Sir Gerald Grove, 3rd Baronet (18 December 1886 – 3 March 1962) was an army officer and

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.Desmond Hawkins (1995). ''The Grove diaries: the rise and fall of an English family, 1809–1925.'' University of Delaware Press, He was one of the

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.''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage., Volume 1.'' Burke's Peerage Ltd., 1937

Life and career

His father was Sir Walter Grove and his mother was the essayist Geraldine, Lady Grove. He was educated at

Sherborne School (God and My Right) , established = 705 by Aldhelm, re-founded by King Edward VI 1550 , closed = , type = Public school Independent, boarding school , religion = Church of England , president = , chair_label = Chairman of the governors ...

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. Grove joined the

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in 1911 and served during

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in the

South-West Africa Campaign The South West Africa campaign was the conquest and occupation of German South West Africa by forces from the Union of South Africa acting on behalf of the British imperial government at the beginning of the First World War. Background The ...

and East African Campaign and with the

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, rising to rank of lieutenant.Staff report (1962). Obituary. ''East Africa and Rhodesia, Volume 38.'' Africana, p. 695 He was co-director of the 1929 film '' A Dangerous Woman'' and served in technical advisory roles in ''

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'', ''

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'', and the 1930 version of '' Raffles''. After holding several government positions, he succeeded to his title on 9 February 1932 and died unmarried 30 years later. He had inherited the manor of

Sedgehill Sedgehill is a former civil parish, with scattered small settlements, now within Sedgehill and Semley civil parish in the southwest of the English county of Wiltshire. It lies to the west of the A350 primary route, about north of Shaftesbury, ...

, Wiltshire, which was sold after his death.

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* 1886 births 1962 deaths British South Africa Police officers King's African Rifles officers British Army personnel of World War I People educated at Sherborne School Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom {{UK-film-bio-stub