DFB: List of Contributors

The name of each contributor is followed by a brief biographical note which he or she has prepared, except where the entry is autobiographical where no further biographical information is given in this list and where the subject name is in italic type.

Clive ABBOTT
BA, BLitt(Oxon) FRSA; home civil service 1971-1986, local authority chief executive 1986-2003.
Jack Abbott.

John ALLAN
Falkland Island born historian, great-grandson of  both Wm Coulson and Jacob Napoleon Goss.
John Barnes; A Leslie Hardy; Des Peck, D J Sollis.

With Frank MITCHELL
William Coulson.

ARCHIVIST and Librarian to HRH Prince Phillip
Edinburgh, the Prince Philip, Duke of.

Patrick ARMSTRONG
Univ of Western Australia; author of Darwin's Desolate Islands and Darwin's Other Islands.
Charles Darwin; Robert Fitzroy.

Ursula AYLMER
Editor; author of Most Noble Bodley.
Anthony Carey, Viscount Falkland.

F E (Dick) BAKER
F E Baker.

With David TATHAM
JW Parker.

Peter BARBER
Head of Map Collections, British Museum
Thomas Boutflower.

Robert BARNES
ex Colonial Office; Falklands philatelist and author of The Pole-Evans Family.
FB Alison; Douglas Pole-Evans; RC Pole-Evans.

Malcolm BARTON
MA (Cantab) History; founder Falkland Islands Philatelic Study Group.
A G Barton; Maude Carey; Frederick Sanguinetti.

Bjørn L BASBERG
Professor in Economic History, Bergen.
Carl Anton Larsen.

David BEECH
George Travis.

Neville BENNETT
Son of Stanley Bennett and nephew of Harold Bennett
Stanley Bennett.

With Rex BROWNING
Harold Bennett

Wayne BERNHARDSON
PhD (UC Berkeley, 1989); Fulbright-Hays Scholar in Falklands, 1986-87
John Hamilton.

Coleen BIGGS
James Biggs.

LG (Tim) BLAKE
L G Blake
Sally BLAKE
C W W Bertrand; W W Bertrand; Bridget Blake; Orissa Dean; J M Ellis; H C Harding; The Luxton Family; E J McAskill; James Waldron.

With Gerard MURPHY
Lowther Brandon.

With Judith SUMMERS
H W A d'A Clement.

With Robin WOODS
Elinor Vallentin.

Christopher BONNER
RB Baseley; George Bonner; GCR Bonner; John Bonner; John Francis Bonner.

Stuart BOOTH
Stuart BOOTH.

Graham BOUND
Writer and journalist. Founder editor of Penguin News.
H L Bound; Desmond King; Nanette King; Nicholas Ridley.

William BOWLES
William Bowles.

Harold William BRILEY
Journalist, BBC political and Latin American correspondent.
Harry Bagnall; Velma Malcolm; Adrian Monk; Harold Rowlands.


Rex BROWNING
Falklands Civil Service officer 1951-1988.
With Neville BENNETT
Harold Bennett

Malcolm BURLEY
With Patrick FAGAN
Malcolm Burley.

Robert BURTON
MA (Cantab); writer and lecturer; former Director, South Georgia Whaling Museum.
Nigel Bonner; Niall Rankin; Ernest Shackleton.

With Lance TICKELL
Robert Cushman Murphy.

W G CALVERT
Director Dean Brothers Ltd, Pebble Island

George Thomas Dean; John Hall Dean; John Markham Dean; John Wycombe Dean.


Donald CAMERON
V F Boyson

Jane CAMERON
Falkland Islands Government Archivist
C Andreasen; N K Cameron; W K Cameron; Ned Casey; Cracks Davis; The Greenshields Family; Nic Hadden; Charles Hansen; H Henniker-Heaton; Henry Waldron; J L Waldron

With David TATHAM
Vic Spencer.

Nadine CAMPBELL
Widow of Ian Campbell now residing in New Zealand
I T Campbell.

Arnoldo CANCLINI
PhD; Baptist minister; Argentine South Atlantic historian and author; President Inst. de las Malvinas.
Carlos Moyano; Alfredo Palacios; Luis Piedra Buena.

David CANTRILL
Chief Botanist and Director, National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.
Thor Halle.

