Cecil Hitch

PROFESSOR BARRIE Pettman, who has died at 73, was a Yorkshire publishing entrepreneur and management guru and a Scottish baron.

The co-founder of Emerald Group Publishing, editor of a raft of scholarly journals and president emeritus of

Prof Pettman was also a leading philanthropist with a strong belief in helping musically gifted children fulfil their potential. He was a founding patron of Opera North and was instrumental in generating support for the company in Hull, where he had, years earlier, lectured in his specialist subject of industrial relations. In 2010, he established the Pettman Dare scholarship scheme for students from the EU and New Zealand to work with Opera North while studying at Leeds University. He also supported the East Riding of Yorkshire Choir, and was a donor to the refurbishment of the Grand Theatre in Leeds, which named a room in his honour.

Richard Mantle, Opera North’s general director, said Prof Pettman’s generosity had assisted countless young people in the pursuit of their dreams.

“His sharp intelligence and sense of mischief, his great love of Mozart and Haydn, rivalled by his sometimes vocal dislike of Wagner and Strauss, will all be keenly missed,” Mr Mantle said.

Born in the East Riding into a fishing industry family, Prof Pettman graduated from Hull University, and went on to what is now the Cass Business School in London. He was fond of styling himself Baron of Bombie, having acquired the barony of a farming hamlet in Kirkcudbright from Sir David Hope Dunbar, of the Scottish financial services company Allied Dunbar.

The Bombie coat of arms features two closed books. Prof Pettman’s fascination with the baronetcy led him in 2005 to oversee the publication of a Yorkshire edition of

the first in its 179year history. He had put a tidy sum of his own money into republishing the work, which had not appeared in any form for 33 years. After printing an updated edition of the main book, he and his partners brought out a Scottish version, and them embarked upon giving each English region its own dedicated volume.

He admitted that, his personal interest in genealogy notwithstanding, the “Ridings of York” edition would probably not make money, even at £149 a copy. It was, he said, a labour of love that took several researchers 18 months to compile, even with 2,000 of the entries ready to poach from the main book. “The traditional national version of Burke’s has a bias towards the South,” he told

at the time. Just how different was reflected in the listing of the Leeds actress Liz Dawn,

Vera Duckworth, alongside Dame Judi Dench, who qualified for inclusion as the daughter of a York GP. The Labour politician John Prescott declined to be listed.

Prof Pettman later acquired the publishing rights to

but his literary life dated back to the late 1960s, when he joined academics at Bradford University who had formed their own management consultancy. It evolved into the Emerald group, a publisher of journals, in Bingley. Pettman became its chairman and also served as editor of titles such as the and

He wrote books on industrial relations and in 1999 was coauthor of

By then, he was in a position to know, having become one himself. He described the book as “a straight-talking guide to business success and personal riches”.

He and his third wife, Maureen, divided time between a large estate at Patrington near Hull and a winter home in New Zealand.

Mrs Pettman, whom he married in 1992, survives him. TOMMY CARBERRY, who has died aged 75, was not just the jockey who beat home hero Red Rum in the Grand National, he was one of the all-time greats of jump racing.

The head of one of Ireland’s leading racing dynasties, Carberry achieved the remarkable feat of winning the Grand National both as a rider and a trainer.

He guided L’Escargot to victory over the hat-trick-seeking Red Rum in 1975 and saddled Bobbyjo to land the world’s greatest steeplechase in 1999, ridden by his son Paul, who swung from the rafters of Aintree’s old weighing room after this family triumph.

“He’d been ill for a while and fought it for a long time,” said Carberry junior, who was a revered rider in his own right before his career was curtailed by injury.

“He gave me a Grand National winner and has been great for Irish racing. He got the best out of everything he produced.”

Born in County Meath, Tommy Carberry soon made his mark as a jockey and was a multiple champion National Hunt rider in Ireland in the 1970s.

He enjoyed great success on L’Escargot, not only winning the National, but the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1970 and 1971.

Carberry also won the blue riband of jump racing on Ten Up, but was denied a fourth success when Tied Cottage, who was first past the post in 1980, was later disqualified when tiny traces of a banned substance were found in the horse’s blood.

He also won the Irish Grand National on Brown Lad in 1975 and 1976.

He retired from the saddle in 1982 to take up training and sent out Bobbyjo to win the Irish National in 1998, the year before he went on to glory at Aintree.

Carberry recounted the Aintree win of L’Escargot, the horse named after a snail, in an exclusive interview with

in April 2015 to mark the 40th anniversary of the win.

Horse and jockey were imperious at Becher’s Brook before calamity nearly struck at the next fence – the smallest on the course. “He hit it straight on – and my backside went up in the air – but somehow we survived. It was the only mistake,” said Carberry. “It woke him up.”

There were no more alarms until the third last when L’Escargot was upsides Red Rum and travelling the better of the two horses. “Brian Fletcher on Red Rum shouted at me ‘Go on Tommy, you’ve won a minute’.” The canny Carberry was having none of it. He did not want to give ‘Rummy’ a target to chase, even though the favourite was “carrying a fair lump of bread”.

He waited until the last fence – the pair landed in unison – before striding clear to avenge their defeat of 1974. “He won by 15 lengths. He hacked up. How many horses do that?” asked Carberry. “It was amazing the difference not running in the Gold Cup made. That won us the race.”

Four of Carberry’s children – Paul, Philip, Peter and Nina – have carved successful careers in racing.

Noel Meade is intrinsically linked to the Carberry family, with Paul filling the role as stable jockey during his career, while Nina has ridden as an amateur for the yard as well as operating as a racing assistant for Meade.

However, the handler’s connection to Tommy Carberry goes back further than that and Meade hailed him as a “genius in the saddle”.

Meade said: “He was a legend, and a hero of mine from when I was a kid. He rode the first winner I had in Galway on Larks Venture. I think it was just the second winner I’d had at the time after Tu Va, and he rode a good few for me. I always enjoyed meeting him, and going for a drink with him in Ratoath.

“He was a genius in the saddle, and Paul was very like him. He was nearly a carbon copy of him.

“Tommy could ride a horse to win from the front one day, and hold him and win the next day. He was a fabulous tactician and judge of pace, and just had that natural talent that is so hard to come by – it is bred in him.

“It was fantastic to see him train Bobbyjo to win the National. He didn’t have many bullets to fire as a trainer, and to win one of the greatest races of all was fantastic.”

actual origin was never fully resolved. After leaving the army, Mr Garrow became chief executive of two national charities, and was commended for his work in Singapore, protecting local children from drug abuse. He and his late wife, Doreen, relocated to Filey in 2010. He is survived by daughters Heather and Jackie, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. CECIL HITCH, who has died at 90, was a former councillor in Ossett who helped bring subsidised housing to the town and ran newsagents’ shops in the area for more than half a century.

Originally from Gawthorpe, Mr Hitch was a councillor for 16 years, and had shops in Ossett, Hanging Heaton and Chickenley.

He was called up during the war to be among the Bevin Boys, working down the mines while the regular crews were abroad.

Five years after the hostilities ended, he was elected to Ossett Borough Council and spent three years as chairman of the housing committee. In that capacity he was responsible for the Croftlands sheltered housing scheme.

He is survived by his wife Bessie, sons David, Paul and Richard, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.