Personalities, Surname C

Caldecott, Harry Stratford, FRGS, FRCI

He was born at Port Elizabeth, November 24, 1846; is 3rd son of Hon Chas. Henry Caldecott, MLC, of Grahamstown, and was educated at the Diocesan College, Rondebosch, and St Andrew's College, Grahamstown. He is a Director of the Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company, Johannesburg Estate Company, Glynn's Lydenburg, and other Companies He is also Chairman of the Witwatersrand Council of Education, and Member of the Technical Institute recently appointed by Government During Boer War, Mr Caldecott rendered good service in many ways, especially as Chairman of the Uitlander Committee in Natal, and later as Commandant of the Boer Refugee Women's Camp at Howick, for whose comfort as well as for the physical and mental education of their children he worked indefatigably. He married, Mar, 1876, Martha Johanna, daughter of J J Saner, of Aliwal North.

Calder, William Menzies Grant

He was educated at Wellington College, and leaving there at the age of twenty he went to South Africa, where he joined the Rhodesia Horse and served through the Matabele rebellion. On the outbreak of the Boer War he joined Colonel Plumer's irregular force, and was wounded in the hip at Eland River in June, 1900, returning invalided to England in November of the same year.

Cameron, Major G E E G

Entered the Gordon Highlanders in 1892, and took part with the Relief Force in the operations in Chitral in 1895 (medal and clasp); the operations on the NW Frontier of India with the Tirah Expeditionary Force in 1897-8, including the action of Dargai (despatches and two clasps); the Boer War in 1899-1900 as a Special Service Officer taking part in the advance on Kimberley, including the action at Enslin; operations in the Orange Free State, and at Paardeberg; present at the actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Houtnek (Thaba Mountain), Vet River and Zand River, and the operations in the Transvaal and Cape Colony (despatches, Brevet-Major and QSA with four clasps). Subsequently he was appointed Adjutant of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea in succession to Major A E O Congdon.

Campbell, Major General B B D, Scots Guards

A Scots Guards officer, selected to command the 16th Brigade, has seen active service with his regiment in Egypt. Entering the Army in 1864, and becoming a major-general in 1898, he fought with the 1st Battalion in Egypt in 1882, including El Magfar, Tel-el-Mahuta, and Tel-el-Kebir. General Campbell has commanded a battalion of the Scots Guards.

Campbell, Marshall, MLC, JP

He is the son of William Campbell, of Muckleneuk. He was born July 10, 1848, and was educated in Natal. Mr Campbell landed in Natal when eighteen months old. His father was one of the first to start the sugar industry in the Colony of Natal, which he has successfully continued to the present time. He built the Natal Refinery, and the Tongaat Central Sugar Company's Estate, of which at one time he was half owner. Mr Marshall Campbell was MLC when Natal was a Crown Colony. On Natal being given Responsible Government, he was nominated for the Upper House for Victoria County, which seat he holds to the present day. He was asked by General Buller to collect Indian stretcher-bearers during the war, and sent 600 to Colenso and 700 to Spion Kop. Mr Campbell was appointed as the Natal Commissioner on the Natal-Transvaal Boundary Delimitation Commission. For the excellent work he did while on this Commission he received the thanks of Lord Milner and the Government He has been appointed as one of the two Natal Commissioners on the South African Native Commission. He is largely interested in the Natal Estates Company, Ltd, holding the position of Managing Director; he is also acting Chairman of the Tongaat Central Sugar Company, Ltd, and the Molassine Meal Company, Ltd, and is Director of the Elandslaagte, Ltd Mr Campbell has travelled largely in SA, and in 1871 left the Cape for the Victoria Falls, but just failed to reach them through fever and scarcity of water. In the early days he shot a great deal over Zululand, and won the cup given by the Natal Gun Club for the best shot in 1871. He married, in 1877, Ellen Blarney.

Campbell, Major the Hon Ralph Alexander

He was born Feb 18,1877, and is third son of the third Earl Cawdor. He entered the Cameron Highlanders in 1896, and served in the Nile Expedition in 1898, being present at the Battle of Khartoum (medal, and Egyptian medal with clasp), and the Boer War in 1899-1902, on the Staff, and as ADC to the Lieutenant-General of the Infantry Division; present at operations in the Transvaal and Cape Colon (despatches, Brevet of Major, QSA with three clasps and KSA with two clasps). At present he holds the appointment of Adjutant to Lovat's Scouts.

Campbell, Captain Samuel George. Natal Volunteer Medical Corps, JP

He was born at Muckle Neuk, Victoria Company, Natal, July 25, 1861. He is the son of William Campbell, of Muckle Ncuk, a Natal sugar planter, and was educated at Hermansberg, and Bishop's College, Natal, and at Edinburgh and Vienna University, graduating MD Edin, FRCS Edin, MRCS Lond, and DPH Edin. He served in the Natal Civil Service as District Surgeon and Indian Med. Officer 1883-5; was Med. Officer of Health, Durban, 1890-1902, and served with the Natal Volunteer Med. Corps during the Boer War (Siege of Ladysmith). He is member of the Durban Hospital Board, and JP (Natal).

Campbell, Lieutenant Colonel W P, 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. 

Entered 1875; Lieutenant Colonel, January 1900.  Staff service: Adjutant Volunteers, 1889-94; District Inspector of Musketry, NW District 1896-98.  War Service: Sudan Expedition 1884-85 (medal with 2 clasps; bronze star); Boer War, 1899-1900; wounded.

