CHARLES+MERCER+NAIRNE

Nairne, Lord Charles George Francis Mercer, Major, 1st (Royal) Dragoons attached Staff, 6th Cavalry Brigade Member of the Victorian Order Born Calne, Wiltshire Killed in action 30th October 1914 aged 40 South African Medal (5 Clasps), Legion of Honour (France), Order of Military Merit (Spain), Order of the Crown (Prussia), Order of the Iron Crown Class II (Austria). Equerry-in-Ordinary to King George V when Prince of Wales, 1909-10 and Equerry to His Majesty, 1910-1914. Sometime A.D.C. to Field Marshal Earl Roberts. Son of Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne and of Maud Evelyn, Marchioness of Lansdowne, of Bowood, Calne, Wilts; husband of Lady Violet Mary Astor (formerly Mercer-Nairne). Buried in Ypres Town Cemetery, E1, 10

1911 Census Equerry to the King Residing at Buckingham Palace, London


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