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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.
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 Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born at Cawnpore, India on 30 September 1832, Roberts was the son of General Sir Abraham Roberts a member of the famous Waterford city family that contributed so much to the city.
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.
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.
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 Frederick Madison Roberts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frederick Madison Roberts (1879 – 1952) was a mortician, who is believed to be the first African American to be elected to public office on the West Coast of the United States.
Frederick Madison Roberts was born on September 14, 1879 in Chillicothe, Ohio.
In 1918, Roberts was elected to the California State Assembly as a Republican in a hard fought campaign.
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 Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Roberts was appointed as Governor of Natal and Commander in Chief of the British forces in South Africa.
Roberts returned to India and in July 1885 was appointed as the Commander in Chief of the British forces in the country of his birth.
Roberts' next position was as Commander in Chief of the British forces in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War.
www.sahistory.org.za /pages/people/roberts-fs.htm   (451 words)

  
 Kimball - pafg24 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Ann Arelia ROBERTS [Parents] was born on 30 Mar 1888 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ut. She died on 15 Apr 1920 in Thayne, Lincoln, Wy and was buried on 18 Apr 1920 in Thayne, Lincoln, Wy. Ann married Alma DANA on 20 Sep 1907.
Cathrine ROBERTS was born on 1 Oct 1826 in Capel Garmon, Denbighshire, Wales.
Robert PARRY was born on 12 Oct 1828 in Llandulas, Denbighshire, Wales.
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 Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
ROBERTS, FREDERICK SLEIGH, 1ST EARL ROBERTS OF KANDAHAR [Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar], 1832-1914, British field marshal.
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.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Roberts,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar ROBERTS, FREDERICK SLEIGH, 1ST EARL ROBERTS OF KANDAHAR [Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar], 1832-1914, British field marshal.
Roberts, Benjamin Titus ROBERTS, BENJAMIN TITUS [Roberts, Benjamin Titus] 1823-93, American clergyman, one of the founders of the Free Methodist Church, b.
Seeing 20/20 with Deborah Roberts: a captivating blend of southern gentility and tough-minded professionalism, she coolly juggles marriage, motherhood and a high-powered career in broadcasting.
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 NPS Target: DOUG FREDERICK
Frederick: I agree but your job is also to make the park accessible for the enjoyment of the public.
Frederick reports that on this day that his father passed away, he was over at Copper Lake with his wife, a Doyon shareholder, and a couple friends.
This trail is in the swamp and is impassable.
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 Smith Frederick Edwin 1st Earl of Birkenhead - 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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 Definition of Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Pretoria and Waterford, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, PC (September 30, 1832 - November 14, 1914) was a distinguished British soldier and one of the most successful commanders of the Victorian era.
Born at Cawnpore, India, 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.
After serving with the British Army in the Umbeyla and Abyssinian campaigns of 1863 and 1867-1868 respectively, Roberts fought in the Lushai campaign (1871-1872), for which he was appoiinted Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).
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 frederick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Frederick Douglass Biographical Sketch of Frederick Douglass by Amanda Brooks.
Frederick County County Commission on Disabilities Created in 1994 to advise the Frederick County Board of Commissioners on matters regarding compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and related legislation.
Frederick Ballantyne - Sir Frederick Nathaniel Ballantyne is the Governor-General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
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 BookRags: Frederick Sleigh Roberts Biography
Frederick Roberts was born in Cawnpore, India, on Sept. 30, 1832, the son of Gen. Sir Abraham Roberts, a British soldier in Indian service.
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).
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 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.
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 Roll of Honour - Boer War - Individuals - Field Marshall Earl Fredrick Sleigh Roberts
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.
On the 5th May Sir Donald Stewart arrived with his Column from Kndahar 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. Low, which was soon to be of inestimable value.
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 Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1858-1872 Frederick Roberts VC 1872-1878 Frederick Roberts VC CB 1878-1880 Major-General Frederick Roberts VC CB 1880-1881 Major-General Frederick Roberts VC GCB CIE
Sir Frederick Roberts, Baron Roberts VC KP GCB GCSI GCIE
Sir Frederick Roberts, Earl Roberts VC KG KP GCB GCSI GCIE
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 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 /kiplingsociety/rg_lordroberts_moore.htm   (2624 words)

