville Haggard (Master 2015-’16). Lara obtained a Bachelor of Arts at St Andrew’s University. She worked from 2014-’17 for art dealer Simon Dickinson Ltd, and recently earned a Master of Arts at the Courtauld Institute of Art.

Mary-Anne Reddaway

Mary-Anne is the granddaughter of Edith Margery Jay Reddaway (née Horne), Freewoman. She is a second-generation Clothworker, but has a much longer connection through the Horne family, stretching nine generations back to 1753 when Thomas Horne, apprenticed to Edmund Smith, was made Free by Servitude and became a coal merchant by trade. Mary-Anne earned her degree from Lancaster University, and she currently works as an advertising account manager with Mindshare.

Angus Harley

Angus is a fifth-generation Clothworkers. The family connection goes back to 1871, when James Charles Harley was apprenticed to Benjamin Deffee and subsequently made Free by Servitude in 1878. Angus graduated from Southampton University with a degree in biomedical sciences. He is currently working at Roundwood Estate, where his father is the manager, and saving up to travel abroad. He hopes to continue in his career as an agronomist or in agricultural research.

George Harley

George works as a landscape architect with WHLandscape. He studied landscape architecture at the University of Gloucestershire and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons). He returned to the same university to complete a master’s degree in landscape architecture in 2014, and became a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute in 2017.

Thomas Harley

Thomas earned a Bachelor of Arts in modern languages (German and Russian) from the University of Bath. He speaks Russian and spent several years living in Russia after graduation. He works as an operations manager with Cartus (relocation specialists).

William Kernick

William Kernick is the son of Lucy Rawson (Assistant to the Court) and grandson of Peter Rawson (Master, 2004-’05). William graduated from Cambridge University in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in theology. During his studies, he won the Gamlingay Scholar Award, Seton Cavendish Prize, and Theological Prize. He is currently a financial analyst at the marketing firm Douse Associates.

Harry Kernick

Harry is William’s brother, and they were admitted to The Company together this past December. Harry is pursuing a degree in history from the University of Warwick, where he plays rugby. He recently interned for the professional services firm PwC, and before that held a variety of internship positions with Douse Associates.

Thomas Reading

Thomas Henry Britten Reading is a sixthgeneration Clothworker, the son of Mrs Penny Reading (Liverywoman, also known as Susan Penrice Reading), and grandson of Lt Col John Britten (Master, 1979-’80). Thomas is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Sciences in mathematics from Sheffield Hallam University, where he plays American football as well as cricket and rugby.

Beth Turgoose

Daughter of Joanne M Aylward and grandchild of Liveryman Anthony Case Aylward, Beth has joined her older siblings Emily, Owen, and Ben as a thirdgeneration Clothworker. Beth holds a Bachelor of Arts from Oxford Brookes University and is currently working as a creative and media executive with O2 (Telefonica). Previously Beth has served as an ambassador for One Young World, worked as a ‘Fashion Features’ assistant with Vogue, and volunteered as an orphanage worker and teacher through GapGuru.

Jack William Alexander Yonge

Jack is a fifth-generation Clothworker. Both of his paternal grandparents were Clothworkers (Nigel William Seville Yonge was Master Excused Service in 2002, and Sally Yonge was a Freewoman). Jack’s father is Andrew Yonge (Assistant to the Court). Jack is currently working towards a Master of Arts in history and international relations at the University of Aberdeen.

Sandra Chapman

Sandra, a sixthgeneration Clothworker, is joining many of her family members in The Company, including father Clive Martin, uncles Paul and Howard Martin, and cousins Gemma and Helen (both of whom became Free of the Company with Sandra in December). Sandra works as an office manager for Action East Devon and is married with two daughters.

Gemma Hill

Daughter of Paul Martin (Freeman), Gemma is a sixth-generation Clothworker. The family connection with The Company began in 1850, when her great-greatgreat-grandfather, Edward Martin (a waterman and lighterman by trade), was made Free of the Company through apprenticeship. Gemma studied advertising management at Bournemouth University and now works as a brand manager for Mothercare UK.

Helen Martin

Helen is Gemma’s sister, also the daughter of Paul Martin (Freeman) and a sixth-generation Clothworker. She works in marketing and as a graphic designer for Education South West.