Douglas Haig KT GCB
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Douglas Haig KT GCB (1861 - 1928)

Douglas Haig KT GCB
Born in Charlotte Square, Edinburghmap
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Husband of — married 11 Jul 1905 in Hanover Square, londonmap
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Died at age 66 in 21 Princes Gate, Londonmap
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Biography

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Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig was born on 19 June 1861 in a house on Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, (but with postal address 19 Hope Street, the side street to the south-west; a plaque exists). His father John Richard Haig—an irascible alcoholic—was middle class ("in trade"), though as head of the family's successful Haig & Haig whisky distillery, he had an income of £10,000 per year (£1,160,000 in 2018), an enormous amount at the time. His mother, Rachel (daughter of Hugh Veitch of Stewartfield), was from a gentry family fallen into straitened circumstances. Rachel's cousin, Violet Veitch, was mother of the playwright, composer and performer Noël Coward. He married Hon. Dorothy Maud Vivian, daughter of Hussey Crespigny Vivian, 3rd Baron Vivian and Louisa Alice Duff, on 11 July 1905. He died on 30 January 1928 at age 66.

Education

  • Clifton College, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.
  • Brasenose College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.
  • Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England.

Military

  • 1885 Commissioned in the service of the 7th Hussars.
  • 1889 Promoted to Brevet Major.
  • 1891 Promoted to Captain.
  • 1898 He fought in the Nile Expedition in where he was mentioned in despatches. *1899 -1902, Boer War - he was mentioned in despatches.
  • 1900. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
  • 1901 Lieutenant-Colonel of the 17th Lancers.
  • 1902 Extra Aide-de-Camp to HM King Edward VII.
  • 1903 Inspector-General of Cavalry in India
  • 1904 Promoted to Major.
  • 1909 - 1911. Chief of Staff, India.
  • 1912 -1914. General Officer Commander-in-Command of the Aldershot Command
  • 1914 Promoted to Lieutenant General. Aide-de-Camp General to HM King George * Fought in the First World War.
  • 1914 Commander of the 1st Army Corps, British Expeditionary Force
  • 1914 -1915. Commander of the 1st British Army, France.
  • 1915 - 1919 Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force
  • 1917. Promoted to Field Marshal.

Honours

  • 1900 Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.).
  • 1903 Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.).
  • 1909 Knight Commander, Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.).
  • 1911 Knight Commander, Order of the Indian Empire (K.C.I.E.).
  • 1913 Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.).
  • 1916 Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.)
  • 1916 Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.)
  • 1917 Knight, Order of the Thistle (K.T.)
  • 1919. Created 1st Baron Haig, of Bemersyde, co. Berwick [U.K.]
  • 1919. Order of Merit (O.M.)
  • 1919. 1st Viscount Dawick [U.K.]
  • 1919 1st Earl Haig [U.K.]
  • 1922 Chancellor of St. Andrews.

Family

  • The current chief of Clan Haig is Alexander Haig, 3rd Earl Haig (b. 1961), grandson of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig of First World War fame.

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