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Richard Southwell Windham Robert Wyndham-Quin, 6th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, CB CBE MC (18 May 1887 – 28 August 1965) was an Irish peer. The son of Windham Wyndham-Quin, 5th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, he succeeded to the Earldom in 1952 on the death of his father.
Lord Dunraven fought in World War I where he was wounded and mentioned in despatches. He gained the rank of Captain in the 12th Royal Lancers and was awarded the Military Cross (MC).
Dunraven was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1921 and Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1923. [1]
Lord Dunraven married firstly Helen Lindsay Swire on 20 October 1915. They had no children and were divorced in 1932.
Dunraven married secondly Nancy Yuille (1902–1994) on 7 March 1934. [2] They had three children: [3]
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