Hugh
Llewellyn-Jones
1939-2023

Hugh’s family arrived in Sevenoaks in the late 1940s, having spent the war years in Colwyn Bay where his father was sent by the Ministry for Food and Agriculture at the outbreak of war. He  claimed honorary Welsh citizenship when it suited him, notably when the rugby team was all-conquering.

Hugh joined Sevenoaks in 1954. He excelled at school, particularly in History as a pupil of Duncan Townson, and went to Oxford in 1957 where he put his considerable card skills to good use,  winning a Blue at the bridge table. Hugh’s parents had been first-class bridge players and he and his brother Peter had many successful years in partnership, winning regional and national events together.

Hugh trained as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte and went into merchant banking, firstly with Williams & Glyn and then MacPhersons. Never one to rest on his laurels, Hugh left the City and embraced different challenges (he got bored easily). In later life, Hugh offered accounting, tax and financial advisory services and built a property rental business. He also, famously, won an  invitation-only high stakes poker event in Las Vegas – what a talent!

Hugh and his wife Patsy were a formidable couple – good golfers, bridge players and great company. He represented the Old Sennockians Golf Society with distinction for many years and was  always fun to be with. We shall miss him.