Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

Sir Frederic Manley Glubb (19 August 1857 – 31 July 1938) was a

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officer, who was a senior figure in the

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during the

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. He was the father of the Army officer Sir

John Bagot Glubb Lieutenant-General Sir John Bagot Glubb, KCB, CMG, DSO, OBE, MC, KStJ, KPM (16 April 1897 – 17 March 1986), known as Glubb Pasha, was a British soldier, scholar, and author, who led and trained Transjordan's Arab Legion between 1939 an ...

("Glubb Pasha") and of the racing driver

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. Glubb was born in 1857, the son of Orlando Manley Glubb, an officer in the 37th

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. He attended

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and then studied at the

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, from where he entered the

in 1877. He was promoted to Captain in 1888, and married Frances Bagot, daughter of an Irish rural landowner, the following year . In 1895 he was promoted to Major, and in November 1900 he was awarded the

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(DSO) for his services in the

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in South Africa (1899-1900)."GLUBB, Maj.-Gen. Sir Frederic Manley", in ''Who Was Who'' (2007)
Online edition
/ref> After the war, Glubb was appointed to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1903 and Colonel in 1906; in 1912, he became the Chief Engineer of Southern Command. On the outbreak of war, he was given a posting in the newly mobilised British Expeditionary Force, as the Commander Royal Engineers (CRE) of

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; this made him the senior engineering officer in the Corps, responsible for the defences and support of two infantry divisions. He served with the corps until 1915, when he was promoted to Major-General and made CRE of Second Army. He remained in this post for the remainder of the war, being

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eight times and awarded a knighthood.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Glubb, Frederic Manley 1857 births 1938 deaths Glubb Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Companions of the Order of the Bath British Army generals of World War I Companions of the Distinguished Service Order People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire British Army major generals