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] and an author.
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(s) | Soldier and author |
| Years active | 1877–1925 |
| Children | Lieut-Colonel Howard Montague Bulmer de Sales La Terriere |
He was born at Alstone Lawn in Gloucestershire,[3] educated at Eton College, Magdalen College, Oxford[4] and at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[5] 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.[6][7]
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.[8][9] The autobiography received favourable reviews in The Times shortly after its publication.[10] 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"[4]
Notes
edit- ^ a b 'The Nobilities of Europe'
- ^ Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, yr.1919
- ^ The History of Alstone; Vol. 1 Archived April 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b The Oscholars Library: Commentary on Days That Are Gone and Bulmer De Sales La Terriere
- ^ "Read the eBook the county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland .. (Volume ed.59, yr.1919) by Edward Walford online for free (Page 102 of 415)".
- ^ "No. 27400". The London Gazette. 24 January 1902. p. 513.
- ^ "Exons of the Yeomen of the Guard". Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ Google books: Days That Are Gone
- ^ World Cat Titles: Days That Are Gone
- ^ The Times. Friday, May 23rd 1924. pg 8
References
edit- (in 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