Herbert Chermside
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Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Chermside GCMG, CB |
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| 9th Governor of Queensland | |
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In office 24 March 1902 – 10 October 1904 |
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| Monarch | King Edward VII |
| Preceded by | The Lord Lamington |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Chelmsford |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
31 July 1850 Wilton, Wiltshire, England |
| Died | 24 September 1929 (aged 79) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Geraldine Katharine Webb (1899–1910) Clementine Maria Reuter (from 1920) |
| Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Companion of the Order of the Bath |
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1870–1907 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands |
3rd Division 14th Brigade Curragh Camp |
| Battles/wars | Second Boer War |
Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Charles Chermside GCMG, CB (31 July 1850 – 24 September 1929) was a British soldier who served as Governor of Queensland from 1902 to 1904.
Chermside was born in the town of Wilton in Wiltshire in 1850. His parents were Rev. Richard Seymour Conway Chermside, rector of Wilton and son of Sir Robert Alexander Chermside, and Emily Dawson. He was a scholar at Eton College and then attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich where he graduated at the top of his year and was commissioned in the Royal Engineers in 1870.
In 1871, Chermside and several other officers visited Paris during the Paris Commune, and were accused of supporting the Communards, narrowly escaping execution. After a posting in Ireland, he joined Benjamin Leigh Smith's expedition to the Arctic in 1873.
In 1876, Chermside was sent to Turkey to work with the Turkish forces after Serbia and Montenegro declared war on the country in July. He was working as a military attaché to Turkey in 1877, when Russia also declared war. After six months with the Turkish boundary commission, he was appointed Military Vice Consul to Anatolia in July 1879.
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