George Holford

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Lindsay Holford KCVO CIE CBE (2 June 1860 – 11 September 1926)[1] was a British Army officer and courtier.

When the Duke died in 1892 an official Memoir was published in his honour and George's journal was used to outline the Prince's activities when he was in India.

[3] An extract from the journal paints a colourful picture of his life in India with Prince Albert: His Royal Highness received separate visits from about five-and twenty of the principal chiefs and natives, each coming with his attendants and staying about five minutes.

Soon after the Boer War began in 1899, George decided to temporarily relinquish his post of equerry and rejoin his regiment who were at the front in South Africa.

"[5] The New York Times made similar comments, saying "Among the latest distinguished men going to South Africa is Captain Holford who is one of the closest friends of the Prince of Wales and his equerry.

The weapon passed all tests, and the final demonstration at Rainham, Essex, in front of King George V and other notables was a great success.

However, any notion of purchasing the Madsen, to the annoyance of Colonel Holford, Admiral Jackie Fisher and others, was scotched by General Maxse, a Lewis gun enthusiast.

On few estates has the autumnal colouring of deciduous tress been so cleverly used by harmony and contrast, as, for instance, in the planting of Norway maples and glaucous Atlantic cedars.

In 1912 he married the recently widowed Susannah Menzies (daughter of the shipowner Arthur Wilson) at the Chapel Royal, St James.

They frequently stayed at Westonbirt, and Stewart Menzies (later Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service) was allowed to use Dorchester House as his London residence.