Frederick Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry
British Army officer and Anglo-Irish peer
About Frederick Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry
Lived 1861 – 1923 (aged 61). Frederick Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry was a British military personnel.
Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Rossmore Wauchope Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry, (11 December 1861 – 23 September 1923), was a British Army officer and Anglo-Irish peer.
Ventry was the son of The 4th Baron Ventry and Harriet Wauchope. He was given the additional surname of Eveleigh when his father changed the family name in 1874. He was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
He was commissioned into the 4th Queen's Own Hussars. He fought in the Second Matabele War between 1896 and 1897, being Mentioned in Dispatches twice. On 1 October 1896, he was redirected from the Matabele Campaign with Robert Baden-Powell to create the new police force in Mashonaland. He assembled and trained a force of 580 men by 1 December, 1896. On 7 May 1897 he was decorated as a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. He was promoted to major in 1898 and retired as a lieutenant-colonel. Frederick officially retired from the military in the year 1901 at the age of 40. However, he was titled The Commissioner of Police in Mashonaland. He served as Deputy Lieutenant of County Kerry in the year 1902 during his residence in Burnham House, Dingle. Frederick succeeded to his father's title on 8 February 1914. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his nephew. His estate totalled £92 644 at the time of his death. In his will, he requested that £1 500 be left to his nurse, Miss M.L. Shelmerdene, provisions for John Gilbert de Moleyns, annuity to Edward Dayrolles, and the remainder to his brother Arthur William de Moleyns, the 6th Baron Ventry.
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British Army officer and Anglo-Irish peer
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Frederick Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry was born on 11 December 1861.
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Frederick Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry died on 22 November 1923.
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Frederick Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry was a military personnel.
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Frederick Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry was British.
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