Background
CAVENDISH, Alfred Edward John was born on June 19, 1859. 2nd son of late Francis W. H. Cavendish, Clerk in the Foreign Office.
Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General
CAVENDISH, Alfred Edward John was born on June 19, 1859. 2nd son of late Francis W. H. Cavendish, Clerk in the Foreign Office.
Studied at Trinity College Cambridge. Royal Military College Sandhurst. 2nd Lieutenant 91st Highlanders, 1880.
Lieutenant A. and S. Highlanders, 1881.
Captain 1886; Major, 1897. Adjutant 1st A. and S. Highlanders, 1885-1887. Passed Stall' College, 1889.
Military Attaclid to Chinese Army, 1894, and to British Legation, China, 1895, during China-Japanese War. Attached to Korean special mission during Diamond Jubilee, 1897. Served in Cape Colony, Natal, Zululand, Ceylon, Hong Kong, and India.
Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General Dublin District, 1897-1900. D.A.A.G Aldershot, 1900. Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General South African Field Force, 1900-1902.
Served on Military Compensation Commission, South Africa, 1903. Decorated for South African Campaign. Commands 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland (Princess Louise’s) Highlanders since 1907.
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Club: Naval and Military.
Spouse 1886, Alice Isabella, y.daughter of Hon. John Van der Byl of Cape of Good Hope.