serviceyears branch death_date awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1842-1873 23px british army 22 november 1923 companion of the distinguished service order second matabele war 11 december 1861 lieutenant-colonel frederick eveleigh-de-moleyns , 5th baron ventry
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frederick eveleigh-de-moleyns , 5th baron ventry

lieutenant-colonel frederick rossmore wauchope eveleigh-de moleyns , 5th baron ventry -lrb- 11 december 1861 - 22 november 1923 -rrb- was a british army officer and peer .
ventry was the son of dayrolles blakeney eveleigh-de-moleyns , 4th baron ventry and harriet wauchope .
he was given the additional surname of eveleigh when his father changed the family name in 1874 .
he was educated at harrow school and the royal military college , sandhurst .
he was commissioned into the 4th queen 's own hussars .
he fought in the second matabele war between 1896 and 1897 , being mentioned in dispatches twice .
in 1897 he was decorated as a companion of the distinguished service order .
he was promoted to major in 1898 and retired as a lieutenant-colonel .
he succeeded to his father 's title on 8 february 1914 .
ventry served as deputy lieutenant of county kerry .
he died unmarried and was succeeded by his nephew .
