Clive Burn

Roland Clive Wallace Burn
Born (1882-10-29)October 29, 1882
Died May 8, 1955(1955-05-08) (aged 72)
Alma mater Winchester College
Oriel College
Occupation Keeper of the Record to the Duchy of Cornwall
Children 4, including Micky Burn

Sir Roland Clive Wallace Burn KCVO "Clive Burn" (29 October 1882 – 8 May 1955) was Secretary and Keeper of the Record to the Duchy of Cornwall from 1936 to 1954 and was Solicitor to Duchy of Cornwall from 1940.[1] He was also a cricketer and a polo player. Burn was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 1942 and knighted in 1948.[2]

Education and career

Burn was educated at Winchester College and then Oriel 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 Oxford University Cricket Club for four seasons from 1902 to 1905 as a slow left arm bowler. During this time he dismissed C. B. Fry five times.[3] 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 in 1905.[4]

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.[5]

Military

Burn served during World War I in the Sussex Yeomanry and the Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) as 2nd Lieutenant. He attained the rank of Captain and also served as an acting Major. At Gallipoli 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.[6] 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.[7]

Personal life

Burn married Phyllis Stoneham in 1912. His father in law was Allen Stoneham who was instrumental with John Whitley in developing the golf and gambling resort of Le Touquet. He had four children, including Micky Burn (1912-2010).

References

  1. ↑ "Obituary The Times (London)". 10 May 1955.
  2. ↑ "The London Gazette". Publication date:30 December 1947. Supplement 38161 Page 9.
  3. ↑ "Obituary Times (London)". 17 May 1955.
  4. ↑ "Cricket Archive Player Profile for Roland Clive Wallace Burn". Cricket Archive.
  5. ↑ Horace, Laffaye (2015). The Polo Encyclopedia, 2d ed. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 55.
  6. ↑ Lieut-Col H I Powell-Edwards DSO (1921). The Sussex Yeomanry and 16th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment 1914-1919. Andrew Melrose Ltd. pp. 44–50, 265.
  7. ↑ "25th Battalion Machine Gun Corps War diary". The National Archives' reference WO 95/2235/1.
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