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FAIRHOLME, William Ernest was born on February 5, 1860 in Leamington. Son of late George K. E. Fairholme of Old Melrose, Company Roxburgh, and of Mistress Fairholme, nke Baroness Poellnitz-Frankenberg of Bavaria.
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William Ernest FAIRHOLME
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Education
Harrow; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Career
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society Joined Royal Artillery, 1879. «tali"- Captain Intelligence Department, War Office, 1803-1894. Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General same department, 1894-1898.
British Delegate on International Commission for rectification of Turco-Greek Frontier, 1898.
Assistant British Military Commissioner in Crete, 1898-1899. British Civil Commissioner in Crete from 18th June 1899 till the close of the British administration of the Candia Province, 24 July 1899.
Served South Africa, 1899-1900, as Assistant-Adjutant-General. Military Secretary, Gibraltar, 1900- 1902.
Military Attache, Vienna, 1902-1904.
British Staff Officer for the reorganisation of the gendarmerie in Macedonia, 1904-G. Decorated for services in Crete, 1898-1899. Resident Advisor; Military Attache, Paris, Madrid, and Lisbon, since 1909.
Membership
Clubs: Army and Navy, Saint James’son
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British