Background
BERESFORD, Charles Edward de la Poer was born on October 23, 1850 in Corfu.
BERESFORD, Charles Edward de la Poer was born on October 23, 1850 in Corfu.
Versailles; Reverend Mr. Foster's, Stubbington, Fareham. Royal Military College, Sandhurst, passed Staff College Interpreter, French, etc.
Entered His (or Her) Majesty 46th Regiment 1869 as Ensign, without purchase. Lieutenant, 1871; promoted Captain, by selection, “The King’s” Regiment, 1883. Passed Staff College, 1885.
Promoted Major, by selection, Duke of Edinburgh’s Wiltshire Regiment, 1890. Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General Jamaica, 1890. Chief Staff Officer Jamaica, 1891.
Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General Western District, 1893. Lieutenant-Colonel, 1898. Military Attache, 154 British Embassy, St. Petersburg, 1898-1903.
Colonel, 1902; Knight Commander of Order of St. Anne of Russia, 1903.
Change.
Spouse 1882, Solita Henrietta,daughter and co-heiress of H. C. M. Ximenes de Cisneros.