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	ROBERTS, FREDERICK SLEIGH, 1ST EARL ROBERTS OF KANDAHAR. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		ROBERTS, FREDERICK SLEIGH, 1ST EARL ROBERTS OF KANDAHAR.
		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.
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/rb/RbrtsF.html (230 words)

	Frederick Sleigh Roberts Biography \| Encyclopedia of World 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).
	www.bookrags.com /biography/frederick-sleigh-roberts (915 words)

	Roll of Honour - Boer War - Individuals - Field Marshall Earl Fredrick Sleigh Roberts
		In 1856 Roberts was appointed to the quartermaster-generals department of the staff, in which he remained for twenty-two years, passing from one grade to another until he became quartermaster-general in India.
		Roberts distinguished himself at the engagement of Khudaganj, on the 2nd 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 appointmnt of an emir for the Kabul district only.
	www.roll-of-honour.com /Boer/BoerWarFMEarlRoberts.html (2054 words)

	Lord Roberts of Kandahar. Biography.
		ROBERTS, FREDERICK SLEIGH 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 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.
		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.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /roberts-bio.htm (4294 words)

	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.
		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.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts_of_Kandahar (817 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Roberts,
		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.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Roberts, (684 words)

	Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		ROBERTS, FREDERICK SLEIGH, 1ST EARL ROBERTS OF KANDAHAR [Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar], 1832-1914, British field marshal.
		He joined the Bengal artillery in 1851 and fought with distinction in the Indian Mutiny (1857-58), earning the Victoria Cross.
		He became a popular British hero for the relief of Kandahar in the second Afghan War (1878-80).
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-rbrtsf1.html (262 words)

	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, Earl Roberts VC KG KP GCB GCSI GCIE
		Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts_of_Kandahar (1120 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)

	State funeral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		For the Queen Mother, her grandsons The Prince of Wales, The Duke of York, The Earl of Wessex and Viscount Linley took post.
		Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar (1914)
		(Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield was offered the honour, but refused it.) The most famous State funeral was that of a commoner—Churchill in 1965.
	state-funeral.iqnaut.net (2031 words)

	AllRefer.com - Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar (British And Irish History, Biography) - ...
		AllRefer.com - Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, British And Irish History, Biographies
		Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar[kanduhAr´] Pronunciation Key, 1832–1914, British field marshal.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/RbrtsF.html (364 words)

	NPG 5851; The Relief of Lucknow, 1857 (includes Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde; Sir James Hope Grant; William ...
		Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (1792-1863), Field Marshal.
		William Robert Moorsom (1834-1858), Aide-de-camp to Sir Henry Havelock.
		Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810-1890), Field Marshal.
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	The Boer War - Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		During the Second Boer War (1899—1902), Kitchener arrived with Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar and the massive British reinforcements of December 1899.
		Conditions in these camps, which had been conceived by Roberts as a form of humanitarian aid to the families whose farms he had destroyed, began to rapidly degenerate as the large influxes of Boers outstripped the minuscule ability of the British to cope.
		Six days later Kitchener was created Viscount Kitchener, of Khartoum and of the Vaal in the Colony of Transvaal and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Aberdonia4407/horatio-kitchener-1st-earl-kitchener-the-boer-war.html (366 words)

	Roberts family
		Ronzo Roberts sent a request to a company which did some research and this is what they came up with.
		So I guess it means "fame bright", or "shining fame?" Roberts also came from the time of William the Conqueror.
		William I Roberts (b April 28 1875; d April 17 1948.) #1 marriage was to Minnie Hensley and their children were Verna, Bertha, Clyde Stella and Edward.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Plains/3959/Roberts.htm (1470 words)

	Who was Who in Central Asia
		Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer- Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831-1891), Viceroy of India 1876-80
		Entered EIC 1806; Resident of Sind and Hyderabad 1820-?; negotiated Treaty of Nanking which ended the 1st Opium War and declared Hong Kong a Crown colony 1842; appointed the 1st Governor of Hong Kong the same year; Governor of Madras 1847-51.
		Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne Cecil, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury (1830-1903), Secretary of State for India 1866-67 and 1874-78.
	www.bl.uk /collections/afghan/whowaswho.html (846 words)

	1914 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		April 11 - Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (d.
		March 1 - Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (b.
		November 14 - Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, British field marshal (b.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/1914 (3073 words)

