J. A. Dunbar-Dunbar

The Rev. John Archibald Dunbar-Dunbar (8 October 1849[1] – 11 November 1905[2]) was a British philatelist who was one of the "Fathers of Philately" entered on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921. He was an expert in the stamps of Australia.

Early life

Dunbar-Dunbar was born on 8 October 1849 at Seapark, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland, the son of Edward Dunbar-Dunbar, a Captain in the 21st Fusiliers,[1] and Phoebe Dunbar (died 1899 leaving £109,808). He received his university education at Oxford, graduating with a B.A. degree in 1873.

Clerical career

On 5 November 1875 at Warwick he married Louisa Cambray[3] and by 1875 he was Assistant Curate at St. Salvador's Church, Dundee where he was subsequently ordained as a priest in 1876.[4] In April 1878 he became the curate at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Lochee, Dundee.[5]

Death

The Reverend died in 1905 and left estate valued at £151,192. His stamps were left to the Museum of Science and Art in Edinburgh.[2] He also left a bequest to benefit 10 poor persons in the Findhorn area aged 65 and upwards, which must have been sizeable at the time, but is now only about £4000. Dunbar-Dunbar was survived by his wife Louisa who did not die until the 1930s.[6]

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References
  1. "Births" in The Morning Post 12 October 1849; Issue 23665.
  2. "Death of the Rev. J.A. Dunbar-Dunbar" in The London Philatelist, Vol. XV, No. 169, January 1906, pp. 11-12.
  3. "Marriages" in The Standard, 10 November 1875, p. 7.
  4. "St. Salvador's Church" in The Dundee Courier & Argus, 12 June 1876.
  5. "Lochee" in The Dundee Courier & Argus, 10 April 1878.
  6. "Wills and Bequests - Gifts to Charity" in The Times, 19 September 1934, p. 13.
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