Major-General Theodore Edward Stephenson

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Major-General Theodore Edward Stephenson

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Birthplace: Melcombe Regis St John, Weymouth, Dorset, England (United Kingdom)
Death: January 19, 1928 (71)
London
Immediate Family:

Son of John Stephenson; Canon John Stephenson and Georgiana Phipps Stephenson
Husband of Philippa Anna Frederica Stephenson and Phillipa Watson Stephenson
Father of Phillipa Emily Stephenson

Managed by: Richard J. Edward Atkinson
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About Major-General Theodore Edward Stephenson

Major-General Theodore Edward Stephenson CB (1856–1928) was a British Army officer who commanded 2nd Division.

Military career Educated at Marlborough College,[1] Stephenson was commissioned into the 56th Regiment of Foot in 1874.[2] He served in the Second Boer War in which he commanded a column which took part in the attack on Plessis Poort.[3] In his final despatch from South Africa in June 1902, Lord Kitchener, Commander-in-Chief of the forces during the latter part of the war, described Stephenson as "an excellent Officer, who has displayed good sense wherever he has been employed".[4]

He also served in the Zulu Rebellion of 1905 and became General Officer Commanding 6th Division in 1906, General Officer Commanding 2nd Division in 1907[5] and Commander of the Troops in the Straits Settlements in 1910.[3] He served in World War I as General Officer Commanding 65th (2nd Lowland) Division before retiring in 1918.[3]

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Major-General Theodore Edward Stephenson's Timeline

1856
March 28, 1856
Melcombe Regis St John, Weymouth, Dorset, England (United Kingdom)
1891
March 6, 1891
95 Gloucester Place, Marylebone, London
1928
January 19, 1928
Age 71
London