- Dudley Allenby, 2nd Viscount Allenby
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Lt.-Col. Dudley Jaffray Hynman Allenby, 2nd Viscount Allenby (8 January 1903 - 17 July 1984). The son of Captain Frederick Claude Hynman Allenby and Edith Mabel Jaffray, he succeeded his uncle as 2nd Viscount Allenby on the latter's death on 14 May 1936. On his death in 1984 he was succeeded in the viscountcy by his son.
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Education
He attended Eton College, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Career
He joined the 11th Hussars in 1923, served in India, 1923–26, after which he served as an Adjutant in the 11th Hussars, 1926–30. He was an Instructor at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, 1930–34. He attained the rank of Captain in 1936, served in Egypt, 1934–37. He served as an Adjutant in the Army Fighting Vehicles School, 1937–40; he became a Major, 1938. He was second in Command of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, 1940–42, and a Lt-Col of the 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry from 1942. He retired in 1946.
Family
He married firstly, Gertrude Mary Lethbridge Champneys, daughter of Edward Geoffrey Stanley Champneys, on 10 July 1930, and had issue:
The couple were divorced in 1949.
He married secondly, Daisy Hancox, daughter of Charles Francis Hancox, on 13 April 1949.References
- thePeerage.com
- ‘ALLENBY’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
Peerage of the United Kingdom Preceded by
Edmund AllenbyViscount Allenby
1936–1984Succeeded by
Michael Allenby
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