New-York tribune., 1907-11-26

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Colvile was thrown to the ground. striking his
head He was stunned. and died from his injuries
during the night.
from South Africa during the Boer owing 20
the disasters sustained by the troops OF his COM
mand.
Major General Sir Henry Edward Colvile was re-
Garded as one of the smartest well OF tho
hardest working officers In the British army. He
not seriously discredited by his recall from
South Africa He put Up n strong defence or his
conduct refused to resign when requested to do so.
and remained in the service, retaining not only his
personal popularity. but his prestige rs officer.
He afectonately known by the nickname
"Odger'
lie was born at Klrkby Hall. Leicestershire,
July 10 1852 his father being Colonel Charles Rob
ert Colvile, of Lungton, and his mother katherine
Sarah Georgina Russell, daughter of the twenty
second Baroness de Clifford and Commander John
Russell. r. n. lie educated at Eton. and
joined the Grenader Guards In 1870. II was four
years before he active service, but in the
mean time he had established reputation for dare
deviltry that placed him plane with ono OF
Charles Levers lively heroes.
One of his exploits to carry a river skif on
his shoulder from his rooms to Charing Cross sta
ton, whence he took . train TO Dover, and in the
dead of night rowed himself to Calais. When
he married his first wife who Miss Alice Rosa
DAILY. daughter of the Hen Robert DAILY. he started
his honeymoon trip with his bride in a balloon
from Crystal Palace. They landed in Essex. and
returned TO London WITHOUT baggage Both being
quite young they spent most of the night trying to
find a hotel that would receive them.
Dissatisfied with this adventure, the young couple
went TO Morocco, and travelled in the disguise OF
Arabs with the full knowledge that discovery
meant certain death. Sir Henry calmed down. how
ever. when the exigencieS Of the service offered
him a legitimate outlet for his enthusiasm. When
his wife died in Natal. in 1882 he aide-de-camp
10 General the Hon Sir Leicester Smythe COM
mandine the forces in South Africa.
Sent to Asatc Turkey in 1888. he employed
10 survey and to report Wady-eI-Araba- In the
following year he attached 10 the Intelligence
department Of the East Soudan expedition. and
took part in the battles Of EI Teb and Tamai being
twice mentioned in dispatches and receiving the
medal clasp and bronze star. He was also ap-
pointed to report the Arabian road In the Lbyan
Desert and the Soudan. He deputy assistant
adutant general OF the intelligence department In
the Nile expedition of 1884 and 1885; on special
service In Upper Egypt in the latter year; had
charge Of the native troops in the river column
and again mentioned in dispatches ana re-
ceived the Cross of Bath for his services. He was
chief of the tntegence department OF the frontier
force in 1855 1886; present at the action at
Giniss; was promoted to colonel and in 1883 was
employed by the War Office to compile an official
history Of the Soudan campaign. While engaged
an this work he was attached to the intelligence
department headquarters. In 1856 he married MS
second wife, Nile. Zee Isabelle de PreVile' VINO Is
the mother Of his only child. Gilbert, born in 1881
In 1893 he was with the Nankam column in Upper
Burmah and later in the same year he was ap-
pointed Acting Commissioner of Uganda. where he
remained for two years commanding the Unyoro
expedition in 1894 and being made a knight OF the
Cross of st. Michael and st. George In 1870
Retiring from the GTenader Guards In 1897 he
was promoted to major general in 1898. commanded
an infantry brigade at Gibraltar in 1892 and later
the Guards Brigade n South Africa He was then
assigned TO command the Ninth Division of the
South African field forces. with temporary rank Of
lieutenant general. In July 1SO0 he was relieved OF
this command and was sent to his former post at
Gibraltar having been charged with responsibility
for the yeomanry disaster at Lindley in May or
that year. He maintained however. even in the
face of the later demand for his resignation. that
he had only obeyed orders-indeed, that if he had
been taken into the confidence of the commander
in chief the disaster would never have happened
that he had been made scapegoat for others. and
he refused 10 accept the blame.
He the author of several published Volumes
including "A Ride In Petticoat and Slippers Qs79)
"The Accused Land dSSD; History OF the Sou
dan Campaign" QSSO Tho Land of the Nile
Springs 1886, and The Work of the Ninth Divt-
sion G96D.