WHEELER-ROBINSON Nicholas 1936-2022

[Richard R]

From the Times of 11 June 2022: WHEELER-ROBINSON Nicholas, 30/09/1936-03/06/2022. Passed away peacefully at his care home in Oxfordshire after a short illness. Beloved father to Charlie, Olivia and Caleb, husband to Rachel. Educationalist, teacher, headmaster of secondary comprehensive schools. Organiser of amateur music events and keen poet, historian and Eric Gill enthusiast. Kind and generous above all else, he will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Charity donations in memory to the Trussell Trust. Private family funeral.

He m 1982 Rachel Penelope b 1952 d of Rt Rev Stephen Edmund VERNEY 1919-2009 (s of Lt-Col Sir Harry Calvert Williams VERNEY 4th Bt 1881-1924 and Lady Rachel Catherine BRUCE 1890-1964 d of 9th Earl of ELGIN & [13th of] KINCARDINE 1849-1917, gd of 9th Earl of SOUTHESK 1827-1905 and gt gd of 1st Earl of GAINSBROUGH 1781-1866 etc etc) and Priscilla Avice Sophie SCHWERDT 1924-74, and had two sons and a dau as above.

[Paul Theroff]

Obituary written by his son at: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/sep/02/nicholas-wheeler-robinson-obituary