Edmond Elles
British Army officer (1848–1934)
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Lieutenant-General Sir Edmond Roche Elles GCIE KCB DL (9 June 1848 – 6 January 1934) was a British Army officer who served in Egypt and India during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Sir Edmond Elles | |
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Elles in 1918 | |
| Birth name | Edmond Roche Elles |
| Born | 9 June 1848 |
| Died | 6 January 1934 (aged 85) |
| Branch |  British Army |
| Service years | 1867–1908 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
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Military career
Elles entered the Royal Artillery in 1867 and was promoted to colonel in 1891. He was Assistant Quartermaster-General at Headquarters in India (intelligence branch) when he was in November 1893 appointed Deputy Quartermaster-General Bengal.[2] In 1900 he was promoted major-general. He served in Egypt and India, including the Indian Frontier, and was appointed a district commander in Peshawar on 18 October 1895.[3] Following the outbreak of the Second Boer War in late 1899, Sir William Nicholson (then Adjutant-General in India) was posted to South Africa, and Elles was appointed acting Adjutant-General on 4 January 1900.[4][5] In December 1900 he was appointed to command a First class district in India (possibly Secunderabad district),[6] but was replaced four months later, in April 1901,[6] after he had been appointed an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India in March 1901.[7] In January 1903, he was made a Knights Commander of India (KCIE).[8] He was promoted Lieutenant-general February 1907,[9] and retired from the army in 1908.[5]
In 1908, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Surrey.[10]
Family
His daughter was Patricia Wentworth, a crime writer.[11]