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Frederick Sleigh Roberts
Acting
September 30, 1832
Died November 14, 1914 (82 years old)
Cawnpore, Ceded and Conquered Provinces, British India
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Acting Credits
Biography
Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914), was a British Victorian era general who became one of the most successful British military commanders of his time. Born in India to an Anglo-Irish family, Roberts joined the East India Company Army and served as a young officer in the Indian Rebellion during which he was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry. He was then transferred to the British Army and fought in the Expedition to Abyssinia and...
