m (→References: Remove some templates. interwiki links, delink non military terms, add link to Wikipedia and cleanup) |
(Remove some templates and interwiki links, delink non military terms and cleanup) Tag: apiedit |
||
| (3 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[Brigadier]] '''Sir Henry Robert Kincaid Floyd, 5th Baronet'''<ref name="thepeerage">[http://www.thepeerage.com/p12699.htm#i126989 thePeerage.com]</ref> (7 May 1899 – 5 November 1968),<ref name="thepeerage" /> was a British soldier. |
[[Brigadier]] '''Sir Henry Robert Kincaid Floyd, 5th Baronet'''<ref name="thepeerage">[http://www.thepeerage.com/p12699.htm#i126989 thePeerage.com]</ref> (7 May 1899 – 5 November 1968),<ref name="thepeerage" /> was a British soldier. |
||
| − | Floyd was educated at |
+ | Floyd was educated at Eton College and at the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. The fifth Baronet was a [[Brigadier]] in the [[15th/19th Hussars]] and was Chief-of-Staff of the [[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)|Eighth Army]] from 1944 to 1945. Between 1961 and 1968 he served as [[Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire]].<ref name="bcc">[http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/content/index.jsp?contentid=660681331 20th century Lords Lieutenant]</ref> A fervent supporter of [[horseriding]] and fox hunting he was killed in a riding accident at the age of 69.<ref name="bcc" /> |
| − | The [[Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School]] in |
+ | The [[Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School]] in Aylesbury is named after him.<ref name="bcc" /> |
{{S-start}} |
{{S-start}} |
||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
{{S-end}} |
{{S-end}} |
||
| − | == |
+ | ==References== |
{{reflist}} |
{{reflist}} |
||
| + | |||
| ⚫ | |||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Floyd, Sir Henry, 2nd Baronet}} |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Floyd, Sir Henry, 2nd Baronet}} |
||
| Line 22: | Line 24: | ||
[[Category:Deaths by horse-riding accident]] |
[[Category:Deaths by horse-riding accident]] |
||
[[Category:Lord-Lieutenants of Buckinghamshire]] |
[[Category:Lord-Lieutenants of Buckinghamshire]] |
||
| − | [[Category:People educated at Eton College]] |
||
[[Category:People from Buckinghamshire]] |
[[Category:People from Buckinghamshire]] |
||
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] |
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] |
||
| Line 28: | Line 29: | ||
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]] |
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]] |
||
[[Category:Accidental deaths in England]] |
[[Category:Accidental deaths in England]] |
||
| − | |||
| ⚫ | |||
Revision as of 22:17, 16 April 2017
Brigadier Sir Henry Robert Kincaid Floyd, 5th Baronet[1] (7 May 1899 – 5 November 1968),[1] was a British soldier.
Floyd was educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. The fifth Baronet was a Brigadier in the 15th/19th Hussars and was Chief-of-Staff of the Eighth Army from 1944 to 1945. Between 1961 and 1968 he served as Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.[2] A fervent supporter of horseriding and fox hunting he was killed in a riding accident at the age of 69.[2]
The Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School in Aylesbury is named after him.[2]
References
The original article can be found at Sir Henry Floyd, 5th Baronet and the edit history here.