Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts

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British Army officer field marshal human peer of the United Kingdom

Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, was a prominent British Army field marshal and one of the most celebrated military commanders of the Victorian era, noted for his service in India and the Second Boer War.

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Label Occurrences
Frederick Roberts 6
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts 5
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts canonical 3

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
field marshal ⓘ
human ⓘ
peer of the United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived Order of Merit ⓘ
Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
Order of the Bath ⓘ
Order of the Garter ⓘ
Order of the Indian Empire ⓘ
The Victoria Cross ⓘ
surface form: Victoria Cross
birthDate 1832-09-30 ⓘ
birthPlace Bengal Presidency ⓘ
British India ⓘ
Cawnpore ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
child Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1914-11-14 ⓘ
deathPlace France ⓘ
Pas-de-Calais ⓘ
St Omer ⓘ
describedBySource Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
educatedAt East India Company College ⓘ
Eton College ⓘ
Sandhurst ⓘ
familyName Roberts ⓘ
father Abraham Roberts ⓘ
givenName Frederick ⓘ
Sleigh ⓘ
honorificTitle Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1st Earl Roberts
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank Field Marshal ⓘ
General ⓘ
movement British imperialism ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Roberts ⓘ
Earl Roberts ⓘ
notableWork command in the Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
command of British forces in the Second Boer War ⓘ
service during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
placeOfBurial St Paul's Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Commander‑in‑Chief, India ⓘ
surface form: Commander-in-Chief, India

Commander-in-Chief, Ireland ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Nora Henrietta Bews ⓘ

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Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts → father → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts → onlyChildOf → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts → onlySonOf → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
Battle of Diamond Hill → commander → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
Battle of Diamond Hill → commandersSide → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts – British Empire
Anglo-Afghan Wars → significantPerson → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
Third Anglo-Burmese War → combatantCommander → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick Charles Roberts
North-West Frontier campaigns → notableCommander → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick Roberts
Commander‑in‑Chief, India → officeHolder → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
subject surface form: Commander-in-Chief, India
this entity surface form: Frederick Roberts
Earl Roberts → namedAfter → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
Earl Roberts → honours → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick Roberts
Battle of Kandahar (1880) → commander → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick Roberts
Battle of Kandahar (1880) → commandingOfficer → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Frederick Roberts
Battle of Peiwar Kotal → commander → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick Roberts
Battle of Peiwar Kotal → commandingOfficerSide → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick Roberts commanded British-Indian forces
Battle of Bergendal → commander → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
Battle of Paardeberg → commander → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Field Marshal Lord Roberts
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts → honorificTitle → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st Earl Roberts
Battle of Pretoria → commander → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick Roberts
British forces in the Second Boer War → commander → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
British occupation of Bloemfontein → commander → Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Field Marshal Frederick Roberts