Herbert Chermside
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| Preceded by | The Lord Lamington |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Chelmsford |
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| Born | 31 July 1850 |
| Battles/wars | Mahdist War
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Early life and education
Chermside was born in the town of Wilton in Wiltshire on 31 July 1850. His parents were Rev. Richard Seymour Conway Chermside, rector of Wilton and son of Sir Robert Alexander Chermside, and Emily Dawson.[1] He was a scholar at Eton College and then attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, where he graduated at the top of his year and was commissioned in the Royal Engineers in 1870.[2][3]
Military career
In 1871, Chermside and several other officers visited Paris during the Paris Commune, and were accused of supporting the Communards, narrowly escaping execution. After a posting in Ireland, he joined Benjamin Leigh Smith's expedition to the Arctic in 1873.[4]
In 1876, Chermside was sent to Ottoman Turkey to work with the Turkish forces after
In 1882, Chermside was promoted to
Although still a captain in the Royal Engineers, Chermside was brevetted major in 1883, lieutenant-colonel in 1884 and colonel in 1887. In 1888 he returned to consular duties, spending a year in Kurdistan and seven years as military attaché to Constantinople. He then was assigned to reorganise the gendarmerie of the newly-autonomous Cretan State, later taking command of the British troops there and serving as military commissioner from 1896.[4]
In 1899 Chermside returned to Britain, but was soon sent to South Africa to command the 14th Brigade and the 3rd Division during the Second Boer War. He was back in the United Kingdom to take up command of the Curragh Camp in Ireland from January 1901.[5] In January the following year he was, however, appointed the first post-Federation Governor of Queensland.[6][4]
Governor of Queensland
Chermside arrived in Australia in early March 1902, landing in
Family and later life
Chermside was the second son of the rector of Wilton, Reverend Richard Seymour Conway Chermside, and his wife, Emily Dawson. His paternal grandfather was the military surgeon Sir Robert Chermside.[4]
Chermside was married twice. His first marriage was in 1899 to Geraldine Katherine Webb, daughter of W. F. Webb, of Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire. They had a stillborn son on 9 October 1902 in Brisbane,[8][9] and she childless died in 1910. He remarried in 1920 to Clementine Maria Reuter (daughter of Paul Reuter), and there were no children of the marriage.[2]
Chermside retired from the British Army in 1907 at the rank of lieutenant-general. He died in London, aged 79, on 24 September 1929.
Honours and legacy
Chermside was made a
The Brisbane suburb of Chermside is named in Chermside's honour.[10]
References
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32390. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b c d Paul D. Wilson, Chermside, Sir Herbert Charles (1850–1929) Archived 2 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, Melbourne University Press, 1979, pp 631–632.
- ^ "No. 23636". The London Gazette. 22 July 1870. p. 3479.
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36345. London. 7 January 1901. p. 8.
- ^ "No. 27393". The London Gazette. 3 January 1902. p. 1.
- ^ "Latest intelligence – Australia". The Times. No. 36710. London. 8 March 1902. p. 7.
- The Telegraph. No. 9, 326. Queensland, Australia. 10 October 1902. p. 5 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 27 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Births". The Times. No. 36896. London. 11 October 1902. p. 1.
- ^ "History of Chermside". Our Brisbane. Brisbane City Council. Archived from the original on 28 April 2008.
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