Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan


The Earl of Cavan

Nickname(s)"Fatty"[a]
Born(1865-10-16)16 October 1865
Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England
Died28 August 1946(1946-08-28) (aged 80)
London, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1885–1913
1914–1926
RankField Marshal
UnitGrenadier Guards
CommandsChief of the Imperial General Staff
Aldershot Command
XIV Corps
Guards Division
50th (Northumbrian) Division
4th (Guards) Brigade
2nd London Brigade
2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards
Battles / warsSecond Boer War
First World War :
AwardsKnight of the Order of St Patrick
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Mentioned in Despatches
Commander of the Legion of Honour (France)
Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
Grand Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Italy)
Grand Officer of the Military Order of Savoy (Italy)
War Cross for Military Valor (Italy)
Army Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
Order of Wen-Hu (China)
Spouse(s)
Caroline Inez Crawley
(m. 1893; died 1920)
Lady Hester Joan Byng
(m. 1922)

Field Marshal Frederick Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DL (16 October 1865 – 28 August 1946), known as Viscount Kilcoursie from 1887 until 1900, was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, in the 1920s. After being commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1885, he served in the Second Boer War as a company commander, then served during the First World War as a brigade, divisional, corps, and army commander, and later advised the British Government on the implementation of the Geddes report, which advocated a large reduction in defence expenditure; he presided over a major reduction in the size of the British Army.

  1. ^ Senior 2023, pp. 38–39.


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