See also:SIR REDVERS See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY See also:BULLER (1839-1908)
, See also:British See also:general, son of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Wentworth See also:Buller, M,P., of See also:Crediton, See also:Devonshire, and the descendant of an old Cornish See also:family, See also:long established in Devonshire, tracing its ancestry in the See also:female See also:line to See also:Edward I., was See also:born in 1839, and educated at See also:Eton
.
He entered the See also:army in 1858, and served with the both (See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's Royal Rifles) in the See also:China See also:campaign of 1860
.
In 1870 he became See also:captain, and went on the Red See also:River expedition, where he was first associated with See also:Colonel (afterwards See also:Lord) See also:Wolseley
.
In 1893–74 he accompanied the latter in the Ashantee campaign as See also:head of the Intelligence See also:Department, and was slightly wounded at the See also:battle of Ordabai; he was mentioned in See also:des-patches, made a C.B., and raised to the See also:rank of See also:major
.
In 1874 he inherited the family estates
.
In the Kaffir See also:War of x87&=79 and the Zulu War of 1879 he was conspicuous as an intrepid and popular See also:leader, and acquired a reputation for courage; and dogged determination
.
In particular his conduct of the See also:retreat at Inhlobane (See also:March 28, 1879) See also:drew See also:attention to these qualities, and on that occasion he earned the V.C.; he was also created C.M.G. and made See also:lieutenant-colonel and A.D.C. to the See also:queen; In the See also:Boer War of 1881 he was See also:Sir See also:Evelyn See also:Wood's See also:chief of See also:staff; and thus added to his experience of See also:South See also:African conditions of warfare
.
In 1882 he was head of the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field intelligence department in the See also:Egyptian campaign, and was knighted for his services
.
Two years later he commanded an See also:infantry See also:brigade in the See also:Sudan under Sir Gerald See also:Graham, and was at the battles of El Teb and Tamai, being promoted major-general for distinguished service
.
In the Sudan campaign of 1884-85 he was Lord Wolseley's chief of staff, and he was given command of the See also:desert See also:column when Sir See also:Herbert See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart was wounded
.
He distinguished himself by his conduct of the retreat from Gubat to Gakdul, and by his victory at See also:Abu Klea (See also:February 16-17), and he was created K.C.B
.
In 1886 he was sent to See also:Ireland to inquire into the " moonlighting " outrages, and for a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he acted as under-secretary for Ireland; but in 1887 he was appointed quartermaster-general at the war See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office
.
From 1890 to 1897 he held the office of See also:adjutant-general, attaining the rank of lieutenant-general in 1891
.
At the war office his See also:energy and ability inspired the belief that he was fitted for the highest command, and in 1895, when the See also:duke of See also:Cambridge was about to retire, it was well known that Lord See also:Rosebery's See also:cabinet in-tended to appoint Sir Redvers as chief of the staff under a See also:- SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
scheme of reorganization recommended by Lord Hartington's See also:commission
.
On the See also:eve of this See also:change, however, the See also:government was defeated, and its successors appointed Lord Wolseley to the command under the old See also:title of See also:commander-in-chief
.
In 1896 he was made a full general
.
In 1898 he took command of the troops at See also:Aldershot, and when the Boer War See also:broke out in 1899 he was selected to command the South African Field Force (see See also:TRANSVAAL), and landed
at Cape See also:Town on the 31st of See also:October
.
Owing to the Boer investment of See also:Ladysmith and the consequent gravity of the military situation in See also:Natal, he unexpectedly hurried thither in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to supervise personally the operations, but on the 15th of See also:December his first See also:attempt to See also:cross the, See also:Tugela at See also:Colenso (see LADYSMITH) was repulsed
.
The government, alarmed at the situation and the pessimistic See also:tone of Buller's messages, sent out Lord See also:Roberts to supersede him in the chief command, Sir Redvers being See also:left in subordinate command of the Natal force
.
His second attempt to relieve Ladysmith (See also:January 10—27) proved another failure, the result of the operations at Spion Kop (January 24) causing consternation in See also:England
.
A third attempt (Vaalkrantz, February 5—7) was unsuccessful, but the Natal army finally accomplished its task in the See also:series of actions which culminated in the victory of Pieter's See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill and the See also:relief of Ladysmith on the 27th of February
.
Sir Redvers Buller remained in command of the Natal army till October 1900, when he returned to England (being created G.C.M.G.), having in the meanwhile slowly done a See also:great See also:deal of hard See also:work in See also:driving the Boers from the Biggarsberg (May 15), forcing See also:Lang's Nek (See also:June 12), and occupying See also:Lydenburg (See also:September 6)
.
But though these latter operations had done much to re-establish his reputation for dogged determination, and he had never lost the confidence of his own men, his capacity for an important command in delicate and difficult operations was now seriously questioned
.
The continuance, therefore, in 1901 of his See also:appointment to the important Aldershot command met with a vigorous See also:press See also:criticism, in which the detailed objections taken to his conduct of the operations before Ladysmith (and particularly to a See also:message to Sir See also:George See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White in which he seriously contemplated and provided for the contingency of surrender) were given new prominence
.
On the loth of October 1901, at a See also:luncheon in See also:London, Sir Redvers Buller made a speech in See also:answer to these criticisms in terms which were held to be a See also:breach of discipline, and he was placed on See also:half-pay a few days later
.
For the remaining years of his See also:life he played an active See also:part as a See also:country See also:gentleman, accepting in dignified silence the prolonged attacks on his failures in South See also:Africa; among the public generally, and particularly in his own See also:county, he never lost his popularity
.
He died on the 2nd of June 1908
.
He had married in 1882 See also:Lady Audrey, daughter of the 4th See also:Marquess See also:Townshend, who survived him with one daughter
.
A Memoir, by See also:Lewis See also:- BUTLER
- BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
- BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
- BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
- BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
- BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
- BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
- BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
- BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
- BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
- BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)
Butler, was published in 1909
.
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