Edmond Elles

Lieutenant-General Sir Edmond Roche Elles, GCIE, KCB, DL (9 June 1848 – 6 January 1934) was a British Army officer who served in Egypt and India during the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Sir Edmond Elles
Sir Edmond Elles
Born	9 June 1848
Died	6 January 1934
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Indian Army
Years of service	1867-1908
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Awards	Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Family

His daughter was Patricia Wentworth, a crime writer.[1]

Military career

Elles entered the Royal Artillery in 1867 and was promoted to Colonel in 1891. He was Assistant Quartermaster-General at Headquarters in India (intelligence branch) when he was in November 1893 appointed Deputy Quartermaster-General Bengal.[2] In 1900 he was promoted Major-General. He served in Egypt and India, including the Indian Frontier, and was appointed a district commander in Peshawar on 18 October 1895.[3] Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, Sir William Nicholson (then Adjutant-General in India) was posted to South Africa, and Elles was appointed acting Adjutant-General on 4 January 1900.[4][5] In December 1900 he was appointed to command a First class district in India (possibly Secunderabad district),[6] but was replaced four months later, in April 1901,[6] after he had been appointed an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India in March 1901.[7] He was promoted Lieutenant-general 1907, and retired from the army in 1908.[5]

In 1908, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Surrey.[8]

References

1. "SIR EDMOND ELLES, 85, BRITISH GENERAL, DIES; In 1918, at Age of 70, HeI Pierced Hindenburg Line in u i Tank -- Served in India". The New York Times. 7 January 1934. p. 30. Retrieved 1 April 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "No. 26500". The London Gazette. 3 April 1894. p. 1883.
3. Hart′s Army list, 1901
4. "No. 27469". The London Gazette. 29 August 1902. p. 5610.
5. ‘ELLES, Lt-Gen Sir Edmond (Roche)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
6. "No. 27340". The London Gazette. 2 August 1901. p. 5128.
7. "No. 27306". The London Gazette. 19 April 1901. p. 2710.
8. "No. 28193". The London Gazette. 6 November 1908. p. 8046.

External links

• thePeerage.com - Lt Gen Sir Edmond Roche Elles