Beauvoir De Lisle

Sir Beauvoir De Lisle
Gen. Sir Beauvoir De Lisle
Born	27 July 1864
Died	16 July 1955 (aged 90)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	General
Commands held	1st (Royal) Dragoons 2nd Cavalry Brigade 1st Cavalry Division 29th Division XIII Corps XV Corps Western Command
Battles/wars	Second Boer War World War I
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order.

General Sir Henry de Beauvoir De Lisle, KCB, KCMG, DSO (27 July 1864 – 16 July 1955) was a British Army General who served in the Second Boer War and World War I.

Born in Guernsey and educated in Jersey, De Lisle was commissioned into the 2nd Bn Durham Light Infantry in 1883. He saw service with the Mounted Infantry in Egypt between 1885 and 1886, being awarded his DSO there, and was promoted to the rank of captain on 1 October 1891.

He studied at the Staff College in 1899 before returning to the Mounted Infantry when he was commissioned in the 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards. During the Second Boer War he commanded the Australian Brigade, a mobile column comprising the 6th Battalion Mounted Infantry, the West Australian Mounted Infantry, the South Australian Imperial Bushmen and the New South Wales Mounted Rifles. He was severely wounded and three times mentioned in despatches. Promotion to major followed on 1 January 1902, and to the brevet rank of lieutenant-colonel on the following day. During the early months of 1902 his brigade was stationed in Natal, but in April he left the command of this brigade and transferred to Transvaal where there was more intense fighting. He left Cape Town for the United Kingdom in late May 1902. In a despatch dated 23 June 1902, Lord Kitchener, Commander-in-Chief during the latter part of the war, described De Lisle as "an officer of remarkable force of character. He has soldierly qualities and is a fine leader."