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  Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl Roberts - LoveToKnow 1911
FREDERICK SLEIGH ROBERTS ROBERTS, Earl (1832), British soldier, second son of General Sir Abraham Roberts, G.C.B., was born at Cawnpore, India, on the 30th of September 1832.
Roberts distinguished himself at the engagement of Khudaganj, on the 2nd of January 1858, by capturing, in single-handed combat, a standard from two sepoys, and also by cutting down a sepoy about to kill a sowar.
Roberts now recommended the political dismemberment of Afghanistan, and negotiations were carried on with the northern tribes for the appointment of an amir for the Kabul district only.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Frederick_Sleigh_Roberts,_Earl_Roberts   (2096 words)

  
 Roberts Frederick Sleigh 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar Pretoria and Waterford - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Pretoria, and Waterford
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Pretoria, and Waterford, full name Frederick Sleigh Roberts (1832-1914), British military...
Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of (1881-1959), British statesman, born at Powderham Castle in Devonshire, England, and educated...
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 Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Right Honourable Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, PC (30 September 1832–14 November 1914) was a distinguished British soldier and one of the most successful commanders of the Victorian era.
Born at Cawnpore, India 30 September 1832 the son of General Sir Abraham Roberts, Roberts was educated at Eton, Sandhurst and Addiscombe before entering the British Indian Army as a Second Lieutenant with the Bengal Artillery.
Lord Roberts served as the last Commander-in-Chief of the British Army for three years before the post was abolished in 1904, and for the last ten years of his life was showered with yet more honours, including numerous honorary degrees and the Colonelcy of the National Reserve.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frederick_Sleigh_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts   (860 words)

  
 Lord Roberts of Kandahar. Biography.
Lord Roberts unfortunately contracted a chill during this day, which happened to be very wet and stormy, and when Wilson went to Sir John's house late at night to inquire, he learnt that the doctor took a serious view of his patient's condition as pneumonia was developing.
Lord Roberts was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in the face of the enemy while serving as a Lieutenant in the Bengal Horse Artillery (Indian Army) during the Indian Mutiny.
Roberts at the time of his appointment was still serving in South Africa, so upon his arrival at Paddington Station, London in January of 1901, a Guard of Honour was mounted by the Irish Regiment.
www.pinetreeweb.com /roberts-bio.htm   (4294 words)

  
 Shawnee News-Star: Shawnee, Oklahoma's #1 news source! Butterflies, pond, plants create garden paradise 04/01/00
From the perennials peeking from between the rocks surrounding her water garden to the brightly colored forest pansy redbud standing sentinel in the corner to the ivy that drapes the back fence, plants augment the not-so-green early spring grass.
Roberts and her husband, Earl, had an outdoor spa put in about five or six years ago.
Roberts said Hill is growing seedlings at her home to bring to the Robertses' flower garden.
www.news-star.com /stories/040100/hgt_landscp1.shtml   (1010 words)

  
 Roll of Honour - Boer War - Individuals - Field Marshall Earl Fredrick Sleigh Roberts
Roberts now recommended the political dismemberment of Afghanistan, and negotiations were carried on with the northern tribes for the appointmnt of an emir for the Kabul district only.
Before proceeding to Madras, Roberts went home on furlough, and when the news of the disaster at Majuba Hill in South Africa arrived in London at the end of February 1881, he was appointed governor of Natal and commander-in-chief in South Africa.
Earl Roberts received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament and a grant of £I00,000 for his services in South Africa.
www.roll-of-honour.com /Boer/BoerWarFMEarlRoberts.html   (2054 words)

