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Dunn, JAMES NICOL (1856- 

 1919). British journalist. Born in 

 Kincardineshire, Oct. 12, 1856, he 

 was educated at Aberdeen. He was 

 intended for the law, but joined the 

 staff of The Dundee Advertiser, and 

 later that of The Scotsman. He was 

 in turn managing editor of The 

 Scots Observer and The National 

 Observer, under W. E. Henley, 

 1888-93 ; news editor of The Pall 

 Mall Gazette, 1894 ; and editor of 

 Black and White and The Ludgate 

 Monthly, 1895-97. In 1897 he be- 

 came editor of The Morning Post, 

 and in 1905 of The Manchester 

 Courier. In 1911 he was made 

 editor of The Star, Johannesburg, 

 and in 1914 London editor of The 

 Glasgow Evening News. He was 

 president of the Institute of Jour- 

 nalists in 1904. He died at Den- 

 mark Hill, June 30, 1919. Of his 

 three sons, two fought throughout 

 the Great War, and the other 

 became Renter's chief of staff in 

 S. Africa. 



Dunnage. Pieces of wood laid 

 at the bottom of a ship's hold to 

 keep the cargo from touching the 

 deck beneath. The object is to 

 protect the cargo from damage 

 by any water that may find its way 

 into the hold. 



Dunne. Automatically stable 

 aeroplane, designed by J. W. 

 Dunne. The wings are V-shaped, 

 and each wing has a variable cam- 

 ber and angle from shoulder to tip. 

 See Aeroplane. 



Dunne, FINLEY PETER (b. 1867). 

 American humorist. Born at Chi- 

 cago, from 1891 to 1900 he at- 

 tracted notice by contributing to 

 the Times-Herald, of Chicago, a 

 series of sketches in which, speak- 

 ing as Martin Dooley, an Irish- 

 American publican, he commented 

 on social and political topics in 

 genially, sometimes pungently, 

 humorous fashion. His works in- 

 clude Mr. Dooley's Philosophy, 

 1900 ; Opinions, 1901 ; Observa- 

 tions, 1902; Dissertations, 1906; 

 Mr. Dooley Says, 1910; and On 

 Making a Will, 1920. 



Dunnite. Filling for high ex- 

 plosive shell. Its essential ingre- 

 dient was picric acid, adopted by 

 the ordnance authorities of the 

 U.S.A. before the Great War. It 

 has been superseded by ijrinitnx 

 toluene and amatol. c 



Dunnottar. Town arid parish 

 of Kincardineshire, Scotland. It 

 stands on Carron Water, 1 m. S.W. 

 of Stonehaven. At Dunnottar in 

 1793 Walter Scott met Robert 

 Paterson, the stonemason original 

 of Old Mortality. Pop. 2,255. 



Dunnottar Castle. Ruined 

 stronghold about 2 m. S.E. of 

 Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scot- 

 land. It is situated 130 ft. above 



the sea, and dates 

 from the 7th cen- 

 tury. In one 

 of its dungeons, 

 known as Scot- 

 land's Black Hole 

 or Whigs' Vault, 

 in 1685, during 

 the Covenanters' 

 rebellion, 167 men, 

 women, and chil- 

 dren were incarce- 

 rated. Cromwell 

 laid siege to the 

 castle when he 

 invaded Scotland, 

 but did not take 

 it until the Scottish 

 crown jewels, 

 placed in it for safe keeping, had 

 been secretly] removed to KinnefE 

 Church. The castle was dismantled 

 in 1720. 



Dunois, JEAN, COMTE DE (1402- 

 68). French soldier and popular 

 hero. Bom at Paris, Nov. 23, 1402, 

 a natural son of Louis, duke of 

 Orleans, and brother of Charles VI, 

 he was known as the Bastard of Or- 

 leans. Originally intended for the 



Dunoon. 



Ruins of the old castle and the statue of 

 Burns's Highland Mary 



watering-places on the W. coast. 

 It includes Kirn and Hunter's Quay, 

 and with these the town has a 

 frontage of three miles on the firth. 

 There is a statue to Mary Camp- 

 bell, the Highland Mary loved by 

 Burns, who was born here. Pop. 

 9,859. 



Dunraven, EARL OF. Irish title 

 borne since 1822 by the family of 

 Wyndham-Quin. Valentine R.Quin, 

 an Irish land- 

 owner and a sup- 

 porter of the 

 Union of 1800, was 



I ' jJjtfiMlikilii^^- m made a baronet in 



HB 1781, a baron in 

 ^|H I 1800, a viscount 



BP^JgjgM I 1822 eiri oMDu 



I raven and Mount- 

 K^aliflfll earl. His son 



Windham Henry 

 had already taken 

 the additional 

 name of Wynd- 

 ham on inheriting 

 valuable property 

 in Glamorganshire 

 through his wife, 



Church, he became a soldier, and a daughter of Thomas Wyndham 



first came into prominence by de- of Dunraven Castle in that county. 



feating the English and raising the On this account the elder Quin 



siege of Montargis in 1427. His 



next exploit was the defence of 



Orleans, which he held until suc- 

 coured by Joan of Arc, with whom 



Dunois now set himself to the task 



of clearing the country of the Eng- 

 lish. The task was not interrupted 



by the capture and death of the 



Maid of Orleans. The taking of 



Chartres in 1432 enabled Dunois to 



\xpel the English from Paris ; by 



1 450 he had driven them from Nor- 

 mandy ; and by 1455 Guienne 



was once more French. He died 



at St. Germain-en-Laye, Nov. 24, 



1468. 

 Dunoon. Town and police 



burgh of Argyllshire, Scotland. It 



stands on the W. shore of the 



Firth of Clyde, 8 m. W. of Greenock. 



Formerly a small fishing village, 



Dunnottar Castle. Ruins of the ancient stronghold 

 seen from the north 



it is now one of the most popular 



took the title of Dunraven on being 

 made an earl. 



Edwin, the 3rd earl (1812-71), 

 who was M.P. for Glamorganshire 

 1837-51, was made Baron Kenry, 

 a British title, in 1866. A remark- 

 able man, he was archaeologist, 

 astro nomer, 

 and author, 

 and was in- 

 terested in 

 spirit ualism. 

 He became a 

 Roman Catho- 

 lic, and Mont- 

 alembert was 

 one of his 

 friends. In 

 1871 his son 



Windham Thomas (b. 1841) be- 

 came the 4th earl. In 1885-86 

 and 1 886-87 he was under-secretary 



4th Earl of Dunraven 



Russell 



