Ivo Branch

Educated at Eton and University College, Oxford, Branch was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards in March 1872.^[1]

Branch served as aide-de-camp to George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, 1874-77.^[1] His particularly undistinguished military career included being criticised for 'rashness' and 'absent-minded, uncalculating enthusiasm' in the face of the enemy during the British occupation of Egypt.^[2][3] His reputation was besmirched by accusations of bisexuality.^[4][5] Branch was one of several senior army officers implicated in the Cleveland Street scandal in 1889, accused of being protected by his privilege.^[2][6]

Nevertheless, he was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1898.^[5]