Arthur Dugdale

Arthur Dugdale
CMG DSO
Born 2 February 1869
Burnley, Lancashire, England
Died 27 April 1941(1941-04-27) (aged 72)
Sezincote House, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Army
Rank Colonel
Commands held Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
Battles/wars First World War
Awards Distinguished Service Order
Order of St Michael and St George

Colonel Arthur Dugdale CMG DSO (2 February 1869 – 27 April 1941) was a British Army officer. He was Commander of the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars during the First World War.[1]

Dugdale was born in Burnley, Lancashire, the son of James Dugdale (1835–1915). He was a first cousin of Conservative MP Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne. When he was 15, James Dugdale purchased the majestic Sezincote House in the Cotswolds.[2] Arthur was educated at Winchester College and at Christ Church, Oxford.[1]

During the First World War, he commanded the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1915 Birthday Honours[3] and awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the 1919 New Year Honours.[4]

In 1904, he married Ethel Innes, eldest daughter of Colonel John Sherston DSO and sister of Brigadier John Reginald Vivian Sherston DSO OBE MC. They had a son, John Dugdale, a journalist and Labour politician.[1]

Dudale died at Sezincote House, aged 71.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Obituaries: Colonel A. Dugdale". The Times (The Times Digital Archive). 29 April 1941. p. 7.
  2. "Sezincote". Historic England. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29202. p. 6114. 22 June 1915.
  4. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31092. p. 18. 31 December 1918.
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