Sir Thomas Raymond Dunne, (24 October 1933 – 6 January 2025) was a British military officer who was Lord Lieutenant of Hereford and Worcester, serving from 1977, then (after the historic counties were restored) from 1998 he was the lord lieutenant of Worcestershire until 2001 and the lord lieutenant of Herefordshire until 2008.
Biography Dunne was born on 24 October 1933, the son of Philip Russell Rendel Dunne, a military officer and politician.Birthdays: 23 October, The Independent, 23 October 1999. He was educated at Ludgrove School and Eton. He then entered Sandhurst, where he was commissioned into the Royal Horse Guards in 1951, later serving in both Germany and Cyprus.
He left the military in 1959 to manage his family estate, Gatley Park. In 1977, Dunne was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Hereford and Worcester, three years after the administrative counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire were merged to form Hereford and Worcester.
In the 1995 New Year Honours, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO).United Kingdom list: In 1998, Hereford and Worcester reverted to its original counties, and Sir Thomas became Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire and Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire.Lord-Lieutenants of Counties (England & Wales) 1974- , Institute of Historical Research, September 2005. He retired from the latter on 31 July 2001. He was Chairman of the Association of Lord-Lieutenants. In 2008, he was appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG).Top honour for Sir Thomas, Hereford Times, 23 April 2008.
Dunne married Henrietta Rose Crawley, daughter of Cosmo Stafford Crawley. He died on 6 January 2025, at the age of 91.
Family Sir Thomas was the father of:
Camilla Rose Dunne, married to the Hon. Rupert Soames (son of Christopher Soames, Baron Soames and Mary Churchill, and a grandson of Sir Winston Churchill) in 1988 Philip Martin Dunne, Conservative MP for Ludlow from 2005 to 2024 Letitia Dunne Nicholas Dunne, married to Lady Jasmine Cavendish, daughter of Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire
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