Lord Roberts

Lord Roberts (1832-1914), full name Frederick Sleigh Roberts, was a British army officer, Field Marshal, born at Cawnpore (modern spelling Kanpur) in India and educated in England. He entered the Bengal Artillery in 1851. He served throughout the Indian Mutiny, commanded in the Afghan War, and achieved a brilliant series of successes, which were rewarded with honours on his return to England. He was made commander-in-chief of the Madras army in 1881, commander-in-chief in India in 1885, and commander of the forces in Ireland in 1895.

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