LAMBART (Frederick Rudolph, 10th Earl of Cavan, 1865-1946, Viscount Kilcoursie from 1887 to 1900, Field Marshal)

Clerk Written Letter Signed 'Cavan', to an unnamed correspondent telling him that he is "sorry to tell you that Lady Alicia Blackwood died last night aged 95. The Funeral will take place at Stoke Hammond 3 miles from Bletchley at 2pm on Saturday August 2 ... Conveyances will meet trains ...", 2 sides 8vo., The House, Wheathampstead, 30th July

The Earl of Cavan was a British Army officer and Chief of the Imperial General Staff. He served in the Second Boer War, led XIV Corps during the First World War, and later advised the Government on the implementation of the Geddes report, which advocated a large reduction in defence expenditure; he presided over a major reduction in the size of the British Army.
He retired from the British Army on 8th November 1913 and became Master of Foxhounds for the Hertfordshire Hunt. At that time he lived at Wheathampstead House.

Item Date:  1913

Stock No:  41755      £145

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