Sir
John
Charles
Ardagh
Born in Rossmire, County Waterford, Ireland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 67
in Glynllivon Park, Caernarfon, Wales
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Biography
John Ardagh was born in Ireland.
John Ardagh is Notable.
Sir John Charles Ardagh KCMG KCIE CB, was an Anglo-Irish Major-General of the British Army, who served as a military engineer, surveyor, intelligence officer, and colonial administrator.
John was born in 1840 the second son of William Johnson Ardagh (1798-1872), vicar of Rossmire, County Waterford, and Sarah Cobbold, of Ipswich.
On 18 February 1896 Ardagh married Susan, the widow of the 3rd Earl of Malmesbury and the daughter of John Hamilton of Fyne Court, Somerset.
In 1896 this quietly spoken, lanky Waterford man was made major-general and director of the British Military Intelligence Department.[1]
He passed away in 1907.
Sources
- ↑ John Ardagh (1840-1907): The Irish Intelligence scapegoat for Britain’s Anglo-Boer War debacles. by Donal P. McCracken
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Charles_Ardagh
- Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1912_supplement - Ardagh,_John_Charles
- Ardagh, John Charles, 1840-1907 - SNAC
- Military Wiki - John_Charles_Ardagh
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1699590
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