PETERHOUSE
NOSTALGIA
PETERHOUSE
NOSTALGIA
Pat Hogg is remembered with deep affection by the Peterhouse community.
He first came to Rhodesia as a young Cambridge graduate in 1938 to spend a year at Ruzawi before taking Holy Orders. It was during this year that he came to love both the people and country.War intervened and he served with distinction in the Royal Artillery, being awarded the Military Cross. He was ordained after the war and then served as a curate in the East End of London, at Romsey Abbey and then as the vicar of New Milton.
However, the call of Africa was too strong and he returned as Chaplain of Peterhouse in 1960. He held this position for twelve years. Eventually, and with reluctance, Pat resigned the post feeling that he was still young enough to do one more job before retiring. He returned to England and was installed as Rector of Crawley, but he only spent a year there before coming back to Africa to take up the post of Dean of Pretoria in January 1994.
Pat was recognised at Peterhouse as an essentially happy person with the gift of inspiring happiness in all whom he met from the newest new boy to the oldest parent. He was always ready to see another's point of view, but a clear and abundant faith brooked no compromise in matters of principle. First and foremost Pat was Chaplain at Peterhouse. But he was also very much a schoolmaster and brought to all he did joy and a delightful sense of humour whether it was teaching in the classroom, taking games, running societies or revelling in the annual Chimanimani expedition.
Pat died in Pretoria on 5 October 1974 after a comparatively short illness.
Postscript:
There have been numerous comments on Pat's driving, including the following:
Alan Watkins: "Pat had an Austin Westminster which was "souped up" by changing the column gear change to a floor one and he modestly claimed to hold the record from the school gates to the Waverley Service Station in Salisbury. The distance was exactly 50 miles, which he had covered in twenty nine and a half minutes, an average of over 100 mph (163 kmh!) and this with 4 schoolboys with him. Perhaps he had Divine Protection!."
Andrew McEwen Mason: "I was intrigued to see that the piece on Pat Hogg failed to mention his bloody lunatic driving style that, but for the grace of God, could have wiped out an entire generation of young men.".
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