Career
He is a native-born Australian and lives in Tasmania. He has made one speech, both his maiden and final speech, in the House of Lords on 25 November 1998, less than one year before his automatic right to sit in the House of Lords was removed by the House of Lords Acting 1999. Dunmore married Joy Partridge in 1970.
They have two adopted children, Leigh and Elisa.
The Countess of Dunmore died on 4 August 2015.