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Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley

Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley
Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, Vanity Fair, 1899-10-26.jpg
"Eddie". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1899.
Nickname(s) Eddie
Born (1857-07-31)31 July 1857
Died 19 March 1934(1934-03-19) (aged 76)
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom / British Empire
Service/branch Flag of the British Army.svg British Army
Years of service 1877–1919
Rank Major General
Unit King's Royal Rifle Corps
Battles/wars Second Anglo–Afghan War, First Boer War, Anglo-Egyptian War (1882), Mahdist War, Second Boer War, World War I
Awards

Major General The Honourable Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, CB, CMG, DSO, MVO (31 July 1857 – 19 March 1934) was a senior British Army officer. He saw extensive active service in many parts of world, including Afghanistan, South Africa, Egypt, Turkey, Malta, Sudan, France and Ireland. During the First World War he was controversially dismissed after the Battle of the Somme due to the failure of his division's diversionary attack.

Wortley was born on 31 July 1857, the second son of Francis Dudley Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, grandson of John Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Wharncliffe, and nephew of Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Wharncliffe. He attended Eton College from 1866 and gained a commission in the King's Royal Rifle Corps (60th Foot) on 13 October 1877.

In 1879 during the Second Anglo–Afghan War (1878–80) he was the Superintendent of Army Signalling for the Kurram Field Force.


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