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HUNTER
(Sir Archibald, 1856-1936, General, M.P.)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Mr Perkins
returning his book The man found out the mistake he had made in time, & told her so. His mother too was dead against the match - If he has been the blackguard you think him would Arthur, who evidently loved her too, have consented to bring her word of him? I think he is to be pitied & not blamed. You can see that he did what he thought was right. Better than, thn marry her & let her find it out afterwards, as she certainly would & then she would have had real cause to hate him, & she certainly would..., 3 sides 8vo., Head Quarters,, Scottish District, Edinburgh, 9th January
Item Date: 1903
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General Hunter was appointed Governor of Dongola Province in the Sudan and Commandant of the Frontier Field Force in 1895. In 1896, he joined the Anglo-Egyptian Nile Expeditionary Force under Lord Kitchener, the Sirdar (commander of the Egyptian Army), Hunter commanding the Egyptian Army Division during the reconquest of the Sudan, which culminated in the Battle of Omdurman in September 1898. He was made Governor of Omdurman in Sudan in 1899,and was appointed in command of the Quetta district in India later the same year. Hunter became General Officer Commanding Scottish District in May 1901, Commander-in-Chief Bombay Command in 1903 (renamed Western Army Corps in 1905) and, promoted to general in December 1905 and General Officer Commanding Southern Army in India from 1907.
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