Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, first Earl Roberts (1832–1914), army officer

by Brian Robson

  • Early years and education
  • The Indian mutiny
  • The staff years
  • The Second Afghan War
  • Commander-in-chief of Madras and of India
  • South Africa
  • Commander-in-chief of the British army
  • National Service League and Ireland
  • Personality and abilities

References

See also

Themes

  • National Service League
  • Order of Merit
  • Holders of the Victoria Cross in the Oxford DNB

Other online resources

  • Bibliography of British and Irish history
  • Churchill Archive
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • National Register of Archives
  • Who Was Who

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