A D CARR
Professor Emeritus of medieval Welsh history, University of Wales, Bangor.
Allan Cardinall.

Lord CHALFONT
Lord Chalfont.

Paul CHARMAN
Paul Charman.

Gerald W CHEEK.
Retired civil servant Falkland Islands Government.
Fred Cheek.

Jan CHEEK
Teacher, FI Legislative councillor 1997-2005, Co-owner/director Fortuna Ltd.
Betty Biggs.

Merle CHRISTIE
EWH Christie.

Harry CLAGG
Harry Clagg.

Margaret COCKBURN, née Beaty
Thomas Beaty.

Lyle CRAIGIE-HALKETT
Marine salvage master; co-author of Risdon Beazley Marine Salvor.
Frederick Craigie-Halkett; MC Craigie-Halkett.

James G R CRONIN
Founding Member, history of Art, UCCork; co-ordinator, Centre for Adult continuing Education, UCC. Donal Cronin.


John CROXALL
Professor; Head of Bird & Mammal Research (later Conservation Biology) BAS 1976-2006; CBE; FRS.

Peter Prince

Andrew DAVID
Retired Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy and a former Vice-President of the Hakluyt Society.

Henry Boys; José Bustamente y Guerra; S W Clayton; James Cook; George Dixon; Thomas Edgar; Louis Freycinet; Charles Hope; Anthony Hunt; Robert Lowcay; Lauchlann MacKinnon; Juan Ignacio Madariaga; Alejandro Malaspina; Richard Mayne; Nathaniel Portlock; Antonio de la Roché; Bartholemew Sulivan; John Tyssen; Francisco Javier Viana y Alzaybar.

With David MILLER
Charles Barnard.

With Carlos NOVI
Jacinto Mariano del Carmen Altolaguirre; José Aldana y Ortega; Bernardo Bonavía; Gerardo Bondas; Ramón di Carassa y Sousa; Domingo Chauri; Ramón de Clairac y Villalonga; Juan José de Elizalde y Ustariz; Francisco Gil de Taboada y Lemos; Pablo Guillén Martínez; Antonio Leal de Ibarra y Oxinando; Salvador de Medina y Juan; Luis de Medina y Torres; Pedro de Mesa y Castro; Fulgencia Montemayor; Juan Pascual Callejas; Felipe Ruiz Puente; Pedro Pablo y Basso Sanguineto.

With David TATHAM
Henry Smith.

Eileen DAVISON
Daughter of Tom Slaughter.
Tom Slaughter.

Ray DESMOND
MA, FLS; former librarian, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and author of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1999).
Joseph Hooker.

Elizabeth DIAMOND
Retired second officer WRNS. Died 2007.
Francis Crozier.

Neil DONEN
William Barlas.

Mom DUNNETT
G M Dunnett.

Fiona DYKE
Daughter of Harry Milne.
With Terry SPRUCE
H W Milne.

Sir Gerald ELLIOT
Gerald Elliot; Leganger Hansen; Henrik Henriksen; Harold Salvesen.

Denton EVANS
Son.
Howell Robert Evans.

John EVANS
J M Evans.

Patrick FAGAN
CB, MBE, MSc; military career in Royal Engineers, 1954-1991.
With Malcolm BURLEY
Malcolm Burley.

Sister Brigid (Bridie) FARRELLY
RSM: Missioned by Sisters of Mercy to be pastoral assistant at St Mary's Stanley 1995-2002.
PJ Diamond; MJ Usher; Rosa Veneroni.

Judith FAULKNER
Committees of the Falkland Islands association and Falkland Islands Philatelic Study group.
F S Bell; Sir C G F M Cradock; C M Hobley; McDonald Hobley.


William Peter (Bill) FEATHERSTONE
FRSA; ACIB; writer, treasurer Falklands conservation; editor Upland Goose.

Christina Goss; JN Goss; RWN Goss; WH (Billie) Goss; AR Lafone; SF Lafone; Albert Stevenson.


Julian FITTER
Writer and conservationist with specific interests in Falklands, Galapagos and New Zealand..
Peter Scott.

Kate FLINT
BA, DPhil (Oxon); Professor of English, Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
Dorothy Havers.

Rowan FOOKES
Daughter
Edwin Cawkell; M B R Cawkell.


