John Alderton married his co-star, Jill Browne, but they later divorced. After an uncredited role in "Cleopatra" (1963), and appearing in British films such as "The System" (1964), "Assignment K" (1968), "Duffy" (1968) and "Hannibal Brooks" (1969), he played the lead in the comedy series "Please Sir!", as hapless teacher Mr Hedges, which later resulted in him also playing the character in the 1971 feature film of the same name. In 1972 he appeared with Hannah Gordon in the BBC comedy series "My Wife Next Door" which ran for 13 episodes, and for which he won a Jacob's Award in 1975. He
Catherine Alderton Catherine Alderton Alderman Mrs. Catherine Buchanan Alderton MBE JP CC (1869 – 9 November 1951), was a Scottish born British Liberal Party politician and suffragist. She was the first woman elected as Mayor of Colchester. She was the daughter of the Reverend Thomas Robinson, minister of Lion Walk Congregational church from 1886 to 1902. She was educated at Milton Mount College for Girls in Gravesend Kent, an educational institution for the daughters of congregational ministers. She qualified as a secondary-school teacher and taught maths until 1897. She married, in 1897 Archibald William Alderton. They had one son. Alderton joined the