THE PETERITE Vol. LIII
OCTOBER, 1961
No. 358
OBITUARY THE RT. REV. H. H. WILLIAMS The School has lost by death one of its most famous Old Boys of all time in the person of the Rt. Rev. Henry Herbert Williams. Dr. Williams was 88, and had been in failing health for some time. Dr. Williams was at St. Peter's School from 1884-1891, and after a distinguished School career went on as a Hastings Exhibitioner to The Queen's College, Oxford. In the course of a long and distinguished life he will perhaps best be remembered as Principal of St. Edmund Hall from 1913 to 1920, and as Bishop of Carlisle for the next twenty-six years. For very many years Dr. Williams was President of the Old Peterite Club, and only resigned reluctantly from that office long after his retirement from Carlisle, and when it became apparent to him that he was not able to travel and attend meetings and conferences as he would have wished. At the Memorial Service held in Carlisle Cathedral on 2nd October, 1961, the School was represented by Mr. T. J. Lewis, the Secretary of the Old Peterite Club. Dr. Williams last visited St. Peter's School on 2nd July, 1944, when he preached the Commemoration Sermon.
REV. CANON A. E. FARROW Canon Farrow was at St. Peter's in the early years of the century and took his B.A. degree at Durham University in 1908, being ordained in the same year. He held curacies at Wigan and Sheffield and remained in the latter place as Vicar until 1937, when he went to Ashbourne as Vicar. He remained there until 1949, having been an honorary Canon of Derby and Rural Dean of Ashbourne. Canon Farrow died on 20th September and a memorial service was held in Derby Cathedral on 30th September.
J. W. S. GALE It was with a tremendous shock that we learned of the death of John William Stuart Gale on 5th August last, as a result of an accident. John Gale came to us in September, 1955, and from the very first his smiling face and cheerful disposition endeared him to everyone with whom he came into contact. He soon showed, both in House and School, that he was a boy who would make his mark in many different fields of School activities. His willingness at all times to make every effort to achieve his various objectives was a source of inspiration and encouragement to others. 1
