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ROBERTS
(Frederick, Earl, 1832-1914, V.C., K.G., 'Roberts of Kandahar', Field Marshal)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Jeune
thanking her for her letter and also for all your good wishes in the event of a war. When you wrote war seemed imminent - now there is a lull, but I hope that we shall go on preparing for it is unlikely that war can be staved off for long. Russia cannot stay where she is, and we cannot allow her to come much nearer to India! Where she is to stop and how far we are to go have to be settled, and these two points will not, I fear, be decided without fighting. I will not forget your brother, you may be sure. We saw him at Rawalpindi looking very well. I am very pleased to think that the 9th Lancers are to be with me. If there is service Lady Roberts and the children will go home in November. Freddy is getting on well at Eton. It is so kind of you to offer to take him for a bit next holidays, but I believe it has been settled that he spends the first part with Lady Kemball and then goes to the Pole-Carews in Cornwall. I hope you and yours are very flourishing..., 4 sides 8vo., Snowdon, Ootacamand, 30th May
Item Date: 1885
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Roberts, hero of the Relief of Kandahar, won the Victoria Cross in the Indian Mutiny. Ooty anglicised to Ootacamund is a town and municipality in the Nilgiris district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is known as the Queen of Hill Stations, and is a popular tourist destination. Originally occupied by the Toda people, the area came under the rule of the East India Company in the 18th century. It later served as the summer capital of Madras Presidency. There is a photo of the 'Meet of the Ooty Hunt at Snowdon' from 1885 in an album at the National Army Museum compiled by Roberts. Roberts, having become a baronet on 11th June 1881, was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army on 16th November 1881. Promoted to the substantive rank of lieutenant general on 26th July 1883, he became Commander-in-Chief, India, on 28th November 1885 and was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) on 15th February 1887 and to Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) on reorganisation of the Order on 21st June 1887. This was followed by his promotion to a supernumerary general on 28th November 1890 and to the substantive rank of general on 31 December 1891.
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