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  Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thesiger was the son of the 2nd Baron Chelmsford.
Succeeding his father in 1905 to become 3rd Baron, Chelmsford was appointed Governor of Queensland (1905 to 1909), and then became Governor of New South Wales (1909 to 1913).
In 1924, despite being a life-long Conservative, Chelmsford was persuaded to join the Labour government of Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 as First Lord of the Admiralty, though this was a technical post and he never joined the Party.
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 Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford (25 April 1794 – 5 October 1878), was an English jurist and politician.
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford (25 April 1794 1878), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, was the third son of Charles Thesiger, and was born in London.
He left four sons and three daughters, of whom the eldest, Frederick Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Lord Chelmsford[[ (1827-1905), earned distinction as a soldier, while the third, Alfred Henry Thesiger (1838-1880) was made a lord justice of appeal and a [[privy councillor in 1877, at the early age of thirty-nine, but died only three years later.
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 FREDERIC THESIGER, 1ST BARON CHELMSFORD - LoveToKnow Article on FREDERIC THESIGER, 1ST BARON CHELMSFORD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Weare; and eight years later at Chelmsford assizes he won a hard-fought action in an ejectment case after three trials, to which he attributed so much of his subsequent success that when he was raised to the peerage he assumed the title Lord Chelmsford.
He left four sons and three daughters, of whom the eldest, Frederick Augustus, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (182 71905), earned distinction as a soldier, while the third, Alfred Henry Thesiger (1838-1880) was made a lord justice of appeal and a privy councillor in 1877, at the early age of thirty-nine, but died only three years later.
See: FREDERIC THESIGER, 1ST BARON CHELMSFORD at LoveToKnow.
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 Chelmsford, Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 3d Baron and 1st Viscount. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Chelmsford, Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 3d Baron and 1st Viscount.
Before the reforms were implemented, growing disorders led to the massacre at Amritsar (1919).
Chelmsford returned to England in 1921 and was created a viscount.
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 CHELMSFORD - LoveToKnow Article on CHELMSFORD
CHELMSFORD, a market town and municipal borough, and the county town of Essex, England, in the Chelmsford parliamentary division, 30 m.
In 1225 Chelmsford was made the centre for the collection of fifteenths from the county of Essex, and in 1227 it became the regular seat of assizes and quarter-sessions.
In 1377 writs were issued for the return of representatives from Chelmsford to parliament, but no return of members has been found.
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 ANGLO-ZULU WAR ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Lord Chelmsford had under him a force of 5000 Europeans and 8200 Africans; 3000 of the latter were employed in guarding the frontier of Natal; another force of 1400 Europeans and 400 Africans were stationed in the Utrecht district.
Chelmsford had lost his centre column and his plans were in tatters.
The 2nd division (with which was Lord Chelmsford) and Wood's column crossed the White Umfolosi on the 4th of July the force numbering 4166 European and 1005 indigenous soldiers, aided by artillery and Gatling guns.
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 Isandhlwana
Lord Chelmsford's force numbered nearly 18,000 British regulars, Natal auxiliaries, volunteers, and irregulars; including a number of Boers who had fought Zulus for years and were well aware of their fighting prowess.
Chelmsford's Number III column made its way slowly into Zululand, brushing aside any Zulu force that was fortunate enough to encounter the impressive caravan of 220 wagons, 82 carts, seven cannon, and cavalry and infantry.
It was inconceivable to Chelmsford that the Zulus would attack such a formidable force, and even if they did, the disciplined concentrated fire of his troops would keep the enemy too far away to use their assegais or iKlawa.
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Frederick Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford invaded Zululand.
Lord Chelmsford and the reconnoitring party returned after paying little attention to the signals of attack; they in turn stumbled across a main impi who attacked and overwhelmed them.
The 2nd division (with which was Lord Chelmsford) and Wood's column crossed the White Umfolosi on the 4th of July the force numbering 4166 Europeans and 1005 native soldiers, aided by artillery and Gatling guns.
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 rorkesdriftvc.com - Lt-General Chelmsford
Frederic Augustus Thesiger was born on 31st May 1827, the eldest son of Frederic Thesiger, later 1st Baron Lord Chelmsford, his wife Anna Maria.
He was educated at Eton, commissioned as an Ensign in the Rifle Brigade on 31st December 1844 and exchanged to the Grenadier guards as an Ensign & Lieutenant on 28th November 1845.
Chelmsford left Durban for England on 27th July 1879, he was mentioned in Wolseley's dispatches as entitled to all the merit of the victory of Ulundi.
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Chelmsford (of Chelmsford), Frederic John Napier Thesiger, (1st) Viscount, Baron Chelmsford (of Chelmsford) (b.
