Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell


The Lord Grenfell

Lord Grenfell
Born29 April 1841
Swansea, Wales
Died27 January 1925 (aged 83)
Windlesham, Surrey
Buried
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1859–1908
RankField Marshal
CommandsEgyptian Army
4th Army Corps
Commander-in-Chief, Ireland
Battles / wars9th Xhosa War
Anglo-Zulu War
Anglo-Egyptian War
Mahdist War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Other workPilgrims Society
Church Lads' Brigade
Winchester Cathedral, memorial for Field Marshal Lord Grenfell showing his coat of arms: Gules, on a fess between three clarions or a mural crown of the first.[1]

Field Marshal Francis Wallace Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell, GCB, GCMG, PC (Ire) (29 April 1841 – 27 January 1925) was a British Army officer. After serving as aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief, South Africa, he fought in the 9th Xhosa War, the Anglo-Zulu War and then the Anglo-Egyptian War. He went on to become Sirdar (Commander-in-Chief) of the Egyptian Army and commanded the forces at the Battle of Suakin in December 1888 and at the Battle of Toski in August 1889 during the Mahdist War. After that he became Governor of Malta and then Commander-in-Chief, Ireland before retiring in 1908.[2]

  1. ^ Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.510
  2. ^ Hesilrige 1921, p. 420.