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RIP - Lord Wedderburn Of Charlton

church-lane
church-lane Posts: 944
edited March 2012 in General Charlton
Bill Wedderburn died on March 9th - Look him up.

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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,307
    RIP

    http://www.humanism.org.uk/about/people/distinguished-supporters/lord_wedderburn
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,509
    edited March 2012
    I knew of him as a supporter of Secularism but didn't know about the Charlton collection.

    A life well lived
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,042
    RIP
  • jonwed
    jonwed Posts: 1
    My Dad, so... thanks. He'd been ill for quite a while and hadn't been able to make it down to The Valley. But he still listened to matches on CAFC Player until a few weeks ago: he had been enjoying this season as you can imagine!

    He grew up on the New Cross Road and was a regular in his younger days (and was still when he took me as a kid to a lot of home games in the late seventies / early eighties). In fact, I never knew till we were talking as a family this weekend that his Dad took to his first match aged TWO :)
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/mar/12/lord-wedderburn-of-charlton
  • Floyd Montana
    Floyd Montana Posts: 3,730
    My Dad, so... thanks. He'd been ill for quite a while and hadn't been able to make it down to The Valley. But he still listened to matches on CAFC Player until a few weeks ago: he had been enjoying this season as you can imagine!

    He grew up on the New Cross Road and was a regular in his younger days (and was still when he took me as a kid to a lot of home games in the late seventies / early eighties). In fact, I never knew till we were talking as a family this weekend that his Dad took to his first match aged TWO :)
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/mar/12/lord-wedderburn-of-charlton
    A fine man - you must be very proud Jon.
    My sympathies are with you and your family.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,274
    Agree with Floyd's words. Thanks for sharing the info.

    I see he went to Whitgift, the school where John Humphrey teaches (or teached).

  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,932
    RIP
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 29,025
    edited March 2012
    Looks familiar.

    RIP.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,163
    Sympathies for your loss jonwed
  • bristoladdick
    bristoladdick Posts: 1,156
    Sounds a principled man who lived a full life.
    My sympathies and best wishes to you, Jon, and your family.

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  • Heath Hero
    Heath Hero Posts: 1,521
    In the employment law world, Lord Wedderburn is one of those doyens that everyone has heard of. I never knew until yesterday though that the "of Charlton" was due to the fact that he was a fan - I always assumed that it was simply where he was born, and even then I assumed that it wouldn't be SE7 but a different Charlton somewhere else in the country. RIP and my condolences jonwed.
  • EastStand
    EastStand Posts: 4,111
    I didn't even know we had a lord.

    RIP.

    And my condolences too jonwed.
  • Granpa
    Granpa Posts: 2,995
    Jonwed, your dad was obviously a very special man. I hope that as with my own dad you will be able to treat his wake as a celebration of a wonderful life.
    RIP.
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,169
    My condolences Jon, to you and all your family.

    I became politically aware as I reached the end of my school years in the early/mid-eighties and knew of your dad as a great leader and thinker in labour law and the protection of workers rights. I hadn't connected him with our club, but lovely that he carried his own father's tradition by bringing you along as well. He very obviously was a man with a life well lived. Rest in Peace.
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,149
    I really enjoyed reading about him in that Guardian article. My condolences to you and your family, Jon. RIP Bill.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,678
    R.I.P.
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 12,044
    Condolences Jon and RIP Lord Wedderburn of Charlton

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