Captain Philip Russell Rendel Dunne, MC (28 February 1904 – 13 April 1965) was an English soldier and politician. The Military Cross ( MC) is the third level Military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993 other ranks of the British Army and formerly also to Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Lord of the Manor of Leinthall Earls.
He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Marten Dunne (1864-1944), Liberal M.P. for Walsall (1906-1910), of Gatley Park, Leominster, Herefordshire, by his wife Hon. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Walsall was a Borough constituency centred on the town of Walsall in the West Midlands of England. Grace Rendel (d. 1952), J. P. , third daughter and co-heiress of the only Lord Rendel of Hatchlands. Stuart Rendel 1st Baron Rendel of Hatchlands ( 2 July 1834 - 4 June 1913) was the Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Educated at Eton and RMC Sandhurst, Dunne joined the 11th Hussars in 1924, and served with the Royal Horse Guards from 1928 to 1932. Eton College, or just Eton, is a world-famous British Independent school for boys founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst ( RMAS) commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is the British Army officer initial training centre The Royal Horse Guards ( RHG) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. He married firstly 29 April 1930 (dissolved by divorce 1944), Margaret Ann Walker, daughter of Thomas Hood Walker of Crosbie Tower, Troon, Ayrshire. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Troon is a town in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is situated on the west coast about eight miles north of Ayr and three miles northwest of They had two sons and a daughter:
- Sir Thomas Dunne, Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire, and the father of Philip Dunne M.P.. Philip Martin Dunne (born August 14, 1958) is a British Politician and the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for
- Martin Dunne, Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire.
- Philippa Ann Dunne (The Countess Jellicoe), wife to George, 2nd Earl Jellicoe. George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe 2nd Earl Jellicoe, KBE, DSO, MC, PC, FRS ( 4 April 1918 &ndash
Elected Conservative (Unionist) M. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. P. in the 1935 general election for the Stalybridge and Hyde division of Cheshire, with a majority of 5,081 over Labour, he resigned in 1937 by becoming Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. Stalybridge and Hyde is a County constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Appointment to the office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke Desborough and Burnham or Manor of Northstead is a Sinecure appointment
In the Second World War Dunne was part of the White's Club group of the Layforce Commandos (Special Service Troop) in the Middle East, having sailed there in early 1941 on the boat with Evelyn Waugh, Randolph Churchill, George Jellicoe, David Stirling, etal. White's is a London Gentlemen's club, established at 4 Chesterfield Street in 1693 by Italian immigrant Francesco Bianco (AKA "Francis White" Layforce was a light military force consisting of three United Kingdom raised Special Service Battalions under the command of a Major (each consisted of two Special Service Companies Arthur Evelyn St John Waugh (ˈiːvlɪn ˈwɔː (28 October 1903 &ndash 10 April 1966 was an English Writer, best known for such darkly humorous and Major Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill, MBE ( May 28, 1911 &ndash June 6, 1968) was the son of British George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe 2nd Earl Jellicoe, KBE, DSO, MC, PC, FRS ( 4 April 1918 &ndash Colonel Sir Archibald David Stirling DSO OBE (15 November 1915 - 4 November 1990 was a Scottish Laird, Mountaineer, World His Military Cross was awarded in 1943. He was Joint Master of the Warwickshire Hounds 1932–1935, and he was a member of White's, Turf and Jockey clubs. Turf Club may refer to Turf Club (Gentlemen's Club, a club in London UK Turf Club Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg For the North American thoroughbred horse racing industry see The Jockey Club.
He married a secondly 18 September 1945 Audrey Mary, daughter of Charles Ringham Simpson, of Ramsay St. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Mary's, Huntingdonshire and widow of Bernard Rubin (d. 1936).
He died in 1965 at Brompton Hospital in London. The Royal Brompton Hospital, commonly known as The Brompton, is a specialist Heart and Lung Hospital in Brompton, London London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
Of Captain Philip Dunne Lord Lovat wrote:
- 'Phil Dunne possessed the light touch; also the balanced ease and elegance on a horse so highly commended by Sancho Panza in Don Quixote. Brigadier Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser 15th Lord Lovat DSO, MC, TD ( 9 July 1911 - 16 March 1995) was This seat and its look depends as much on quiet hands as long, slim legs, and here he had the pull over all his contemporaries. I think he was Riding Master in the Blues when I first saw him (thirty-five years ago next season) going great guns across the big Grafton country after a Hunt Ball; the blood horse, his own good looks, turn-out and style-possibly a reputation of the kind that jumps in and out over locked railway gates at Weedon-made the same vivid impression as the redoubtable ‘Boots Brownrigg’ left on a youthful Sherston in the story immortalised by Siegfried Sassoon.
