| LC control no. | n 50050404 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl, 1832-1914 |
| Variant(s) | Kandahar, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl Roberts of, 1832-1914 Roberts, Lord, 1832-1914 Roberts, Fred. (Frederick), 1832-1914 Roberts, Frederick, Earl, 1832-1914 Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, Sir, 1832-1914 Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl, 1832-1914 Roberts of Kandahar, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl, 1832-1914 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Associated place | India Ethiopia Afghanistan South Africa |
| Birth date | 1832-09-30 |
| Death date | 1914-11-14 |
| Place of birth | Kānpur (India) |
| Field of activity | Military art and science |
| Affiliation | Great Britain. Army East India Company. Army East India Company. Bengal Army |
| Profession or occupation | Armies--Officers Generals |
| Found in | Atwood, Rodney. The life of Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 2015: page facing title page (Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Roberts) His An eye witness account of the Indian mutiny ... 1983: t.p. (Field-Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar) His Letters written during the Indian mutiny, 1924: t.p. (Fred. Roberts, afterwards Field-Marshal Earl Roberts) DNB 1912-1921 (Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, first Earl Roberts, of Kandahar, Pretoria, and Waterford; b. 9-30-1832; d. 11-14-14) Wikipedia, February 16, 2022 (Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts; born Cawnpore, British India, to an Anglo-Irish family; joined the East India Company Army; served in the Bengal Army; was a young officer in the Indian Rebellion; he was transferred to the British Army, and fought in the Expedition to Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War; Commander-in-Chief, India, before leading British Forces for a year during the Second Boer War; he became the last Commander-in-Chief of the Forces 1901-1904, when the post was abolished; died St Omer, France, of pneumonia while visiting Indian troops fighting in the First World War) |
| Associated language | eng |
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