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