  
 Earl Roberts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title of Earl Roberts of Kandahar in the Peerage of the United Kingdom was created in 1901 for Lord Roberts of Kandahar, the great British military hero.
The Earldom and the Viscountcy were created with special remainders to the Earl's daughters, as his sons had already predeceased him.
The title became extinct upon the death of the first Earl's younger daughter, the 3rd Countess, in 1955.
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 bahweb1 - aqwg06 - Generated by Ancestral Quest
ROBERTS was born 20 Mar 1910 in Marsh Harbour, Abaco,, Bahamas.
ROBERTS died 31 Mar 1910 in Marsh Harbour, Abaco,, Bahamas and was buried in, Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas.
Joyce Sylvia ROBERTS was born 7 Oct 1911 in Marsh Harbour, Abaco,, Bahamas.
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 ROBERTS, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Pretoria, and Waterford
In 1878 Roberts, a major general in the British army, commanded one of the three divisions that invaded Afghanistan from India.
In 1901 Roberts was created an earl and appointed commander in chief of the British army.
Robert Peary on the draw of the far north
www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=220785   (640 words)

  
 98-7057 -- U.S. v. Roberts -- 08/03/1999
Roberts was Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, as well as a member of the tribe, and the three victims were employees and members of the Choctaw Nation.
Roberts' tortuous interpretation of Buzzard and f[ound] that the inclusion of the subject future interest on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce does not defeat the trust status of the tribal complex property, title to which is held by the United States in trust for the Choctaw Nation." Id.
Roberts' argument the charges against him were "part of a political conspiracy masterminded by Doug Dry," and that its questioning of government witnesses revealed nothing improper in their motives for testifying.
www.kscourts.org /ca10/cases/1999/08/98-7057.htm   (8568 words)

  
 Columbia Encyclopedia - Roberts Frederick Sleigh 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar - AOL Research & Learn
Roberts was made commander in chief of the Madras army in 1880 and of the entire Indian forces in 1885.
In 1899, when the English were meeting reverses at the hands of the Boers in the South African War, Roberts was appointed commander in chief.
By late 1900 the war seemed near a successful conclusion, and Roberts was brought home, awarded an earldom, and appointed commander in chief of the British army.
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 Search Results for "Roberts"
Roberts, Owen Josephus, 1875-1955, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1930-45), b.
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, (kandhar´) (KEY), 1832-1914, British field marshal.
Roberts, Benjamin Titus, 1823-93, American clergyman, one of the founders of the Free Methodist Church, b.
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Earl Roberts was born in Magee, Mississippi and grew up on the family farm.
Earl continued in sugar research, on the isolation and identification of the non-sugars in sugarcane protein.
Earl's background in polysaccharide work led to his developing a specific method for dextran in sugarcane products, which is now the official AOAC method for quantitative analysis for dextran in raw cane sugar.
www.spriinc.org /buton8Rob.html   (692 words)

  
 Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts Summary
During the Indian mutiny, Roberts was at the siege of Delhi and at the second relief of Lucknow and won the Victoria Cross at Khudaganj in January 1858.
Roberts force-marched his troops from Kabul and defeated the Afghans definitively at Kandahar in September, a victory that made him a popular hero in England, where he was feted after being given a baronetcy and made commander in chief of the Madras army (1881).
Both his sons having predeceased him, including Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts VC who was killed in action at the battle of Colenso during the Boer War, Roberts's barony became extinct, but under the special remainder granted with them he was succeeded in the Earldom and Viscountcy by his elder surviving daughter.
www.bookrags.com /Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts   (1828 words)

  
 The Boer Wars - Personalities - Second Boer War - Field Marshall Earl
In 1867 Roberts was appointed assistant quartermaster general to Sir Donald Stewarts Bengal Brigade for Abyssinia.
Roberts now recommended the political dismemberment of Afghanistan, and negotiations were carried on with the northern tribes for the appointmnt of an emir for the Kabul district only.
Earl Roberts received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament and a grant of £I00,000 for his services in South Africa.
www.boer-war.com /Personalities/British/FMEarlRoberts.html   (2052 words)