FRICS (Chartered Building Control Surveyor); Governor World Organisation of Building Officials.
  Sir A W Bloomfield; A I Fleuret.

Odd GALTELAND
MSc (Oslo) Sociology; Norwegian and Social Studies teacher.
Thoralf Sørlle.

David GEORGE
(MA); Anglican priest; missionary in the diocese of Argentina since 1981.
Richard Stanley Cutts.

Diana GILES
Granddaughter.
Sir James O'Grady.

Björn GILLSÄTER
Alternate Exec Director, African Development Bank. MA (Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy).
Sven Erik Gillsäter.

The GILRUTH Family
Thomas Gilruth.


F Durose; H H Hennah.

Leslie GLEADELL
With Frank MITCHELL
Leslie GLEADELL

Barry M GOUGH
PhD, DLitt; Canadian Corresp Member Soc for Naut Research; author of The Falkland Islands/Malvinas.
George Farmer.

Alan GURNEY
Yacht designer and author of books on the Antarctic.
Matthew Brisbane; Sir James Clark Ross.


First Secretary, Government House, Stanley, 2003-2007.
With Simon JOHNSON
William Grey-Wilson; William Douglas Young.
Eileen HARDCASTLE
With Frank MITCHELL
Brook Hardcastle.

Ian HART
TechRICS; FRGS; Shackleton Scholar; Curator South Georgia Museum 1992-1995; author.
EB Binnie; KS Pierce-Butler; Alfredo Ryan; Ernest Swinhoe.

Sir Cosmo HASKARD
C D P T Haskard.

John B HATTENDORF
Ernest J King Professor of Maritime History, US Naval War College; D Phil; FRHist S.
Silas Duncan; William Lynch; James Spotts.

Geoffrey HATTERSLEY-SMITH
Glaciologist, toponymist, FRSC, FRGS (gold medallist), polar medallist.
John Blyth; RS Boumphrey; Duncan Carse; WG Richards.

Robert HEADLAND
BAS (1977-1982); FIDC (1982-83); SPRI (1983 to present); FRGS.
A W Hodson; T W Smith.

Stefan HEIJTZ
FIPSG; author of The Specialised Stamp Catalogue of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies.
NOG Nordenskjöld; CJF Skottsberg.

Bernadette HINCE
PhD on environmental history of sub-Antarctic islands; author of The Antarctic Dictionary.
Anthony Bomford; Johann Reinhold Forster and George Forster; F D Ommaney.

Keith HOLMES
Former BAS geologist, mineral explorer, Shell executive. Now recording use of dogs in BAT.
Vivian Fuchs; R Stewart Slessor.


Nancy HONEYMAN
D M Honeyman.

Jeremy HOWAT
MA (Cantab) Geography; Church of England Priest; Missionary in Argentina for ten years.

William Bartlett; Laurence Blair; Thomas Bridges; Jemmy Button (Orundellico); John Pownall Dale; William Dale; George Despard; Daniel Evans; Edward Every; Thomas Helsby; Johann Hunziker; Norman de Jersey; Okokko; Sir Woodbine Parish; Antonio Rivero; Hugo Schlottfeldt; JHMC Seemann; Waite Stirling; The Tabaris Highlanders; Cyril Tucker; James Weller.

Sir Rex HUNT
Rex Hunt.


Douglas HURD, Lord Hurd of Westwell
Cabinet Minister 1984-1995; author.
Anthony, Lord Hurd.

George JELLICOE, 2nd Earl
BA (Cantab); war service, DSO, MC; PC; FRS; political, business and academic posts. Died 2007.
Edward Shackleton.

Simon JOHNSON
with Harriet HALL

William Grey-Wilson; William Douglas Young.

EWL KEYMER
Army 1940-1946 (MC 1944 Italy); Home Civil Service 1946-1961; contributor Oxford DNB.
John Strong.

Jane KERR
James Kerr.


Peter T KING
Elder son, civil servant, Falkland Islands Government
With Robert KING
JV King.

Robert KING
Younger son, civil servant, Falkland Islands Government
With Peter KING
JV King.

Richard C KUGLER
Historian of American whaling, served as Director of the New Bedford Whaling Museum from 1967-1993.
Francis Rotch.

