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Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts

1832 - 1914

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Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914), was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time. Born in India to an Anglo-Irish family, Roberts joined the East India Company Army and served as a young officer in the Indian Rebellion during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry. He was then transferred to the British Army and fought in the Expedition to Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War, in which his exploits earned him widespread fame. Roberts would go on to serve as the Commander-in-Chief, India, before leading British forces for a year during the Second Boer War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts is the 1,502nd most popular military personnel (up from 1,511th in 2019), the 497th most popular biography from India (down from 447th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Indian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ranks 1,502 out of 2,058. Before him are Arabo, Coenus, Segismundo Casado, Curt Haase, Endel Puusepp, and Moritz von Auffenberg. After him are Alexander Kutepov, Shōji Nishimura, Neoptolemus II of Epirus, Antonina Makarova, Maximilian von Edelsheim, and Mitrofan Nedelin.

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Among people born in 1832, Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ranks 58. Before him are Arthur Hughes, Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Charles Boycott, Turki bin Said, Caroline Harrison, and Emilio Castelar. After him are Colin Archer, Leslie Stephen, Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino, Pavel Chistyakov, Johann Joseph Abert, and Lina Sandell. Among people deceased in 1914, Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ranks 88. Before him are John Murray, Dimitrie Sturdza, Shibli Nomani, John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Richard Heuberger, and Camillo Boito. After him are Harry Rosenbusch, Jane Morris, Georg von Kopp, Hubertine Auclert, Jacob Riis, and Jules Lemaître.

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In India

Among people born in India, Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ranks 497 out of 1,861. Before him are ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni (1540), Ela Bhatt (1933), Rakesh Sharma (1949), Ram Prasad Bismil (1897), Tamannaah (1989), and Nain Singh (1830). After him are Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894), Sulochana Gadgil (1944), Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900), Tyagaraja (1767), Shruti Haasan (1986), and B. R. Chopra (1914).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In India

Among military personnels born in India, Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts ranks 8. Before him are Kim Philby (1912), Tatya Tope (1814), Mad Mike Hoare (1919), Kenneth Anderson (1891), Rash Behari Bose (1886), and Orde Wingate (1903). After him are John Frost (1912), William Birdwood (1865), Padma Bandopadhyay (1944), Somnath Sharma (1923), Sam Manekshaw (1914), and Bakht Khan (1797).

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