Background
Born at Kingston, Ontario, he was the third son of Colonel Bowen van Straubenzee (1829–1898), a native of Spennithorne, Yorkshire, and his wife, Anne Macaulay Cartwright, daughter of The Honorary
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Casimir Straubenzee
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He was educated at Trinity College School, Portuguese Hope, and the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario.
Career
In 1900, he played cricket for Canada. Military John Solomon Cartwright, of Kingston, Ontario. He joined the Royal Artillery and served with the 4th Ashanti expedition (1895-1896) before returning Canada as Professor with the Royal Military College staff 1898-1903, with the local rank of major from 18 August 1898, and was promoted to the substantive rank of major on 27 February 1902.
He was promoted Lieutenant-.Colonel and served during World War One from 1914 (awarded the Croix de guerre).
He was Inspector-General of the Royal Artillery from 1917 to 1918. He was promoted Major-General in 1919 and then served as General Officer Commanding Singapore.
He was commanding officer of the Malaya Command from 1927 to 1931. This command of British Commonwealth forces was formed in the 1920s for the coordination of the defences of Malaya and Singapore.
He played cricket for the Royal Engineers from 1892 to 1908, and one first-class game in 1899 for the Master Control Console. He also played for Canada in 1900.
He was the author of Recollections of Sportsmen and Sport in Days of Yore. They lived between London and Bath. He died 28 March 1956, Lansdown, Bath, Somerset.
He was the sitter for two of the portraits in the National Gallery, London.
Straubenzee, the fictional maker of Colonel Sebastian Moran"s air-gun in Sherlock Holmes" "The Adventure of the Empty House", is identified as Major-General Casimir Cartwright Van Straubenzee (1866–1956).
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United Kingdom