NAM.1955-04-64

Inventory description: Official papers (83 items, 1847-1914) relating to the military career of Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914), including reports from the Royal Military College Sandhurst (1847-1848) and the East India Company’s Military Seminary, Addiscombe (1850-1851), commissions, royal warrants, and appointment instructions for roles as officer in the Bengal Artillery (1862-1880), as Commander in Chief and Governor in South Africa (1880), Command of troops in the Madras Residency (1881), Commander of Forces East Indies, Volunteer Forces (1887) and Militia Forces (1888), and Field Marshal Commander in Chief of Forces in South Africa (1899), and including royal appointments and overseas decorations.