William Dunn

William Hubert Dunn (8 July 1933 – 27 February 2020) was a Northern Ireland-born English senior barrister and judge, who held national offices in the areas of mental health and immigration, including that of Chief Immigration Adjudicator of the UK. A leader in a youth charity for many years, later in life he researched and authored a study of the life and work of the Irish poet Francis Ledwidge.

Early life William Hubert Dunn, known for most of his life as Hubert, He attended the nearby Rockport School in County Down and later Winchester College, making him an Old Wykehamist. He worked at the chambers of Lord Havers and Frederick Lawton. He concluded his immigration work in 2001. He was the founder, and for a period secretary, of the London Ulster Lawyers' Union. his daughter later became a trustee of the charity.

Writing Dunn was interested in the Irish poet Francis Ledwidge and cooperated with groups also interested in Ledwidge, including speaking at commemorative events. Having secured access to the curator and archive at Dunsany Castle, he produced a substantial illustrated study of the life, work and literary influences of the poet in 2006, The Minstrel Boy: Francis Ledwidge, and the Literature of His Time, which included some previously unpublished poems.

Personal life Dunn married Maria Henriqueta D'Araujo Perestrello de Moser, from Portugal, generally known as Henriqueta, in 1971. while their younger, James Hubert Sebastian Perestrello Dunn, born 1973, and Hubert Dunn on 27 February 2020. His funeral was private, with donations invited to the charity he had long worked with, Hope for Youth (NI), and a memorial service planned.