Background
MARKER, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order 1901 was born on April 18, 1867.
MARKER, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order 1901 was born on April 18, 1867.
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Served as A.D.C. to Sir West Ridgeway, Governor of Ceylon, 1895-1897. To Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, 1899-1900. To Lord Kitchener, during the Boer War, 1901-1902, and in India, 1902-1906.
Served South Africa, 1899- 1902 (despatches twice, brevet Major, Queen’s medal, 5 clasps, King’s medal, 2 clasps, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order). Private Secretary to Secretary of State for War, Right Honourable H. O. Arnold - Forster, 1905. Decorated for capture of De Wet’s gun and pompom in Cape Colony. Officer Territorial Force; Earl s. of Richard Marker.
Clubs: Carlton, Travellers’, Guards’, Turf.
M. 1906, Beatrice,daughter of Sir Thomas Jackson.