David LANG
Attorney General Falkland Islands 1987-2006

M Luis Migone.

CH LAYMAN
Rear Admiral; Commander, British Forces Falkland Islands 1986-87.
William Wiseman.

Tom LAYNG
Thomas Layng.

The LEE Family
Jacob Lee.

Karl LELLMAN
K V Lellman.

Cornelia LÜDECKE
Dr Habil, Dr History of Scientific Research (Meteorology, Polar research) University of Hamburg.
Wilhelm Filchner; HW Klutschak; Ludwig Kohl-Larsen; CWO Schrader.

With David SIMKIN
Gustav Schulz.

Kitty Hodges LUTNESS
Duffy Sheridan.

Charles MADDOCKS
Charles Maddocks.

William Russell MAHOOD
William Russell Mahood.

Christian J MAISCH
PhD, Professor of International Relations (American University, Washington, DC).

with Mark B WILLIAMS
George W Slacum.


Rosalind Gunther MARSDEN
Independent scholar and researcher
ER Gunther; AC Hardy; SF Harmer; SW Kemp.


Mateo MARTINIC´
Professor Emeritus, Historian, University of Punta Arenas, Chile.
Diego Duble Almeida; Ernest Hobbs; Luis Pinzon y Alvarez.

John MATTHEW
JW Matthew.

Emma-Jane McADAM
Project Curator, Museum Collections Unit, University of St Andrews.
with Jim McADAM
John McBride.

Jim McADAM
Professor of Agriculture, Queens University Belfast; Editor The Falkland Islands Journal.
D Borland; RO Cunningham; Allen Francis Gardiner; Allen Weare Gardiner; E Conor M O'Brien; W Parker Snow.

with Emma-Jane McADAM
John McBride.

James McDERMOTT
BA, MPhil; Author Martin Frobisher, Elizabethan Privateer.
Richard Hawkins.


Clara McKAY
Great-Niece of Frederick Cheek
Frederick Cheek.

Peter MILLAM
CPW Bender; Charles Bull; Peter Millam.

Barney MILLER

MA (Cantab); Honorary OBE.
With Diane MILLER
W H Hynes.

David MILLER
With Andrew DAVID
Charles Barnard.

Diane MILLER, née Hynes.
Daughter.
With Barney MILLER

W H Hynes.

Frank MITCHELL
Former Managing Director, Falkland Islands Co; Hon Secretary, Falkland Islands Committee.
Edwin Arrowsmith; James Barlow; Madge Biggs; Robert Blake; WW Blake; Miles Clifford; FE Cobb; John Cobb; Frances Creece; Edward Gutteridge; WA Harding; JH Hocking; EA Holmested; J Seth Jones; Sydney Miller; Frank Mitchell; Maximilian von Spee; Doveton Sturdee; LWH Young.

with John ALLAN
William Coulson.

with Leslie GLEADELL
Leslie Gleadell.

with Eileen HARDCASTLE
Brook Hardcastle.

Austin MONAGHAN
Roman Catholic priest, Stanley.
Daniel Martin Spraggon.

David MOORE
David Moore.

Gervase MURPHY
LVO; MA(TCD), BA(Lond) Classics; Canon Norwich; Chaplain Falkland Islands 1987-1991.
with Sally BLAKE
Lowther Brandon.

Edmundo MURRAY
University of Zurich, Society for Irish-Latin American Studies.
The Condor Group; Miguel Fitzgerald.

Roderick Bertrand
NAPIER
Resident owner, West Point Island, West Falkland (for 70 years).
Charles Poole.

Tansy NEWMAN
Deputy Archivist, FIG Archives. Great-grandaughter of Fred Newman.
Fred Newman.

Carlos NOVI
former Head Spanish Translator at the IMO; international representative of the Hakluyt Soc in Spain.
with Andrew DAVID

Jacinto Mariano del Carmen Altolaguirre; José Aldana y Ortega; Bernardo Bonavía; Gerardo Bondas; Ramón di Carassa y Sousa; Domingo Chauri; Ramón de Clairac y Villalonga; Juan José de Elizalde y Ustariz; Francisco Gil de Taboada y Lemos; Pablo Guillén Martínez; Antonio Leal de Ibarra y Oxinando; Salvador de Medina y Juan; Luis de Medina y Torres; Pedro de Mesa y Castro; Fulgencia Montemayor; Juan Pascual Callejas; Felipe Ruiz Puente; Pedro Pablo y Basso Sanguineto.



