Forty-one years in India: from subaltern to commander-in-chief

Earl Frederick Sleigh Roberts Roberts

1832–1914

A celebrated British field marshal, he became one of the most famous soldiers of the Victorian era after service in India, Afghanistan, and South Africa. His career stretched from the Indian Rebellion of 1857 to the early years of the First World War, giving him an outsized place in the story of the British Empire.