Edward James Montagu-Stuart-Wortley | |
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"Eddie". Caricature by Spy published in Vanity Fair in 1899.
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Nickname(s) | Eddie |
Born | 31 July 1857 |
Died | 19 March 1934 | (aged 76)
Allegiance | United Kingdom / British Empire |
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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, First World War |
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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.