Bulmer de Sales La Terriere
| Bulmer de Sales La Terriere | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Fenwick Bulmer de Sales La Terriere Alstone, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
| Died |
23 June 1925 (aged 69) London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Soldier and author |
| Years active | 1877–1925 |
| Children | Lieut-Colonel Howard Montague Bulmer de Sales La Terriere |
Fenwick Bulmer de Sales La Terriere (1856–1925) was a Colonel of the British Army, Knight of the Order of the Medjidie,[1] a member of the French nobility,[2][3] and an author.
He was born at Alstone Lawn in Gloucestershire,[4] educated at Eton College, Magdalen College, Oxford[5] and at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[6] He claimed to be descended from the French aristocracy, namely the Comte de Sales de Saint Salvy.[1]
He joined the army, serving in the 5th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, and later as Captain of the 18th Hussars. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-colonel. From 18 January 1902, he was an Exon of the King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.[7][8]
In 1924, de Sales La Terriere's autobiography, Days that Are Gone, being the Recollections of some Seventy Years of the Life of a very ordinary Gentleman and his Friends in Three Reigns was published.[9][10] The autobiography received favourable reviews in The Times shortly after its publication.[11] De Sales La Terriere was a luminary of fashionable society at the time, although the Oscholars Library called his opinions of Oscar Wilde "conservative and rather naïve"[5]
Notes
- 1 2 'The Nobilities of Europe'
- ↑ Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, yr.1919
- ↑ The Peerage, The Peerage: Jean Pierre de Sales
- ↑ The History of Alstone; Vol. 1 Archived April 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- 1 2 The Oscholars Library: Commentary on Days That Are Gone and Bulmer De Sales La Terriere
- ↑
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27400. p. 513. 24 January 1902.
- ↑ Exons of the Yeomen of the Guard
- ↑ Google books: Days That Are Gone
- ↑ World Cat Titles: Days That Are Gone
- ↑ The Times. Friday, May 23rd 1924. pg 8
References
- (French) La famille de Sales Laterrière, H-R Casgrain (1870)
- Andres, Bernard. L'enigme de Sales Laterriere. Montreal, Quebec Amerique, 2000. ISBN 978-2-7644-0050-0
- Image of Col. de Sales La Terriere with the Yeomen of the Guard before opening of Parliament