Cannell, Cameron Corlett, FRGS, MRCI

He was born at Grahamstown, Cape Colony, in 1862, and was educated at Grahamstown and Port Alfred. Mr Cannell was one of the early pioneers of the Rand, where he joined the Johannesburg firm of B M Woollan & Company Coming to England, Mr Cannell took up the London Agency of several companies controlled by the Woollan group, and very soon entered a larger sphere of usefulness, greatly extending his interests in the Transvaal and Rhodesia. He is a Director of the Consolidated Rand-Rhodesia Trust, the Bulawayo Estate and Trust, Monastery Diamond Mines, the Rand Investment Corporation, the African World, and the Collos Portland Cement Company In the early days of the Boer War he acted as Hon Captain on the HQ Staff of the Army Remount Department (1899). He is keen on shooting, hunting, and motoring, and married, in 1891, Miss Eva Bright.

Cantwell, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Francis

He joined the FAMP as a trooper in 1877. He took part in several of the local wars, including the Gaika and Galeka Campaigns in 1877-8, being present at the capture of Moirosi's Mountain in November, 1879 (Kaffir War medal). In 1880 he proceeded to Basutoland with the Cape Mounted Riflemen as Regimental Sergeant Major (medal). He was promoted Lieutenant in 1881; Captain, Adjutant, and Musketry-Instructor of the right wing in 1883, and Captain, Adjutant, and Musketry-Instructor in the Cape Mounted Rifles in 1884; promoted Major in 1900, and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel in 1901. In 1903 was seconded as Senior Staff Officer of the Cape Colonial Forces, having previously taken part in the Boer War in 1899-1900 (QSA and four clasps, KSA and two clasps). He also holds the Coronation medal.

Carnwall, Moses, JP, Hon Associate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem

He was born in Dublin, July 6, 1841. He is son of Wm. Carnwall, of Dublin, by his wife May Teresa, daughter of Moses d'Arcy, of Wexford, Ireland. He emigrated to SA in 1859, and was one of the early settlers in the Diamond Fields in 1870. He was Mayor of Kimberley in 1881, 1882, and 1893; represented the district of Kimberley in the Cape House of Assembly from 1884 to 1888. He was for many years member of the Borough Council and Divisional Council; is Chairman of the Kimberley Hospital Board, the Public Library, and the Rhodes Memorial Committee. Mr Carnwall served in the Griqualand West War of 1878 as a Volunteer (medal and clasp), and during the Boer War he served in the Kimberley Town Guard (medal and clasp and Mayor's siege medal). He married, Feb 29, 1864, Margaret, daughter of William Lundie, of Company Monaghan, Ireland.

Carr, Lieutenant Colonel E E, 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers. 

Entered 1873; Lieutenant Colonel, 1898.  Staff service: Adjutant Aux.  Forces, 1885-90; District Inspector of Musketry, N E District 1893-96.  War service: Operations on NW Frontier of India, 1897-98 (medal with 2 clasps); Boer War, 1899-1900; Ladysmith Relief Force; severely wounded, 27th February.

Carrington, Major General Sir Frederick, KCMG, KCB 

Of Perrott's Brook, Cirencester, and of the Naval and Military Club, was born at Cheltenham, Aug 23, 1844, and is son of Edmund Carrington, JP, of that town. Sir Frederick was educated at Cheltenham, and passed into the Army at the age of nineteen, and has seen very considerable service in SA ever since 1875, when he organised and commanded the Mounted Infantry in the Griqualand West Expedition. In 1877 he raised and commanded the FLH in the Kaffir War, fighting in the battle of Quintana and in the later operations in the Transkei and the Peri Bush (despatches). He also commanded the Transvaal Volunteer forces against Sekukuni in 1878-9 (despatches, medal with clasp, brevs. of Major and Lt. Colonel, CMG). During the siege of Mafeteng by the Basutos he was in command of the CMR, and later, in the Basuto War, he had command of the Colonial forces, and was severely wounded. Sir Frederick commanded the 2nd Mounted Rifles in 1884-5, and was commandant of Native Levies in Zululand in 1888. He then commanded the BBP until 1893, when he was appointed Military-Adviser to the High Commissioner during the first Matabele War. He commanded the Infantry Brigade at Gibraltar from May, 1895, until March, 1899, with a brief interval in 1896, when he commanded the troops in the Matabele Rebellion of 1896. With the local rank of Lieutenant General, Sir Frederick commanded the Rhodesian Field Force in the Boer War, Feb, 1900, to April, 1901, taking part in the operations in Rhodesia, Western Transvaal, including the actions at Elands River, the Cape Colony, and the North of the ORC General Carrington married, November 18, 1897, Miss Susan Margaret Elwes.

Carstensen, Captain Herman, Cape Mounted Rifles

Joined the CMR in 1880 and served in the latter part of the Basuto campaign. He also took part in the Boer War in 1899-1902 (QSA with three clasps, and KSA with two clasps).

Carter, Lieutenant Colonel S H, RAMC

Lieutenant Colonel RAMC, September 1894.  War service:  Afghan War, 1878-80 (medal with clasp); Egyptian Expedition 1882 (medal with clasp; bronze star); Operations on NW Frontier of India, 1897-98 (medal with 2 clasps); Boer War, 1899-1900; Senior Medical Officer Infantry Division, Natal Field Force.

