NAIRNE, Rt Hon Sir Patrick Dalmahoy GCB MC (1921-2013, armiger)

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph obits 4 June 2013:

Sir Patrick Nairne, who has died aged 91, won an MC with the Seaforth Highlanders; was an effective permanent secretary at the DHSS; served on the Franks Committee probing responsibility for Argentina’s invasion of the Falklands; and was for seven years Master of St Catherine’s College, Oxford.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10098955/Sir-Patrick-Nairne.html

 

He was s of Lt-Col Charles Sylvester NAIRNE (1880-1966) and Edith Dalmahoy (1889-1975) d of John KEMP, barrister. He m 1948 Penelope Chauncy d of Lt-Col Robert Francis BRIDGES, and had 3 sons and 3 daus. His yr brother David Colin (1929-98) m as his 2nd of 3 wives a scion of the WALSHAM Bts.