Andrew Hope, GG’66

Andrew Robert Hope, 1950-1967

Andrew Hope died barely a week before he was due to return to School for his first term in the VIth Form, and shortly after returning from a holiday at the coast with his family.

He came to Falcon in 1964 from St. Francis’ College, Kitwe, and entered George Grey House. Academically he was extremely promising, and he achieved distinguished results in the recent “O” level examinations.

He was quiet and modest by nature, and he had many friends and wide interests. His tragic death at the age of 16 seems to underline the sense of waste that so much promise should remain unfulfilled.

To the parents and family of this young man we extend our very deepest sympathy.

From “The Falcon” Magazine, 1966, published in March 1967

Footnote: The Andrew Hope Memorial Prize was awarded for the first time in 1967. The award is based on a choice of essays embracing the two cultures of Science and the Humanities
and demanding a good deal of research by its competitors was named after Andrew

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Had two weeks hols after Falcon, then joined the BSAP for a 2-year contract; did Police Display, horse escorts & a posting to Inyanga (hardship huh!), then bought myself out in June '81. Moved to UK a month later, did a course in advertising and marketing, then got a job with a small ad agency in Wimbledon before moving to my current job with Grass Roots Group, where I design processes for motivation websites. Home life = wife Nicola + 4 daughters & 2 sons; also help out at my local lifeboat station, and am keen on photography (www.flickr.com/photos/bushtick), singing with a chamber choir and a bit on the side for the Falcon Old Boys.