Editing Redvers Buller (section)

==First Boer War, Sudan and Ireland==
In the [[First Boer War]] of 1881 he was Sir [[Evelyn Wood (British Army officer)|Evelyn Wood]]'s chief of staff and the following year was again head of intelligence, this time in the [[Egypt]] campaign, and was knighted.

He had married Audrey, the daughter of the [[John Townshend, 4th Marquess Townshend|4th Marquess Townshend]], in 1882 and in the same year was sent to the [[Sudan]] in command of an infantry brigade and fought at the battles of [[Battle of El Teb|El Teb]] and [[Battle of Tamai|Tamai]], and the expedition to relieve General Gordon in 1885. He was promoted to major-general. He was sent to Ireland in 1886, to head an inquiry into moonlighting by police personnel. He returned to the Army as [[Quartermaster-General to the Forces]] the following year and in 1890 promoted to [[Adjutant-General to the Forces]], becoming a [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant general]] on 1 April 1891.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26152|page=2061|date=14 April 1891}}</ref> He was appointed [[Colonel (United Kingdom)#Honorary Colonel|Honorary Colonel]] of the [[1st (Exeter and South Devon) Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment]], on 4 May 1892.<ref>''Army List''.</ref> Although expected to be made Commander-in-Chief of the British Army by [[Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery|Lord Rosebery]]'s government on the retirement of the [[Prince George, Duke of Cambridge|Duke of Cambridge]] in 1895, this did not happen because the government was replaced and [[Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley|Lord Wolseley]] was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army instead. On 24 June 1896 Buller was promoted to full [[General (United Kingdom)|General]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26759|page=4095|date=17 July 1896}}</ref>