Ernest Desmond Dynes CBE (30 March 1903 – 21 June 1968) was an English cricketer in the 1920s and 1930s and later a Brigadier in the British Army and an Aide-de-Camp to Queen Elizabeth II.
[1][2] A right-handed batsman and leg spin bowler, he played first-class cricket between 1928 and 1931.
[7] He made his first-class debut for the combined Minor Counties team in June 1928, playing against the West Indies.
[3] In 1930, he played his last first-class match for the Minor Counties, against Wales,[8] against whom he took 5/64,[10] the only time he took five wickets in an innings in first-class cricket,[3] and played for the Army against the Royal Air Force and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
[11] Later in life, he served as Aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II between 1955 and 1957, for which he was awarded the CBE.