  
 Lord Roberts by Julian Moore
Lord Roberts of Kandahar was a soldier-hero of the type to be found in the pages of a Henty adventure story for public school boys, a readership brought up on a traditional diet of bravery, simplistic imperialism and a sense of the eternal greatness of England and the English.
Roberts was often called 'the pocket Wellington', although he displayed none of that general's disdain for the common soldier.
The short satire, "A General Summary" was produced in the context of Kipling's work in India as a young journalist and commentator on the eccentricities of the closed society of Simla, the summer retreat of the Anglo-Indian bureaucrats and their families.
www.kipling.org.uk /rg_lordroberts_moore.htm   (2624 words)

  
 The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
Donald J. Roberts, 67, faces charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter for the death of Earl B. Roberts, 55, of Anchorage.
When Pamela Sorensen and Craig Foldenauer went to Roberts' house, they found Earl Roberts lying on the ground between the cabin and the outhouse, with Donald Roberts trying to provide shade for his nephew, the report said.
Earl Roberts had a bleeding wound on his buttocks, just below the tailbone and a gaping wound on his head that wasn't bleeding when Sorensen found him, the report said.
www.frontiersman.com /articles/2006/06/23/news/news4.txt   (299 words)

  
 Capt. Everett Earl Roberts , World War II Naval hero   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Samuel B. Roberts participated in the Battle of Samar which was a part of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, which has been described as “The US Navy’s Finest Hour.” The U.S. forces lost 3,500 people, and six ships while 10,000 Japanese were killed, and 27 of their ships sunk, including four aircraft carriers.
After the war, Capt. Roberts was the gunnery officer of the Cruiser USS Juneau (CL-119), and then the commanding officer of the Destroyer Escort USS Marsh (DE-699) and the Destroyer USS Porterfield (DD-682).
Roberts is survived by his children, Diane R. Wheeler, of Lewistown, Pa, Everett E. Roberts III of Honolulu and Gregory B. Roberts of Bryn Mawr, Pa., and his grandchildren Shelby S. Wheeler, Robert T. Wheeler, David C. Roberts, Christine E. Roberts and Rebecca L. Roberts.
www.acorn-online.com /news/publish/ridgefield-obits/Capt_Everett_Earl_Roberts_World_War_II_Naval_hero_14144.shtml   (501 words)

  
 EARL FREDERICK SLEIGH ... - Online Information article about EARL FREDERICK SLEIGH ...
May Sir Donald Stewart arrived with his column from Kandahar and assumed the supreme command in Afghanistan, Roberts retaining, under Stewart, the command of the two Kabul divisions, and organizing an efficient transport corps under Colonel R.
Roberts was ordered to proceed thither at once with a specially selected column of to,000 troops and his new transport corps.
Mafeking was relieved on the 19th of May, and Pretoria occupied on the 5th of June.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /RHY_RON/ROBERTS_FREDERICK_SLEIGH_ROBERT.html   (3494 words)

  
 Andrew Roberts
Andrew Roberts, who was born in 1963, took a first class honours degree in Modern History at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he is an honorary senior scholar.
He is perhaps best known to transatlantic audiences for his seven-hour NBC broadcast with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric of the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, and his CNN broadcasts at the time of the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Roberts is a judge on the Elizabeth Longford Historical Biography Prize, chaired the Conservative Party's Advisory Panel on the Teaching of History in Schools in 2005, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Society of Arts.
www.andrew-roberts.net /cv.htm   (567 words)

  
 screenonline: Topical Budget 79-2: Wedding of Lady Edwina Roberts (1913)
Lady Edwina Roberts, the younger daughter of Earl Roberts, marries Major Henry Lewin at All Saints' Church, Ascot.
Because Roberts' sons had died before him, the Earldom was allowed to pass down the female line, and Edwina became the 3rd Countess Roberts after the death of her older sister in 1944.
After marrying into the Roberts family, he began a close friendship with Kipling, with whom he enjoyed an extensive correspondence about military and literary matter that lasted until the writer's death in 1936.
www.screenonline.org.uk /film/id/760637   (268 words)

