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Neville Lyttelton

Sir Neville Lyttelton
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General Sir Neville Lyttelton
Born (1845-10-28)28 October 1845
Hagley, Worcestershire
Died 6 July 1931(1931-07-06) (aged 85)
Royal Hospital Chelsea, London
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1865–1912
Rank General
Commands held Commander-in-Chief, Ireland
Chief of the General Staff
Commander-in-Chief, South Africa
4th Division
2nd Division
4th Brigade
2nd Brigade
2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade
1st Battalion Rifle Brigade
Battles/wars Fenian Raids
Anglo-Egyptian War
Mahdist War
Second Boer War
Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Mentioned in Despatches
Order of Osmanieh (Ottoman Empire)
Relations Charles Masterman (son-in-law)

General Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton, GCB, GCVO, PC (28 October 1845 – 6 July 1931) was a British Army officer from the Lyttelton family who served against the Fenian Raids, and in the Anglo-Egyptian War, the Mahdist War and the Second Boer War. He was Chief of the General Staff at the time of the Haldane Reforms and then became Commander-in-Chief, Ireland.

Born the son of 4th Baron Lyttelton and Mary Lyttelton (née Glynne) and educated at Eton College, Lyttelton was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade in January 1865. As a junior officer he was sent to Canada where he helped defeat the Fenian raids in 1866 and served as Secretary to the Oregon Boundary Commission in 1867. He was promoted to lieutenant on 14 July 1869, to captain on 13 October 1877 and to major on 22 February 1882. In 1880 he was made Private secretary to Hugh Childers, Secretary of State for War.


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