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SMITH-DORRIEN
(Sir Horace Lockwood, 1858-1930, General, Governor of Gibraltar 1918-1923)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Lord KNUTSFORD'
(Sydney George Holland, 2nd Viscount, 1855-1931, Barrister and Peer) saying that he will probably have heard that your candidate 'Hay Currie' for the Library Secyship here was selected... but after thinking it over cabled to say he wouldn't take it - so we are choosing another. I don't think I ever answered yours of 24th May, in which you were good enough to say that the public were so dead against Lord F that I needn't trouble my head about him - all of which is perfectly true. But one can never forget that he has humiliated the Army & lowered us in the eyes of the nation. It is grievous that its sense of justice & comradeship should have been so violated, and its reputation for fairness & loyalty so besmirched. I am hoping to have a game of squash with you..., 2 sides 8vo., Government House, Gibraltar headed paper, 14th July
Item Date: 1919
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Background
He was one of the few British survivors of the Battle of Isandlwana as a young officer, he also distinguished himself in the Second Boer War. Smith-Dorrien's last position was as Governor of Gibraltar from 9 July 1918 until 26 May 1923, where he introduced an element of democracy and closed some brothels
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