Raymond Durie of Durie
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Lt-Col Raymond Durie of Durie, (10 August 1905 – 29 March 1999) was an army officer involved in the Yangtze incident’ and who later became chief of the Clan Durie
.
, where his father was the manager of the Imperial Bank of Persia
. He was sent to school in England from aged five and later attended Blundell's School
in Tiverton and the RMA Sandhurst
before being commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
in 1925.
Dewar-Durie had an interesting war, including an escape from Shanghai
across Japanese
held territory, taking 51 days to free China. He returned to China in 1949 as Assistant Military Attache to the British Embassy in Nanking and played a vital part in the ‘Yantze incident’ involving HMS Amethyst
direction, first made to his father, to claim Chief of the Name and Arms of Durie and became Durie of Durie.
Clan Durie
-Origins:There is a persistent myth that the origin of the name Durie is from the French 'Du Roi' but there is no evidence for this. Rather, a younger son of the Earl of Strathearn was granted the existing lands of Durie and took the name...
.
Career
Raymond Dewar-Durie was born in PersiaIran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, where his father was the manager of the Imperial Bank of Persia
Imperial Bank of Persia
The Imperial Bank of Persia was an Iranian bank. It was established in 1885 with a concession from the government of Persia to Baron Julius De Reuter, under a Royal charter from Queen Victoria....
. He was sent to school in England from aged five and later attended Blundell's School
Blundell's School
Blundell's School is a co-educational day and boarding independent school located in the town of Tiverton in the county of Devon, England. The school was founded in 1604 by the will of Peter Blundell, one of the richest men in England at the time, and relocated to its present location on the...
in Tiverton and the RMA Sandhurst
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is a British Army officer initial training centre located in Sandhurst, Berkshire, England...
before being commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland....
in 1925.
Dewar-Durie had an interesting war, including an escape from Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
across Japanese
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
held territory, taking 51 days to free China. He returned to China in 1949 as Assistant Military Attache to the British Embassy in Nanking and played a vital part in the ‘Yantze incident’ involving HMS Amethyst
Clan Durie
Although there was never any doubt that Raymond Dewar-Durie was head of the Durie family which had settled in Fife since the 16th century, he did not change his name until 1988, when he followed up the Lord Lyon King of Arms'Lord Lyon King of Arms
The Lord Lyon King of Arms, the head of Lyon Court, is the most junior of the Great Officers of State in Scotland and is the Scottish official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that country, issuing new grants of arms, and serving as the judge of the Court of the Lord Lyon, the oldest...
direction, first made to his father, to claim Chief of the Name and Arms of Durie and became Durie of Durie.