The Right Honourable William Riddell Birdwood
1st Baron Birdwood of Anzac and Totnes in the peerage of the United Kingdom
Field Marshal
- Born
- 13 September 1865, Kirkee, India
- Died
- 17 May 1951, Richmond upon Thames (Surrey), England
- Sex
- Male
- Father
- The Hon Dr Herbert Mills Birdwood (Under-Sec, Govt of Bombay)
- Mother
- Edith Marion Sidonie Impey (daughter of Elijah George Halhed Impey, Surgeon Major Indian Army)
- Married Jeannette Hope Gonville Bromhead (daughter of Sir Benjamin Parnell Bromhead, 4th Baronet, Colonel Indian Army)
Degrees
| 1920 | Doctor of Laws | The University of Melbourne |
| 1920 | Doctor of Laws (ad eundum gradum) | The University of Sydney |
Career
- Commander in Chief Indian Army 1925-30.
- Master of Peterhouse, Cantab from 1931.
- KCSI 1915, KCB 1917, GCMG 1919, created baronet 1919, created baron 1938.
Military service
- Regular officer British Army 1885-1930 (retired as Field Marshal). First World War: Lieutenant-General 1st AIF
- General British Army. Field Marshal AMF 1925.
Sources
Notes
Melb degree not stated as hc or aeg.