DUNBAR-NASMITH, Duncan Martin (1957-2018)

[Richard R]

From the Times of 23 November 2018: DUNBAR-NASMITH Duncan died peacefully on 17th November 2018, aged 61, at the Fleming Hospital, Aberlour, after a short illness.

He was s of Rear-Adm David Arthur DUNBAR-NASMITH CB DSC (1921-97), "from an old-established Moray farming family", and Elizabeth Gwendoline (b 1927) d of Henry Russell BOWLBY (1890-1965), scion of the gentry family of that name of Culverthorpe Hall formerly of Gilston Park, and Hermione Hester Isabel WISDEN (1898-1981). 

[G. Willis]

Re: the Dunbar-Nasmiths-

David Arthur Dunbar-Nasmith was s. of Adm. Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith (1883-1965), R.N., V.C., K.C.B., K.C.M.G., flag officer in charge, London 1942-5, and in retirement vice-chairman of the Imperial War Graves Commission, Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom, and president of the Royal Naval Benevolent Trust. Although born at Barnes, Surrey (now Richmond upon Thames), he lived at Glen of Rothes, Rothes, Morayshire. Having in 1920 married Beatrix Justina (1897-1962), C.B.E., D.StJ., dau. of Cmdr Harry Dunbar-Dunbar-Rivers (1857-1911), of Glen of Rothes, R.N., J.P., he adopted the additional name of Dunbar in 1923. Beatrix was apparently 'a descendant of the shipping magnate Duncan Dunbar' (according to 'On Courage: Stories of Victoria Cross and George Cross Holders', by The Sebastopol Project, 2018), with the adoption of the Dunbar name being for inheritance purposes (as one would likely have concluded). Presumably the 'shipping magnate' Duncan Dunbar is this man: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Dunbar_(junior)  [son of another Duncan Dunbar (1764-1825), of Limehouse, London, a brewer and wine merchant]. Harry Dunbar-Dunbar-Rivers appears (as per 'Journals of the House of Lords', vol. 137, 1905) to have been originally Harry Rivers; that same source mentions the 1848 marriage of Captain Edward Dunbar, 22nd Regiment of Foot, and 'the late Mrs Phoebe Dunbar or Dunbar Dunbar, of Sea Park, in the county of Elgin', and a 'Reverend John Archibald Dunbar Dunbar' also of Sea Park. 

According to this site- http://www.merchantnetworks.com.au/periods/1800after/1800dunbar.htm - Phoebe was the younger sister of Duncan Dunbar mentioned above, and Capt. Edward Dunbar the son of Sir Archie Dunbar, 5th Bt. She insisted on keeping her own 'Dunbar', thus 'Dunbar-Dunbar', which one might feel to be a little redundant.

EDIT: BP 2003 has 'Edward Dunbar-Dunbar, D.L., J.P.' as s. of Sir Archibald Dunbar, 6th [not 5th] Bt; the Rev. John Archibald mentioned above was his son. Phoebe Dunbar was, as indicated above, dau. of Duncan Dunbar (senior) and Phoebe (née Bailey).

Had I a little more time, I would take a look at the Nasmiths (at one time evidently of Barnes), but can't do so right now.

[G. Willis]

Just realised I omitted the relationship between Harry Rivers and the rest of the family in my previous post:

Harry Rivers m. 1888, Margaret Emily, dau. of William Smith Brown, of Portsea, Hants., and Phoebe, dau. of Dr Christopher Tatham by his wife Justina Dunbar Dunbar. Justina (1801-1826) was dau. of Duncan Dunbar (senior) and Phoebe (née Bailey)- see previous post. This line came to inherit as Edward Dunbar-Dunbar's issue all d.s.p.