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His brother Charles Carter OBE (R61-69) sadly advises us that his brother, JEM Carter died peacefully in the early hours of this morning in his carehome in Norfolk.  As many contemporaries will be aware he collapsed with a brain haemorrhage some 40 years ago whilst serving as a Major in the Army.  Charles and JEM (Jay) visited the College a few years ago and he had many happy memories, particularly of his time as Head Boy in 1970-71.

His funeral will be held at 13:30 on Wednesday 23 September 2026 at Our Lady of Pity, Swaffham, PE37 7HP.  All very welcome and there will be refreshments afterwards.

Professor John Iliffe (G52-57)  died on 20 August 2026 at the age of 87.  His late brother Charles (G48-53), his nephews Mark Iliffe (G80-88) and Simon (G82-90) all attended the College.  John is a Distinguished OF – click here for his entry.

His funeral will be at 11:00am on Monday 28th September St John’s College Chapel Cambridge.

Tributes have been paid to a distinguished St John’s College Cambridge University researcher renowned for his life’s work in African history and the following has been sent in by the family.

John Iliffe MA PhD LittD, Emeritus Professor of African History, wrote many notable books on Africa and specialised in Tanzania, where he taught at the University of Dar es Salaam for several years. 

Professor Iliffe was educated at Framlingham College, Suffolk, and Peterhouse, Cambridge. After completing his PhD, he taught at the University of Dar es Salaam from 1965-1971

He became a Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge, in 1971, when he was appointed University Assistant Director of Research in History. From 1980-90 he was Reader in African History and was Professor of African History from 1990 until his retirement in 2006. He was working on his latest research until recently and died on Thursday 20 August 2026.

“African history owes John a staggering debt in his sheer curiosity, his extraordinary appetite for gruelling hard work, his courage in publishing in so many areas of others’ expertise, perhaps above all his intellectual capacity to lodge intimate human anxieties, hopes, obligations, determination and expectation in long spans of continental-wide change and continuity, said Professor John Lonsdale, Emeritus Professor of Modern African History and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.  

“To those who had the good fortune to know him he will be sorely missed. And future scholarly generations who will never know him personally, will, so long as reading continues, benefit from engaging with his thoughts, always expressed in such clear and uncomplicated prose. His combination of query and encouragement was always so positive.”

Arriving soon after the unification of Zanzibar and Tanganyika as the independent republic of Tanzania, Professor Iliffe was a central figure of Dar es Salaam’s ‘School of African history’, which focused on African agency. 

“African history owes John a staggering debt in his sheer curiosity”

A Fellow of the British Academy from 1989 to 2006, his seminal books include A Modern History of Tanganyika(1979), which he researched while teaching in the East African country, the comprehensive Africans: The History of a Continent (first ed 1995), and Honour in African History (2005).

In 1988 the African Studies Association awarded Professor Iliffe the Herskovits Prize – now known as the ASA Book Prize – for The African Poor: A History (1987), which gained him recognition in US academia.

Professor Iliffe taught generations of St John’s students as a Lecturer and Supervisor in History until 2015. Professor Simon Szreter, Professor of History and Public Policy and a Fellow of St John’s College, learned under him as an undergraduate.

“John’s wonderfully thorough and eye-opening lectures and classes enabled a complete novice in African history to grapple enjoyably with the primary sources of French and English missionaries, colonial authorities and translated Baganda memoirs,” said Professor Szreter.

Professor Lonsdale said Professor Iliffe’s Modern History of Tanganyika ‘is still the best national history of any new African state’. 

“Nobody else has tackled such a humane variety of historical topics: African famine, African capitalism, the many different senses of African honour, political biography, the birth of the East African medical profession, the suffering and endurance of the African poor over the centuries, the AIDS epidemic, culminating in his absolutely essential  Africans, The History of a Continent – from the origins of humankind to the present day – and of which the third edition appeared from the Cambridge University Press in 2017

His daughter has advised us that her father David sadly passed away peacefully at Ipswich Hospital on 14th July, 2026, aged 87 years old.