- Such a heady image could only fade away, or end in a Cottage Hospital, and the dashing hero of those undergraduate days did less than justice to the man, for Phil was never competitive, but simply a law unto himself; this told against him at a time when he should have been getting on in the world, for then, as now, a certain pomposity was expected from every ambitious young man. The lack of it could prevent first-class ability being taken seriously. Phil was neither pompous nor ambitious, nor did he suffer fools gladly. He had the kind of twinkle that sometimes debunked and seldom reassured his superiors.
- Perhaps his heart was never in peacetime soldiering; he soon tired of the House of Commons, and even his routine duties as Master of the Warwickshire Hounds irked his restless nature. Everything he set out to do he did extremely well, and yet one sensed he was thoroughly dissatisfied.
- The was came at the right moment for Philip Dunne. In a commando raised from the Brigade of Guards and Household Cavalry, with many of his best friends serving in the ranks, all under the command of Bob Laycock, he truly found himself, and emerged from the crucible a kinder, happier and very much loved man. '
Major-General Sir Robert Laycock wrote:
'Bravery and gaiety are the first two words that spring to the minds of those of us who were Philip's friends and that must include all who knew him for his charm was inimitable. Major General Sir Robert Edward Laycock KCMG, CB, DSO, KStJ ( 18 April 1907 &ndash 10 March Some of that charm lay in the fact that personal ambition was wholly lacking in his character and, though everything he undertook in a diversity of fields he tackled with spectacular ability, the limelight was anathema to him. At Eton he won the Quarter Mile and was probably one of the best flies whoever played the Field because he thought it more worth while to play in the House side which, as Captain of Games, he led to victory in the House Cup. Eton College, or just Eton, is a world-famous British Independent school for boys founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. Being a born leader and a superb horseman he could have commanded The Blues, but he realized that the days of the horsed cavalry were over and, not being mechanically minded, he left the Army. The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons (RHG/D is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. In the Second World War he volunteered to join the Commandos on their inception and served with them with distinction. The British Commandos were first formed by the British Army in June 1940 during World War II as a well-armed but non-regimental raider force employing unconventional Being the bravest of the brave it is not surprising that he was decorated with the Military Cross for gallantry in the field. He was a superb leader and hero-worshipped by his subordinates but, because he admired the rank and file who served under him and wanted to get to grips with the enemy in the closest contact with them, he preferred to remain a Troop Leader rather than take a much higher command which was offered him. In the days of peace which followed he loved racing and was a successful breeder and owner. He was made a member of the Jockey Club and the racing world will miss him as sadly as do all of us to whom his loyalty, courage, optimism and friendship are irreplaceable' (from The Times, 21 April 1965). For the North American thoroughbred horse racing industry see The Jockey Club. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar.
Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) often refers to his friend, who for the purpose of differentiation (from another Philip Dunne) he called 'Scum' Dunne, in his letters to Nancy Mitford:
- 'Darling Nancy, . Nancy Freeman-Mitford, CBE ( 28 November 1904, London - 30 June 1973, Versailles) styled The Hon . . I went to London for one night for Philip Dunne's wedding- the old number eight commando gang in force and champagne in cascades' (25 September 1945)
- 'Darling Nancy, . Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar . . It was heaven to get home, to walk into White's and find Sykes & Dunne & Stavordale all drunk & eating grouse, and to hear a member of committee say that Quennell had 'not a hope in hell' of election. Peter Courtney Quennell (b 9 March 1905, Bickley, Kent (now in Greater London) England - d ' (29 August 1949)
The last paragraph of Waugh's last diary, written on Easter Day 1965, read:
- 'On Maudy Thursday appeared a notice in the paper under the heading 'Death of Former Unionist MP'. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. I did not recognise this as Phil Dunne until Christopher Sykes told me on Saturday. Christopher Sykes could refer to Christopher Sykes (MP (1831 &ndash 1898 Member of Parliament and friend of Edward VII as Prince of Wales He was my age. I last saw him just before Christmas, elegant gay, and I thought how little he had aged compared with myself. He was completely selfish without an element of conceit or self-assertion, debonair, never boring, never morose; a finely controlled tempation to malice; chivalrous, with a sense of private honour uncommon nowadays. Though I saw him seldom in late years, a deeply valued friend whom I shall miss bitterly', (from The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh, p. 793).
References
- The Times, Obituary April 15, 1965 (page 14), and April 21, 1965 (page 12). Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar.
- Kelly's Handbook, To the Titled, Landed, and Official Classes 1962.
- The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh, edited by Michael Davie, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1976.
- His Father's son, The Life of Randolph Churchill, by Winston S. Churchill, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1996 (page 183).
- The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh, by Charlotte Mosely, Hodder & Stoughton, 1996. Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house now an Imprint of Hodder Headline.
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