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

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

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and a

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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

Oriel College Oriel College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford (a title formerly claimed by University College, ...

, 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 C. B. Fry 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

Marylebone Cricket Club The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's, Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London, England. The club was the governing body of cricket from 1788 to 1989 and retain ...

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

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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 Allen Stoneham 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 Lees Mayall.

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