Dictionary of Indian Biography/Chelmsford, Frederick Augustus Thesiger, second Baron
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CHELMSFORD, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS THESIGER, SECOND BARON (1827–1905)
Born May 31, 1827 : son of first Baron (Lord Chancellor, 1858–9) : educated at Eton : succeeded to title, 1879 : entered the Army in the Grenadier Guards, 1844 : served in the Crimea : Lt.-Colonel in the 95th regt. in the mutiny, in Central India : Adjutant-General in the Abyssinian campaign, 1867–8 : C.B. and A.D.C. to Queen Victoria : Adjutant-General in India : commanded the forces in the Kafir war, 1878 : succeeded his father, Oct. 1878 : at Isandhwala, Gingilhovo, Ulundi : Lieutenant of the Tower, 1884–9 : General, 1888 : G.C.B. : G.C.V.O : died April 9, 1905.