Sir George Andrew Dick Lauder, 12th Baronet of the Fountainhall creation (17 November 1917 – 11 August 1981), was a British author and soldier. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1958 on the death of his father Sir John North Dalrymple Dick-Lauder, 11th Baronet.

Education

Dick-Lauder was educated at Stowe and the

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. Originally of Fountainhall, his family sold that estate.

Career

He served in the 1939–45 war in

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; and the Middle East. He also served, with the 52nd Middle East Commandos, in Sudan and

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(where taken prisoner). He entered the

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Regiment as a

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in 1937, and was promoted Major in 1945. He served in Cyprus and Berlin, where his two sons were born, and was promoted second-in-command of the Black Watch (1955 – 1956). He was then seconded as second-in command to the 11th battalion

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in Nairobi (1957–1960). He retired from the British Army in 1960.

Marriage and death

He died at Firth Mill House,

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, having married on 13 November 1945 Hester Marguerite, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel George Cecil Minett Sorell-Cameron, C.B.E. They had two sons and two daughters, Lauder being succeeded by his eldest son and heir Sir Piers Robert Dick-Lauder, 13th Baronet. He is buried in the Dick Lauder family plot in

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in south Edinburgh. The plot lies midway along the eastern path facing the high path. Lady Dick-Lauder died in 2017.Lady Hester Marguerite DICK-LAUDER (Sorell-Cameron)
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Author

Lauder was the author of ''Skull and Two Crystals'', ''Let Soldiers Lust'', and ''Our Man for Ganymede''. He was a member of Puffin's Club, Edinburgh, founded by his friend

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, 11th Baronet.

References

* ''Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed, and Official Classes'', London, 1962, p. 629. * Townend, Peter, editor, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage'', 105th edition, London, 1970, p. 1545. * ''Debrett's Baronetage'', London, 1971. * Mosley, Charles, editor, ''Burke's Peerage & Baronetage'', 106th edition, Crans, Switzerland, 1999, vol.1, p. 844. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dick-Lauder, Sir George, 12th Baronet 1917 births 1981 deaths Nobility from Edinburgh Writers from Edinburgh Military personnel from Edinburgh People educated at Stowe School Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia British Army personnel of World War II World War II prisoners of war held by Germany Black Watch officers British military writers British World War II prisoners of war King's African Rifles officers Burials at the Grange Cemetery