VISCOUNT (1862-1935), British general, was born Sept. II, 1862, son of the 2nd earl of Strafford, and joined the Loth Hussars in India in 1883. He passed through the Staff college, and served in the South African War. In 1912 he was sent to Egypt to take command of the army of occupation. In Oct. 1914 he took the 3rd Cavalry Division to France, and he succeeded to command of the Cavalry Corps in June 1915. But two months later he was despatched to the Dardanelles to take charge of the IX. Army Corps there and he became responsible for the Suvla area, from which he withdrew his troops most skilfully in the following De cember. Called back to the Western Front, in May 1916, he took over the Canadian Army Corps, a tenure distinguished by the capture of Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917. In June 1917 he suc ceeded to the leadership of the III. Army, which he retained till the close of the war. On Nov. 20 he carried out the now famous tank surprise attack on the Cambrai front. In Oct. 1919 he received a barony and a grant of £30,000. He was Governor General of Canada from 1921 until 1926, when he was created a viscount. From 1928 to 1931 he was Commissioner of the Metro politan Police. He was gazetted field-marshal in 1932.