Coleridge Grove

Sir Coleridge Grove
Sir Coleridge Grove
Born	26 September 1839; Wandsworth, London
Died	17 May 1920 (aged 80); Knightsbridge, London
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	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)

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]

Early life and education

Grove 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

Grove 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

"Death of Sir Coleridge Grove. Services in Egypt". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 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, accessed 17 August 2007.
Hutchins, R. (2006) "Hills, Edmond Herbert Grove- (1864–1922)’", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, online edn, accessed 17 August 2007.
Green, E. H. H. (2004) "Hills, John Waller (1867–1938)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, accessed 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

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Reginald Gipps	Military Secretary 1896–1901	Succeeded by Sir Ian Hamilton
Preceded by William Hardy	Colonel of The East Yorkshire Regiment 1901–1920	Succeeded by Francis Seymour Inglefield

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[times-1] "Death of Sir Coleridge Grove. Services in Egypt". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 18 May 1920. p. 16.

[burkegreatwar-2] Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1914). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (76th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2319.

[1851census-3] 1851 England Census

[4] Holland, T. E. (2004) "Hall, William Edward (1835–1894)", rev. Catherine Pease-Watkin, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, accessed 17 August 2007.

[5] Hutchins, R. (2006) "Hills, Edmond Herbert Grove- (1864–1922)’", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, online edn, accessed 17 August 2007.

[6] Green, E. H. H. (2004) "Hills, John Waller (1867–1938)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, accessed 17 August 2007.

[7] "No. 22717". The London Gazette. 17 March 1863. p. 1514.

[star-8] The War Office The Thames Star, 5 May 1900

[9] "No. 25106". The London Gazette. 12 May 1882. p. 2222.

[10] "No. 25196". The London Gazette. 9 February 1883. p. 722.

[11] "No. 25583". The London Gazette. 4 May 1886. p. 2127.

[12] "No. 26572". The London Gazette. 20 November 1894. p. 6508.

[13] "No. 26736". The London Gazette. 5 May 1896. p. 2647.

[14] The Papers of Leopold Amery January 1903 - November 1928

[15] "No. 27360". The London Gazette. 1 October 1901. p. 6400.

[16] "No. 27377". The London Gazette. 15 November 1901. p. 7395.

[17] The East Yorkshire Regiment

[18] Vanishing England, by P. H. Ditchfield, Illustrated by Fred Roe, Page 197

[19] English Collectors Losses at Brussels: Many Exquisite and Precious Things Destroyed in the Fire at the Exhibition New York Times, 28 August 1910

[20] The Arts Club and its Members by G A F Rogers, Page 80