Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley saw extensive active service in many parts of world, including Afghanistan, South Africa, Egypt, the Ottoman Empire, Malta, Sudan, France and Ireland.
15 Facts About Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley
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Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley was the source of the "interview" with Kaiser Wilhelm II that was the basis of the Daily Telegraph Affair that weakened the Kaiser's political power in Germany.
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Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley attended Eton College from 1866 and gained a commission in the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 13 October 1877.
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Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley was promoted to captain in March 1886 and to the brevet rank of major in the same month.
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Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley was promoted to the substantive rank of major 4 April 1894, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1896.
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Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley then went on a period of half-pay from July 1904.
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In return for his hospitality Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley was given two stained glass windows for the castle and invited to visit the German Army's manoeuvres at Alsace the next year.
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Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley thus wrote up his notes from his meetings and handed them over to a journalist from The Daily Telegraph in September 1908.
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Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley was promoted to major general in March 1913.
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On 1 June 1914, shortly before the outbreak of the First World War, Major General Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley became GOC of the 46th Division, a Territorial Force division, in succession to Major General Hubert Hamilton.
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Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley argued that a change in general would restore morale and asked why over-confident objectives had been set.
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Snow ordered a Court of Inquiry on 4 July 1916 into the actions of the 46th Division during the attack, but before it delivered its findings General Haig as Commander-in-Chief ordered Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley to leave the field and return to England.
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Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley retired from the British Army on 31 July 1919, and ceased to belong to the reserve of officers in August 1924.
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Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley died at the age of 76 on 19 March 1934.
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Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley married Violet Hunter Guthrie on 5 February 1891; she was the daughter of James Alexander Guthrie, 4th Baron of Craigie and her sister Rose Ellinor Guthrie was married to General the Hon Sir Cecil Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley Bingham.