Edward Patrick George Minter

1980 - 2016  (35 years)

• Name	Edward Patrick George Minter
  Birth	23 Nov 1980	Hanover, Germany   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	2537
  _UID	471CE2436CCB45678E43DF28A7E9576C96A9
  Death	11 Jun 2016	Kensington & Chelsea RD   [2]
  Notes	The following was copied from the St Edmund's School, Canterbury website in March 2019: "Ed Minter died on 11th June 2016 at the age of 35. He entered the Junior School in September 1989 and moved into Baker House in 1994. He left in July 1999, having been House Captain in his last year. After leaving school he went to King’s College, London to read law and later to BPP Law School in London before joining Eversheds. Ed’s tragic death at such an early age came as a great shock to his many friends, a large number of whom gathered at Barham Church for the Service of Thanksgiving for his life. Ed married Katerina in 2015 and he is also survived by his parents Trevor and Liz and his sister Lexie. Jon Dagley writes: Edward Minter left school in 1999 with excellent A levels for a Law degree at King’s College, London. He was as suave and confident a young man as you could hope to meet, in many ways the perfect public school product. I first came across Ed as one of those irritating, too clever by half fifth formers, invariably making too much noise in the Library or just failing to complete some set task. One knew early on, as I am sure his teachers did, that he had the makings of a very fine sixth former but it was going to have to wait until he got there! Ed was one of a very good class of English pupils, the one who always wanted to know the what, the why and the wherefore behind things, something echoed by his close friends at a packed memorial service, attended by so many alumni from that talented year group in 1999. He once asked whether I could give him a timeline with all the major authors in all the major genres so he could grasp something of the scale of literary history at a glance. I duly did. But Ed was the only pupil I have taught who has ever made that kind of demand. He wanted to be in the know, to be able to process and plan things out, to take ownership, and to get there as quickly as possible. The burning zeal of youth. But he was driven and he achieved as much through immersion and desire as through ability. Edward Minter joined St Edmund’s in 1989 as a result of his father’s knowing Richard Mills who had served with him in the Royal Fusiliers and who himself had been a pupil at St Edmund’s. When Edward left, much decorated as Captain of Baker, and Shooting, Winner of the Owen CCF Prize and English Sonnet Prize, he had shown leadership quality and a wide range of skills. It was no surprise to learn that he went on to achieve a great deal, his restless intelligence and energy taking him to great success in Business after the Law before the difficult moments of more recent times. Ed burned brightly, perhaps having something of Icarus about him, one who aspired sometimes strove beyond what was wise or possible. I will remember the boyish grin, the insouciantly worn pinstripe suit, the casual hair, flicked back, the striking good looks and that irrepressibly keen intelligence and, in Canterbury one bright July day, stopping to pass the time of day, a gorgeous girl on his arm. Ed dazzled and he knew it. In his final House report, Ed wrote diplomatically of all who had contributed and about ‘that sense of family’ that Ian Narburgh had built on in Baker in the 1990s and which so characterises the school as a whole. For all his energy and ambition, and glamour, there was another Edward, loyal, courteous, someone who genuinely valued the close ties he made at school."
  Person ID	I2537	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Trevor John Minter
  Mother	Elizabeth KERRY
  Family ID	F152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katerina MAKHOVA
  Family ID	F1531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2019

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Cliff Minter. [S3] BMD index, Aug 2016 Kensington & Chelsea 2391A/514244069. (Reliability: 3).