  
 Frederick Roberts Roberts Frederick - new and used books
First Edition of this popular autobiography of Lord Roberts, one of the most famous men of his era, immensely admired, a popular imperial hero, considered by many to be the ablest field commander since Wellington.
ROBERTS, FREDERICK, EARL (1832-1914) - Field-Marshal, succeeded Buller as Commander-in-Chief in South Africa and relieved Kimberley.
Roberts wa Field-Marshall and Pacifier of Afghanistan in 1880.
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 ipedia.com: Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts 1832 - 1914, better known as Lord Roberts or simply 'Bobs' was a British soldier.
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts 1832-1914, better known as Lord Roberts or simply 'Bobs' was a British soldier.
His death was much mourned in the United Kingdom, particularly by Rudyard Kipling who wrote a touching eulogy in the form of a biography, and amongst the Indian troops with whom he had served for 41 years.
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Robert 1653 Wil 228/9 B Son of Phillip of Devizes.
Robert 1744 Wil 105 B Son of Philip & Mary of Devizes St John.
Robert 1745 Dor 333 B Son of Robert, Born Blandford.
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 Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence
Frederick Pethick-Lawrence also became involved in the struggle for the franchise.
After Emmeline and Frederick were released from prison they began to speak openly about the possibility that this window-smashing campaign would lose support for the WSPU.
Frederick looked after Emmeline until she died of a heart attack in 1954.
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 Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Frederick Sleigh Roberts 1st Earl Roberts 1832 - 1914 better known as Lord Roberts or 'Bobs' was a British soldier.
His death was much mourned in the Kingdom particularly by Rudyard Kipling who wrote a touching eulogy in form of a biography and amongst the troops with whom he had served for years.
I purchased this item when about 2 years ago for my oldest daughter when she moved out of the booster seat.
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 Frederick  Roberts : New Zealand All Black
Born in Wellington and educated at Thorndon School, Fred Roberts was a Wellington Schools representative in 1895.
Roberts was one of the tour successes, playing in 36 of the 42 matches, including four internationals.
Described as having "a rugged physique and a tremendous capacity for taking punishment" Roberts' performance of playing, in a demanding position, in 29 of the 32 matches in Britain in 1905/6 remains one of the great feats of early New Zealand rugby.
www.rugbymuseum.co.nz /ABProfilee.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&IDID=738   (564 words)

  
 Frederick County, Maryland (MD) Real Estate - Courtesy of Laurie Roberts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
One of the ways Laurie is able to capture the spirit of Frederick County herself is by taking short day trips around Frederick County with her husband, Ron.
Be it to a nearby beach, a local shopping center or to one of the many historical landmarks in the area, just getting out and about, experiencing the zest, energy and spirit of the area re-energizes Laurie, relaxes her and reminds her yet again why she is so fortunate to call this community her home.
Combine Laurie’s vast experience, her history in local government and business fields and her active volunteer efforts in the community, and what you have is a dynamic woman who captures the true essence and spirit of the area and the people she serves.
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 Biographies: Frederick Sleigh Roberts
Frederick Sleigh Roberts was the son of a general serving in India.
Frederick Roberts was sent to study at Eton and then at Sandhurst.
He was awarded an earldom and the KG for his services in South Africa and became the last ever Commander in Chief until the position was abolished in 1905.
www.britishempire.co.uk /biography/robertsfrederick.htm   (499 words)

  
 ROBERTS, RICHARD DEAN "DICK" Compiled by Task Force Omega Inc
Hicks, and then PFC Richard D. "Dick" Roberts were riflemen assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division on a road interdiction mission northwest of the city of Kontum to block the flow of communist supplies flowing into South Vietnam from the southernmost part of the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
PFC Frederick D. Herrera, who was assigned to Company B, 4th Engineer Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, was participating in the same operation.
On 25 March, as their units were moving toward high ground, PFC Roberts was the point man when they again came in contact with the enemy.
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