See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

FRANCIS 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)
• SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS BUTLER (1838– )
• BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)

BUTLER (1838– )  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier, entered the See also:

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

army as an See also:

• ENSIGN (through the Fr. enseigne from the Latin plural insignia)

ensign in 1858, becoming See also:

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

captain in 1872 and See also:

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

major in 1874 . He took See also:

• PART

part with distinction in the Red See also:

• RIVER

River expedition (1870–71) and the See also:

• ASHANTI

Ashanti operations of 1873–74 under See also:

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

Wolseley, and received the C.B. in 1874 . He served with the same See also:

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

general in the Zulu See also:

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

War (See also:

• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

brevet lieut.-See also:

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

colonel), the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of Tel-el-Kebir, after which he was made an aide-de-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp 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, and the See also:

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

Sudan 1884–85, being employed as colonel on the 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 1885, and brigadier-general 1885–1886 . In the latter See also:

• YEAR

year he was made a K.C.B . He was colonel on the staff in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt 189o–1892, and brigadier-general there until 1892, when he was promoted major-general and stationed at See also:

• ALDERSHOT

Aldershot, after which he commanded the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern See also:

• DISTRICT

district . In 1898 he succeeded General Goodenough as See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

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

chief in South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, with the See also:

• LOCAL

local 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:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general . For a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period (Dec . 1898–Feb . 1899), during the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred See also:

• MILNER, ALFRED MILNER, VISCOUNT (1854– )
• MILNER, JOSEPH (1744-1797)

Milner in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, he acted as high See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner, and as such and subsequently in his military capacity he expressed views on the subject of the probabilities of war which were not approved by the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home 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; he was consequently ordered home to command the western district, and held this See also:

• POST

post until 1905 . He also held the Aldershot command for a brief period in 19o0–19o1 . Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William 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 promoted lieutenant-general in 1900 . He had See also:

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

long been known as a descriptive writer, since his publication of The See also:

• GREAT

Great Lone See also:

• LAND

Land (1872) and other See also:

• WORKS

works, and he was the biographer (1899) of Sir See also:

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

George See also:

• COLLEY, SIR GEORGE POMEROY (1835-1881)

Colley .

He married in 1877 See also:

• MISS

Miss See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth See also:

• THOMPSON
• THOMPSON, FRANCIS (1860-1907)
• THOMPSON, LAUNT (1833-1894)
• THOMPSON, SIR HENRY, BART
• THOMPSON, SIR JOHN SPARROW (1844-1894)
• THOMPSON, THOMAS PERONNET (1783-1869)
• THOMPSON, WILLIAM HEPWORTH (18ro–1886)

Thompson, an accomplished painter of See also:

• BATTLE

battle-scenes, notably " The See also:

• ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
• ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )

Roll See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

Call " (1874), " Quatre See also:

• BRAS

Bras " (1875), " Rorke's See also:

• DRIFT (from "drive ")

Drift " (1881), " The See also:

• CAMEL (from the Arabic Djemal or the Heb. Gamal)

Camel See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

Corps " (1891), and " The See also:

• DAWN (the 16th-century form of the earlier " Jawing " or " dawning," from an old verb " daw," O. Eng. dagian, to become day; cf. Dutch dagen, and Ger. tagen)

Dawn of See also:

• WATERLOO

Waterloo " (1895) .