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Nigel, born on 11 October 1936, spent much of his early childhood in Lucknow and Hyderabad States in India, where his father was Chief of Police. After the Second World War, Nigel returned to England. Going first to Pilgrim’s Prep School before joining Lancing College in 1950, where he excelled at Cricket and Athletics.
After leaving Lancing Nigel completed his National Service in the Royal Artillery being based mostly in Oldenburg West Germany and seeing action in the Suez Crisis. He then joined the tobacco company Gallaher, as a management trainee, rising through the ranks via various positions in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, to become Managing Director of the cigar subsidiary J.R.Freeman’s in Cardiff, before transferring to London to become Gallaher Group Finance Director.
He still managed to find time for his love of cricket, playing regularly for Cowbridge and the South Wales Hunt Cricket Clubs, before taking up golf at Cottrell Park. After retiring from Gallaher he took up an interest in horse racing, owning and running horses both on the flat and point to point.
Nigel married Anne in 1961 and they had three children Judith, Stephen (Head’s 1976-1981) and Carolyn. Nigel and Anne celebrated 50 years of marriage in 2011 and have spent almost 50 years being based in Cowbridge, South Wales.
Nigel died peacefully on 23 February 2019. Nigel is survived by his wife Anne and his children Judith, Stephen and Carolyn, as well as grandchildren, Rosie (Handford 2009-2011), Michael, James, Edward, and James Louis.
Stephen Anderson (Head’s 1976-1981)