Dunster Castle evidence of a fortification at Dunster was an Anglo-Saxon "burgh". This was built on the summit of the hill and was possibly intended to protect the region against sea-borne raiders; by the mid-11th century it was controlled by a local nobleman called Aelfric. In 1066 the Normans invaded south-east England, defeating the English forces at the battle of Hastings: in the aftermath of the victory, William the Conqueror entrusted the conquest of the south-west of England to his half-brother Robert of Mortain. Expecting stiff resistance, Robert marched west into Somerset, supported by forces under Walter of Douai, who entered from
Robin Dunster a Freeman of the City of London. Robin Dunster Robin Dunster (January 12, 1944) was the chief of staff of the Salvation Army International. The first woman to hold the office, she has been described by then-General John Larsson as a "gifted and widely experienced internationalist." Robin Dunster was a pupil at Sydney Girls' High School and later trained as a nurse in Sydney (Australia). She is a registered general nurse and midwife (Canterbury District Hospital), with post-graduate qualifications in Mothercraft (St Anthony's, Ashfield) and psychiatry (Gladesville Hospital). She also holds qualifications in Tropical medicine, Under 5s' Health and Planned