Education
Wellington; Sandhurst.
Wellington; Sandhurst.
Joined Grenadier Guards, 1885. Served as A. District of Columbia (United States.) to G.O.C. British North America, 1892-1893. To G.O.C. Home District, 1899-1900.
Served for two years in the South African campaign, including battle of Belfast, actions near Caledon River, and operations in Cape Colony, where he was also Commandant of Hanover District (despatches, Queen’s medal, 3 clasps, King’s medal, 2 clasps). Contested Conservative Devizes Division of Wiltshire, 1906. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Fellow of the Zoological Society.
Clubs: Guards’, Carlton, Travellers’, Bachelors’.