Nevil Macready

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Sir Cecil Frederick Nevil Macready, 1st Baronet , GCMG , KCB , PC (I) (* 7. May 1862 in Cheltenham , Gloucestershire ; † 9. January 1946 in Knightsbridge , London ) was a British officer of the British Army , who most recently as General was the last Commander-in-Chief in Ireland from 1920 to 1922 . In 1923 he was promoted to baronet .

Life

Family origins, training and uses as an officer

Cecil Frederick Nevil Macready, son of the actor William Charles Macready and his second wife Cecile Louise Frederica Spencer, attended Marlborough College and Cheltenham College and then began officer training at the Royal Military College (RMC) Sandhurst . After graduation, he was promoted to lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) on October 22, 1881 and to the newly established Line Infantry Regiment Gordon Highlanders . During the Anglo-Egyptian War he took part in the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir on September 13, 1882 . After various posts in the 2nd Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders , he was on January 1, 1894 as a captain (captain) regimental adjutant.

During his participation in the Second Boer War (1899 to 1902) he was mentioned twice in the war report ( Mentioned in dispatches ) and subsequently remained in the Cape Colony and was initially Assistant Adjutant General AAG (Assistant Adjutant-General) of the British troops there between 1902 and 1904 . During this time he was promoted to Colonel in 1903 and was subsequently Assistant Quartermaster General (Assistant Quartermaster-General) of the British Army in the Cape Colony between 1904 and 1906 . For his services, he became Commander of the Order of the Bath (CB) on June 29, 1906 . On his return in October 1906, he served as Assistant Adjutant General at the British Army Headquarters between 1907 and 1909.

In August 1909 Macready was as Brigadier (Brigadier) of the garrison Aldershot stationed 2nd Infantry Brigade (2nd Infantry Brigade) and this function held until June 1910. He then took over as Major General (Major-General) the post of Director of Human Resources ( Director of Personal Services) and held this position until August 1914. During this time he was also Companion of the Civil Division (Civil Division) of the Order of the Bath (CB) and on June 14, 1912 to Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG), so that he was henceforth the addition of the name "Sir" led. At the same time he was after the mutiny of Curragh on March 20, 1914 in command of the Belfast base .

First World War and promotion to general

After the beginning of the First World War , Major General Macready took over the post of Adjutant General of the British Expeditionary Force ( BEF ) in France between August 1914 and February 1916 . After his return was General Nevil Macready in February 1916 succeeded General Henry Sclater as Adjutant General of the Army (Adjutant General to the Forces) and was as such until his replacement by Lieutenant General George Macdonogh in September 1918 in the Ministry of War ( War Office ) responsible for the development of personnel policy and support for the army. For his services in this service he was appointed Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Belgium on February 24, 1916 and on May 4, 1917 as a member of the Royal Army Council (His Majesty's Army Council) . On January 1, 1918, he was also Grand Cross ( Knight Grand Cross ) awarded the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG).

After the war, Lieutenant General Nevil Macready on September 4, 1918 was the successor to Edward Henry Chief Constable of Greater London ( Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis ) and remained in that role until April 1920, then Brigadier General William Horwood took over his succession. On April 1, 1919, he was also a Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy .

Most recently, General Macready in April 1920 successor Lieutenant General Frederick Shaw commander in Ireland (Commander-in-Chief, Ireland) . It served in this use until June 1922, with no successor being determined, since the Irish Free State was finally founded on December 6, 1922 . At the same time he became in 1920 a member of the secret Privy Council for Ireland (Privy Council of Ireland) . By a letters patent from March 1, 1923 he was awarded the hereditary title of baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom , of Cheltenham in the County of Gloucestershire.

Marriage and offspring

His marriage to Sophia Geraldine Atkin on May 7, 1886 resulted in the two daughters Louise Geraldine Macready and Joan Isabel Macready as well as the son Gordon Nevil Macready , who as Lieutenant General during the Second World War between 1940 and 1942 was only Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff ( Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff) as well as head of the British Army Mission in the USA (Head of the British Army Mission Washington) from 1942 and 1946 , and after General Nevil Macready's death on January 9, 1946 the title of 2nd  Baronet Macready, of Cheltenham, in the County of Gloucestershire.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ London Gazette . No. 25029, HMSO, London, October 21, 1881, p. 5195 ( PDF , accessed January 13, 2019, English).
  2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 26469, HMSO, London, December 22, 1893, p. 7463 ( PDF , accessed January 13, 2019, English).
  3. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
  4. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 27926, HMSO, London, June 26, 1906, p. 4460 ( PDF , accessed January 13, 2019, English).
  5. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 244
  6. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 42
  7. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
  8. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 28617, HMSO, London, June 11, 1912, p. 4297 ( PDF , accessed January 13, 2019, English).
  9. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 8
  10. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 29486, HMSO, London, February 22, 1916, p. 2075 ( PDF , accessed January 13, 2019, English).
  11. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 30055, HMSO, London, May 8, 1917, p. 4355 ( PDF , accessed January 13, 2019, English).
  12. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
  13. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 30450, HMSO, London, December 28, 1917, p. 7 ( PDF , accessed January 13, 2019, English).
  14. ↑ London Gazette . No. 30887, HMSO, London, September 6, 1918, p. 10545 ( PDF , accessed January 13, 2019, English).
  15. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 31263, HMSO, London, March 28, 1919, p. 4200 ( PDF , accessed January 13, 2019, English).
  16. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS: SINCE 1860 , p. 88
  17. ↑ BARONETAGE (leighreyment.com)
  18. ↑ London Gazette . No. 32815, HMSO, London, April 17, 1923, p. 2810 ( PDF , accessed January 13, 2019, English).
  19. ^ Lieutenant-General Gordon Nevil Macready (Generals.dk)
predecessor Office successor
Henry Sclater Adjutant-General to the Forces
1916-1918 		George Macdonogh
Edward Henry Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
1918–1920 		William Horwood
Frederick Shaw Commander in Chief in Ireland
1918–1920 		Item abolished
New title created Baronet Macready
1923-1946 		Gordon Nevil Macready
personal data
SURNAME Macready, Nevil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Macready, Sir Cecil Frederick Nevil, 1st Baronet (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Cheltenham , Gloucestershire
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1946
Place of death Knightsbridge , London