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Charles O'Brien (colonial administrator)

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and sank with the loss of nearly 700 of her 800 passengers, one of the worst maritime disasters in British history. All six ensigns later went on to become distinguished senior officers and held occasional reunion dinners to commemorate their luck that day.
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in the South African honours list published on 26 June 1902, and retired from the Army in March 1903.
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from 1901 to 1908, during which time he frequently acted as Commissioner. He was promoted
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on 26 December 1902 Selina Beatrice Elphinstone, fourth daughter of
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in October 1897. From April 1886 to January 1890 he served as
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in Burma and from April 1894 to 1899 he was adjutant of the
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Index

Charles Richard Mackey O'Brien
KCMG

British
Felsted School
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
British Army
Gambia
Seychelles
Barbados
Sierra Leone
Companion
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Lieutenant-Colonel
KCMG
British Army
Sir Terence O'Brien
Heligoland
Newfoundland
Felsted School
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
30th Regiment of Foot
East Lancashire Regiment
ensigns
Gravesend
Woolwich
musketry
SS Princess Alice
Gallion's Reach
SS Bywell Castle

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