Sir George Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar, 6th Baronet explained

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. 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.^[3] He served in the Indian Staff Corps from April 1899, and was formally transferred to the Indian Army in June 1902.

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)^[4]
• Jungbir - Secret Agent (London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1934)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Baronetage. https://web.archive.org/web/20080501224846/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsD3.htm. May 1, 2008. Leigh Rayment. usurped. 5 December 2018.
2. Web site: Person Page - 18044. The Peerage. 5 December 2018.
3. Hart′s Army list, 1902
4. Hajkowski, Thomas The BBC and National Identity in Britain, 1922-53, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, p. 41.