Lord Roberts

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British Army officer field marshal human peer of the United Kingdom

Lord Roberts was a prominent British field marshal who led imperial forces during key late-19th-century colonial campaigns, including in South Africa and India.

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instanceOf British Army officer →
field marshal →
human →
peer of the United Kingdom →
allegiance British Empire →
awardReceived Order of Merit →
Order of the Bath →
Order of the Garter →
Victoria Cross →
birthDate 1832-09-30 →
burialPlace St Paul’s Cathedral, London →
childDiedIn Second Boer War →
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom →
deathDate 1914-11-14 →
educatedAt East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe →
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich →
ethnicGroup Anglo-Irish →
familyName Roberts →
fullName Frederick Sleigh Roberts →
givenName Frederick →
honorificTitle Field Marshal Lord Roberts →
knownFor leading imperial forces in India →
leading imperial forces in South Africa →
reforms of the British Army →
languageSpoken English →
memberOf House of Lords →
militaryBranch British Army →
militaryConflict Indian Rebellion of 1857 →
Second Anglo-Afghan War →
Second Boer War →
militaryRank Field Marshal →
nobleTitle Baron Roberts →
Earl Roberts →
notableWork command in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 →
command in the Second Anglo-Afghan War →
command of British forces in the Second Boer War →
occupation military leader →
soldier →
parentOf Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts →
placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency →
British India →
Cawnpore →
placeOfDeath France →
St Omer →
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (United Kingdom) →
Commander-in-Chief, India →
religion Anglicanism →
titleHeld Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army →
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Lord Roberts ("Frederick Sleigh Roberts") →
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Lord Roberts ("Field Marshal Lord Roberts") →
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