Allegiance United Kingdom Battles and wars World War I Service/branch British Army | Battles/wars First World War Rank Colonel | |
Commands held Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Died 27 April 1941, Sezincote House, United Kingdom Awards Distinguished Service Order, Order of St Michael and St George | ||
Colonel Arthur Dugdale CMG DSO (2 February 1869 – 27 April 1941) was a British Army officer. He was Commander of the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars during the First World War.
Dugdale was born in Burnley, Lancashire, the son of James Dugdale (1835–1915). He was a first cousin of Conservative MP Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne. When he was 15, James Dugdale purchased the majestic Sezincote House in the Cotswolds. Arthur was educated at Winchester College and at Christ Church, Oxford.
During the First World War, he commanded the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1915 Birthday Honours and awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the 1919 New Year Honours.
In 1904, he married Ethel Innes, eldest daughter of Colonel John Sherston DSO and sister of Brigadier John Reginald Vivian Sherston DSO OBE MC. They had a son, John Dugdale, a journalist and Labour politician.
Dudale died at Sezincote House, aged 71.