It is with great sadness that we announce the death of John W G Brown (ON 1948-1955) on the 4th March 2023. He died peacefully at home, in San Francisco.

John was a Foundation Scholar of the School and was in Cooper's House.

The positions of responsibility he held were Prefect, House Captain, Captain of Boats. He was also in the CCF (Army section), a member of the choir and was awarded the West Memorial Prize in 1955.

As President of the Friends of Nottingham High School (US) from 2010-2020 many of you living in the US will know John. He was hugely passionate about Nottingham High School and in gratitude for the education he received, and the opportunities his education afforded him, he coordinated the US donations each year, for 10 years, to the School's Bursary Fund. During his tenure an incredible $148K was gifted to the School. We are incredibly grateful to him for supporting us in this way.

We featured John in the ON magazine Summer 2017 which gave a fascinating insight into his time at Nottingham High School - to read the full article on pages 24 and 25, please click on this link ON Magazine - Summer 2017