Sir Francis Gathorne-Hardy | |
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Born | 14 January 1874 |
Died | 21 August 1949 (aged 75) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | General |
Unit |
Second Boer War Great War Second World War |
Commands held |
Northern Command Aldershot Command |
Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
General Sir John Francis Gathorne-Hardy, GCB, GCVO, CMG, DSO (14 January 1874 – 21 August 1949) was a British First World War General officer who served in Italy and the Western Front.
Gathorne-Hardy was born in 1874, a younger son of John Gathorne-Hardy, 2nd Earl of Cranbrook, and Cicely Marguerite Wilhelmina Ridgway. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. [1]
Gathorne-Hardy joined the British Army as a commissioned second lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards on 10 October 1894, and was promoted to lieutenant on 1 January 1898. [1] In early February 1900 he was seconded for special service in South Africa, [2] where he was involved with Army transport duties during the Second Boer War. [3] He was promoted to captain on 2 May 1900. [1] During later stages of the war he served with the Lovat Scouts, and only left South Africa after the war had ended, in July 1902. [4] For his service in the war he received the brevet rank of major on 22 August 1902. [5] Following his return he was appointed Superintendent of Gymnasia in the Home District in October 1902. [6] [7]
He served as a General Staff Officer in the First World War. [1] After commands as a General in Egypt and India, he was Commander in Chief at Northern Command from 1931 to 1933 and at Aldershot Command from 1933 to 1937. [1]
Gathorne-Hardy married Lady Isobel Constance Mary Stanley, daughter of Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby and Lady Constance Villiers, on 10 December 1898. [8]
Sir Francis Gathorne-Hardy | |
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Born | 14 January 1874 |
Died | 21 August 1949 (aged 75) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | General |
Unit |
Second Boer War Great War Second World War |
Commands held |
Northern Command Aldershot Command |
Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
General Sir John Francis Gathorne-Hardy, GCB, GCVO, CMG, DSO (14 January 1874 – 21 August 1949) was a British First World War General officer who served in Italy and the Western Front.
Gathorne-Hardy was born in 1874, a younger son of John Gathorne-Hardy, 2nd Earl of Cranbrook, and Cicely Marguerite Wilhelmina Ridgway. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. [1]
Gathorne-Hardy joined the British Army as a commissioned second lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards on 10 October 1894, and was promoted to lieutenant on 1 January 1898. [1] In early February 1900 he was seconded for special service in South Africa, [2] where he was involved with Army transport duties during the Second Boer War. [3] He was promoted to captain on 2 May 1900. [1] During later stages of the war he served with the Lovat Scouts, and only left South Africa after the war had ended, in July 1902. [4] For his service in the war he received the brevet rank of major on 22 August 1902. [5] Following his return he was appointed Superintendent of Gymnasia in the Home District in October 1902. [6] [7]
He served as a General Staff Officer in the First World War. [1] After commands as a General in Egypt and India, he was Commander in Chief at Northern Command from 1931 to 1933 and at Aldershot Command from 1933 to 1937. [1]
Gathorne-Hardy married Lady Isobel Constance Mary Stanley, daughter of Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby and Lady Constance Villiers, on 10 December 1898. [8]