	Boer War - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Afrikaners, formerly known as Boers, South African cultural group descended from Europeans.
		Frederick S. Roberts, British commander who led the defeat of the Boers
		Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Pretoria, and Waterford, full name Frederick Sleigh Roberts (1832-1914), British military...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Boer_War.html (236 words)

	List of English people (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein ("The Desert Rat"), (1887-1976), Field Marshal and hero of World War II Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, (1900-1979), statesman, sailor
		Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, (1832-1914), Field Marshal, last Commander in Chief of the Forces
		William Pitt (the Elder), 1st Earl of Chatham, (1708-1778)
	list-of-english-people.iqnaut.net (1111 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earl_Roberts (117 words)

	Yvonne's Royalty Home Page: Royal Christenings
		Captain Ritso's parents were employed in the household of the Prince and Princess of Wales (Frederick and Augusta), while his brother-in-law Dr. John Frederick Charles Grimm was Court Physician to the Duke of Saxe-Gotha, grandfather of Prince Albert.
		513, Queen Caroline was represented by the Countess of Burlington (wife of the 3rd Earl, and Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Caroline) and the Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Gotha was represented by Lady Torrington (wife of the 2nd Viscount, and Lady of Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales).
		† The Earl of Mayo was a Representative Peer for Ireland from 1816-1849.
	www.mypage.uniserve.com /~canyon/christenings.htm (16271 words)

	GruntsMilitary.com - Online Military Forum and Discussion Board :: View topic - The Commanders of Military History - a ...
		Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington 'the Iron Duke' (Salamanca 1812 A.D.)
		If titles of monarchy etc. are not specified, the commanders were merely generals of their respected states.
		Prussia was not defended for seven years against the three most formidable European powers by the Prussian soldiers, but by Frederick the Great".
	www.gruntsmilitary.com /forum/viewtopic.php?p=49873 (3534 words)

	Amazon.com: Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars: DVD: Buster Crabbe,Jean Rogers,Charles Middleton,Frank Shannon,Beatrice ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Blasting off with Dale Arden (Jean Rogers) and Dr. Hans Zarkov (Frank Shannon), Flash and his intrepid band of adventurers quickly learn that Queen Azura (Beatrice Roberts), ruler of Mars, is stealing Earth's nitrogen to aid in her ongoing war with the Clay People, Martians whom Azura magically turned into living mud.
		Buster Crabbe as Flash Gordon, Jean Rogers as Dale Arden, Charles Middleton as Emperor Ming, Frank Shannon as Dr. Zarkov, Beatrice Roberts as Queen Azura, Donald Kerr as Happy Hapgood, Richard Alexander as Prince Barin, C.
		Ford Beebe - Director, Robert F. Hill - Director, Ray Trampe - Writer (Original story and screenplay), Norman S. Hall - Writer (Original story and screenplay), Wyndham Gittens - Writer (Original story and screenplay), Herbert Dalmas - Writer (Original story and screenplay), Alex Raymond - Writer, Barney A. Sarecky - Producer (associate producer)...
	www.amazon.com /Flash-Gordons-Mars-Frederick-Stephani/dp/6305773904 (2613 words)

	John Singer Sargent's Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
		One of the most outstanding portraits (in my opinion) is Sargent's portrait of Frederick Sleigh Robert (The Earl of Kandahar).
		Sargent captures the essence of this career military man (who served in India, Afghanistan and South Africa) in a most masculine portrayal of Roberts in his Field Marshal Uniform.
		The Lord Roberts scan is from an old issue of American Heritage.
	www.jssgallery.org /Paintings/Frederick_Sleigh_Roberts.htm (130 words)

	Plains Art Museum: Exhibitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Nicholson demonstrated is affection for, and knowledge of, characters from contemporary English life in other prints.
		Frederick Temple was a strong religious leader and one of the most popular holders of the title Archbishop of Canterbury.
		With his troops in the background, the print of Frederick Sleigh, 1 st Earl Roberts, shows one of the highest ranking and most respected officers of the British Army.
	www.plainsart.org /exhibits/treasures.nicholson.shtml (537 words)

	AIM25: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London: Misc: Signed photograph of FM Frederick Sleigh ...
		Misc: Signed photograph of FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Pretoria, and Waterford
		Scope and content/abstract: Signed photograph of FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Pretoria, and Waterford, [1902]
		1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Pretoria and Waterford
	www.aim25.ac.uk /cats/21/2685.htm (216 words)

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