Death of former teacher

It is with sadness that we record the death of Christopher Hew CARRUTHERS.  He joined the teaching staff at the College in September 1966 and as well as teaching Latin was an excellent all round sportsman and particularly enjoyed cricket.  He left in September 1973 to join Fettes College in Edinburgh.  He died peacefully at his home, Holmains, Dalton, Lockerbie, on 14th October 2024, aged 84 years.  A Private Cremation has taken place in accordance with his wishes.I believe he had a family connection to Fettes and the Carruthers family owned the lands of Holmains from at least the 14th century.

David Carr (S67-74) writes “I haven’t seen Chris for 40+ years although I used to swap news each Christmas with him, until about five years ago when he became ill. I can recall some background information on Chris.  He went to Fram in the late 1960s, and was housemaster of Rendlesham in 1970, taking over from Peter Clarke. He taught Latin,1st XV rugby, colts U16 cricket and hockey.  He left in 1974 to become a housemaster at Fettes, subsequently giving up teaching to take over as bursar/finance manager.  He became very involved with Scottish cricket.  Whilst at Fram, he played cricket occasionally for Deben Valley CC, and was a keen tourist with the Sou’westers CC (a team of mostly schoolmasters) who played as many as 20 fixtures each summer holiday in the South West, before giving playing up to become their President/scorer.  Chris told me an amusing story of an incident in the summer holidays at Fram, when he managed (after a few drinks) to overturn his car on a roundabout at Ipswich. Fearing the worst, when the police arrived (the officer attending was an OF) he was very relieved when PC Rose, who recognised him, did not breathalyse him. “