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Sir Arthur D'Arcy Gordon Bannerman, 12th Baronet, (20 February 1866 – 27 April 1955) was a British Indian Army officer, colonial administrator and courtier. Bannerman was the son of Colonel Patrick Wilson Bannerman and Flora Lindsay Vanrenen. He was educated at Harrow School before attending the

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. He commissioned into the

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and was promoted to captain on 29 August 1896. In 1903 he was invested as

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after having been Secretary of the Executive Committee for the 1903 Delhi Durbar. He saw active service during the

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, before becoming Political Resident in Jammu and Kashmir in 1917. Bannerman held the post until 1921, when he became Political Aide-de-Camp to the

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, serving in the role until 1928. That year he was made Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. In 1928 he became a Gentleman Usher to

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. On 10 March 1934 he succeeded a cousin,

Sir Alexander Bannerman, 11th Baronet Major Sir Alexander Bannerman, 11th Baronet (16 December 1871 – 10 March 1934) was a pioneer British military aviator. Bannerman was born in Brackley in Northamptonshire and educated at Wellington College and subsequently at the Royal Military ...

, as

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. He subsequently served as an Extra Gentleman Usher to Edward VIII,

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and

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successively until his death in 1955.

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