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Chelmsford (FREDERIC AUGUS- TUS THESIGER)

FREDERIC AUGUS- TUS THESIGER, LORD, eldest son of the first Lord Chelmsford, who was twice lord-chancellor of England; born May 21, 1827, educated at Eton, served in the Crimea and through the Indian mutiny.

As deputy adjutant-general he served in the Abyssinian campaign, was nominated C. B., made aide-de-camp to Her Majesty, and adjutant-general to the forces in India (1868-1876), and in 1877 was appointed commander of the forces and lieutenant-governor of Cape Colony.

He restored Kaffraria to tranquillity, and was given the chief command in the Zulu war of 1879. After great difficulties with the transport, and some disasters, he gained the decisive victory of Ulundi, before the arrival of Sir Garnet Wolseley, who had been sent to supersede him. On his return to England he was made G. C. B., and in 1884 lieutenant of the Tower. He died in 1905.