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Sir Arthur Lyttelton-Annesley (2 September 1837 – 16 February 1926) was a

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officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

Military career

Educated at

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

, Lyttelton-Annesley was commissioned into the

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in July 1854. He took part in the

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in Winter 1854 and the

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in August 1855 during the

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. He went out to

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in 1866 and then returned to England to take command of his regiment in 1877 before being appointed Assistant-Adjutant-General of the Horse Guards in 1878 and then Adjutant-General of the

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in 1883. He went on to command the troops in the North British District in 1888 before retiring in 1893. In 1896 he was given the colonelcy of the

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, transferring in 1902 to be colonel of the

until his death in 1926. He was invested Knight Commander of the

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(KCB) in the

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