Title

Major-General Sir J. D. P. French, K.C.B.', 1901.

Caption

'Major-General Sir J. D. P. French, K.C.B.', 1901. Portrait of British soldier John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres. Field Marshal French (1852-1925) served during the Boer Wars, and was first Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force for the first two years of World War I before serving as Commander-in-Chief of Home Forces. In 1918 Lord French became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, a position he held throughout much of the Irish War of Independence. From "The Life and Deeds of Earl Roberts, Vol. IV. - To Lord Roberts's Reign in Pall Mall", by J. Maclaren Cobban. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901]

Date

1901

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F15_066

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59,7Mb (1,6Mb) / 12,5in x 18,6in / 3744 x 5574 (300dpi)

Keywords

photograph portrait people male man men cap guy British headdress war century Britain soldiers soldier concept B&W headgear MONOCHROME 19th century black & white black and white B W 1900s 20th century nineteenth century history historic The Print Collector biography Field Marshal Lord Lieutenant of Ireland major-general John French Earl of Ypres photograph portrait Unknown John Roberts 1st Earl of Ypres Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts French Field Marshal French JDP French John Denton Pinkstone French Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French Earl of Ypres Viscount French Field Marshal Sir John French Sir John French J TC and EC Jack Jack TC and EC T. C. & E. C. Jack T. C. & E. C. J Maclaren Cobban Cobban J Maclaren James Maclaren J. Maclaren Cobban J. Maclaren James Maclaren Cobban Frederick Sleigh