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==Early career==
After education at [[Eton College|Eton]], he [[Purchase of commissions in the British Army|purchased a commission]] in the [[King's Royal Rifle Corps|60th Rifles]] in May 1858.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22142|page=2518|date=21 May 1858 }}</ref> He served in the [[Second Opium War]] and was promoted [[Captain (land and air)|captain]] before taking part in the Canadian [[Wolseley Expedition|Red River Expedition]] of 1870. In 1873–74, he was the intelligence officer under [[Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley|Lord Wolseley]] during the [[Anglo-Ashanti wars|Ashanti campaign]], during which he was slightly wounded at the [[Battle of Ordabai]]. He was promoted to [[Major (rank)|major]] and appointed a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]].