HAMILTON, Gen Sir Ian Standish Monteith (1853-1947) 1814-1971

Masefield, John, 1878-1967

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The English poet, playwright and novelist John Masefield was born in 1878 in Ledbury. After running away to sea early (when he was thirteen) he settled in London from 1897 and devoted himself to writing. Later he moved to Oxford which was where he lived when most of the following collection was produced. Masefield became Poet Laureate in 1930 and was awarded the Order of Merit in 1935. Among his more notable works are some early reflections of his maritime experiences in Salt Water Ba...

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Bartlett Ellis Ashmead fl 1894-1929

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Sellar Eleanor Charlotte fl 1896-1934

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Robertson, W. R. (William Robert), 1860-1933

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Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x0000c0 Epithet: Scottish merchant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x0000c8 William Robertson was a contemporary of the Arctic explorer and whaler William Penny (b 1809) From the guide to the William Robertson collection, 1852-1854, (Scott P...

Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Earl, 1850-1916

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British Army officer. From the description of Papers, 1885. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19865925 British Army officer and secretary of state for war. From the description of Letter of Horatio Herbert Kichener, Earl Kitchener, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009955 ...

Hart Sir Basil Henry Liddell 1895-1970

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Hamilton Lady Jean Miller d 1941

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Haldane, R. B. Haldane (Richard Burdon Haldane), Viscount, 1856-1928

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Richard Burton Haldane served as a member of Parliament (1885) and was appointed to the War Office in 1905. After the World War I, he served on the Privy Council. In 1924, he served briefly as Lord Chancellor in the First Labor Government. From the description of Letter to Francis Rawle, 4 February 1918. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234337844 Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan (1856-1928) was a distinguished scholar, university adminis...

Birdwood, William Riddell Birdwood, Baron, 1865-1951

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English army officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Thurlby Hall, Lincoln, to Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, 1933 [i.e. 1934] Jan. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426142977 "The Queensland Digger" was the official journal of the Returned Soldiers' and Sailors' Imperial League of Australia (RSSILA), (Queensland Branch). During World War I, William Birdwood was given command of the Australian and New Zealand forces recruited for service in Europe. He was award...

Maxwell, John Grenfell 1859-1929

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Epithet: Lieutenant-General; KCB; General 1919 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x0002e2 ...

Hamilton, Sir Ian Standish Monteith, 1853-1947

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Great Britain. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

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Chamberlain, Neville, Sir, 1820-1902

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1837 ensign in the army of the East India Company; 1838 joined 55th Bengal native infantry, transferred to 16th Bengal native infantry; 1839-1842 served in First Anglo-Afghan War; 1842 lieutenant; 1843 governor-general's bodyguard; 1843 served in Gwalior campaign; 1846-1848 military secretary to the governor of Bombay; 1848 brigade major; 1848-1849 served in Second Anglo-Sikh War; 1849 brevet major, assistant adjutant-general of the Sirhind division; 1849-1850 assistant commissioner...

Murdoch Sir Keith Arthur 1886-1952

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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965

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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, on 30 November 1874. He was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before joining the Army in 1895 and serving in India and Sudan. After leaving the Army in 1899, he worked as a war correspondent for the Morning Post and the following year was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Oldham. In 1904, Churchill decided to join the Liberal Party, and in 1906, was elected Liberal MP f...

White, George, Sir, 1835-1912

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Field Marshall. Commander-in-Chief in India 1893-1898. From the description of Letter : Army Headquarters, India, 1894 January 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86148044 ...

Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl, 1832-1914

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Field Marshal. Commander-in-Chief Madras, 1881-1885, Commander-in-Chief India, 1885-1893, General in 1890. From the description of Letter : Englemere, Ascot, Berks., 1907 April 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122417239 British Army officer. From the description of Papers, 1881-1910. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20121625 ...