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John Richard Charles Lambart French, 3rd Earl of Ypres (30 December 1921 – 4 March 1988) was a British soldier and peer, a member of the House of Lords. Born in 1921, French was the son of John French, 2nd Earl of Ypres and his wife Olivia Mary John.
13 de jul. de 2023 · British military officer John Denton Pinkstone French, known as Field Marshal Sir John French, Earl of Ypres, served as the commander in chief of the British Expeditionary Forces...
John French, 1st Viscount French: Last holder: John French, 3rd Earl of Ypres: Remainder to: the 1st Earl’s heirs male of the body lawfully begotten: Subsidiary titles: Viscount French: Status: Extinct: Motto: MALO MORI QUAM FŒDARI (I prefer to die than to be dishonoured)
- 5 June 1922
- John French, 1st Viscount French
- Viscount French
- Peerage of the United Kingdom
Citation. Introduction ↑. Sir John French, 1 st Earl of Ypres (1852-1925), commanded the British Expeditionary Force from 30 July 1914 to 18 December 1915. French was a hard-riding cavalryman, whose exploits during the South African War – when troops under his command relieved Kimberley – had made him one of the most famous soldiers in the Empire.
British Field Marshal Sir John French commanded the British troops on the Western Front for more than a year at the start of World War I. Born on September 28, 1852, in Ripple, Kent, England, French became a soldier in 1874 and served in the South African War (1899–1902).
John Richard Charles Lambart French, 3rd Earl of Ypres was a British soldier and peer, a member of the House of Lords.
Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, PC (28 September 1852 – 22 May 1925), known as Sir John French from 1901 to 1916, and as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a senior British Army officer.
