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Henry James Dundas
Son of: Laurence George Dundas
and: Jane Anna Maria Grimston
born: 10/8/1868 in Ireland
died: 4th September 1890 in Sydney, Australia at the home of his cousin Doctor Barcroft (Manchester Times 31/10/1890

Henry Laurence Dundas
Son of: George Charles Dundas
and: Constance Stevenson
born: Tuesday 1 August 1843
died: Monday 16 November 1908 in Hampshire
Occupation: Colonel 15th East York Regiment
henry
  marriage
  x Wednesday 4 August 1875 Ida Constance Delisle Burrowes 
  the following children were born of this union:
1. Laurence Evelyn Dundas born Monday 29 May 1876 
2. Ivy Muriel Dundas born Thursday 10 October 1878 
3. Ida Marguerita Dundas born Monday 15 October 1883 
   

The following account is from the Gibraltar Chronicle, February 16th 1865: GALLANT RESCUE OF A DROWNING MAN:
An inquest was held yesterday afternoon on board her Majesty's ship, Liffey, now coaling alongside the New Mole, upon the bodies of Richard Barnwell and Cornelius Taylor, two privates of the Royal Marine Corps belonging to that ship. It appeared from the evidence that Dockyard Constable Gee on Tuesday night, about a quarter past nine (the night being very dark, wet and somewhat gusty), heard a cry of "Man overboard" proceeding from the water and on going to the spot with his lantern saw one man standing on the ring which is fixed in the sea wall supporting another in the water. Gee gave help and a petty officer from the Liffey and a boat from the merchant vessel Nepaul came to their assistance and the man was saved. About 10 o'clock Gee heard again the cry of "Man overboard" and about the same moment, Lieutenant Dundas of the 2nd Battalion, 15th Regiment, returning from visiting the guard at the New Mole heard voices. He was in advance of the constable, whose lantern just sufficed to throw a light upon the water and show to Lieutenant Dundas three men in the water, about 15 yards from the sea wall, two of whom were swimming, one towards the shore another going out and a third man between them sinking. He unhesitatingly threw of his sword, jumped in and swam towards the drowning man, whom he seized by his shell jacket and drew him towards the shore in a passive state, when, with the assistance of the Nepaul's boat and men on the Mole, this man was saved as well as the man who was swimming in. The body of the other, the deceased Barnwell was not discovered till about half past seven the next morning, and while searching for it, the body of the deceased Taylor was brought up first, who, from the evidence of a private of the Marines named Williams, must have fallen into the water at the time he was standing on the ring, and in the confusion of the moment been overlooked It further appeared that the deceased as well as some 14 or 15 more men belonging to the Liffey, having been on shore since half past five in the afternoon, were returning to their ship more or less in a state of intoxication, and the night being very dark and rainy, they mistook their way and walked over the sea wall into the water just where the Mole is curved a little astern of the Liffey. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death" and added their verdict "that the dark state of Her Majesty's Dockyard on wintry nights should be referred to the consideration of the proper naval authorities, as there are no lamps in the neighbourhood of the shipping lying alongside the Mole." The coroner commented on the noble impulse which had prompted Lieutenant Henry L Dundas to cast himself into the dark waters to save the life of a drowning fellow creature, only guided by a ray of light from a lantern, and the jury most cordially concurred in his remarks. (The young officer referred to, is a son of the Rev. George Dundas of Nottingham and a grandson of Major Dundas of this city.)

"H.M.S Liffey, Gibraltar, February 15th 1865"
Sir- I have the honour to request that you will convey to Mr Dundas, Ensign of the 15th Regiment, who was office of the guard, the expression of the sincere thanks, admiration and gratitude of myself, the officers and the ship's company, for his gallant conduct in saving two marines of this ship from drowning on the night of the 14th inst. It appears Mr Dundas was going his rounds when he heard some men struggling in the water; he at once jumped in and assisted one to a place where he could support himself, and then saved the second. Before he could return to the third, the man had unfortunately sunk. It appears that these men were returning on board from leave, and the night being very dark, walked over the mole into the water, and but for Mr Dundas's gallant and timely assistance would have been probably drowned. I beg you will bring this to the notice of his Excellency the Governor. - I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, George Parker Captain, 15th Regiment, Gibraltar.


Henry Raymond Dundas
Son of: Charles Leslie Dundas
and: Fanny Maria Dundas
born: Friday 18 August 1882
died: Thursday 18 January 1934

Herbert Cunningham Dundas
Son of: Charles Leslie Dundas
and: Fanny Maria Dundas
born: Saturday 24 April 1875
died: Monday 13 September 1875

Hilda Gwendoline Dundas


Daughter of: Laurence George Dundas
and: Jane Anna Maria Grimston
born: 1881 in Co. Wexford, Ireland
died: 1885 in Co. Wexford, Ireland

Hugh Alan Charles Dundas
Son of: Alan Charlesworth Dundas
and: Clara Beatrice Risdon Davy
born: Wednesday 18 August 1915
education: Wellington and Woolwich
died: October 1996 in Hampshire, England
Occupation: Lieutenant-Colonel. Awarded an MBE (Military) 1944 and an MC in 1945
  hugh hugh as a child
  marriage
 
  1. 17th February 1940 Elizabeth Doris Jervelund
 
    the following children were born of this union:
1. Jennifer Clare Dundas
2. Suzanne Elizabeth Dundas
3. Phillipa Jane Dundas

Ida Alexander Dundas
Daughter of: Laurence George Dundas
and: Jane Anna Maria Grimston
born:  9/11/1864 in Ireland
  marriage
 
  1. x 1890 in Ireland George Milne
  the following children were born of this union:
1. Ida Milne
2. Harry Milne

Ida Marguerita Dundas
Daughter of: Henry Laurence Dundas
and: Ida Constance Delisle Burrowes
born: Monday 15 October 1883
died: 1969 Dorset
  marriage
  John Butchers
  the following children were born of this union:
1. John Michael Butchers born 1923 in Wandsworth and died 1940 aged 17 at the Oratory School, Reading.
newspaper report

Ivy Muriel Dundas
Daughter of: Henry Laurence Dundas
and: Ida Constance Delisle Burrowes
born: Thursday 10 October 1878
died: Thursday 13 February 1941
ivy
  marriage
  x Saturday 21 July 1906 Joseph Austen Chamberlain
  the following children were born of this union:
1. Joseph Chamberlain 1907
2. Beatrice Diane Chamberlain
3. Lawrence Endicott Chamberlain  
ivy and joseph
Ivy and Joseph on the occasion of their marriage