1890 Lord Chelmsford to General Dillon, lord Salisbury PM & Secretary, McDonnell

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1890 Lord Chelmsford to General Dillon, lord Salisbury PM & Secretary, McDonnell
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1890 Lord Chelmsford to General Sir Martin Dillon, regarding Lord Salisbury the Prime Minister & his Secretary, McDonnell, written from 5, Knaresborough Place, Cromwell Road, S.W. he writes
"My Dear Dillon,
I should be quite ready to interview Lord Salisbury's private Secretary as to the true meaning of his reply's to the Lord Mayor. As however you are so much nearer to the Foreign Office, and as I could not conveniently get there today, I should feel much obliged if you could make it convenient to see Mr McDonnell.
Very truly yours,
Chelmsford".
Frederic Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, GCB, GCVO (31 May 1827 – 9 April 1905)
was a British imperial general who came to prominence during the Anglo-Zulu War, when an expeditionary force under his command suffered one of the severest defeats in battle against native tribesmen in the history of the British Empire at the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879. He went on to defeat the Zulu Kingdom at the subsequent Battle of Ulundi.
Major Sir Schomberg Kerr McDonnell, GCVO, KCB, FSA (22 March 1861 – 23 November 1915)
was a British Army officer, politician, and civil servant, who was for a number of years Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.
Background
Kerr McDonnell was born at Glenarm in County Antrim[2] the youngest son of ten children to Mark McDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim (1814–1869), by his wife Jane Emma Hannah Macan (ca. 1825–1892). His paternal grandfather Lord Mark Kerr (1776–1840) was a descendant of the Marquess of Lothian, whose wife Charlotte McDonnell (1779–1835) was the Countess of Antrim in her own right, hence the change of surname for their descendants.
He was educated at Eton College and at University College, Oxford. Whilst at Oxford he became a Freemason in the Apollo University Lodge, a Masonic lodge for students and former students of the university.[3]:39[4]
Political career
In 1888 Kerr McDonnell was appointed Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, and served as such while he was in office until 1892, and again from 1895 to 1902 (with a short interval while he fought in South Africa in 1900). He also served as private secretary to Lord Salisbury while he was Leader of the Opposition from 1892 to 1895. In failing health, Lord Salisbury resigned as Prime Minister in July 1902, and Kerr McDonnell received a non-political appointment, as Secretary to the Office of Works,[5] a position he held until 1912. It was the duty of this department to look after the royal palaces, and the position brought him into close contact with the royal family.
Kerr McDonnell was a captain in the London Volunteer Regiment. Taking leave from his work for the Prime Minister, he took an active commission with the newly raised City of London Imperial Volunteers in late 1899. This corps was raised and equipped by the City of London for service during the Second Boer War, left for South Africa in January 1900, and returned in October the same year
General Sir Martin Andrew Dillon GCB CSI (19 June 1826–1913) was an Irish senior officer in the British Army.
Biography
Dillon was the son of Major Andrew Dillon and entered the British Army in 1843.
He was present as a captain at the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and as a major in the subsequent Oudh campaign of 1858. In the China Campaign of 1860 he served as an assistant adjutant-general on the staff of Major-General Sir Robert Napier and as the latter's military secretary in India and Abbysinia. He was Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria from 1868 to 1878 when, now promoted Major-general, he was appointed assistant military secretary to Prince George, Duke of Cambridge.
He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1887. Promoted lieutenant-general in 1887 and full general on 16 July 1892, he was given the colonelcy of The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) in 1897, transferring in 1913 to be briefly colonel-commandant of the 1st Battalion of the Rifle Brigade.
Dillon was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902, and was invested by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 8 August 1902
MILITARY SERVICE
Dillon, Gen Sir Martin (Andrew) G.C.C. (1932), K.C.B., (1887), S.I. (1872) Indian Army (retired); b. 1826; entered army, 1843; General, 1892; served in Punjab, 1848-49; Kohat Pass, 1850; Crimea, 1856; Indian Mutiny, 1857-59: China. I860; Abyssinia, 1867-68; Brigade-Major, Nepal Frontier; Assistant, Adjutant-General, China; Military Secretary, Bombay; Military Secretary, Abyssinia. (A.D.C. to the Queen); Military Sec. India; Adj-Gen. Gibraltar; commanded the Lucknow and the Rawalpindi Divisions, India, 1884-88; Col, West Yorkshire Regt. (Prince of Wales Own), 1897, Commissioner, Duke of York’s Royal Military School: Commandant. Rifle Brigade, 1915.
Address: 80, St. Cames Square, S.W. Clubs: United Service.
ARCHIVE MATERIAL FOR Dillon, Sir Martin Andrew (1826-1913) Knight, General is held at
1 1880-96: corresp National Library of Ireland MS 41.682 See Annual Return 2007
2 1890-1901: letters to Earl Roberts National Army Museum Templer Study Centre 7101/23, 8310/155-62 NRA 18656
3 1868-86: corresp British Library: Asian and African Studies MSS Eur F 114 NRA 10012
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1890 Lord Chelmsford to General Sir Martin Dillon, regarding Lord Salisbury the Prime Minister & his Secretary, McDonnell, written from 5, Knaresborough Place, Cromwell Road, S.W. he writes "My Dear Dillon,I should be quite ready to interview Lord Salisbury's private Secretary as to the true meaning of his reply's to the Lord Mayor. As however you are so much nearer to the Foreign Office, and as I could not conveniently get there today, I should feel much obliged if you could make it convenient to see Mr McDonnell. Very truly yours, Chelmsford". Frederic Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, GCB, GCVO (31 May 1827 – 9 April 1905) was a British imperial general who came to prominence during the Anglo-Zulu War, when an expeditionary force under his command suffered one of the severest de
Related Interests
Lord Salisbury PM & McDonnell
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Does Not apply
Country
England
Related Interests 2
Zulu War
England County
Middlesex
City/Town/Village/Place
London
Family Surname
Thesiger
Certified Genuine
Yes
Titled Families
Lord Chelmsford
Addressed to
General Sir Martin Dillon
Document Type
Manuscript letter
Year of Issue
1890
Street Location
5 Knareborough Place