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"HENRY SINCLAIR HORNE HORNE, 1ST Baron, (1861-), British general, was born Feb. I 1861. He joined the Royal Artillery in 1880 and served on the staff throughout the South African War, taking part in Lord Roberts' advance from Cape Colony through the Orange Free State into the Transvaal and in various later operations, for which he was made a brevet lieutenant-colonel. He was promoted colonel in 1906, and from 1910-2 was staff officer for artillery at Aldershot; he then became inspector of artillery, and in Aug. 1914 he went to France in command of the artillery of the I. Army Corps.

He was promoted major-general for distinguished service in Oct. 1914, and in the following Jan. was given charge of the 2nd Division, which position he filled until Nov., when he went out to the Near East with Lord Kitchener. At the end of the year he was given charge of the XV. Army Corps in Egypt and he took this to France in April 1916 and commanded it during the opening phases of the battle of the Somme. His method of employing his guns during these operations attracted much attention and was signally successful, as was recognized by his being given the K.C.B. and by his being chosen in Sept. to succeed Sir C. Monro as leader of the I. Army. He was promoted lieutenant-general at the beginning of 1917, and his troops achieved very marked success during the fighting that took place about Arras and Lens in the spring. They took no part in the Flanders offensive later in the year, but when the enemy in March and April 1918 made his great effort they repulsed all attacks that were made upon their front. Then, when the Allies' counter-offensive developed in the late summer, their part in the final victories was conspicuous. For his services he was at the beginning of 1919 advanced to the rank of full general and on the final distribution of honours he was raised to the peerage as Baron Horne of Stirkoke and received a grant of £30,000.