Lt.-Col. Frederick Eveleigh-de Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry, DSO, DL

Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Rossmore Wauchope Eveleigh-de Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry DSO DL (11 December 1861 - 22 November 1923) was a British Army officer and peer.

Deaths Sept. 1923

• DE MOLEYNS Frederick R W E Baron Ventry 61 Steyning 2b 296

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• Son of Dayrolles Blakeney Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry and Harriet Wauchope. He was given the additional surname of Eveleigh when his father changed the family name in 1874.
• Educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
• Commissioned into the 4th Queen's Own Hussars.
• Fought in the Second Matabele War between 1896 and 1897, being Mentioned in Dispatches twice.
• 1897 decorated as a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.
• Promoted to major in 1898 and retired as a lieutenant-colonel.
• Succeeded to his father's title on 8 February 1914.

Ventry served as Deputy Lieutenant of County Kerry. He died unmarried and was succeeded by his nephew.

• First Name: F R W, Hon
• Surname: Eveleigh-De Moleyns
• Nationality: British
• Information: Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel. Late Half Pay.
• Further Information: Officer serving with Militia, Territorial Army, Supplementary Reserve, Oversea Forces (Execpt Union of South Africa Defence Forces), or holding a temporary commission, who had service in any of the several theatres of war overseas. [The entry of this symbol is made as such Officers are not shown in the Gradation List of the Half-Yearly Army List],
• Rank: Major
• Gallantry Awards: Distinguished Service Order
• Service: British Army
• Regiment: 4Th Hussars
• Battalion: Reserve of Officers
• Seniority Date: 02/03/1898
• Collection: UK Army List 1911 - https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk (subscription needed)