laterwork branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
member war office lord lieutenant of berkshire of parliament for berkshire financial secretary to the 23px british army wantage , oxfordshire 10 june 1901 -lrb- aged 69 -rrb- berkeley street , mary-le-bone united kingdom united kingdom 1st artillery company home counties brigade 1st volunteer battalion , princess battalion charlotte of wales 's -lrb- royal berkshire regiment -rrb- , scots -lrb- fusilier -rrb- guards honourable victoria bath queen victoria 's golden jubilee -lrb- 1887 silver -rrb- cross medal with diamond jubilee -lrb- 1897 -rrb- clasp crimea medal knight with 4 clasps -lrb- alma , balaklava , inkermann -lrb- commander sic -rrb- & sebastopol -lrb- sic -rrb- -rrb- turkish crimea of medal volunteer officers ' decoration commander of the legion of the honour 3rd class order of the crown -lrb- prussia -rrb- order with cross of geneva knight of the order of the of medjidie the crimean of inkerman siege of sevastopol franco-prussian war -lrb- red cross war -rrb- battle of alma battle of balaklava battle 17 april 1832 ardington church -lrb- vault -rrb- brigadier-general ist2 4356365-lord-wantage . jpg robert loyd-lindsay , 1st baron wantage
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robert loyd-lindsay , 1st baron wantage

brigadier-general robert james loyd-lindsay , 1st baron wantage , vc kcb -lrb- 17 april 1832 -- 10 june 1901 -rrb- was a british soldier , politician , benefactor to wantage , one of the founders of the british national society for aid to the sick and wounded in war latterly called the british red cross society , for which he crucially obtained the patronage of queen victoria , and a distinguished philanthropist and luminary of victorian society .
