Robert Biddulph

General Sir Robert Biddulph, (26 August 1835 – 18 November 1918) was a senior British Army officer. He served as Quartermaster-General to the Forces in 1893, and was then Governor of Gibraltar until 1900.

Military career Educated at Twyford School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Biddulph was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1853. He served in the Crimean War and was present at the Siege of Sevastopol in 1854. Later that year, he became Governor of Gibraltar, serving as such until 1900.

His final appointment, in 1904, was as Army Purchase Commissioner: in that capacity he abolished the purchase of commissions. Biddulph's Gate in Famagusta in Cyprus is named after him.

Family Biddulph was the son of Robert Biddulph, MP. In 1864 he married Sophia Lambert and together they went on to have four sons and six daughters.