Nils Eivind OLSEN
Nils Erling Olsen.

Karlheinz OLSINGER
Retired teacher of English, German and history.
Willy Cordier.

Paul J O'PECKO
Vice-President for Collections and Research; Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut, USA
Edmund Fanning.

Mary ORCHARD
Mary Greenway.

Stephen PALMER
PhD (Portsmouth); Anglican Priest; Rector of Christ Church Cathedral, Falkland Islands 1991-96.

William Allardyce; Alexander Beattie; Arthur Bennett; William Davies; James Gibbs; Claude Guillebaud; James E Hamilton; Adolphe Lecomte; Sir John Middleton; Hugh Munro; Frank Ransom; James Reid; Arthur Wannop; J Innes Wilson.


Graham PASCOE
MA (Oxon), Ger & Fr; English teacher; Dip TEFL(Wales); Dip Ling (Lond); Dr Phil (Munich).
ACS Barkly; First Discoverers.

With Peter PEPPER
David Jewett.

Terry PECK
Terry Peck


Peter PEPPER
BA (Hons) Keele; geologist; former Co-Editor of the Falkland Islands Newsletter.

F P Groussac; Etienne Mestivier; Manuel Moreno; Jorge Pacheco; Juan Peron; J A Roca; J M O de Rosas; Jean Simon; Louis Vernet.

With Graham PASCOE
David Jewett.

Phillipe PETOUT
Curator of the Museums of St Malo, France.
With David TATHAM
St Malo.

Nicholas PITALUGA
The Pitaluga Family.

Peter D REID
Retired Canadian College instructor, now photographer and writer.
Malvina Bolus.

Gerald H ROBERTS
Annis Roberts; David Roberts; Gerald H Roberts; WHR Still.

James R ROBERTSON
Charles H Robertson; James Robertson; James R Robertson.

Neil ROBERTSON
Colonel, Royal Canadian Artillery.
Louis Baillon.

Edward, Lord ROWLANDS
Edward Rowlands.

Robert ROWLANDS
Titus Coan; J R Rowlands.

Ann SAVOURS (Dr Shirley)
SPRI 1954-1968; NMM 1970-1987; author, Search for the NW Passage and Voyages of the Discovery.
T G T von Bellingshausen; John Biscoe; L-A de Bougainville; John Davis;
J-S-C Dumont d'Urville; L-I Duperrey; R-P Lesson; Robert McCormick; M-FB de Nerville; AJ Pernetty; James Weddell.

Alexandra SHACKLETON
BA (TCD) History; interests Antarctica, Falkland Islands.
Ellaline Terriss; William Terriss.


David SIMKIN
With Cornelia LÜDECKE
Gustav Schulz.

Nigel SITWELL
Writer and editor specialising in natural history and travel.

Lars-Eric Lindblad

Karl Lars SKONTORP
Søren Berntsen; Bernt Sørensen.

Noeline J SLOGGIE
B Noel Biggs; Alexander Sloggie.

Margo SMALLWOOD

A fellow Bahá'í of John Leonard in the Falkland Islands.

John Leonard.

Natalie SMITH
Owen McPhee.

Ronnie SPAFFORD
Author of articles and books on Falklands history and philately; editor; chairman; Falklandophile.
Isabella Atkins; Ewan Corlett; G A K D'Arcy; J G MacKenzie; T E L Moore; George Rennie; George Roberts; W C F Robinson.

Fiona SPARROW
BA(Oxon) English; DPhil (Toronto) Commonwealth Literature.
Samuel Johnson.

Joan SPRUCE
Amateur historian; author of Gauchos and Corrals.
AE Felton; GJ Felton; Henry Felton; JJ Felton; Kit; Pensioners, Military; JR Rudd.


Terry SPRUCE
Former manager, Falkland Islands Company.
with Fiona DYKE

H M Milne.

Michael STAMMERS
FSA; FRHist S; FMA.
J C G Beaglehole; R C Packe; Hugh Thomas.

