Sir_George_Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar,_6th_Baronet

Sir George Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar, 6th Baronet

Sir George Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar, 6th Baronet

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Sir George Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar (29 May 1878 - 8 April 1962)[1][2] was a British colonial officer and historian, notable for his 2-volume History of India, published in 1936. He also wrote adventure novels for children, one of which was serialised for radio by BBC in 1933.[3] He was a member of the Dunbar of Hempriggs baronetage.

Dunbar was commissioned into the British army as a second lieutenant in the Cameron Highlanders on 3 August 1898, and was promoted to lieutenant on 1 April 1899.[4] He served in the Indian Staff Corps from April 1899, and was formally transferred to the Indian Army in June 1902.[5]

Publications

Non-Fiction

  • Frontiers (London: Nicholson & Watson, 1932)
  • A History of India volume I & II (1936, reprinted 1995)
  • A History of India volume II (1936, reprinted 1943)
  • Other Men's Lives: A Study of Primitive Peoples (The Scientific Book Club, 1938)
  • India and the Passing of Empire (London, Nicholson & Watson 1951)

Fiction for Children

  • The Poisoned Arrow (pub date unknown but serialised on BBC Children's Hour in 1933)[3]
  • Jungbir - Secret Agent (London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1934)

References

  1. [1]
    "Baronetage". Leigh Rayment. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. [2]
    "Person Page - 18044". The Peerage. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  3. [3]
    Hajkowski, Thomas The BBC and National Identity in Britain, 1922-53, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, p. 41.
  4. [4]
    Hart′s Army list, 1902
  5. [5]
    "No. 27495". The London Gazette. 14 November 1902. p. 7245.
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