Cartwright, Albert

Of Rosebank, near Cape Town, was born at Manchester, 25 Dec 1868, and is the son of a Lancashire bookseller. Educated at Davyhulme Wesleyan Grammar School, Lancs, he emigrated to the Cape at the beginning of 1889; served three years on the staff of the Cape Times, then founded a weekly paper, The South African, now defunct; became sub-editor and afterwards Assistant-editor of the Johannesburg Star, from which paper he resigned in connection with the Jameson Raid; then edited the Kimberley Advertiser, until in 1898 that paper's pro-Rhodes policy necessitated a change in the editorial direction. In 1889 he became first editor of the South African News, and was sentenced during the war to a year's imprisonment for reproducing from English papers the letter of an anonymous British officer, asserting that he had received orders, should he overtake General de Wet, to take no prisoners. In 1903 Prof. Fremantle became associated with Mr Cartwright in the editorship of the South African News. In 1905 he resigned his connection with the South African News and became London editor of the Rand Daily Mail cable service. He married, in 1891, Anne, daughter of Christopher H Robertson, shipbuilder, of Cape Town.

Casement, Thomas

Son of Captain Roger Casement, 3rd Light Dragoons, of Bally castle, Company Antrim, Ireland, and of the Athenaeum Club, Johannesburg, was educated privately, and entered the Mercantile Marine at the age of 15. Travelled considerably in Australia, New Zealand, California, and South Sea Islands; went to South Africa, 1896; joined Imperial Light Horse, 1899, and received commission in Roberts's Horse (medal, and four clasps); was sent to Barberton by Lord Roberts in Oct, 1900, as Commissioner of Mines and Native Affairs to organise Civil Administration, and remained there until 1902. He returned to Johannesburg in 1904 to take up position of Chief Claim Inspector for the Transvaal. In that year, whilst travelling on duty, he received several serious injuries which compelled him to leave the service.

Cassilus, Earl of

The eldest son of the 3rd Marquis of Ailsa. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant, in the 3rd Royal Scots Fusiliers in April, 1890, obtaining his captaincy in Jan, 1900. Lord Cassillis served with the 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers in the Boer War, taking part in the operations in the Transvaal west of Pretoria, including the actions at Frederickstad; was a member of the Military Tribunal at Johannesburg; acted as Intelligence Officer from June to November, 1901, and was subsequently on the blockhouse lines and at Middelburg (Transvaal) until the end of the war. He was admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh, in Dec, 1897, and married, in 1903, Frances Emily, 3rd daughter of Sir Mark John MacTaggart-Stewart, Bart, MP.

Chamberlain, Right Honourable Joseph, JP, MP, Secretary of State for Colonies, 1895, MP for Birmingham, 1876-85, and thrice Mayor; President of Board of Trade, 1880-85; President of Local Government Board, 1886. 

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Chamberlain, Colonel Sir Neville Francis Fitzgerald, KCB

Of Oatlands, Castleknock, Dublin; and of the Kildare St, Dublin, and Naval and Military Clubs, was born in 1856, and is the only son of Lieutenant Colonel C F Falcon Chamberlain, CB. He joined the Army in 1873, being attached to the Devonshire Regiment until 1876, when he joined the Central India Horse; took part in the Afghan War in 1878-80, on the staff of Sir F Roberts, being present at the action at Kandahar (medal with four clasps and bronze star); and acted as ADC to Sir F Roberts from 1881-5, and from then until 1890 he acted as Persian interpreter; served in the Burmese Expedition in 1886-7 (medal and clasp), and acted as Private Secretary to Field Marshal Lord Roberts in Boer War . Sir Neville retired in 1900 from the Army, when he was appointed Insp. General of the Royal Irish Constabulary. He married, in 1886, Mary, daughter of Major General Hay.

Chambers, Charles Roland, JP for Richmond (Cape Colony) and Smithfield (ORC)

He was the son of S H Chambers, Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple, and his mother was one of the family of Hares, of Hurstmonceaux Castle, Sussex. His grandfather was Sir Charles H Chambers, Puisne Judge, Bombay, and his grandfather on the maternal side was Captain Marcus Hare, RN, of Court Grange, Newton, Devon. He was born November 1, 1863, in London, and was educated at Tonbridge School and Clifton College He went to Cape Colony in 1889 and purchased the property of Middlemount, in the District of Richmond, and was appointed a JP in 1893. On the Boer War breaking out he served in the Transport Service under General Paget with the 20th Brigade at Lindley, Bethlehem, etc., and subsequently in the Northern Transvaal. He joined the Scouts, and was commissioned in the South African Irregular Forces as Lieutenant He was with the columns in ORC and Western Transvaal, and was finally transferred to the Field Intelligence Department and given the rank of Captain At the conclusion of hostilities he was appointed President of the Repatriation Commission for the District of Smithfield, ORC, by the Governor of the Colony, and subsequently Administrator of Relief for the same District. He has the QSA and three clasps and the KSA and two clasps. He married Ruby Mabel Montagu, daughter of John Montagu, and great-granddaughter of John Montagu, Colonial Sec. of Cape Colony.

Chauncey, Major H

This officer rendered valuable service with Lumsden's Horse.

Chermside, Major General Sir Herbert Charles, GCMG, CB. Commanding Third Division on the departure of General Gatacre. 

