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The new Duke of Westminster, up to the time of the death of his grandfather, was known as Viscount Belgrave. He ..

... LATE MASTER OF THE KILDARE. (WHO HAS VOLUNTEERED FOR SOUTH AFRICA). Major St. Leger Moore served in the Lancers from 1866 to 1881. He is President of the Irish Amateur Athletic Association. Photo Chancellor, Dublin. LIEUT. COLLIS, SIXTH DRAGOON GUARDS ...

THE WAR-- WEEK BY WEEK

... ex ceptional qualifications. A most experienced soldier (he served in the Afghan Campaign of 1878 and the Transvaal War of 1881), an extremely able drill, and the proud possessor of the cross For Valour, the 2nd Gordon Highlanders' ex- Commanding Officer ...

Published: Wednesday 17 January 1900
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1324 | Page: 4 | Tags: Photographs 

SMALL TALK OF THE WEEK

... brave North of Ireland men. It may be noted that the 6th Dragoons need no introduction to their brother Boers, for both in 1881 and with Sir Charles Warren in Bechuanaland in 1884-5, they had at least a bowing acquaintance, which they seem of late bent ...

Published: Wednesday 17 January 1900
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 4636 | Page: 9 | Tags: Photographs 

SMALL TALK OF THE WEEK

... through the horrors of the Mutiny, and won high honours in his Indian career. He was Commander-in-Chief at Madras from 1876 to 1881. The next brother, Crawford Chamberlain, became a General Officer. Bengal Staff Corps; the third, Thomas, was a Major- General ...

Published: Wednesday 24 January 1900
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 6007 | Page: 9 | Tags: Photographs 

OUR REGIMENTS: THE ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS

... Imperial Forces in 1858, as the 102nd Royal Madras Fusiliers. We hear of them next in England, Gibraltar, and Ceylon, until, in 1881, they were made the First Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. The Second Battalion was originally raised in 1661, when ...

MEN AND WOMEN

... ot the earlier iransvaal War, and suffered greatly by them. His diocese had not recovered from the misfortunes of 1880 and 1881 when the unsettle- ment which preceded the present war again threw affairs into con fusion. The diocese includes all the T ...

Published: Saturday 03 February 1900
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1167 | Page: 27 | Tags: Photographs 

SMALL TALK OF THE WEEK

... Scots Fusiliers, entered the Army about twenty years ago, and served in both the Zulu War of 1879 and the Transvaal campaign of 1881. In this latter he formed one of the garrison of Pretoria during its siege at the hands of the Boers. As a Major of his regiment ...

Published: Wednesday 07 February 1900
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 4678 | Page: 9 | Tags: Photographs 

LIEUT.-COLONEL A. W. THORNEYCROFT

... birthday on the 19th January last. Originally in the Militia, he joined the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1879, became lieutenant in 1881, captain in 1887, and major in July, 1899. He was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General in Natal in September of last ...

THE GREAT COURSING EVENT OF THE YEAR: The Waterloo Cub

... of Stone 1873 Muriel 1874 Magnano 1875 Honeymoon 1876 Donald 1877 Coomassie 1878 Coomassie 1879 Misterton 1880 Honey wood 1881 Princess Dagmar 1882 Snow Flight 1883 Wild Mint 1884 Mineral Water 00 j: Bit of Fashion 1885 div. j Miss Qlendyne °i886 Miss ...

Published: Saturday 17 February 1900
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1991 | Page: 30 | Tags: Photographs 

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Published: Saturday 17 February 1900
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 963 | Page: 36 | Tags: Photographs 

SMALL TALK OF THE WEEK: The Queen and Bugler Dunn

... that Mr. Lambart's father, Major Frederick Lambart, of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, fought against the Boers in the campaign of 1881, and was taken prisoner. When liberated and sent with a safe-conduct pass to the frontier, he nearly shared the fate of his ...

Published: Wednesday 21 February 1900
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 8700 | Page: 9 | Tags: Photographs 

THE NEWSLETTER: London Week by Week

... and enabled one of my admirers to impress THE SPHERE on the white world. In the Midlands the snowstorm was the heaviest since 1881. Trains were blocked (in one instance a regiment of soldiers were thirty- six hours on their journey to Southampton from this ...

Published: Saturday 24 February 1900
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3166 | Page: 6 | Tags: Photographs