Thomas Dunne (Lord Lieutenant & KG)

Sir Thomas Raymond Dunne, KG, KCVO, JP (born October 24, 1933) [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19991023/ai_n14262199 Birthdays: 23 October] , "The Independent", 23 October 1999.] is the current Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire in the United Kingdom.

Dunne was born in 1933, the son of the soldier and politician Philip Russell Rendel Dunne. He is the father of Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Ludlow, Philip Martin Dunne. His daughter Camilla married Rupert Soames in 1988.

He was educated at Eton and Sandhurst.

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. [ [http://www.history.ac.uk/office/lieutenants_engw.html Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (England & Wales) 1974-] , Institute of Historical Research, September 2005.] 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. [ [http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/3113610.Top_honour_for_Sir_Thomas/ Top honour for Sir Thomas] , "Hereford Times", 23 April 2008.]

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