Dansey
Dansey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Claude Dansey (1876–1947) ''aka'' Colonel Z, Haywood, Uncle Claude * Harry Dansey (1920–1979), New Zealand Māori journalist, cartoonist, writer, and broadcaster *William Dansey William Dansey (1792–1856), was a Church of England clergyman and author. Background William Dansey, the son of John Dansey of Blandford Forum, Dorset, was born in 1792. He was educated at Sherborne and matriculated from Exeter College, Oxford ...

Harry Dansey
Harry Delamere Barter Dansey (1 November 1920 – 6 November 1979) was a New Zealand Māori journalist, cartoonist, writer, broadcaster, local politician, and race relations conciliator. Early life Harry Dansey was born in Greenlane, Auckland, New Zealand, to Harry Delamere Dansey, a civil engineer, and his wife Winifred Patience Dansey (née Barter). He was of Ngāti Rauhoto of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Tuhourangi of Te Arawa, with connections to Ngāti Raukawa. Dansey began his education at Remuera Primary School in the Auckland suburb of Remuera. His family moved to Rotorua in 1930, where he completed the rest of his primary education, and then high school from 1934 to 1939. He had a knack for English, and his father instilled in him a love for Māori culture, somewhat influencing his career. He married Te Rina Makarita (Lena Margret) Hikaka on 19 May 1943 at Oeo, near the town of Manaia, Taranaki. He was a member of the 28th (Māori) Battalion during World War II in Nort ...
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Claude Dansey
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Claude Edward Marjoribanks Dansey, KCMG (10 September 1876 – 11 June 1947), also known as Colonel Z, Haywood, Uncle Claude, and codenamed Z, was the assistant chief of the Secret Intelligence Service known as ACSS, of the British intelligence agency commonly known as MI6, and a member of the London Controlling Section. He began his career in intelligence in 1900, and remained active until his death. Early life Dansey was born in 1876 at 14 Cromwell Place, Kensington, the second of nine children and eldest son of Captain (later Lieutenant-Colonel) Edward Mashiter Dansey, an officer in the 1st Life Guards, and his wife, the Hon. Eleanor Dansey, daughter of Robert Gifford, 2nd Baron Gifford.M. R. D. Foot"Dansey, Sir Claude Edward Marjoribanks" ''The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2008). Retrieved 24 July 2021. He attended Wellington College until 1891, and then a private school in Bruges. At the age of 17 ...
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