Background
Dunch was the son of Edmund Dunch of Little Wittenham in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).
Dunch was the son of Edmund Dunch of Little Wittenham in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire).
Magdalen College.
He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford on 11 November 1608, aged 15 and was awarded Bachelor on 23 January 1612. He was a student of Gray"s Inn in 1611. In 1621 he was elected Member of Parliament for Wallingford.
He was also a Justice of the Peace and served as High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1629.
He lived at Pusey in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). Dunch was an uncle of Oliver Cromwell.
In 1653, he was nominated to the Barebones Parliament as Member of Parliament for Berkshire. Dunch married Dulcibella Moore, daughter of John Moore, Serjeant-at-law, by licence dated 28 May 1617.
Through her, he inherited North Baddesley Manor.
Dunch"s brother, Sir William Dunch was also Member of Parliament for Berkshire.