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Sir Thomas Raymond Dunne, (born 24 October 1933) is a former Lord Lieutenant of Hereford and Worcester, serving from 1977, then (after the historic counties were restored) from 1998 he was the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire until 2001 and the Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire until 2008.




Biography


Sir Thomas was born in 1933, the son of Philip Russell Rendel Dunne, a military officer and politician. He was educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He married Henrietta Rose Crawley, daughter of Cosmo Stafford Crawley.
He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Hereford and Worcester in 1977, three years after the administrative counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire were merged to form Hereford and Worcester. In 1995, he was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. In 1998, Hereford and Worcester reverted to its original counties, and Sir Thomas became Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire and Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire. He retired from the latter on 31 July 2001. He is Chairman of the Lord Lieutenants Association. In 2008, he was made a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter.




Family


Sir Thomas is the father of:

Camilla Rose Dunne, married to the Hon. Rupert Soames (son of Christopher Soames, Baron Soames and Mary Churchill, and a grandson of Sir Winston Churchill) in 1988
Philip Martin Dunne, Conservative MP for Ludlow from 2005 to 2024
Letitia Dunne
Nicholas Dunne, married to Lady Jasmine Cavendish, daughter of Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire




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• Order of the Garter
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• Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire
• Lord Lieutenant of Hereford and Worcester
• Susan Bligh, Countess of Darnley