1890 ATHENAEUM CLUB Sir Edward W Brabrook to SiR Dillon-HERALDIC EXHIBTION Edinr

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1890 ATHENAEUM CLUB Sir Edward W Brabrook to SiR Dillon-HERALDIC EXHIBTION Edinr
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1890
ATHENAEUM
CLUB Fine letter from Sir Edward
W
Brabrook
to General Sir Martin Dillon - wishing him to be a member of the committee for the HERALDIC
EXHIBTION
to be held in Edinburgh next Year (1891) with mention of those who have already agreed to be on the Committee, including Mr John Hope, Mr
McEwen
, The Chairman his friend Mr Balfour Paul the Lyon King of Arms.
Sir Edward William
Brabrook
CB FSA (10 April 1839 – 20 March 1930)
was an English civil servant, author, and anthropologist with a special interest in folklore.[1][2] He was a member of the Folklore Society and a fellow of Society of Antiquaries of London and was awarded the silver Guy Medal in 1909.
Born in 1839 in London,
Brabrook
was a lawyer by training and became the senior registrar of friendly societies. He wrote extensively on the law relating to working-class self-help institutions, promoting legal guides for industrial and provident (co-operative) societies, trade unions, and savings banks. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1897 Diamond Jubilee Honours.
His works included a proposal for an "Ethnographic Survey of the United Kingdom" put to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, coordinating activities of the Folklore Society, Anthropological Institute and Society of Antiquaries.[3] He was president of the Anthropological Institute in 1895–1897;[4] and president of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society from 1910 to 1930.
He died in 1930 in
Wallington
, Surrey and was buried at West
Norwood
Cemetery.
General Sir Martin Andrew Dillon
GCB
CSI
(19 June 1826–1913) was an Irish senior officer in the British Army.
Biography
Dillon was the son of Major Andrew Dillon and entered the British Army in 1843.
He was present as a captain at the Siege of
Lucknow
during the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and as a major in the subsequent
Oudh
campaign of 1858. In the China Campaign of 1860 he served as an assistant adjutant-general on the staff of Major-General Sir Robert Napier and as the latter's military secretary in India and
Abbysinia
. He was Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria from 1868 to 1878 when, now promoted Major-general, he was appointed assistant military secretary to Prince George, Duke of Cambridge.
He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1887. Promoted lieutenant-general in 1887 and full general on 16 July 1892, he was given the colonelcy of The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) in 1897, transferring in 1913 to be briefly colonel-commandant of the 1st Battalion of the Rifle Brigade.
Dillon was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902, and was invested by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 8 August 1902
MILITARY SERVICE
Dillon, Gen Sir Martin (Andrew) G.C.C. (1932), K.C.B., (1887), S.I. (1872) Indian Army (retired); b. 1826; entered army, 1843; General, 1892; served in Punjab, 1848-49; Kohat Pass, 1850; Crimea, 1856; Indian Mutiny, 1857-59: China. I860; Abyssinia, 1867-68; Brigade-Major, Nepal Frontier; Assistant, Adjutant-General, China; Military Secretary, Bombay; Military Secretary, Abyssinia. (A.D.C. to the Queen); Military Sec. India; Adj-Gen. Gibraltar; commanded the Lucknow and the Rawalpindi Divisions, India, 1884-88; Col, West Yorkshire Regt. (Prince of Wales Own), 1897, Commissioner, Duke of York’s Royal Military School: Commandant. Rifle Brigade, 1915.
Address: 80, St. Cames Square, S.W. Clubs: United Service.
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1890 ATHENAEUM CLUB Fine letter from Sir Edward W Brabrook to General Sir Martin Dillon - wishing him to be a member of the committee for the HERALDIC EXHIBTION to be held in Edinburgh next Year (1891) with mention of those who have already agreed to be on the Committee, including Mr John Hope, Mr McEwen, The Chairman his friend Mr Balfour Paul the Lyon King of Arms.   Sir Edward William Brabrook CB FSA (10 April 1839 – 20 March 1930) was an English civil servant, author, and anthropologist with a special interest in folklore.[1][2] He was a member of the Folklore Society and a fellow of Society of Antiquaries of London and was awarded the silver Guy Medal in 1909.Born in 1839 in London, Brabrook was a lawyer by training and became the senior registrar of friendly societies. He wrote exte
Club Name
Athenaeum Club
Related Interests
Heraldic Exhibtion Edinburgh
EAN
Does Not apply
Country
England
Related Interests 2
Heraldry
Scotland County
Edinburgh
City/Town/Village/Place
London
Era
1891-1900
Addressed to
Sir Martin Dillon
Document Type
Manuscript Letter
Year of Issue
1890
Titled Families
Sir Edward William Brabrook