Elgar Guy Lawrence
Guy Lawrence had a lifelong passion for fly-fishing.
The following comes from the Old Malvernian, Issue 32, 2020
Elgar Guy Lawrence (5.43-45) House Prefect. Guy joined the Navy just after the war had ended, and in mid-1946 was drafted as Ordinary Seaman on HMS Gambia for an 18-month tour of the Far East. In March 1949 he set off for Port Sudan with a couple of rifles, saddles, and other goods and chattels to work on the Sudan Plantation Scheme.
He learned Arabic and developed a love of polo. On leave in England in April 1953 he married Pamela. Their three-month honeymoon included driving through France and Spain, exploring Scotland, and seats at Hyde Park for the Coronation procession. After two more years in the Sudan, Guy moved to Singapore to work for Shell. He subsequently worked in Libya, Kuwait, Qatar, Aden, London, Brunei and Nigeria. Pamela and Guy retired to Somerset taking over his family farm, with occasional visits to friends to Kenya and New Zealand.
Polo continued to be a big part of his life; Guy loved his ponies, Purdie and Fizz, on which he would ride with the Hunt in winter and play polo in the summer. He arranged outings to the Coronation Cup and Windsor Great Park, and sponsored the Ethiopian Shield at Taunton Vale until 2018. Guy also had a lifelong passion of fly-fishing, and in later life he travelled to New Zealand, Patagonia, Iceland and Russia on fishing trips. However, he had a special fondness for the river Spey, where he caught his first salmon at the age of 15 and his last at the age of 89. Guy is survived by his son, daughter and four grandchildren. Died 20 March 2019, aged 91.