Dudley Allenby, 2nd Viscount Allenby

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Dudley Jaffray Hynman Allenby, 2nd Viscount Allenby ( January 8, 1903 , † July 17, 1984 ) was a British politician and military man.

life and career

Allenby attended school at Eton and the military academy at Sandhurst . In 1923 he became a soldier in the 11th Hussar Regiment deployed in India. In 1926 he became an adjutant in this regiment and changed from 1930 to 1934 as an instructor at the Sandhurst Military Academy. From 1934 to 1937 he was deployed in Egypt and was appointed captain there in 1936. From 1937 to 1940 he was an adjutant at the Army Fighting Vehicles School , where he rose to major in 1938. From 1940 to 1942 he was Deputy Commander of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars and in 1942 he was made Lt.-Col. at the 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry Association . In 1946 he ended his military career.

Allenby was a member of the House of Lords from 1936 until his death in 1984.

Family and title

Allenby was married twice. The first marriage was on July 10, 1930 with Gertrude Mary Lethbridge Champneys, daughter of Edward Geoffrey Stanley Champneys, concluded. Michael Allenby, 3rd Viscount Allenby, was born in 1931 as their son . In 1949 the couple divorced. In his second marriage, he was married to Daisy Hancox, the daughter of Charles Francis Hancox, since April 13, 1949.

As the son of Captain Frederick Claude Hynman Allenby and Edith Mabel Jaffray, he succeeded him as Viscount Allenby on May 14, 1936, the anniversary of his uncle's death . With his death, the son Michael inherited the title of nobility.

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predecessor Office successor
Edmund Allenby Viscount Allenby
1936-1984 		Michael Allenby
personal data
SURNAME Allenby, Dudley, 2nd Viscount Allenby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Allenby, Dudley Jaffray Hynman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British nobleman, politician and military
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1903
DATE OF DEATH 17th July 1984