Sir George Andrew Dick Lauder, 12th Baronet, of the Fountainhall creation (the family having parted with that estate), (17 November 1917 - 11 August 1981), was a British author and soldier.

Education

Sir George succeeded to the baronetcy in 1958 upon the death of his father Sir John North Dalrymple Dick-Lauder, 11th Baronet

Sir John Dick-Lauder, 11th Baronet

Sir John North Dalrymple Dick-Lauder of Fountainhall, 11th Baronet, born 22 July 1883 at Sultanpur Lodhi, and baptised at Christ Church, Mussoorie, India...

, and was educated at Stowe School

Stowe School

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 and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

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.

Career

He served in the 1939-45 war

World War II

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 in Palestine

Palestine

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; East Africa

East Africa

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; and the Middle East

Middle East

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. He also served, with the 52nd Middle East Commandos, in Sudan

Sudan

Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...

 and Crete

Crete

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 (where taken prisoner). He entered the Black Watch

Black Watch

The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The unit's traditional colours were retired in 2011 in a ceremony led by Queen Elizabeth II....

 Regiment as a lieutenant

Lieutenant

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 in 1937, and was promoted Major in 1945. He served in Cyprus

Cyprus

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 and Berlin

Berlin

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, where his two sons were born, and was promoted second-in-command of the Black Watch (1955 - 1956). He was then seconded as second-in command to the 11th battalion King's African Rifles

King's African Rifles

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 in Nairobi

Nairobi

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 (1957 - 1960). He retired from the British Army in 1960.

Marriage and death

He died at Firth Mill House, Roslin, Scotland, having married on 13 November 1945 Hester Marguerite, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel George Cecil Minett Sorel-Cameron, C.B.E. They had two sons and two daughters, Sir George being succeeded by his eldest son and heir Sir Piers Robert Dick-Lauder, 13th Baronet.

Author

Sir George was author of Skull and Two Crystals, Let Soldiers Lust, and Our Man for Ganymede. He was a member of Puffin's Club, Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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, founded by his friend Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk

Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk

Sir Rupert Iain Kay Moncreiffe of that Ilk, 11th Baronet, CVO, QC was a British officer of arms and genealogist. He used various forms of his name: His columns for Books and Bookmen wete signed Iain Moncreiffe; Royal Highness is by Sir Iain Moncreiffe of that Ilk, Bt.; Simple Heraldry is by...

, 11th Baronet.