Born 31 Jul  1850, he was educated at Eton.  Graduated top of his class at the TMC and was commissioned in 1868.  He became a full Lieutenant in 1870 and serving on the Arctic Expedition of 1873.  Staff service: Vice Consul, Anatolia, 1879-82; DAAG and QMG, Egypt, 1882-83; AA and QMG, Egypt, 1884; Governor-General, Red Sea Littoral, 1884-86; Consul, Kurdistan, 1888-89; Military Attache, Constantinople, 1889-96; Commissioner, Crete, Colonel on Staff, Crete, 1896-99;  Major General, 1898.  Major General, Curragh, 1899; Major General Infantry Brigade, South Africa, 1899-1900; Lieutenant General Infantry Division, April 1900.  War service: Military Attache with Turkish troops, Russo-Turkish War, 1876-78 (Turkish medal); Egyptian Expedition, 1882-84 (medal, bronze star, clasp); Sudan Expedition, 1885 (Despatches; clasp, Brevet of Lieutenant Colonel); Sudan, 1887 (Brevet of Colonel); South African War, 1899-1900.  Serving as Brigade Commander and later Commanding the 3rd Division during the Boer War he was present at the actions of Poplar Grove and Karee Siding for which he was mentioned in dispatches.  CMG in 1880, CB in 1886, KCMG in 1897 and GCMG in 1899.  Appointed as Governor General of Queensland from 1901-05 he is described as having made every effort to fulfil the office to the very best of his ability and had won much respect. During this extremely important time historically for Queensland and Australia with Federation and the recognition of Queensland as a state, Chermside would have been fundamental in overseeing such matters as the device of the seals to be used by Queensland, the death of Queen Victoria and protocols to be followed, the precedence between Federal and State officials, consuls and military matters, as well the transfer of administrative control and records relating to British New Guinea, the Pacific cable and attendance at the opening of Federal Parliament. In his dispatches he was critical of the lack of water conservation, the high cost of land, absentee landholders, excessive overseas borrowing and the poor map coverage of Queensland.  He retired from the British Army in 1907 as a lieutenant general.  He was twice married but had no children.  Lady Tennyson described him as 'a very short plain little General with a biggish moustache'.  He died in September 1929.

GCMG, CB (C), Egypt (2) Suakin 1884, Suakin 1885 (MAJOR H. C. CHERMSIDE RE), QSA (3) Tr Paard CC (LT GENL SIR H. C. CHERMSIDE GCMG CB RE), Turkish War medal for the Turko-Russian war (1877-78), Khedives Star 1882, Turkish Order of Medjidjie 2nd class neck and breast star.  Solid Gold Pollock Prize Medal for the most distinguished cadet at the military academy, in box embossed to GENT: CADET.HERBERT. C. CHERMSIDE.

J C Medals Jul 07.  Est £8-10k.

Chichester, Lieutenant Sir Edward George, Bart

Of Youlston, Barnstaple, Devon, was born in 1883, and is son of Rear-Admiral Chichester, who died in Sep, 1906. Sir Edward Chichester is a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and served in South Africa during the Anglo-Boer War .

Childers, Robert Erskine

He was born in Jun 1870 in London but raised as an orphan in Wicklow, Ireland.  He was educated at Cambridge and started work as a clerk at the House of Commons between 1895 to 1910.  During the Boer War, he served as an officer of the City Imperial Volunteers, Honourable Artillery Company and was invalided home after being wounded.  He wrote 'In the ranks of the CIV'.  He was responsible for volume 5 of the 'Times' History of the War in South Africa'.   He was the author of 'The Riddle of the Sands' (1903) which predicted war with Germany and was based on his own sailing trips around the coast of Germany.  It was also one of the first modern spy stories.  Churchill later credited it with causing the establishment of naval bases at Scapa Flow, the Firth of Forth and at Invergordon.  He also wrote two books on cavalry warfare based on his experiences, War and the Arme Blanche (1910) and the German Influence on British Cavalry (1911).  Both books were critical of the British Army.  he volunteered for naval service in August 1914 and was commissioned in the RNVR.  He was awarded the DSC and promoted to Lieutenant Commander in 1916.  Despite being a Protestant, he was convinced of the need for Irish Home Rule and devoted himself to this cause from around 1910 when he resigned from the House of Commons.  The Easter Rising angered him and he moved to Dublin.  In 1919 he was made Director of Publicity for the First Irish Parliament and represented the Irish Nationalists at the Versailles Peace Conference and was a member of the delegation that negotiated the Anglo-Irish Treaty with Britain (1921).  As a result of his opposition to the Treaty, he was branded a traitor by both the pro-Treaty Irish and the British.   He was arrested and shot as a traitor in Dublin on 24 November 1922.

Choles, Major Frederick John

Third son of Jas. Choles, of Devizes, Wilts, was born at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Dec 24, 1847. He was, educated at the Wolverhampton Gram. School, and received a practical training as an engineer in the London and N-W Locomotive Engineering Depts. In 1869 he was selected by Major General Worgan, RA, Inspector General of Ordnance, Bombay, for special duty in connection with the Powder Mills and Ammunition Factories at Kirkee, India. Subsequently his services were solicited at the Grand Arsenal and Government Dockyards, Bombay, to supervise the erection of the 18-ton guns for HM turret ships, Abyssinia and Magdala, of the Bombay Harbour Defence. In 1874 he was again sent forward on special duty to the arsenals at Mhow and Neemich, Central India. In 1879 he was the successful candidate from among nearly 200 applicants for the post of Ordnance Officer, Natal Volunteer Department.  Owing to his many years of experience and his natural abilities for the special duties pertaining to Ordnance work, he has brought the Ordnance branch of the Natal Volunteer Department, of which he is the chief, from its infancy to a state of efficiency, and as far as practicable up to date in all details of military requirements. In 1899 he had the responsibility of equipping the Volunteers, and putting forward the mobilisation stores for the whole of the Natal Force, which were railed at Pietermaritzburg for Ladysmith within 24 hours from the time instructions were received for mobilisation. In Sep and Oct of the same year, he equipped those smart Irregular Corps, the Imperial Light Horse, Bethune's MI, and Thorneycroft's MI. He was at the base of operations, Pietermaritzburg, during the Boer War, Sep 13, 1899, to May 31, 1902 (Queen's and KSAs). He married Johanna Jane, third daughter of Edward and Mary Vale, of Upper Clapton, London, on Sep 6, 1880.

Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, MP, War Correspondent to Morning Post, afterwards joined South African Light Horse. 

He was born November 3O, 1874, and is the son of Lord Randolph Churchill, and of the clever American lady who is now Mrs George Cornwallis West. He was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst, whence he passed into a Hussar Regiment in 1895 He took part in Cuba with the Spanish forces; served with the Malakand Field Force; was in the Tirah Expedition, and in the Nile Expedition he was present at the battle and occupation of Khartoum, being attached to the 21st Lancers. In the Boer War Mr Churchill acted as correspondent of the Morning Post, and as such witnessed some of the most thrilling incidents, and was himself taken prisoner to Pretoria, from where he made a sensational escape over the Portuguese frontier. But these adventures were merely the hurried prelude to the more serious affairs of life. In 1900 he contested Oldham as a Conservative, and won the seat. Since then, however, his political views underwent a radical change. Crossing over to the Opposition, he was repudiated by the Oldham Conservative Association, and at the General Election in 1906 he found a scat at N-W Manchester, for which he was returned by a large majority as a Liberal and a Free-Trader, having just previously joined Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Ministry as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonics. It will be recalled that Mr Wanklyn, when MP for Bradford, told his constituents of an alleged plot by which Mr Winston Churchill sought in 1902 to overthrow the Conservative Govt, in order to let in a weak Radical Ministry, which in turn was to be overthrown by Mr Churchill and his political allies, who were then to lead back to power a rejuvenated Conservative Unionist party. The story, however, was as resolutely denied by Mr Churchill as it was stoutly maintained by Mr Wanklyn. Mr Churchill's entry into office was marked by his relentless attacks upon Mr Chamberlain, a partial withdrawal from the Chinese 'slavery' charges, and a general eagerness to support, if not lead, his chief, Lord Elgin, in the disturbing South African policy pursued by the new Liberal Government-a policy of interference which, amongst other things, led to the resignation of the whole of the Natal Cabinet as a protest against the interference of the home Govt, in matters of colonial domestic affairs. Mr Churchill has written a considerable number of books, mainly as a result of his observations on active service. He lately produced a life of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, and those who have not had a surfeit of his views on the fiscal question may read his speeches For Free Trade, published in 1906. Unmarried.

Clarke, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Marshall, KCMG

Late BA Resident Commissioner in Southern Rhodesia.  Sir Marshall, who retired from the army in 1882, has had considerable experience—both civil and military—of South Africa.  He served in the first Boer War of 1881-82 (Despatches), and commanded the Turkish regiment of Egyptian Gendarmerie in 1882 (Order of Medjidie, 3rd class).  Before the Boer War, he had acted as Resident Magistrate at Pietermaritzburg, as ADC to Sir Theophilus Shepstone, as Special Commissioner, South Africa, and as Political Officer and Special Commissioner, Lydenburg.  Later on he became Commissioner of Cape Police, then Resident Commissioner in Basutoland, and from 1893 to 1898 was Acting Administrator in Zululand.

Cloethe, Louis Gerald, BA

He was educated at the Cape University. He acted as Clerk to the Colonial Secretary in British Bechuanaland in 1895; to the Res. Magistrate at Vryburg in 1895; to the Attorney General at Cape Town in 1896; to the Resident Magistrate at Wynberg, Cape Colony, in 1897, and at Simonstown and Cape Town in 1898; also acted as Clerk to the Civil Commissioner at Cape Town in 1899. He took part in the Boer War in 1899-1900 as Lieutenant in the South African Light Horse and Roberts's Horse (medal and three clasps); was appointed Resident Magistrate at Winburg, ORC, in 1900; also acted as District Commissioner and Superintendent of the Refugee Camp there in 1900; Resident Magistrate at Frankfort in 1902; Chairman of the Repatriation Commission in 1902-3; President of the Ex-Burgher Claims Board in 1902-3, and was appointed with the Military Assessor to hear Protected Burgher claims in 1903, and Special Commissioner to hear claims of British subjects, foreigners, and natives in 1902-3.

Cochrane, Honourable T H A E

DL, JP, MP, late of 93rd Highlanders and Scots Guards, was a son of the 11th Earl of Dundonald.  He married the daughter of the 6th Earl of Glasgow.

Codrington, Colonel A E, Guards Brigade

Coke, Major General J Talbot

Entered 1859; Colonel, 1898.  Staff service: Adjutant, Auxiliary Forces, 1875-81; AAG, Headquarters Ireland, 1891-94; Curragh, 1894-96; AAG, Aldershot, 1896; DAG, Aldershot, 1896-98; Colonel on Staff, Mauritius, 1898-99; Major General Infantry Brigade, South Africa, 1899.  War service: Fenian Raid, Canada, 1866 (medal); Sudan, 1888 (Despatches; medal with clasp; bronze star; 3rd class Medjidie); Operations on Nile, 1889; South African War, 1899-1900; Ladysmith Relief Force.

Coke, Hon Thomas William

Of 67, Grosvenor Square, London, is eldest son of Viscount Coke, and was born July 9, 1850. He entered the Scots Guards as Second Lieutenant, in 1900, and saw active service in the Boer War in 1901-2, taking part in the operations in the Cape Colony from Dec 1901 to May 1902. He was promoted Lieutenant in Jan 1902.

