Papers of Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood, Indian Army; C-in-C, India 1925-30 1883-1949
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Curzon, George Nathaniel, , 1859-1925
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Roberts, Frederick Sleigh
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Epithet: Field-Marshal Title: 1st Earl Roberts British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001083.0x000267 Epithet: Field Marshal Title: 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x000334 ...
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Younghusband, George John
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Hankey, Maurice P.
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Kitchener, Horatio H.
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Indian Army (active 1696-2004)
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British statesman. From the description of Letter : 58 Rutland Gate, to Mrs. Tweedie, 1935 July 26. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122319042 Epithet: politician Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001083.0x0000fe Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain was born in Birmingham in 1863 an...
Blackwood, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-, 1826-1902, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, diplomat
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1849–52 and 1854–58 Lord-in-waiting to Queen Victoria; 1864 lord lieutenant, 1864 County Down; 1864-1866 under-secretary of state for India; 1866 under-secretary, War Office; 1872-1878 governor-general of Canada; 1879-1881 British ambassador to St Petersburg; 1881 British ambassador to Constantinople; 1882 Special Commissioner to Egypt; 1884-1888 Viceroy of India; 1889-1891 British ambassador to Rome; 1891-1896 British ambassador to France. Honours: 1861 KCB; 1863 KP; 1876 GCMG; 188...
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Petain, Philippe, Marechal de France
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Birdwood, William Riddell Birdwood, Baron, 1865-1951
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Dane, Louis William, Sir, 1856-1946, Knight, administrator in India
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1876 Indian Civil Service; 1879-1882 private secretary to the lieutenant-govenor; 1896-1900 chief secretary to the Punjab government; 1900-1901 resident magistrate at Tralee, County Kerry; 1901 resident in Kashmir; 1902-1908 secretary to the government of India, foreign department; 1904-1905 head of British mission to Kabul; 1904 CSI; 1905 KCIE; 1908-1913 lieutenant-govenor, Punjab; 1911 GCIE; 1925-1932 chairman, East India Association. Epithet: administrator in India ...
Malleson, Wilfrid, Sir, Major-General
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Baring, Rowland Thomas, 2nd Earl of Cromer
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Kohat Brigade (active 1911-1912)
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Strachey, Richard, Sir, 1817-1908
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1917 chief of the Imperial General's Staff's personal liason officer to General Sir Edmund Allenby; 1918 brigadier-general; 1930 command, 6th brigade at Blackdown; 1935 command, 2nd division at Aldershot; 1937 command, southern division in Palestine and Transjordan; 1941-1943 Commander-in-chief of India; 1943 Field Marshall; 1943-1947 Viceroy of India Honours: 1915 MC; 1919 CMG; 1935 CB; 1939 KCB; 1941 GCB; 1943 GCSI; 1943 GCIE. Epithet: Viceroy of India ...
Duff, Beauchamp
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Russell, Arthur Oliver Villiers, 1869-1935, 2nd Baron Ampthill
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1897 private-secretary, Colonial Office; 1900-1904 Govenor of Madras; 1904 acting Viceroy of India; 1908-1935 pro-grand master of English freemasonry; Commander, 1914-1917 13th battalion of the Leicestershire regiment, 3rd and 8th battalions of the Bedfordshire regiment; 1917-1918 Indian Labour Corps advisor; 1919 brevet-colonel Title: 2nd Baron Ampthill British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x...
Creagh, Garrett O'Moore, 1848-1923
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1866 ensign in the 95th foot; 1870 transferred to the Indian Army, lieutenant on the Bombay staff corps; 1870s served with marine battalion, 25th Bombay light infantry, Deoli irregular force and the Merwara battalion; 1878 captain; 1879-1880 served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War; 1879 Victoria Cross for action at Kam Dakka, brevet major; 1882-1886 commander of the Merwara battalion; 1886 major; 1890 served in Zhob valley expedition, commander of the 29th Bombay infantry; 1882 lieute...
Chamberlain, Neville, 1869-1940
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Mcmahon, Arthur Henry, Sir, Colonel
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Reading, Rufus Daniel Isaacs, Marquess of, 1860-1935
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March-October 1910 solicitor-general; March 1910 Knighted; October 1910-1913 attorney-general; 1910 KCVO; 1913-1921 lord chief justice; 1915 GCB; 1917 High Commissioner to the United States of America and Canada; 1917 financial advisor, war cabinet; 1918 ambassador-extraordinary and high commissioner to Washington; 1920 freedom of Reading; 1921 GCSI and GCIE; 1922 GCVO; 1921-1926 Viceroy of India; 1926 freedom of London; 1926 captaincy of Deal castle;1931 foreign secretary; 1934 lor...
Barrow, Edmund George, Sir, 1852-1934, Knight, army officer
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1871 joined the army; 1878-1879 served in the Afghan war; 1880 and 1884 Gold medal, USI of India; 1882 served in the Egyptian war; 18851886 mission to Chitral, Kafiristan, Hunza and Wakhan; 1889-1890 Anglo-Siamese boundary commission; 1892-1895 command of the Hong Kong regiment; 1898 CB; 1900 chief of staff, China Expeditionary Force; 1900 KCB; 1901-1903 secretary, government of India, military department; 1904-1907 command of the 1st division, India; 1908-1912 southern army, India;...
Henderson, David, Sir, Lieutenant-General
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Brett, Reginald Baliol, 2nd Viscount Esher
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Elles, Edmond Roche, Sir, Lieutenant-General
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Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Gilbert John, Viscount Melgund, 4th Earl of Minto
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Long, Walter Hume, active 1891-1896, MP
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Nye, Archibald Edward, Sir, Lieutenant-General
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Morley, John, 1838-1923
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English statesman and author. From the description of Autograph letters signed (7) : to Prof. Knight, 1876-1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270613155 1886 and 1892-1895 Chief Secretary for Ireland; 1905-1910 and 1911 Secretary of State for India. Epithet: statesman Title: Viscount Morley of Blackburn British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x0001f0 ...
Forster, Hugh Oakeley Arnold-, 1855-1909, politician
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Hugh Oakeley Arnold was born in Dawlish, Devon on 19 August 1855 into an illustrious family. His late grandfather, Thomas Arnold, had been headmaster at Rugby; his uncles included the poet and critic, Matthew Arnold, and the literary scholar, Thomas Arnold; an aunt was the novelist Mary Ward (also known as Mrs Humphry Ward); and a cousin was the journalist W. T. Arnold. When he was just four months old he moved to India where his father, William Delafield Arnold, was Director of Pub...
Probyn, Dighton Macnaghten, Sir, General GCSI
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Dilke, Charles Wentworth, Sir
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Australia New Zealand Army Corps (active 1883-1949)
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Australian Imperial Force (active 1883-1949)
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Probyn's Horse (active 1883-1968)
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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...
Birdwood (Family : active 1883-1949)
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Baird, John Lawrence, 1st Viscount Stonehaven
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Strachey, John
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Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945
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David Lloyd George (b. January 17, 1863, Manchester, England–d. March 26, 1945, Wales) was a British statesman of the Liberal Party. As Chancellor of the Exchequer (1908–1915), Lloyd George was a key figure in the introduction of many reforms which laid the foundations of the modern welfare state. His most important role came as the highly energetic Prime Minister of the Wartime Coalition Government (1916–22), during and immediately after the First World War. He was a major player at the Paris P...
Lake, Percy Henry Noel, Sir, Lieutenant-General
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