lowther cecil (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Univ of Washington Pr September 1989 Binding: Hardcover.

Zustand: New. pp. 338.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 207 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, map, portraits ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes index. Bibliography: p. 198-204. Contents; An introduction to the collections by J.C.H.King, p.7. - Text in three parts: part 1, biography, p.9-21; part 2, expedition of 1888-9, p.22-92; part 3, description of the collection held at the Museum, p.93-132, followed by 49 pages of illustrations of items within the collection. Subjects; Lonsdale, Hugh Cecil Lowther Earl of 1857-1944. Lonsdale, Hugh Cecil Lowther Earl of. Lonsdale, Hugh Cecil Lowther Earl of, 1857-1944 Journeys Alaska. Explorers. Exhibitions Arctic regions. Biographies: Lowther, Hugh Cecil. 3 Kg.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint of the 1925 first edition. War service record of 1st and 2nd Battalions with summary of casualties, reinforcements and honours and awards and list of battle honours awarded. Includes 15*maps. xvi, 349pp.

Zustand: New.

1p., 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged. One can hear the clipped tones of the military man: 'Dear Capt. Barron, | Gen. Gosling spoke & wrote to me about you. | What is your present state, duty, light duty, leave, or what? | Please let me know & tell me when you get orders to join a reserve unit, & which. | Yours very truly | H. C. Lowther | Brig. Genl.' Lowther's entry in Who Was Who reads: 'Entered Scots Guards, 1888; Capt. 1899; Major, 1904; Lieut-Col 1913; Bt-Col 1915; served South Africa, 18991902 (despatches twice, Queen's medal 6 clasps, King's medal 2 clasps, DSO); European War, 191418 (despatches thrice, wounded, Bt-Col, CB); served as Brigade-Major, 1st Division, and in Gen. Staff, War Office; accompanied Diplomatic Mission to Fez, 1905; Military Attaché, Paris, Madrid, and Lisbon, 190509; Secretary to HRH the Governor-General of Canada, 191113; MP (U.) Northern Division of Westmorland, 191518; Penrith and Cockermouth Division of Cumberland, 192122; commanding 1st Scots Guards and then 1st Guards Brigade, Expeditionary Force, 1914; Military Secretary to Commander-in-Chief, 1915; Brig.-Gen. Gen. Staff Home Forces, 1916; Maj.-Gen. Gen. Staff, 191618; holds Swedish Order of the Svaerd, Commander Legion of Honour, and Spanish Order of Military Merit '.