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Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram, GCB GCVO CSI was Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1931–1936. Image File history File links Information_icon. ... Military Badge of the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. ... Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... Insignia of a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India. ... The Private Secretary to the Sovereign is the senior operational member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, as distinct from the Great Officers of the Household. ...

He was born in 1873, and educated at Winchester College (of which he later became a Fellow), and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He served in the Royal Artillery 1893-1897, and the Indian Army from 1897. Winchester College is a boys independent school in the city of Winchester in Hampshire, in the south of England. ... A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade. ... The Royal Military Academy was founded in 1741 in Woolwich, south-east London. ... RGA redirects here. ... The Indian Army is the largest branch of the Armed Forces of India and has the primary responsibility of conducting land-based military operations. ...

In 1897 he joined the 18th (King George's Own) Bengal Lancers, and served on the Tirah Expedition in the North West Frontier 1897-1898. From 1899-1904 he was Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India, an office he had already filled in 1895. In 1900 he served with Kitchener's Horse in the Second Boer War, and was Mentioned in Despatches. The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) is the smallest of the four provinces of Pakistan and is home to the Pashtuns (Afghans) and various other groups. ... An aide-de-camp (French: camp assistant) is a personal assistant, secretary, or adjutant to a person of high rank, usually a senior military officer or a head of state. ... The Governor-General of India (or Governor-General and Viceroy of India) was the head of the British administration in India. ... Combatants United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand Orange Free State, South African Republic Commanders Frederick Roberts, Lord Kitchener Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, Paul Kruger Casualties 22,000 6,500 Civilians killed [mainly Boers]: 24,000+ The Second Boer War also known as the South African War (outside of South Africa... Mentioned in Dispatches (MID) is a military award for gallantry or otherwise commendable service. ...

In 1905-1906 he served as Assistant Chief of Staff to the Prince of Wales in India, and in the following year he was promoted major and was appointed Equerry to the Prince of Wales, an office he held until the Prince became King, in 1910. Wigram then became Assistant Private Secretary and Equerry to the King (1910-1931). In 1915 he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, and later to Brevet Colonel. In 1919 he was promoted to Colonel. In politics, a chief of staff is the primary aide to a political leader or position. ... The Prince of Wales Feathers. This Heraldic badge of the Heir Apparent is derived from the ostrich feathers borne by Edward, the Black Prince. ... Major is a military rank the use of which varies according to country. ... The Master of the Horse was (and in some cases, is) a historical position of varying importance in several European nations. ... Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant-Colonel in English from the French grades spelling) is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine corps and air forces of the world, typically ranking above a Major and below a Colonel. ... The word brevet has several meanings: In the military, brevet refers to a warrant authorizing a commissioned officer to temporarily hold a higher rank, without a corresponding pay increase. ... Colonel (IPA: or ) is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with the corresponding ranks existing in nearly every country in the world. ...

In 1931 he was promoted to Private Secretary to the Sovereign and held office until he retired in 1936. He served as Keeper of the Archives 1931-1945. He became Extra Equerry in 1931, and held this appointment until his death. From 1936 he was a Lord in Waiting. The Royal Archives, also known as the Queens Archives, are a division of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. ... Most Lords in Waiting are whips in the House of Lords who are members of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. ...

From 1935-1935 he was Keeper of the Privy Purse, and 1936-1945 was Deputy Constable of Windsor Castle. The Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to the Queen is responsible for the financial management of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. ... A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. ... Windsor Castle: The Round Tower or keep dominating the castle, as seen from the River Thames. ...

He was Colonel of the 19th Lancers 1932-1945.

He was created CB 1918, and promoted to KCB in 1931, and GCB in 1933. He also received the LVO in 1903, and was advanced to the CVO in 1915, KCVO 1928 and GCVO in 1932. He also received the CSI in 1911, and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1932. He was created Baron Wigram in 1935, and received the Royal Victorian Chain in 1937. He died in 1960. Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, especially in a monarchy. ... Baron is a specific title of nobility or a more generic feudal qualification. ... The Royal Victorian Chain is a British award, instituted in 1902 by HM King Edward VII as a personal award of the British Monarch (i. ...

Wigram was also a FRGS, FRHS, and FZS. He was also President of Westminster Hospital, and Governor of Wellington College and Haileybury. The Royal Geographical Society is a learned society, founded in 1830 with the name Geographical Society of London for the advancement of geographical science, under the patronage of King William IV. It absorbed the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa (founded by Joseph Banks in... Wellington College, Berkshire, the national monument to the Duke of Wellington, is an English public school, which was granted its royal charter in 1853. ... Coat of arms of Haileybury College This article refers to the school in England. ...