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
Born9 June 1848
Died6 January 1934
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branchIndian Army
Years of service1867-1908
RankLieutenant-General
AwardsKnight 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.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir William Nicholson		 Adjutant-General, India
(acting)
1900–1901		 Succeeded by
Beauchamp Duff
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