Sunday, 9 July 2017
1613 Alan Gardner
Constituency : Ross 1906-07
Alan unseated the Liberal Unionist Percy Clive.
Alan was a former army captain in the Hussars who'd fought in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 being one of only 5 officers to survive the Battle of Isandlwana. He was seriously wounded at the Battle of Kambula. He also served in Ireland and South Africa. Her reached the rank of colonel.He contested Marylebone East in 1895.
Alan fell ill in the winter of 1907 and went to the Mediterranean to recuperate. He died of pneumonia in Algeciras on Christmas Day 1907. He was 61. Clive reclaimed the seat at the by-election.
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