Education
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
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Edmond Elles
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Career
Elles entered the Royal Artillery in 1867 and was promoted to Colonel in 1891. He was Assistant Quartermaster-General at Headquarters in India (intelligence branch) when he was in November 1893 appointed Deputy Quartermaster-General Bengal. In 1900 he was promoted Major-General.
He served in Egypt and India, including the Indian Frontier, and became acting Adjutant-General, India in 1900.
He was promoted Lieutenant-general 1907, and retired from the army in 1908. In 1908, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Surrey.
Membership
In December 1900 he was appointed to command a First class district in India, but was replaced four months later, in April 1901, after he had been appointed an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India in March 1901.
