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He was [[Chief of the Imperial General Staff]] (CIGS) from [[1922]] - [[1926]] and was promoted to [[Field Marshal (UK)|field marshal]] in [[1932]]. He was among the very last [[representative peer]]s to be elected from [[Ireland]]. |
He was [[Chief of the Imperial General Staff]] (CIGS) from [[1922]] - [[1926]] and was promoted to [[Field Marshal (UK)|field marshal]] in [[1932]]. He was among the very last [[representative peer]]s to be elected from [[Ireland]]. |
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Frederick Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE (16 October 1865 – 28 August 1946) was brought back from retirement at 48 in 1914 and rose to become one of the British Army's more successful commanders during the First World War.
In June, 1915 Cavan was promoted to command of 50th (Northumbrian) Division; a mere two months on he was appointed the first commander of the Guards Division. In this role he informed Major Winston Churchill of the latters attachment to the 2nd Battalion of the Grenadiers.[1]
The following January, 1916, Cavan was placed at the head of XIV Corps, a command he held until March, 1918, during which time he established a deserved reputation as perhaps the best corps commander on the Western Front. In March 1918 Lambart was formally appointed Commander-in-Chief of British forces on the Italian Front.
It was in this capacity that Cavan led the Italian Tenth Army which struck a decisive bow at the Battle of Vittorio Veneto. The action which sounded the final death blow of the Austro-Hungarian Army towards the close of the war.
He was Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) from 1922 - 1926 and was promoted to field marshal in 1932. He was among the very last representative peers to be elected from Ireland.
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- ^ Churchill; Roy Jenkins ISBN 0330488058