Sir George Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar, 6th Baronet

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 the radio by the 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 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. "Baronetage". Leigh Rayment. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  2. "Person Page - 18044". The Peerage. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  3. Hajkowski, Thomas The BBC and National Identity in Britain, 1922-53, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, p. 41.
  4. Hart′s Army list, 1902
  5. "No. 27495". The London Gazette. 14 November 1902. p. 7245.
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by
Benjamin Duff Dunbar		 Baronet
(of Hempriggs)
1897–1962		 Succeeded by
George Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar


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