Major-General Sir Coleridge Grove KCB (26 September 1839 – 17 May 1920) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.[1]
Sir Coleridge Grove | |
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 Portrait by Helen Donald-Smith | |
| Born | 26 September 1839 Wandsworth, London |
| Died | 17 May 1920 (aged 80) Knightsbridge, London |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1863–1901 |
| Rank | Major-general |
| Battles / wars | Mahdist War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
| Relations | Sir William Robert Grove (father) |
Early life and education
editGrove was born in Wandsworth, the second son of Rt. Hon. Sir William Robert Grove, a Welsh judge and scientist, and Emma Maria Towles.[2][3] He attended Balliol College, Oxford, as an Exhibitioner, where he took first classes in Mathematical Moderations and the final school.[1]
His sister Imogen Emily married William Edward Hall in 1866,[4] while his sister Anna married Herbert Augustus Hills (1837–1907) and was mother to Edmond Herbert Grove-Hills[5] and John Waller Hills.[6]
Military career
editGrove was commissioned into the 15th Regiment of Foot in 1863.[7] He went on to serve in Egypt and Sudan.[8] He became Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General of Ireland in 1882[9] and Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General at Army Headquarters in 1883[10] moving on to be Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War in 1886[11] and Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters after that.[12]
Appointed Military Secretary in 1896,[13] he developed plans for universal military training in the British Army.[14] He retired in 1901.[15]
In retirement, he was Colonel of the East Yorkshire Regiment from November 1901[16] to 1920.[17]
He had in his possessions a large Elizabethan chest[18] which was lost in a great fire in Brussels in 1910.[19] He died in 1920.[20]
References
edit- ^ a b "Death of Sir Coleridge Grove. Services in Egypt". The Times. 18 May 1920. p. 16.
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1914). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (76th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2319.
- ^ 1851 England Census
- ^ Holland, T. E. (2004) "Hall, William Edward (1835–1894)", rev. Catherine Pease-Watkin, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Retrieved 17 August 2007.
- ^ Hutchins, R. (2006) "Hills, Edmond Herbert Grove- (1864–1922)’", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, online edn, Retrieved 17 August 2007.
- ^ Green, E. H. H. (2004) "Hills, John Waller (1867–1938)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Retrieved 17 August 2007.
- ^ "No. 22717". The London Gazette. 17 March 1863. p. 1514.
- ^ The War Office The Thames Star, 5 May 1900
- ^ "No. 25106". The London Gazette. 12 May 1882. p. 2222.
- ^ "No. 25196". The London Gazette. 9 February 1883. p. 722.
- ^ "No. 25583". The London Gazette. 4 May 1886. p. 2127.
- ^ "No. 26572". The London Gazette. 20 November 1894. p. 6508.
- ^ "No. 26736". The London Gazette. 5 May 1896. p. 2647.
- ^ The Papers of Leopold Amery January 1903 - November 1928
- ^ "No. 27360". The London Gazette. 1 October 1901. p. 6400.
- ^ "No. 27377". The London Gazette. 15 November 1901. p. 7395.
- ^ The East Yorkshire Regiment
- ^ Vanishing England, by P. H. Ditchfield, Illustrated by Fred Roe, Page 197
- ^ English Collectors Losses at Brussels: Many Exquisite and Precious Things Destroyed in the Fire at the Exhibition New York Times, 28 August 1910
- ^ The Arts Club and its Members by G A F Rogers, Page 80