David Emms
David Acfield Emms OBE (16 February 1925 – 21 December 2015) was an English educationalist and former rugby union player.[1]
Early life
David Acfield Emms was born on 16 February 1925, the son of Archibald George Emms and Winifred Gladys Emms (née Richards). He was educated at
Second World War in the Royal Artillery from 1943 until 1947. In 1947 he went on to Brasenose College, Oxford to study Modern Languages and received a BA Hons in 1950. In that year he also married Pamela Baker Speed with whom he had three sons and a daughter.[2]
Career
Having received a Diploma in Education in 1951 David Emms became an Assistant Master at
HMC in 1984, President of the Alleyn Club in 1985 and became Deputy Chairman of the English-Speaking Union in 1984, a post he continued until 1989. He retired from the Mastership of Dulwich College in 1986.[2]
After his retirement from Dulwich College, he became Director of
RNLI in Chichester. In recent times was embroiled in the furore regarding Nigel Farage's history as a racist, fascist and Nazi sympathiser during his time at Dulwich College.[3]
David Emms was also a governor of a number of schools during his career including
St Felix School (Southwold), The Portsmouth Grammar School, St George's School (Montreux), St Dunstan's College, and until 2000, his old school Tonbridge School
.
He is also a member of a number of clubs including the
Vincent's Club, Oxford, a University of Oxford gentlemen's club.[2]
Rugby Union
David Emms was also a notable
Rugby Union player, representing Oxford University RFC in 1949 and 1950 in The Varsity Match. He went on to play for Northampton from 1951 to 1956, and the Eastern Counties from 1951 to 1957, captaining them in 1957. He played once for the Barbarians in 1952.[4]
Publications
- HMC Schools and British Industry, 1981
References
- ^ "David Emms OBE". dulwich.org.uk. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ a b c Who’s Who 2004, page 675, (A&C Black: London)
- ^ "Nigel Farage schooldays letter reveals concerns over fascism". 19 September 2013.
- ^ "D. A. Emms". barbarianfc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2016.