WEEKLEY, Ian Ross

1932 - 2005

Ian Ross Charles Weekley was born at Brentford, West London on 14 May 1932, son of Professor Charles Montague [Monty] Ernest Weekley (15 June 1900-30 January 1982), of the Victoria & Albert Museum and curator of Bethnal Green Museum, and his wife, Vera Edith née Ross (24 October 1899-3 December 1973), a painter and poster designer, eldest daughter of the late Peter Murray Ross of London and Dornoch, who married at St Mary's Church, Kensington, London on 4 October 1930. In 1939, Monty was working for the Ministry of Supply, living at 1 Denbigh Gardens, Richmond, Surrey, and his wife Vera was living at The Chalet, Stanley Hill Avenue, Amersham, Buckinghamshire with their son Ian. Ian studied illustration and printmaking at John Cass School of Art and, after National Service in the Army, did a postgraduate year at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, studying illustration under Keith Vaughan (23 August 1912-4 November 1977). He taught printmaking at Luton Art School, now part of the School of Arts and Creative Industries at the University of Bedfordshire, afterwards was head of graphics at Great Yarmouth College of Art. In 1975 he took a career break when, together with his second wife, moved to Jeddah and ran the Saudi Arabian Airlines graphics studio. On his return to the UK, he began making model castles, subsequently winning the first Polka Award of the Toymakers Guild. Ian served his National Service as an officer in the Royal Army Service Corps and on his demobilisation, launched the business 'Battlements' and wrote for hobby magazines and in 1989 his book, 'Buildings for the Military Modeller' appeared. He married in London on 10 August 1957, Anthea Frances Wynne Ionides (born 13 February 1935) they had one son, two daughters, which marriage was dissolved in 1969, in the following year he married Rosemary K. Turner née Mason. Ian Ross Charles Weekley died at Ipswich on 21 December 2005 and was buried in All Saints New Church burial ground, Hollesley, Suffolk.

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