Colley, Captain Gerald Henry Pomeroy, 3rd Royal Irish Regiment

Of Boksburg, Transvaal, and Mount Temple, Clontarf, Company Dublin, was born at Lucan, Dublin; was educated at Haileybury, and is a member of Inner Temple, London. He was successively ADC to Sir Henry A Blake, Governor of Jamaica; ADC and Private Secretary, to Sir Augustus L Hemming, Governor of Jamaica; and Inspector of Jamaica Constabulary. He served through the Boer War with the 1st MI as Special Service Officer (QSA and KSA); was later appointed Military Magistrate at Boksburg, under the Military Governor of Johannesburg, and is at present Assistant RM at Boksburg.

Collyer, Lieutenant John Johnston, Cape Mounted Rifles

He entered the corps in 1889, and served with the Pondoland Field Force in 1894. He also served in the Boer War in 1899-1902, as Field Adjutant to the Colonial Division in 1900-1, Adjutant to the CMR in 1901, and as Staff Officer for Supplies, Transport and Equipment to No. 1 Division of the Cape Colonial Forces (QSA with three clasps, and KSA with two clasps). In 1903 he was seconded for service with the Border Light Horse as Captain and Adjutant, and was appointed Staff Officer to the Commandant General of the CMR in 1904, which position he still holds.

Colnaghi, Major Dominic Henry, RE

He was born at Turin, March 15,1866, and is son of Sir Dominic E Colnaghi, formerly HBM's Consul General for N Italy and HBM's Consul General at Boston, USA. He was educated at Cheltenham College and the RMA, Woolwich; and entered the RE in 1885; served in Egypt in 1890-4, and in Malta, 1894-97. He was adjutant in the E London RE Vols, from 1897-99, and took part in the Boer War as staff officer of RE in the eastern part of Cape Colony from 1900 until the close of the war. He was employed in constructing defences for the protection of new naval clocks at Simon's Bay, Cape Colony, from 1903 until 1905. He was the winner of a gymnastic competition while a cadet at the RMA, and was captain of the Boating Club at Cheltenham College Recreations: Riding, tennis, and cycling.

Colson, Brigadier General E M, Grenadier Guards

Edward Murray Colston was born on 31 December 1880, the eldest son of 1st Baron Roundway. Educated at Eton, he entered the Grenadier Guards in 1900. As a Lieutenant in the 2nd battalion, serving in the Boer War, he was slightly wounded near Bethlehem, 9 February 1902. He was awarded the MVO 5th Class in 1908. He entered the Great War as a Major and was present throughout the retreat from Mons, also at the battles of the Marne and Aisne. He was wounded and invalided home but was subsequently sent to Egypt with the rank of Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel to form a School of Technical Instruction for the Army in Egypt, termed the Imperial School of Instruction. He was Temporary Brigadier-General commanding 233 Infantry Brigade EEF, 1917-19. For his services in the war he was awarded the CMG (1918), DSO (London Gazette 26 June 1916), Order of the Nile, Order of the White Eagle and was six times mentioned in despatches. He was Lieutenant-Colonel, Grenadier Guards, 1920-24, Colonel, 1924 and commanded the 131st Surrey (Territorial Infantry Brigade, 1927-31. He retired with the Honorary rank of Brigadier-General in 1932 and died on 29 March 1944.

CMG, DSO, MVO 5th Class, QSA (3) OFS 01 02, 1914 Star, BWM, VM, 1935 Jubilee, 1937 Coronation, Egypt, Order of the Nile, 4th Class, rosette on ribbon, Serbia, Order of the White Eagle, 4th Class with swords, rosette on ribbon.  DNW Jun 05 £410. 

Colvile, Major General Sir H E, KCMG, CB, Commanding Ninth Division till June 1900. 

Entered 1870; Major General, 1898.  Staff service: ADC to GOC Cape of Good Hope, 1880-83; DAA and QMG, Nile Expedition, 1884-85; AA and QMG, Egypt, 1885-98; employed, Uganda Protectorate, 1893-95; Major General Infantry Brigade, Gibraltar, 1899; Major General Infantry Brigade, South Africa; Lieutenant General Infantry Brigade, South Africa, 1899-1900; Major General, Gibraltar.  War Service: Egyptian Expedition, 1884 (Despatches, March and May 1884; medal with clasp; bronze star); Sudan Expedition,1884-85,(Despatches; clasp; CB); Sudan, 1885-86 (Despatches; promoted Colonel); Unyora Expedition, 1894 (medal; CMG); South African War, 1899-1900; Kimberley Relief Force (Despatches, January and March 1900).  General Colvile, like many keen soldiers and honourable men before him, has discovered that South Africa is “the grave of reputations”.  Nevertheless, it must not be forgotten, that even in the present war his services during the long and trying time prior to the relief of Kimberley, and the capture of Cronje, were notable, though perhaps his most distinguished service was rendered in the Sudan in 1885 with the Frontier Field Force.  Sir H Colvile was born in 1852, and is the son of Colonel C B Colvile of Lullington and the daughter of the 23rd Baroness de Clifford of Kirkby Hall.  He married, firstly, the daughter of the Honourable R Daly, and after her death was united in 1886 to the daughter of M de Preville, Chateau des Mondraus, Basses Pyrenees.

