Sir George Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar (29 May 1878 - 8 April 1962) 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

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on 1 April 1899. He served in the

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from April 1899, and was formally transferred to the

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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)Hajkowski, Thomas ''The BBC and National Identity in Britain, 1922-53'', Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, p. 41. *''Jungbir - Secret Agent'' (London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1934)

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