Sir Roland Clive Wallace Burn (29 October 18828 May 1955) was Secretary and Keeper of the Record to the

Duchy of Cornwall The Duchy of Cornwall ( kw, Duketh Kernow) is one of two royal duchies in England, the other being the Duchy of Lancaster. The eldest son of the reigning British monarch obtains possession of the duchy and the title of 'Duke of Cornwall' at ...

from 1936 to 1954 and was Solicitor to Duchy of Cornwall from 1940. He was also a

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and a

polo Polo is a ball game played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ...

player. Burn was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 1942 and knighted in 1948.

Education and career

Burn was educated at

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and then

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, Oxford University. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1912 and worked for the firm of Burn and Berridge until his appointment to the Duchy of Cornwall.

Sports

Burn played cricket for the

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for four seasons from 1902 to 1905 as a slow left arm bowler. As a student he dismissed

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five times. He toured with Lord Brackley's XI cricket team in the West Indies in 1904-05, which was the fifth team of English cricketers to tour the West Indies. He also toured the United States and Canada with the

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in 1905. After finishing his studies at Oxford University, Burn played polo for the Stoke D'Abernon and Worcester Park clubs and won the 1909 Junior County Cup, the Roehampton's Ladies Nomination Tournament and the Winan's Cup and Kingsbury Cup.

Military

Burn served during World War I in the

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and the

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(Cavalry) as 2nd Lieutenant. He attained the rank of Captain and also served as an acting Major. At

Gallipoli The Gallipoli peninsula (; tr, Gelibolu Yarımadası; grc, Χερσόνησος της Καλλίπολης, ) is located in the southern part of East Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles ...

as a divisional machine gun officer, Burn was ordered to assist in the withdrawal at Gully Beach and was the last person in the regiment to leave the peninsula. After Gallipoli, he served in Egypt and Palestine and then in 1918 on the Western front. Burn was wounded in the foot in March 1918 during the Germans’ last offensive.

Personal life

Burn was married to Phyllis Burn (née Stoneham) (18831958) from 1911 until his death in 1955. His father-in-law was

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who, with

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, was instrumental in developing the golf and gambling resort of

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. The couple had four children:

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(19122010), Alan (19141998), Stella (19162004) and Renee (19191984), first wife of diplomat

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burn, Clive Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order 1882 births 1955 deaths Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford People educated at Winchester College English cricketers Oxford University cricketers Lord Brackley's XI cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers