Sir Ambrose Dundas Flux Dundas (14 April 1899 – 29 April 1973) was a British civil servant and colonial administrator in

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in what later became

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. He was also Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man from 1952 to 1959.

Career

Flux Dundas was born in 1899, the son of Reverend Alfred William Flux Dundas. He was educated at the

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

, the

Royal Military Academy, Woolwich The Royal Military Academy (RMA) at Woolwich, in south-east London, was a British Army military academy for the training of commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. It later also trained officers of the Royal Corps of Sig ...

, and

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. He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1922 at the age of 23, and remained in the ICS until 1947, when the

independence of Pakistan The Pakistan Movement ( ur, , translit=Teḥrīk-e-Pākistān) was a political movement in the first half of the 20th century that aimed for the creation of Pakistan from the Muslim-majority areas of British India. It was connected to the per ...

took place. He served as the last British governor of

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

(then called the

North-West Frontier Province The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP; ps, شمال لویدیځ سرحدي ولایت, ) was a Chief Commissioner's Province of British India, established on 9 November 1901 from the north-western districts of the Punjab Province. Followin ...

) of

from 1948 to 1949. From 1952 to 1959 he was Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man. Prior to his appointment as Lieutenant Governor, Flux Dundas had been general manager of the Bracknell Development Corporation, an eight-member committee administering the construction and development of

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. He returned to the BDC in 1959, serving as its chairman until 1967. He married Mary Forest Bracewell in 1931. They had one daughter, Anstice Ann Flux Dundas, born 12 December 1933 in

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

. Flux Dundas died on 29 April 1973 at "Roxwell", his house in Binfield,

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Honours

Flux Dundas was made a Companion of the

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(CSI) in 1946, and was knighted KCIE (Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire) in 1948.

References

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Pathe film of Isle of Man's 19th governor being sworn in
(''BBC News'') {{DEFAULTSORT:Flux Dundas, Ambrose 1899 births 1973 deaths British expatriates in Pakistan Lieutenant Governors of the Isle of Man Governors of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Commissioners of Baluchistan Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Companions of the Order of the Star of India People educated at Harrow School Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford British civil servants Indian Civil Service (British India) officers