Background
SURTEES, Herbert Conyers was born on January 13, 1858. Son of late Colonel C. F. Surtees of Mainsforth Hall, Ferny - hill.
SURTEES, Herbert Conyers was born on January 13, 1858. Son of late Colonel C. F. Surtees of Mainsforth Hall, Ferny - hill.
Harrow; Royal Military College Sandhurst.
Entered army, 1876; Captain, 1887. Major, 1895; Lieutenant-Colonel 1900. Passed Staff College.
Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General Southern Disirict, 1895-1897.
Served Nile Expedition, 1884-S5 (medal with clasp, 4th class Medjidie, Khedive’s star). Egyptian Frontier Field Force, 1885-1886 (2nd class Osmanieh).
South Africa, 1899-1900 (despatches, Queen's medal, 6 clasps, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order). Military Attach^, Constantinople and Athens, 1905-1909.
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Lord of the Manor of Mainsforth. Cross of Grand Commander of Order of Saviour of Greece. Companion of the Distinguished Service Order 1900.
Justice of the Peace. Late Coldstream Guards.
Clubs: Guards’, Carlton. Travellers’, Paris.