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Concordia Winter 2024 Obituaries

Tony Horrox (SCR 1977–2015)

58 T he entire MTS Community was saddened by the recent passing, after a lengthy illness, of former Head of Chemistry, Tony Horrox. For almost 40 years, Tony was a wonderful School Master and highly popular colleague who also served as the President of the Senior Common Room. To read about Tony’s immense contribution to life at Sandy Lodge, his Taylorian valedictory from 2015 is published in full on the website. OMT and current member of the SCR, David Robinson (2005–2012), enjoyed having Tony Horrox as a tutor whilst at school, and has offered his memories of his time spent with Tony below: Tony Horrox was my tutor for my first five years as a “ Merchant Taylors’ pupil. Joining such a large and (initially) intimidating school can be a turbulent time for an eleven year-old, so to be met with kind and friendly faces is essential to help ease the transition. Tony was that for me: he was gentle but exuded authority through his experience

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