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Thom's Irish Who's Who/Cavan, Earl of

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CAVAN, Earl of, Viscount Kilcoursie and Lord Lambart, 1647; Baron Cavan, 1618 (Irld.), Frederick Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl, K.P. (1916). G.C.M.G. (1919), K C.B. (1918), C.B. Mil. (1915), M.V.O., 4th Class (1910); Hon. LL.D. (Cantab.); elected a Representative Peer for Ireland, 1915; A.D.C. to Gov.-Gen. of Canada, 1891-3; served in S. Africa (mentioned in despatches); Brig.-Gen. Commanding 4th Guards' Brig., 1914; Guards' Division, 1915; XIV. Corps, 1916-17; Commander-in-Chief, British Forces in Italy, 1918; Lieutenant-General, 1917: Lieutenant of the Tower of London, 1920; G.O.C.-in-Chief, Aldershot Command, 1920: eldest son of Frederick Edward, 9th Earl of Cavan, and Mary (d. 1905), dau. of the late Rev. John Olive, M.A.: b. 16th Oct., 1865; s. his father, 14th July, 1900; m. 1893, Caroline Inez (d. 1920), dau. of late George Baden Crawley. Res.: Wheathampstead, Herts. Clubs: Guards' and Turf.