Coleridge Grove
Major-General Sir Coleridge Grove | |
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Born | 26 September 1839 Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Relations | Sir William Robert Grove (father) |
Early life and education
Grove was born in Wandsworth, the second son of Rt. Hon. Sir William Robert Grove, a Welsh judge and scientist, and Emma Maria Towles.[2][3] He attended Balliol College, Oxford, as an Exhibitioner, where he took first classes in Mathematical Moderations and the final school.[1]
His sister Imogen Emily married William Edward Hall in 1866,[4] while his sister Anna married Herbert Augustus Hills (1837–1907) and was mother to Edmond Herbert Grove-Hills[5] and John Waller Hills.[6]
Military career
Grove was
Appointed Military Secretary in 1896,[13] he developed plans for universal military training in the British Army.[14] He retired in 1901.[15]
In retirement, he was Colonel of the East Yorkshire Regiment from November 1901[16] to 1920.[17]
He had in his possessions a large
References
- ^ a b "Death of Sir Coleridge Grove. Services in Egypt". The Times. 18 May 1920. p. 16.
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1914). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (76th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2319.
- ^ 1851 England Census
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Retrieved 17 August 2007.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, online edn, Retrieved 17 August 2007.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Retrieved 17 August 2007.
- ^ "No. 22717". The London Gazette. 17 March 1863. p. 1514.
- ^ The War Office The Thames Star, 5 May 1900
- ^ "No. 25106". The London Gazette. 12 May 1882. p. 2222.
- ^ "No. 25196". The London Gazette. 9 February 1883. p. 722.
- ^ "No. 25583". The London Gazette. 4 May 1886. p. 2127.
- ^ "No. 26572". The London Gazette. 20 November 1894. p. 6508.
- ^ "No. 26736". The London Gazette. 5 May 1896. p. 2647.
- ^ The Papers of Leopold Amery January 1903 - November 1928
- ^ "No. 27360". The London Gazette. 1 October 1901. p. 6400.
- ^ "No. 27377". The London Gazette. 15 November 1901. p. 7395.
- ^ The East Yorkshire Regiment
- ^ Vanishing England, by P. H. Ditchfield, Illustrated by Fred Roe, Page 197
- ^ English Collectors Losses at Brussels: Many Exquisite and Precious Things Destroyed in the Fire at the Exhibition New York Times, 28 August 1910
- ^ The Arts Club and its Members by G A F Rogers, Page 80