Major General the Right Honourable Ivor John Caradoc Herbert, 1St Baron Treowen, Bt, CB, CMG, Kstj General Officer Commanding the Canadian Militia 1890–1895

Major General The Right Honourable Ivor John Caradoc Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen, Bt, CB, CMG, KStJ General Officer Commanding the Canadian Militia 1890–1895

Born: 15 July 1851 Llanarth Court, Llanarth in Monmouthshire Married: 31 July 1873 The Honourable Albertina Agnes Mary Denison Daughter: 1879 Mary Ursula Herbert (1879-1969) Son: 13/01/1881 Elydir John Bernard Herbert (KIA 12/11/1917) Died: 18 October 1933 Llanarth Court, Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales

Honours 20/06/1917 Baron Baron Treowen of Treowen & Llanarth Monmouth 16/07/1907+ Bt Baronet of llanarth & Treowen County Monmouth 26/08/1890+ CB Companion of the Order of the Bath 08/08/1895+ CMG Companion of the Order of St. Michael & St. George KStJ Knight Commander of the Order of St. John 07/12/1901a Commander Order of the Crown (Italy)

Military 1870 Ensign Grenadier Guards 1889 Colonel Military Attache at St. Petersburg, Russia 1890 Major-General General Officer Commanding the Canadian Militia 1896 Colonel The Grenadier Guards 1899 Major-General 2nd Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902) received Order of the Crown of Italy \ where he was responsible for foreign representatives in the country Civilian 1906 MP Member of Parliament for South Monmouthshire (to 1917) 20/06/1917 Lord Created Baron and elevated to the House of Lords

Honours from the London Gazette

Whitehall, June 26, 1917. The KING has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to confer the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom upon Sir Ivor John Caradoo Herbert, Baronet, C.B., C.M.G., Honorary Major-General on the retired List of the Army, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Treowen, of Treowen and Llanarth, in the county of Monmouth.

Whitehall, July 15, 1907. The KING has been pleased to direct the preparation of Warrants, under His Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, authorizing Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, conferring the dignity of a Baronet of the said United Kingdom upon each of the undermentioned Gentlemen, and the heirs male of their respective bodies lawfully begotten: — Ivor John Caradoc Herbert, of Llanarth and Treowen, in the county of Moumouth, Esquire, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Colonel in the Army.

Chancery of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George* Downing Street, August 9, 1895. THE Queen has been graciously pleased to give directions for-the following appointment to the Most Distinguished Ord.er of Saint Michael and Saint George : ..... To be an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companions of the said Most Distinguished Order:— Colonel Ivor John Caradoc'Herbert, C.B., Major and Lieutenant-Colonel. Grenadier Guards, lately Major-General commanding the Militia of the Dominion of Canada.

War Office, August 26, 1890 THE Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following appointments to the Most Honourable Order of the Bath: To be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companion of the said Most Honourable Order, viz.:— Major and Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel Ivor John Caradoe Herbert, Grenadier Guards, Military Attache at St. Petersburg August 1890