Coleridge Grove
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Major-General Sir Coleridge Grove KCB (26 September 1839 – 17 May 1920) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.[1]
United Kingdom
British ArmySir Coleridge Grove | |
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| Born | 26 September 1839 Wandsworth, London |
| Died | 17 May 1920 (aged 80) Knightsbridge, London |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army |
| Service years | 1863–1901 |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Conflicts | Mahdist War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
| Relations | Sir William Robert Grove (father) Edmond Herbert Grove-Hills (nephew) |
Early life and education
Grove was born in Wandsworth, the second son of Rt. Hon. Sir William Robert Grove, a Welsh judge and scientist, and Emma Maria Towles.[2][3] He attended Balliol College, Oxford, as an Exhibitioner, where he took first classes in Mathematical Moderations and the final school.[1]
His sister Imogen Emily married William Edward Hall in 1866,[4] while his sister Anna married Herbert Augustus Hills (1837–1907) and was mother to Edmond Herbert Grove-Hills[5] and John Waller Hills.[6]
Military career
Grove was commissioned into the 15th Regiment of Foot in 1863.[7] He went on to serve in Egypt and Sudan.[8] He became Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General of Ireland in 1882[9] and Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General at Army Headquarters in 1883[10] moving on to be Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War in 1886[11] and Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters after that.[12]
Appointed Military Secretary in 1896,[13] he developed plans for universal military training in the British Army.[14] He retired in 1901.[15]
In retirement, he was Colonel of the East Yorkshire Regiment from November 1901[16] to 1920.[17]
He had in his possessions a large Elizabethan chest[18] which was lost in a great fire in Brussels in 1910.[19] He died in 1920.[20]