Philip STONE
BSc, PhD; Geologist BAS (1970-75); Br Geological Survey and FI Dept of Mineral Resources..
Raymond Adie; Herbert Baker.


Brian SUMMERS
With Judith Summers
Philip Summers.

Jacqueline (Jacki) SUMMERS
Daughter.
D Earle Draycott.

Judith SUMMERS
With Sally BLAKE
H W A d'A Clement.

With Brian SUMMERS
Philip Summers.

Ron SUMMERS
G M Dunnet; Ron Summers.


Charles SWITHINBANK
PhD; Scott Polar Research Institute.
Brian Roberts.

David TATHAM

BA (Oxon) History; Diplomatic Service; Governor Falkland Islands 1992-5; CMG. Editor DFB.
Albert Victor; Alfred (Edinburgh); Arthur Bailey; Jacques Beauchesne; Vans Best; Kenneth Bradley; TW Brooke; Edward Brooks; James Bryce; JTF Callaghan; EC Cobb: A-F Frézier; JW Collins; CF Condell; JQ Dickson; William Dickson; Henry Faulkner; George V; Julius Goebel; RT Goldsworthy; HEL Grant; ER Griffiths; HJ Hamblin; Samuel Hamilton; Jeffrey Hamm; HH Harwood; Jack Hayward; Robert Hearnden; Thomas Kerr; James Lane; William Langdon; James Longden; Joseph Lynch; WP Martin; Charles Melville; George Melville; Algernon Montagu; JL Moody; Richard Moody; WH Moore; James Onslow; R Christopher Packe; Edward Pellew; William Pyne; MR Robinson; Woodes Rogers; Jacob Roggeven; Robert Routledge; John E Rowen; Antonina Roxa; TR St Johnstone; Robert Schofield; JH Slaughter; James Smith; William Horton Smyley; George Travis; JB Whitington; George Whitington; Richard Williams.

with F E BAKER
J R W Parker.

with Jane CAMERON
V H Spencer.

with Andrew DAVID
Henry Smith.

with Phillipe PETOUT
St Malo.

with P H WARNE
Philip Warne.

David TAYLOR
Chief Exec, Falkland Islands Govt, 1983-87, 1988-89; Governor Montserrat 1990-93. Died 2007.
Sir Raynor Arthur; George Brown; James Callaghan; Neville French; EG Lewis; David Owen; Michael Stewart.

W H THOMPSON
W H Thompson.

Lance TICKELL
W L N Tickell.

with Robert BURTON

Robert Cushman Murphy.

Alec TRENDALL
AF Trendall..

Jean TREWHELLA
Daughter; MB, ChB (Bristol).
LH Matthews.

Ken VINSON
Marjorie Vinson; RG Vinson.

Stuart Barrett WALLACE
Stuart Barrett Wallace.

Edward WALSH
MSc (UCL) Architecture; Facilities Management, RCGP 1987-1993.

Thomas Falkner; James Foran; Thomas Havers; Lawrence Kirwan; HC Lory; Rudolph Roel; WM Walsh.


Vivienne WATT
Norman Charles Watt.

Eric WILKINSON
William Johnston.

Philip Harry WARNE
Philip Harry Warne.

Janet WILKINSON
Accompanied her husband who served as Admiralty Marshal to the Falklands for six years.
Mary Watson.

Glyndwr WILLIAMS
Emeritus Professor of History, Queen Mary, University of London.
George Anson; John Byron.

Mark B WILLIAMS
MA, US Foreign Policy (Arlington, VA).
with Christian MAISCH
George W Slacum.

Peter WILSON
BSc, PhD, DSc; Reader in Environmental Science, University of Ulster, Coleraine.
JG Andersson.

John James Austen WOODGATE
Son.
J A Woodgate.


Robin W WOODS
AF Cobb; FJ Howe-Hennis; Rupert Vallentin; Robin Woods.

with Sally BLAKE
Elinor Vallentin.

Peter J WORDIE
WS Bruce; WG Burn-Murdoch.

Dorothy WRIGHT
Daughter.
R H D Manders.

Charlotte YELDHAM
MA (Oxon); PhD (Courtauld Institute London).
Alice Mary Havers.

Colin Douglas YOUNG
Colin Douglas Young.

Rob YSSEL
Dutch resident in the Falkland Islands.
Sebald de Weert.