| Master | Richard Chester | | Brevet Major (Local Lieutenant Colonel) | Born at Cirencester, Aug 29, 1870; is eldest son of Colonel T W Chester Master, of the Abbey, Cirencester, and of Knole Park, Almondebury, Glos., and was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxon He served as Lieutenant, in the 4th Gloucester Militia from 1890 to 1893, when he was gazetted to the King's Royal Rifles. He was ADC to HE the High Commissioner for SA (then Sir Alfred Milner) from 1898 to 1900, and served in the Boer War in 1899 and 1900 as Captain in Rimington's Corps of Guides, afterwards (in 1901) raising and commanding the Western Province Mounted Rifles for the Cape Colonial Defence Force. Captain Chester Master was mentioned in despatches, received a brevet majority and medal with six clasps. He received his appointment as Commandant General of the Police Forces of S Rhodesia with local rank of Lieutenant Colonel in Sep, 1901, and became Resident Commissioner and Commandant General in S Rhodesia on the combination of these two offices in April, 1905. Colonel Chester Master is fond of all field sports, and was Master of the Cape Hunt Club Foxhounds from 1897 to 1901. He married, Aug, 1901, Geraldine, eldest daughter of John Hungerford Arkwright, Lord-Lieutenant, of Herefordshire, of Hampton Court, Herefordshire. | Western Province Mounted Rifles |
