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), Eng
- 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
- Regular army offr, British Army.
- Field Marshal AMF 1925.
- Cdr 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
- WWI: Cdr, Aust and NZ Army Corps (ANZAC) 1914-18 and 1st AIF 1915-18.
Sources
Notes
Melb degree not stated as hc or aeg.