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Prince George Duke of Cambridge Signed Royal Letter To Sir Martin Andrew Dillon

Prince George Duke of Cambridge Signed Royal Letter To Sir Martin Andrew Dillon

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General Sir Martin Andrew Dillon GCB CSI (19 June 1826 – 1913) was an Irish senior officer in the British Army.


He was Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria from 1868 to 1878


He was appointed assistant military secretary to Prince George, Duke of Cambridge.


He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1887. Promoted lieutenant-general in 1887 and full general on 16 July 1892, he was given the colonelcy of The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) in 1897, transferring in 1913 to be briefly colonel-commandant of the 1st Battalion of the Rifle Brigade.

Dillon was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902 and was invested by King Edward VIIat Buckingham Palace on 8 August 1902.

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