Laurence Cable OB RIP
Notification has come in regarding the passing of Laurence Cable, an OB from the 1950s, who sadly passed away on February 13 2023. We pass our sympathy to his family. RIP Laurence
Jimmy Dolan OB RIP
We have been notified of the sad news that Jimmy Dolan passed away on 11 March. He was born in Glasgow where his grandfather had been Lord Provost. He worked for BEA, before emigrating to Australia where he worked for QUANTAS. He was at Fort in the 1950’s.. We pass our sympathy to his family.…
Des Martin OB RIP
Dr John van Bavel has kindly notified us of the sad news of the passing of his fellow OB and friend Des Martin; Des attended Carlekemp and Fort Augustus leaving in 1960. He was more academic than sporting. He continued a line of school captains who went on to study Medicine at Glasgow University (Des…
James Christopher Hamilton (nee Devlin) OB RIP
The FAOBA has been informed of the death of James Christopher Hamilton (nee Devlin) who recently died on October 19, 2022 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was a student at Fort Augustus in the late 1940s. He kept in touch with old boys and visited Fort. Augustus several times. in 1991 he was invested as…
Nigel Guthrie RIP
The FAOBA has been informed of the death of Nigel Guthrie on Monday 29 August 2022. Nigel attended Carlekemp from 1947 to 1953 and was a regular attendee of the Old Boys dinners. Nigel enjoyed reminiscing with his fellow OBs. We pass our sympathy to his wife and family. RIP
John Bryan Greenwood RIP
The FAOBA has been informed of the death of John Bryan Greenwood, an old boy of FA who died on 14th July Aged 94, born 1928 and was the Abbey School in the early 40s. RIP
Father Robert Mackenzie OSB RIP
It is with regret that the news of the death of Fr Robert MacKenzie OSB is announced. Fr Robert died peacefully on 23 May 2022 at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. He had been in a nursing home in Edinburgh when he had a fall and was transferred to hospital. He was due to fly back home…
Scottish Child Abuse Enquiry Report
On 11 August 2021, Lady Smith, Inquiry chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, published her report The provision of residential care in boarding schools for children in Scotland by the Benedictine monks of Fort Augustus Abbe y between 1948 and 1991 at Carlekemp Priory School, North Berwick, and Fort Augustus Abbey School, Invernesshire The…
Stephen Orban 1974 – 2018
News has been received of the unfortunate passing of Stephen Orban, one of the OBs from the last days of the school. Stephen was at the school from around 1989 until it closed. He died on 20th September 2018 in Cleveland, USA. He was born Oct. 4th, 1974 in Naples, Italy, while his father was…
Pat Barron RIP
We sadly announce the sudden passing of Pat Barron, one of our OBs from the 50s who attended Carlekemp as well as the Abbey. Pat was a regular attender of the AGM and OB dinners. We pass on our condolences to Gill, his wife.