Funeral service followed by internment was held at Brandeston Church on Tuesday, 18th August at 11 a.m.

His death was announced in the Telegraph on 6 July 2026.

He died peacefully on 30th June 2026 aged 91. Beloved husband of Anne for 66 years and father of Deirdre, Katie and Priscilla, grandfather of Serena, Theo, William and Lara. The funeral service was at St Mary’s Church, Stoke D’Abernon, KT11 3PX on 15th July 2026. Family flowers only, donations if desired to Help for Heroes or Princess Alice Hospice. He was the brother of Distinguished OF Lt Col Robert Lynn Stevens OBE (S51-55).

James Ruddock-Broyd (G46-52) writes that he recalls many conversations with John as he had a career in the Royal Corps of Signals and I had done two years National Service in the Corps with two UK postings in unusual units so I will look forward to the military part of John’s obituary.  My last meetings with John were annually at the Wine Society AGM in Westminster Conference Centre 10 and more years ago so it was ironic that his death notice in the press was on the day of this year’s AGM.

His wife Jennie has advised us that he had died on 13 June 2025.  He was the brother of David Richard Metcalf (R50-55).

A family funeral service was held at the Cam Valley Crematorium on the 15^th July 2026, followed by a family gathering at Haverhill Golf Club.  He died after enduring some years of ill health and is survived by his wife, Jennie, and children Claire and Matthew, seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He lost his elder son, Simon, in 1998.

The following is a tribute sent by his cousin Peter Metcalf (R55-60) :

The death is announced of Roger John Metcalf, ACII, on 13^th June 2026 at the age of 85 at St Nicholas Hospice in Bury St Edmunds. A service was conducted at the Cam Valley Crematorium on the 15^th July, followed by a family gathering at Haverhill Golf Club.         He died after enduring some years of ill health and is survived by his wife, Jennie, and children Claire and Matthew, seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He lost his elder son, Simon, in 1998.

Roger was one of several OFs who attended the College. His family included his father, Robert William Metcalf, 4224, 1917-21, FICA, his uncles Maurice Arthur Metcalf, 4454, 1920-24, and Thomas Coates Metcalf, 4663, 1923-27, TD.  Also his brother, David Richard Metcalf, 6174, 1950-55, ACA, and his cousin, Peter Russell Metcalf, 6599, 1955-60, MICE.

Roger played hockey – his favourite sport, for Richmond and subsequently Morpeth, Northumberland, where he was chairman of the club. He, on one or two occasions, played with his son, Simon, in the same team. They toured all over NE England. He also represented the OFs against the College.

Roger worked initially for the Atlas Assurance Co, and subsequently moved into business with Express Dairy and finally Unichem, managing their large warehouses in London.

His other pursuits included golf, gardening –  where his knowledge was much sought after, and bridge.

His ashes are buried with his eldest son , Simon, at Saffron Walden Radwinter Road Cemetery.

His son James advised us that he had died in November 2025.  He was the brother of Keith Ian Treadaway (R60-65) who died in 1994.

His daughter, Alice Massey, notified us that he had died back in 2021 and has provided the obituary attached.

James Ruddock-Broyd advises us that John died on 5 June 2026.

Further details to follow

We are sad to announce that Brian passed away following a long illness on Friday 22^nd May, aged 84 years.

The funeral service is to take place on Friday 3^rd July at 11:00am at St Mary’s Church Little Bentley, and afterwards at Lawford Venture Centre.  Family flowers only, donations in memory of Brian to Alzheimer’s Society.

The family would prefer smart, respectful traditional funeral attire, and where possible men are requested to wear Old Framlinghamian, sports, or club ties.

If you wish to attend, please contact PG Oxley Funeral Service, Frinton-on-Sea 01255 675549 or frinton@pgoxley.co.uk

He was a stalwart of the OFGS and Halford Hewitt teams and a member of Frinton-On-Sea Golf Club and Captain in 2013 of the East Anglian Farmers Golf Society.

Our condolences to Sue and the family.