Brigadier General Alfred Douglas Miller, (1 March 1864 − 5 December 1933) was a British Army officer.

Early life

Miller was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel James Miller (1829−1909), late

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, of Shotover Park, Wheatley, Oxfordshire, JP, DL, High Sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1880, and Sarah Dorothy (d. 1911), daughter of Thomas Moore Evans. The Miller family were, in previous generations, merchants in Scotland, with James Miller's father, Alexander, coming to own

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Hall, Middlesex.

Military career

Miller was commissioned a lieutenant in the

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on 7 February 1885, and promoted to the rank of

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on 28 June 1893. He was adjutant of the

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from 1896 to 1900. With the outbreak of the Second Boer War he was chief staff officer to Sir John French and, on 24 December 1901, he was appointed a Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General on the staff in South Africa. He was promoted

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on 20 February 1902. For his service in the war, Miller was

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(dated 8 April 1902) received the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in the South Africa Honours list published on 26 June 1902, and was noted for future staff employment. Miller led the 2nd Dragoon Regiment (Royal Scots Grey) as a

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from 1907 to 1911, was promoted to colonel in 1911, and ultimately reached the rank of brigadier general. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the

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Personal life

In 1899, Miller married Ella Geraldine, daughter of John Fletcher, of Saltoun Hall, of a landed gentry family.The Lord Lieutenants and High Sheriffs of Oxfordshire, Christine Peters, The Perpetua Press, 1995, p. 195 They had five children. He died in England on 5 December 1933.

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Alfred Douglas 1933 deaths 1864 births British Army brigadiers British Army cavalry generals of World War I British Army personnel of the Second Boer War Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Royal Scots Greys officers