He was son of Colonel Chas. R Colvile, JP, DL, and MP for S Derbyshire, and Katherine, daughter of 23rd Baroness de Clifford and Captain Jn. Russell, RN, was born at Kirkley Hall, Hinckley, Leicestershire, July 10, 1852. He was educated at Eton and privately in Switzerland and France, meanwhile travelling about considerably with his father on yachting cruises. Sir Henry entered the Grenadier Guards in 1870. In 1878 he undertook a journey to Morocco, explored the Riff country, and was the first European to cross from Fez to Algeria, his account of which, A Ride in Petticoats and Slippers, was published in 1879. In 1880 he was appointed ADC to General the Hon Sir Leicester Smythe, who then commanded the British forces at the Cape. He resigned this on attaining his Captaincy, and shortly after took part in an expedition to survey and report upon the country between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Akabah. This accomplished, he was appointed to Sir F Stevenson's Intelligence Department at Cairo, joined the Suakim Expedition in 1884, and was present at El Teb and Tamai, receiving medal and clasp, the Khedivial Star, and being twice mentioned in despatches. After returning to England, he was selected for a special mission to survey the Arbain Road and report on the possibility of the Mahdi invading Egypt by this route. Having reported in the negative, he was detailed for further important work in the Sudan before and during Lord Wolseley's expedition, meanwhile being promoted Lieutenant Colonel For these services he was mentioned in despatches (clasp and CB). He was next Chief of the Intelligence Department of the Frontier Field Force, was present at the action at Ginnis (despatches), and attained Colonel's rank. Sir Henry returned home in 1866, was appointed to the Intelligence Department of the War Office, and wrote the official history of the Sudan Campaign. During a term of sick leave he made the tour of South Africa accompanied by Lady Colvile, who subsequently published her book, Round the Black Alan's Garden. Sir Henry also crossed Madagascar from Antananarivo to Majunga. Early in 1893 he went to India, and subsequently as Intelligence Officer to a British column in Burma. Thence he was placed in charge at Uganda, and established a post on the Albert Nyanza. All this hard work caused a breakdown in Colonel Colvile's health, and he returned home, was decorated with the KCMG, Central African medal, and the Star of Zanzibar. He resumed regimental duty, and in 1898 was gazetted Major General In 1899 he was appointed to command the Infantry Brigade in Gibraltar, thence being appointed (March 1900) to command the 9th Division in SA (medal and 5 clasps). He was mentioned in despatches four times by Lord Methuen and twice by the CIC in SA for services at Paardeberg and Poplar Grove, but it is regretted that his military reputation was not enhanced by the incidents of Sanna's Post and Lindley. He was soon reappointed to Gibraltar by Lord Lansdowne, but in February, 1901, was recalled and placed on retired pay by Mr Brodrick. Sir Henry has also written a description of his Akabah exploration, entitled The Accursed Land, The History of the Sudan Campaign, The Land of the Nile Springs, describing his Unyoro Expedition, The Work of the Ninth Division, and occasional contributions to the Press. Sir Henry married, first, in 1878, Alice Rosa, daughter of the Hon Robert Daly, who died in 1882; and second, in 1886, Zelie Isabellc, daughter of M Pierre Richard de Preville, of Basses Pyrenees, France.

Compton, Lord Alwyne F, MP, Bedfordshire Yeomanry (Compton's Horse)

This officer, born in 1855, was a son of the Marquis of Northampton and the daughter of the Honourable Sir G Elliot, KCB.  He served both in the Grenadier Guards and the 10th Hussars, and was present in the Sudan Campaign of 1884-85.

Coningham, Lieutenant Colonel C

This gallant officer was mortally wounded at Rensburg.

Cooke, Lieutenant Colonel E

Entered 1876; Lieutenant Colonel, Scottish Rifles, 1899.  War service:  Boer War, 1899-1900.

Cosgrove, Captain Alfred, Cape Mounted Riflemen

He joined the CMR in 1881 and served in the Matabele War in 1893 (medal) and the Boer War in 1899-1902; present at the operations in the Orange Free State, including the defence of Wepener, and in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, including the actions at Wittebergen (QSA with four clasps, and KSA with two clasps).

Coventry, Captain Hon Charles John

he was born in 1867, and is son of the 9th Earl of Coventry; was formerly attached to the Worcestershire Regiment, and now holds a captaincy in the Queen's Own Worcs. Hussars, Imperial Yeomanry. He was seconded in March, 1889, for service in the Bechuanaland Border Police; took part in the Matabeleland campaign in 1893; and was appointed a magistrate for the Bechuanaland Protectorate in 1894. He was second in command of the contingent of BBP which invaded the Transvaal under Dr Jameson in 1896, when he was severely wounded near Doornkop. For his participation in the raid Captain Coventry was sentenced to five months' imprisonment, but in Aug, 1896, he was released unconditionally on account of severe illness following his wounds. He married, in 1900, Lily Whitehouse.

Cowan, Colonel H V

Entered RA 1873; Lieutenant Colonel, 1899.  Staff service: Brigade-Major, RA, Woolwich, 1897-99; Assistant-Military Secretary to GOC the Forces, Ireland, 1899; Assistant-Military Secretary to Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief the Forces, South Africa, 1899-1900; Military Secretary to Field-Marshal Commanding-in-chief the Forces, South Africa, February 1900.  War service: Afghan War, 1878-79-80 (Despatches; medal with 3 clasps); Egyptian Expedition, 1882; severely wounded at Tel-el -Kebir (Despatches; medal with clasp; bronze star; 5th class Medjidie; Brevet of Major) South African War, 1900.

Cowley (3rd Earl), H A Mornington, JP, Imperial Yeomanry

Lord Cowley, born in 1866, was Captain in the 3rd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment.  He succeeded his father in 1895.  The first Lord Cowley was the brother of the 1st Duke of Wellington.

Coxhead, Lieutenant Colonel J A, RA

Entered 1872; Lieutenant Colonel, 1898.  Staff service:  ADC to Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief, Jamaica, 1883-87.  War service: Boer War, 1899-1900; Commanding  Brigade Division RA, Elandslaagte and Reitfontein; Siege of Ladysmith, slightly wounded.

