Edward Altham Altham
Lieutenant-General Edward Altham Altham | |
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| Born | 13 April 1856 Lieutenant-General |
| Unit | Royal Scots |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire |
Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Altham Altham, CMG (13 April 1856 – 27 September 1943)[1] was a British Army officer who served in the Second Boer War and as a senior intelligence officer during World War I. He was Quartermaster-General in India 1917–1919.
Biography
Altham was born in
Wilton, Somerset in 1856, the second son of Major W. S. Altham, late 83rd Foot, of Timbercombe, Bridgwater, and Henrietta Moulton-Barrett of Hope End, Herefordshire
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He entered the Army in 1876, and was commissioned into
lieutenant-colonel. After his return to the United Kingdom in 1900, he passed Staff College, and from 1900 to 1904 was back at the Intelligence Division, where he served as deputy assistant adjutant-general. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the November 1901 Birthday Honours list.[2][3] He served on the General Staff in South Africa from 1906 to 1908.[1]
Atham served throughout the
lieutenant-general. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1916, a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in 1919, and received the Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle from Serbia, and the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sacred Treasure from Japan.[1]
He was Colonel of the Royal Scots from 1918 until 1934.
After his retirement he lived in Winchester, where he was a member of the Winchester Diocesan Board of Finance.[1]
Altham died on 27 September 1943, at the age of 87.
Family
Altham married in 1880 Georgina Emily Nicol, daughter of William Macpherson Nicol of Inverness.[1] They had two sons and one daughter:
- Captain Edward Altham, CB (1882–1950), of the Royal Navy[4]
- Major Harry Surtees Altham, CBE, DSO, MC (1888–1965)
- Dorothy Mary Altham (1883-1969)
References
- ^ a b c d e "Altham, Lt-Gen. Sir Edward Altham" WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. December 01, 2007. Oxford University Press.
- ^ "Birthday Honours". The Times. No. 36608. London. 9 November 1901. p. 8.
- ^ "No. 27377". The London Gazette. 15 November 1901. p. 7393.
- ^ "Altham, Captain Edward" WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. December 01, 2007. Oxford University Press.
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