See also:

• SIR

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, CHARLES (1806–1848)
• SIR REDVERS HENRY BULLER (1839-1908)

BULLER (1839-1908)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

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, WILLIAM CHARLES (1793-1872)

Wentworth See also:

• BULLER, CHARLES (1806–1848)
• BULLER, SIR REDVERS HENRY (1839-1908)

Buller, M,P., of See also:

• CREDITON

Crediton, See also:

• DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
• DEVONSHIRE, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Devonshire, and the descendant of an old Cornish See also:

• FAMILY

family, See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long established in Devonshire, tracing its ancestry in the See also:

• FEMALE

female See also:

• LINE

line to See also:

• EDWARD

Edward I., was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1839, and educated at See also:

• ETON

Eton . He entered the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

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

China See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1860 . In 1870 he became See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain, and went on the Red See also:

• RIVER

River expedition, where he was first associated with See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel (afterwards See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord) See also:

• WOLSELEY, GARNET JOSEPH WOLSELEY, VISCOUNT (1833- )

Wolseley . In 1893–74 he accompanied the latter in the Ashantee campaign as See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the Intelligence See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

Department, and was slightly wounded at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Ordabai; he was mentioned in See also:

• DES

des-patches, made a C.B., and raised to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major . In 1874 he inherited the family estates . In the Kaffir See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of x87&=79 and the Zulu War of 1879 he was conspicuous as an intrepid and popular See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, and acquired a reputation for courage; and dogged determination . In particular his conduct of the See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat at Inhlobane (See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 28, 1879) See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

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

lieutenant-colonel and A.D.C. to the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen; In the See also:

• BOER

Boer War of 1881 he was See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• EVELYN, JOHN (1620-1706)

Evelyn See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood's See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff; and thus added to his experience of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICAN

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

Egyptian campaign, and was knighted for his services . Two years later he commanded an See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade in the See also:

• SUDAN (Arabic Bilad-es-Sudan, country of the blacks)

Sudan under Sir Gerald See also:

• GRAHAM, SIR GERALD (1831–1899)
• GRAHAM, SIR JAMES ROBERT GEORGE
• GRAHAM, SYLVESTER (1794-1851)
• GRAHAM, THOMAS (1805-1869)

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

desert See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column when Sir See also:

• HERBERT (FAMILY)
• HERBERT, GEORGE (1593-1633)
• HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM
• HERBERT, SIR THOMAS (1606-1682)

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

Abu Klea (See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 16-17), and he was created K.C.B . In 1886 he was sent to See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland to inquire into the " moonlighting " outrages, and for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

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 (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

adjutant-general, attaining the rank of lieutenant-general in 1891 . At the war office his See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy and ability inspired the belief that he was fitted for the highest command, and in 1895, when the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge was about to retire, it was well known that Lord See also:

• ROSEBERY, ARCHIBALD PHILIP PRIMROSE, 5TH

Rosebery's See also:

• CABINET

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 (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission . On the See also:

• EVE

eve of this See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change, however, the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government was defeated, and its successors appointed Lord Wolseley to the command under the old See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-chief . In 1896 he was made a full general . In 1898 he took command of the troops at See also:

• ALDERSHOT

Aldershot, and when the Boer War See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out in 1899 he was selected to command the South African Field Force (see See also:

• TRANSVAAL

TRANSVAAL), and landed at Cape See also:

• TOWN

Town on the 31st of See also:

• OCTOBER

October . Owing to the Boer investment of See also:

• LADYSMITH

Ladysmith and the consequent gravity of the military situation in See also:

• NATAL

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 (Lat. decent, ten)

December his first See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to See also:

• CROSS

cross the, See also:

• TUGELA (" Startling ")

Tugela at See also:

• COLENSO
• COLENSO, JOHN WILLIAM (1814-1883)

Colenso (see LADYSMITH) was repulsed . The government, alarmed at the situation and the pessimistic See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone of Buller's messages, sent out Lord See also:

• ROBERTS, DAVID (1796-1864)
• ROBERTS, FREDERICK SLEIGH ROBERTS, EARL

Roberts to supersede him in the chief command, Sir Redvers being See also:

• LEFT

left in subordinate command of the Natal force . His second attempt to relieve Ladysmith (See also:

• JANUARY

January 10—27) proved another failure, the result of the operations at Spion Kop (January 24) causing consternation in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . A third attempt (Vaalkrantz, February 5—7) was unsuccessful, but the Natal army finally accomplished its task in the See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

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

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

great See also:

• DEAL

deal of hard See also:

• WORK

work in See also:

• DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving the Boers from the Biggarsberg (May 15), forcing See also:

• LANG, ANDREW (1844— )
• LANG, KARL HEINRICH, RITTER VON (1764-1835)

Lang's Nek (See also:

• JUNE

June 12), and occupying See also:

• LYDENBURG

Lydenburg (See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

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, POWER OF

appointment to the important Aldershot command met with a vigorous See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism, in which the detailed objections taken to his conduct of the operations before Ladysmith (and particularly to a See also:

• MESSAGE (a word occurring in slightly different forms in several languages, e.g. Fr. message, Span. mensaje, Ital. messagio; adapted from the Low Lat. missaticum, from mittere)

message to Sir See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

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

luncheon in See also:

• LONDON

London, Sir Redvers Buller made a speech in See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer to these criticisms in terms which were held to be a See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach of discipline, and he was placed on See also:

• HALF

half-pay a few days later . For the remaining years of his See also:

• LIFE

life he played an active See also:

• PART

part as a See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman, accepting in dignified silence the prolonged attacks on his failures in South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa; among the public generally, and particularly in his own See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, he never lost his popularity . He died on the 2nd of June 1908 . He had married in 1882 See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Audrey, daughter of the 4th See also:

• MARQUESS (1760-1842)
• MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")

Marquess See also:

• TOWNSHEND, CHARLES (1725-1767)
• TOWNSHEND, CHARLES TOWNSHEND, 2ND VISCOUNT (1674-1738)
• TOWNSHEND, GEORGE TOWNSHEND, 1ST MARQUESS (1724-1807)

Townshend, who survived him with one daughter . A Memoir, by See also:

• LEWIS, HENRY CARVILL
• LEWIS, JOHN FREDERICK (180 1876)
• LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818)
• LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774-1809)
• LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL, BART

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 .