  
 Volvo for life Awards: Earl Roberts
Earl Roberts is a very unselfish and considerate individual who volunteers in a variety of capacities.
Earl is also a member of BAKE (Brothers Against Killing Each Other).
Earl has also been a member of the 113th Precinct Community Council since 1993.
www.volvoforlifeawards.com /cgi-bin/iowa/english/heros/hero2004/4940.html   (323 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
In 1899, Kitchener was appointed chief of staff to Lord Roberts in the South African War.
When Roberts returned to England late in 1900, believing the Boer resistance crushed, Kitchener was left to face continued guerrilla warfare.
By a slow extension of fortified blockhouses, the use of concentration camps for civilians, and the systematic denudation of the farm lands : methods for which he was much criticized : Kitchener finally secured Boer submission (1902).
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/KitcheneH.html   (639 words)

  
 deseretnews.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Earl C Roberts 1915 ~ 2005 Earl C Roberts passed away March 11, 2005 at his home in Pleasant Grove.
Earl was a brick mason, an appraiser, and also had worked for Douglas Aircraft in California during the war years.
Survived by his wife, Ina of Pleasant Grove; a brother, Virgil K. Roberts of Meza, AZ; two foster daughters, Mary Thompson and Jane Shaw, and their children and grandchildren.
deseretnews.com /dn/print_ob/1,1751,485012453,00.html   (204 words)

  
 About Gary Roberts
Born on 22 Feb. 1955 in Hialeah, Florida, USA to mother Carole Anne and father Earl Phillips, he was adopted by his grandparents and given the name Roberts.
Roberts draws BDSM scenes and comics for several sites, and of course this one.
Roberts presently lives in West Palm Beach, Florida with his live-in slavegirl of 11 years, Alisa.
www.gary-roberts-art.com /about.htm   (612 words)

  
 About Us - Roberts Brothers Painting
Roberts Bros. Painting offers you the finest exterior painting "system" available.
Waterblasting, a Roberts Bros. Painting specialty is used to remove all loose paint, dirt, mildew, and chalking.
Roberts Bros. Painting uses the finest materials and equipment available.
www.diswebsites.com /robertsbrotherspainting/aboutus.cfm   (178 words)

  
 Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The historical novels of Kenneth Roberts “have long contributed to the creation of greater interest in our early American history,” according to a special Pulitzer citation with which he was honored in 1957.
The U.S. novelist, poet, and short-story writer Elizabeth Madox Roberts is noted especially for her vivid, impressionistic depiction of her characters' inner lives and for her accurate portrayal of life in Kentucky.
U.S. lawyer and government official Cyrus Roberts Vance was born on March 27, 1917, in Clarksburg, W. Va. He became general counsel for the United States Department of Defense in 1960.
www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9063887   (814 words)

  
 Orange County Obituaries
Earls father in law, had been the editor of the English newspaper and a sister in law-Lelah Austin, did most of the obituaries for the paper.
ROBERTS, Felix; note written on bottom of obit says it was from the Paoli paper and was dated 29 Feb 1972; "Felix ROBERTS, 79, former Paoli resident, died early Sunday morning at Hospitality House in Bedford.
Roberts was found dead in his room at the the Jefferson Hotel, a victim of a heart attack.
www.usgennet.org /usa/in/county/orange/obits5.htm   (11070 words)

  
 California Claro Walnut Orchard Burl Log - Lake County 1980   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Roberts moved to northern California to establish what became a very successful gunstock manufacturing business.
Mr Roberts was one of the first to foresee the value California Claro walnut would have for the manufacture of high grade gunstocks.
Earl retired from the gunstock trade several years ago, and moved to Chile, where he searches for fallen exotic logs, waiting for a good home.
www.ca-walnutdesigns.com /burl7.htm   (189 words)

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