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Francis Gathorne-Hardy

Francis Gathorne-Hardy

British Army general (1874–1949)

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.

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Background and early life

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]

Military career

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]

Family

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]

References

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    Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. [2]
    "No. 27165". The London Gazette. 16 February 1900. p. 1077.
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    "The War - appointments". The Times. No. 36048. London. 25 January 1900. p. 10.
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    "The Army in South Africa - Troops returning home". The Times. No. 36836. London. 2 August 1902. p. 6.
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    "No. 27490". The London Gazette. 31 October 1902. p. 6900.
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    "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36901. London. 17 October 1902. p. 8.
  7. [7]
    "No. 27512". The London Gazette. 2 January 1903. p. 7.
  8. [8]
    The peerage.com
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