Archibald Manuel Dunn

• Birth date            Oct-Dec 1863
• Marriage              11 January 1900 to Madeline Bertha Temple-Layton at St James Catholic Church. Spanish Place, W, London
• Death date          26th July 1925.
• Probate               25 October 1925. Effects £67446 10s. 9d

Archibald Manuel Dunn was born in 1863, the second son of architect Archibald Mathias Dunn (qv) and Sarah Ellen (nee Armstrong). He attended Stonyhurst College before training as an architect. In 1887 he became a partner in the practice of Dunn and Hansom, Newcastle, the name of the firm being re-styled as Dunn Hansom and Dunn.  Following his marriage in 1900 he and his wife lived at Portland Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle. Within weeks Edward Hansom was dead, leaving the firm in the hands of Archibald Manuel Dunn and Fenwicke. On 1 May 1893 the partnership under the style Dunn Hansom and Fenwick was dissolved by mutual consent.  At some time between this date and 1911 he moved to London where he lived for the remainder of his life.

By this time, he was established as a successful writer on the newly introduced game of bridge and as a novelist.  Archibald Dunn’s books were best sellers. In 1899 the first edition of “Bridge and How to Play It” by Archibald Dunn junior was published by George Routledge and Sons Ltd and dedicated to his father. The first editions were hardback but later editions were yellow back (paperback with card covers.  In the 15th edition, published in 1907, he drops the “Jun.” from his name. His other works include: “The Bridge Book: Practical Talks about Bridge” (1902); New ideas on Bridge (1902), dedicated to his mother; "Auction Bridge," (September 1909); “Royal Spade Auction Bridge” (1913); “Club Bridge” (no date). In 1901 he published “The Fading of the Light and Other Stories” and in 1903 the novels “The Way of Cain,” and “King Honour.”

Archibald Manuel Dunn died on 26 July 1925, survived by his widow.

Residence
1901        Portland Terrace Jesmond Northumberland
1911        North Chelsea
1925        82F Portland Place, Marylebone, London

Reference    The Catholic Who's Who and Yearbook 1908 page 127
Reference    London Gazette 19 May 1903 page 3182 – dissolution of partnership with Fenwicke
Reference    The Dictionary of Scottish Architects - William Ellison Fenwicke.