Brigadier General Rodolph Ladeveze Adlercron, (5 July 1873 – 12 June 1966) was a

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officer and local politician.

Early life and family

Rodolph Ladeveze Adlercron was born on 5 July 1873, the second son of George Rothe Ladeveze Adlercron (died 1884), of Moyglare,

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, and his wife Aloÿse Blanche Lilias, second daughter of Baron Godefroi de Blonay, of Vernand,

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."Adlercron, Brig.-Gen. Rodolph Ladeveze"
''Who Was Who'' (online edition), Oxford University Press, 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2016. In 1910, Adlercron married Hester (died 1939), younger daughter of John Chandler Bancroft (died 1901), of

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in the United States, and had four daughters:Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
''Armorial Families''
7th edition, vol. 1 (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1929), p. 14 Lillias Nina Aloyse (born 1911), Meliora Lavinia (born 1912), Hester Elizabeth (born 1913) and Pauline Aymee Margaret (born 1915). Meliora died in 1930 from injuries sustained in a motoring accident; in 1936, the youngest daughter, Pauline, married John Christopher Morrell Blackie, son of

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, Bishop of Grimsby.

Military career

After schooling at Eton, Adlercron was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 5th Battalion of the

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on 12 February 1892. Following a promotion to lieutenant in 1893, he was transferred at that rank to The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders on 2 June 1894 after Lieutenant F. A. MacFarlan was appointed adjutant. He took part in the

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and

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, being

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in both conflicts. Promotion to Captain followed in 1899, before Adlercron was seconded to be an adjutant in the 4th Battalion of the

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, part of the

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. He was appointed a Brigade Major that October, before promotion to major two years later. Adlercron served on the Western Front during the

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. He was made a Brigade Major in The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in August 1914, and the following October was promoted to temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding a

(TF) unit, the 6th

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. He subsequently commanded the 148th and 124th Infantry Brigades. He was promoted to temporary brigadier general in June 1916 and was promoted that December to brevet lieutenant colonel. By the time the war was over, he had been mentioned in despatches seven times, received the

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and

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, and been appointed a

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. He was placed on the retired list in March 1920 and granted the honorary rank of brigadier general. He was Honorary Colonel of the 6th Battalion of the

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Later life

Adlercron was a Justice of the peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Lincolnshire. In 1946, he was elected onto

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for the Welby division; he was returned again in 1949, and 1952."County Council Elections". ''Sleaford Gazette''. 11 March 1952. p. 1 He died on 12 June 1966.

Heraldry

Adlercron bore the following

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: ''Quarterly 1 and 4 Argent and eagle displayed wings inverted Sable langued Gules membered and ducally crowned Or; 2 and 3 Argent a chevron in point embowed between in chief two mullets and in base a lion rampant all Gules''. Quarters 1 and 4 represented the family of Adlercron, while the other two were for Trapaud.

References

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