Husbands Tony Newton

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Biografie:
Tony Newton Husbands 1921-1995
Tony Husbands died in Derby on 3 January 1995. He was educated at Charterhouse and Clare College, Cambridge, where he did a chemistry degree in 1941/42 in a compressed course before being employed in North Wales on chemical warfare production for the remainder of the war. It was at this time that he was introduced to the hills and learned to climb. He joined the Climbers' Club in 1945 and will always be associated with Snowdonia. In later life he became an active officer and then a trustee of the Snowdonia National Park Society. After the war he worked for a drugs company in Slough. On his father's death he took over the family business of yeast merchants in Burton on Trent, selling the yeast to distilleries and food manufacturers. Active in many aspects of Burton life, he was past Chairman of the Allied Brewery Traders Association, President of the Burton Club and Burton Regatta and was Freeman of the Cities of London and Glasgow. He followed his father in becoming Master of the Worshipful Company of Coopers in the City of London.
He joined the Swiss Alpine Club in 1947 and was elected to the Alpine Club in 1968. He was a competent rock climber and at home on mixed Alpine routes. He was active on the AC Committee from 1983 to 1985 and was meticulous as Membership Secretary from 1984 to 1991. In the Alps he often climbed with a guide. A telephone call would establish the state of the route and arrangements were made to meet. These lightning forays ensured success on a number of routes: the Grepon, the Weisshorn traverse, the Dom/Tasch traverse and the Forbes arete.
Tony had a detailed knowledge of Snowdonia and many parts of Scotland where he was a frequent visitor and had a wide circle of friends. He was an excellent oarsman and shot and had great patience for deer-stalking (when not bird-watching). Unfortunately, he never fully recovered from a blood disorder contracted on an expedition to the Kangchenjunga region in 1985, but he walked the British hills to the end. He was also a very hospitable and sociable member of the Alpine Club who will be sadly missed both by his contemporaries and by a younger generation to whom he was a thoughtful and kindly companion.
Tony & Suzanne Strawther
Richard Coatsworth
Quelle: Alpine Journal Vol. 101. Nr. 291, 1996, Seite 324-325


Geboren am:
1921
Gestorben am:
03.01.1995