Cosmo Haskard
Edwin Porter Arrowsmith | |
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Succeeded by | Ernest Gordon Lewis |
Personal details | |
Born | Cosmo Dugal Patrick Thomas Haskard 25 November 1916 Second World War |
Awards | Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) |
Sir Cosmo Dugal Patrick Thomas Haskard
Life and career
Born in Dublin, he was the son of Brigadier-General John McDougal and Alicia "Lily" Haskard.[5] He was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He passed second out of Sandhurst but failed the medical examination to enter the Army. Instead, he read modern languages at Pembroke College, Cambridge. At Cambridge, he served in the university's Officer Training Corps, attaining the rank of cadet company sergeant major; he was commissioned a second lieutenant for service with the infantry unit of the Cambridge OTC contingent on 1 October 1938.[6]
Haskard was commissioned a second lieutenant in the
Haskard was promoted to the substantive rank of captain on 1 January 1949, with the honorary rank of major.[9] He relinquished his reserve commission on 25 November 1966, retaining the honorary rank of major.[10]
Haskard served as
He was appointed KCMG in the 1965 New Year Honours.
References
- ^ "It's Downton . . . Irish-style". Independent.ie. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ The Daily Telegraph Issue no 50, 317 dated Wednesday 1 March 2017 p27 "Sir Cosmo Haskard Colonial administrator appointed Governor of the Falklands as Britain was winding up its empire"
- ^ "Birthdays". The Independent. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ^ "Death Notice Of SIR COSMO HASKARD, Bantry, Cork, Ireland". Rip.ie. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "Voices from the Great Houses - Cork and Derry" (PDF). Mercierpress.ie. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ "No. 34567". The London Gazette. 4 November 1938. p. 6892.
- ^ "No. 34741". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 November 1939. p. 7952.
- ^ "No. 37262". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 September 1945. p. 4556.
- ^ "No. 38927". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1950. p. 2723.
- ^ "No. 44181". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 November 1966. p. 12822.
- ^ Colonial Office, Great Britain (2 April 2007). The Colonial Office List. Retrieved 23 February 2017.