Background
Dunne was born in 1933, the son of Philip Russell Rendel Dunne, a military officer and politician.
Dunne was born in 1933, the son of Philip Russell Rendel Dunne, a military officer and politician.
He was educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Hereford and Worcester in 1977, three years after the administrative counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire were merged to form Hereford and Worcester. In 1998, Hereford and Worcester reverted to its original counties, and Sir Thomas became Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire and Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire. He retired from the latter on 31 July 2001.
He is Chairman of the Lord Lieutenants Association.
Sir Thomas is the father of:
Camilla Rose Dunne, married to Honorary Rupert Soames (son of Lord Soames and Mary, Lady Soames, and a grandson of Sir Winston Churchill) in 1988. Philip Martin Dunne, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Ludlow since 2005.
Nicholas Dunne, married to Lady Jasmine Cavendish, daughter of the 12th Duke of Devonshire.