See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD See also:

• BRUCE
• BRUCE, ALEXANDER BALMAIN (1831-1899)
• BRUCE, JAMES (1930-1794)
• BRUCE, MICHAEL (1746-1767)

BRUCE See also:

• SIR EDWARD BRUCE HAMLEY (1824-1893)

HAMLEY (1824-1893)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

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

general and military writer, youngest son of See also:

• VICE

Vice-See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral 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:

• HAMLEY, SIR EDWARD BRUCE (1824-1893)

Hamley, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 27th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1824 at See also:

• BODMIN

Bodmin, See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall, and entered the Royal See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

Artillery in 1843 . He was promoted See also:

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

captain in i85o, and in 1851 went to See also:

• GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar, where he commenced his See also:

• LITERARY

literary career by contributing articles to magazines . He served throughout the See also:

• CRIMEAN

Crimean See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign as aide-de-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp to See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard Dacres, commanding the artillery, taking See also:

• PART

part in all the operations with distinction, and becoming successively See also:

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

major and See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

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

colonel by See also:

• BREVET (a diminutive of the Fr. bref)

brevet . He also received the C.B. and See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French and See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish orders . During the See also:

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

war he contributed to See also:

• BLACKWOOD, WILLIAM (1776-1834)

Blackwood's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine an admirable See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the progress of the campaign, which was afterwards republished . The See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination in Hamley of literary and military ability secured for him in 18J9 the professorship of military See also:

• HISTORY

history at the new 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 See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College at See also:

• SANDHURST

Sandhurst, from which in 1866 he went to the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of military See also:

• EDUCATION

education, returning in 187o to the Staff . College as commandant . From 1879 to 1881 he was British See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner successively for the delimitation of the frontiers of See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey and See also:

• BULGARIA
• BULGARIA, EASTERN

Bulgaria, Turkey in See also:

• ASIA

Asia and See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, and Turkey and See also:

• GREECE

Greece, and was rewarded with the K.C.M.G . Promoted colonel in 1863, he became a lieutenant-general in 1882, when he commanded the 2nd See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the expedition to See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt under 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, and led his troops in the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Tell-el-Kebir, for which he received the K.C.B., the thanks of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, and 2nd class of Osmanieh . Hamley considered that his services in Egypt had been insufficiently recognized in Lord Wolseley's despatches, and expressed his indignation freely, but he had no sufficient ground for supposing that there was any intention to belittle his services . From 1885 until his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 12th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1893 he represented See also:

• BIRKENHEAD

Birkenhead in parliament in the Conservative See also:

• INTEREST

interest . Hamley was a See also:

• CLEVER

clever and versatile writer .

His See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• WORK

work, The Operations of War, published in 1867, became a See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text-See also:

• BOOK

book of military instruction . He published some See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets on See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence, was a frequent contributor to magazines, and the author of several novels, of which perhaps the best known is 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 See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

Lee's Widowhood .