Sir George Duff-Sutherland-Dunbar (29 May 1878 - 8 April 1962) was a British colonial officer and historian, notable for his 2-volume History of India, published in 1936. He also wrote adventure novels for children, one of which was serialised for radio by BBC in 1933. He was a member of the Dunbar of Hempriggs baronetage.
Dunbar was commissioned into the British army as a second lieutenant in the Cameron Highlanders on 3 August 1898, and was promoted to lieutenant on 1 April 1899.Hart′s Army list, 1902 He served in the Indian Staff Corps from April 1899, and was formally transferred to the Indian Army in June 1902.
Publications Non-Fiction Frontiers (London: Nicholson & Watson, 1932) A History of India volume I & II (1936, reprinted 1995) A History of India volume II (1936, reprinted 1943) Other Men's Lives: A Study of Primitive Peoples (The Scientific Book Club, 1938) India and the Passing of Empire (London, Nicholson & Watson 1951)
Fiction for Children The Poisoned Arrow (pub date unknown but serialised on BBC Children's Hour in 1933)Hajkowski, Thomas The BBC and National Identity in Britain, 1922-53, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017, p. 41. Jungbir - Secret Agent (London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1934)
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