Craig, Captain James, JP, MP

He was the sixth son of James Craig, JP, of Craigavon and Tyrella, Company Down, brother of Charles C Craig, MP for South Antrim; was born Jan 8, 1871, and educated at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh. On the outbreak of the Boer War he volunteered for active service, and was given a lieutenancy in the 46th Company Ulster Imperial Yeomanry, in which he served till its disbandment, when he was appointed Railway Sub Office and DADR at Kroonstad, Orange River Colony, where he did duty for nine months, being at length invalided home. On his recovery he was promoted captain in the Army and commissioned by Lord Longford to raise a squadron of Irish Horse, to which regiment he presented two Colt guns and outfit complete, and with them served in South Africa till the close of the war. (Two medals and five clasps.) He is a captain in the 3rd Royal Irish Rifles and honorary captain in the Army. On the retirement of Mr E M Archdale in 1903 he contested North Fermanagh in the Unionist interests against Mr Mitchell, the Russellite candidate, being defeated by the narrow majority of 1S2. In 1906 he was elected for the E Division of Company Down. He has always taken a keen interest in politics, and worked hard in the Unionist interest for many years. A keen yachtsman, he is an Associate of the Institute of Naval Architects, a member of the Yacht Racing Association, the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, and other local clubs, and he is a member of the Council and life member of the Roval Ulster Agricultural Society. He is a Presbyterian and Orangeman, and married, in 1905, Cecil Nowell, only child of Dan Tupper, MVO, Assistant Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's offices.

Crawley, Colonel, 8th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry

This officer with his corps performed excellent service at the action at Faber's Put.

Cronwright-Schreiner, Samuel Cron, Member of the Legislative Assembly, JP

He was the eldest son of S C Cronwright, who for many years represented Grahamstown in the Cape Legislature, three of his grandparents having been Scotch, Irish, and English. Mr Cronwright-Schreiner was educated at St Andrew's College, Grahamstown, and after taking his BA started farming, principally with Angora goats, ostriches, and cattle, in 1884, in the Karoo, and then till 1894 at Cradock, afterwards spending four years at Kimberley and one at Johannesburg, until on the outbreak of war he came over to England to lecture and represent the views of the pro-Boers. His tour was a complete failure, however, as no British audience would give him a hearing. He returned to the Cape Colony in 1900, and was detained by the military at Hanover (Cape Colony), where he made a study of Aracbnidae, discovering locally over 100 species new to science, a description of which was published in the Popular Science Monthly (New York).  He published in 1895, The Political Situation, jointly with his wife, Olive Schreiner whose surname he added to his own on the occasion of his marriage in 1894, and he is also the author of The Angora Goat, The Ostrich, and (in the Zoologist), The Trekbokken, or migratory springbucks.

Cumming, Robert Forbes

Of King William's Town, Cape Colony, served as Lieutenant, in the Transkei-Fingo levies in the Galeka War of 1877, and as Lieut, and Adjutant in Streatfield's Fingo levies during the Gaika Rebellion in 1875 (medal); acted as Clerk to the Resident Magistrate at Maclear in 1875, and as Commissioner of the Gatberg Survey in 1880; served as Captain and Field Adjutant of the Maclear Constabulary during the Podomise-Tembu Rebellion in 1880-1 acted as Clerk to the Magistrate at Matabele in 1885; and at Qumbu in 1890. During the Boer War he commanded the Matabele Native Reserves, and was appointed Special Magistrate at Tamacha in 1903.

Curran, Lieutenant Colonel A E R, 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment

Entered 1873; Lieutenant Colonel, 1898.  Staff Service: Adjutant Auxiliary Forces, 1884-99.  War service: Boer War, 1899-1900; Elandslaagte, wounded.

Currie, Oswald James, MB MRCS

Of 24 Longmarket Street, Maritzburg, and of the Victoria Club, Maritzburg, is son of Alexander Currie, of the firm of Roxburgh, Currie and Company, London. He was born Mar 15 1860, at Greenwich, and was educated at the University College School and Guy's Hosp. and graduated MB with 1st class honours at London University Dr Currie was Sen. House Physician at Guy's Hospital, 1882; Senior House Surgeon, Huddersfield Infirmary, 1883-5; Surgeon at the Yeatman Hospital, Sherborne, and Med. Officer at Sherborne School, 1886-9; Surgeon under the P and O SN Company, 1889-91, and was Surgeon to the Natal Carbineers, 1894-1902, receiving the Queen's Boer War medal (three clasps). He was in medical charge of the Natal First Field Hospital (Volunteers) during the siege of Ladysmith, arid is at present Major commanding the C Battery, Natal Royal Artillery; Surgeon of Grey's Hospital, Maritzburg, and Medical Officer of Health, Maritzburg. Dr Currie has written various papers for medical journals. He married, 1896, Sara, daughter of George Gubbins, of Limerick.

Cuthbert, Colonel Gerald James

He was born Sep 12, 1861, and joined the Scots Guards in 1882. He took part in the Sudan Expedition in 1885 (medal with clasp and bronze star); acted as ADC to the Brig. General at Aldershot from 1889-90; and served in the Boer War in 1899-1902, taking part in the advance on Kimberley and the actions at Belmont, Enslin, Modder River, and Magersfontein; the operations in the Orange Free State, including the actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Vet River, and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, including the actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill, and at Rict Vlei and Belfast (despatches, brevet of Lieutenant Colonel, QSA with six clasps, and Kings medal with two clasps). In 1906 Colonel Cuthbert was appointed AAG on the Staff in Egypt.