In 1905 he succeeded his father as Baron Chelmsford and was appointed governor of the state of Queensland.
Chelmsford thus sought to enforce the Rowlatt Acts (1919), designed to give certain emergency powers to the executive, such as the internment of persons accused of subversion, but he met strong Indian opposition.
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 Zulu Mountain Trap Sprung
Chelmsford wished to relieve the column at Eshowe, and he wanted Wood to demonstrate in his area to draw off some of the strength of a Zulu impi (army) that Chelmsford thought was gathering to attack Eshowe.
Wood's goal was the destruction of the stronghold of the abaQulusi, a Nguni clan allied with the Zulus, located on a mountain 20 miles to the southeast, known as Hlobane (pronounced "shlo-BAH-nyeh").
Chelmsford knew that the country was vast, and occupation was out of the question.
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 Chelmsford, Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 3d Baron and 1st Viscount on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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Chelmsford, Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 3d Baron and 1st Viscount, South Asian History, Biographies
Chelmsford, Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 3d Baron and 1st Viscount[nA´pEur, thes´ijur, chelms´furd] Pronunciation Key, 1868–1933, British colonial administrator.
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 Chelmsford --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Settled in 1633, it was named for Chelmsford, England, and incorporated in 1655.
Chelmsford (of Chelmsford), Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount, Baron Chelmsford Of Chelmsford
Information on this university and its campuses at Cambridge and Chelmsford in U.K. Covers details on their admissions, academic divisions, departments, and programs, student services, research activities, campus facilities, and business links.
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 vivamalta.org - The Anglo- Zulu War
Lord Chelmsford had under him a force of 5000 Europeans and 8200 Africans; 3000 of the latter were employed in guarding the frontier of Natal; another force of 1400 Europeans and 400 Africans were stationed in the Utrecht (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utrecht%2C_South_Africa) district.
As a result of Isandlwana the British Government replaced Lord Chelmsford with Sir Garnet Wolseley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garnet_Wolseley) but it took several weeks for him to reach Natal, during which Lord Chelmsford remained in command.
On the 29th (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29_March) a column, under Lord Chelmsford, consisting of 3400 European tribesmen and 2300 Africans, marched to the relief of Eshowe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eshowe), entrenched camps being formed each night.
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 Governor-General of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1910–1916)
Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford (1916–1921)
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Baron Irwin (1926–1931)
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eldest son of the first Baron Chelmsford, was born on May ~ 1st, 1827.
Eminent service in the successive offices of Solicitor-General and Attorney-General earned for him the highest judicial honour when, in 1858, he was appointed Lord High Chancellor and raised to the peerage as Baron Chelmsford of Chelmsford, Essex.
Guards some time ago and I will not lose sight of his Father’s wishes; but there have been very few vacancies lately and there are still more names I am sorry to say before his.
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 Parliamentary Handbook: Historical Information on the Australian Parliament
Frederick John Napier Thesiger, KCMG (later 1st Viscount Chelmsford, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE) (Administrator).
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De L’Isle, 1st Viscount, 6th Baron De L'Isle and Dudley, the Rt Hon.
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1771) 1771 - 1782 Thomas Villiers, Baron Hyde of Hindon (from 1776, Thomas Villiers, Earl of Clarendon) (b.
1786) 1786 - 1803 Charles Jenkinson, Baron Hawkesbury (from 1796, Charles Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool) (b.
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He was introduced to pietistic circles in Berlin, and came under the influence of Baron Hans Ernst von Kottwitz, who became his "spiritual father," and of the historian Neander.
Before deciding on the career of theological professor, he had in view that of a missionary in the East.
Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford ((25 April, 1794 - 5 October, 1878), was an English jurist and politician.
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Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford (25 April, 1794 - 5 October, 1878), was an English jurist and politician.
Originally destined for a naval career, Chelmsford served with the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.
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 Find in a Library: Lord Chelmsford and the Zulu war
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 GOVERNORS AND GOVERNORS-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA
1879 (Aug 4) to 1885 (Nov 9) (Baron?) Lord Loftus (Augustus William Frederick Spencer), Governor-in-Chief of NSW and its dependencies.
1885 (Dec 12) to 1890 (Nov 3) (Baron?) Lord Carrington (Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington, Governor.
Frederick John Napier Thesiger, 3rd Baron Chelmsford, KCMG (Administrator)
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 Frederick Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford (1794-1878), Lord Chancellor
Frederick Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford (1794-1878), Lord Chancellor
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 Letting Agents in Chelmsford
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Frog House Baron Rd, Chelmsford, CM3 5XQ, Tel: 0124 532 2477
Waterloo House 59 New St, Chelmsford, CM1 1NE, Tel: 0124 528 3228
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