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	'''Christopher Bromhead Birdwood, 2nd Baron Birdwood''', [[Royal Victorian Order\|MVO]] (22 May 1899 – 5 January 1962), was a British [[hereditary peer]], soldier and author.<ref name="Fraser1962">{{cite journal \|last1=Fraser‐Tytler \|first1=W. K. \|title=In memoriam \|journal=Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society \|date=1 April 1962 \|volume=49 \|issue=2 \|pages=116–119 \|doi=10.1080/03068376208731770 \|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03068376208731770?journalCode=raaf19 \|issn=0035-8789\|url-access=subscription}}</ref>		'''Christopher Bromhead Birdwood, 2nd Baron Birdwood''', [[Royal Victorian Order\|MVO]] (22 May 1899 – 5 January 1962), was a British [[hereditary peer]], soldier and author.<ref name="Fraser1962">{{cite journal \|last1=Fraser‐Tytler \|first1=W. K. \|title=In memoriam \|journal=Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society \|date=1 April 1962 \|volume=49 \|issue=2 \|pages=116–119 \|doi=10.1080/03068376208731770 \|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03068376208731770?journalCode=raaf19 \|issn=0035-8789\|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

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	Christopher Birdwood had a strong interest in humanitarian affairs: after World War 2 he was briefly Head of the [[British Red Cross]], and later Chairman of the Hungarian Relief Fund. His concern about the spreading influence of communism during the "cold war" was exhibited in his speeches in the [[House of Lords]], in becoming a Director of the Free Czechoslovak Information Service (1954–1961), his involvement in the British Tibet Society, and in numerous articles for the British press.{{cn\|date=December 2022}}		Christopher Birdwood had a strong interest in humanitarian affairs: after World War 2 he was briefly Head of the [[British Red Cross]], and later Chairman of the Hungarian Relief Fund. His concern about the spreading influence of communism during the "cold war" was exhibited in his speeches in the [[House of Lords]], in becoming a Director of the Free Czechoslovak Information Service (1954–1961), his involvement in the British Tibet Society, and in numerous articles for the British press.{{cn\|date=December 2022}}

	His son from his first marriage, [[Mark Birdwood, 3rd Baron Birdwood\|Mark William Ogilvie Birdwood]] (1938–2015), succeeded to the title.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11774268/Lord-Birdwood-obituary.html\|title=Lord Birdwood – obituary\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|date=30 July 2015\|accessdate=31 July ~~2022~~}}</ref>		His son from his first marriage, [[Mark Birdwood, 3rd Baron Birdwood\|Mark William Ogilvie Birdwood]] (1938–2015), succeeded to the title.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11774268/Lord-Birdwood-obituary.html\|title=Lord Birdwood – obituary\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|date=30 July 2015\|accessdate=31 July 2015}}</ref>

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	'''Christopher Bromhead Birdwood, 2nd Baron Birdwood''', [[Royal Victorian Order\|MVO]] (22 May 1899 – 5 January 1962), was a British [[hereditary peer]], soldier and author.		{{Use British English\|date=March 2022}}
			'''Christopher Bromhead Birdwood, 2nd Baron Birdwood''', [[Royal Victorian Order\|MVO]] (22 May 1899 – 5 January 1962), was a British [[hereditary peer]], soldier and author.<ref name="Fraser1962">{{cite journal \|last1=Fraser‐Tytler \|first1=W. K. \|title=In memoriam \|journal=Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society \|date=1 April 1962 \|volume=49 \|issue=2 \|pages=116–119 \|doi=10.1080/03068376208731770 \|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03068376208731770?journalCode=raaf19 \|issn=0035-8789\|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
	The son of Field Marshal [[William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood\|Lord Birdwood]] and Janetta Hope Gonville Bromhead (daughter of Sir Benjamin Parnell Bromhead, [[Bromhead baronets\|4th Baronet]],~~<ref>http://thepeerage.com/p14257.htm#i142566 {{Bare URL inline\|date=June 2021}}</ref>~~ and niece of [[Gonville Bromhead]], [[Victoria Cross\|VC]]), Christopher Birdwood was baptised at [[Twickenham]], London, England.		The son of Field Marshal [[William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood\|Lord Birdwood]] and Janetta Hope Gonville Bromhead (daughter of Sir Benjamin Parnell Bromhead, [[Bromhead baronets\|4th Baronet]], and niece of [[Gonville Bromhead]], [[Victoria Cross\|VC]]), Christopher Birdwood was baptised at [[Twickenham]], London, England.

	He was educated at [[Clifton College]] "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p326: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948 and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], Berkshire.		He was educated at [[Clifton College]]<ref>"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p326: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948</ref> and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], Berkshire.

	== Military career ==		== Military career ==
	Birdwood was commissioned as a second lieutenant on to the Unattached List, Indian Army on 21 December 1917. In France he was [[Aide-de-Camp]] to the General Officer Commanding the [[Australian Corps]] and 5th Army, his father, from 10 March 1918 to 28 February 1919. For his service he was [[Mentioned in Despatches]]. He was decorated with the [[Order of Aviz]] of [[Portugal]].<ref>London Gazette 21 August 1919</ref>		Birdwood was commissioned as a second lieutenant on to the Unattached List, [[British Indian Army]] on 21 December 1917. In France he was [[Aide-de-Camp]] to the General Officer Commanding the [[Australian Corps]] and 5th Army, his father, from 10 March 1918 to 28 February 1919.{{cn\|date=December 2022}} For his service he was [[Mentioned in Despatches]].{{cn\|date=December 2022}} He was decorated with the [[Order of Aviz]] of [[Portugal]].<ref>London Gazette 21 August 1919</ref>{{full\|date=December 2022}}

	He arrived in India on 10 April 1919, was appointed to the Indian Army on 15 April 1919 and posted to the [[11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers\|King Edward VII's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse)]] of the [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]]. As per the ''[[London Gazette]]'' of 12 September 1919 he was promoted lieutenant, antedated to 22 December 1918, but not until the French Republic conferred the Chevalier de la [[Légion d'honneur]] for helping save La Patrie.<ref>10614 Supplement to the London Gazette, 21 August 1919, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31514/supplement/10614/data.pdf</ref> In the same year he fought in the [[Waziristan campaign 1919–1920\|Waziristan Campaign]] between 1919 and 1920. In February 1920 he was promoted Acting Captain whilst attached to the 2/76th Punjabis, additionally being made Adjutant in July 1920. Birdwood returned to the 11th KEO Lancers by March 1921, by which time they had amalgamated with the 12th Cavalry to form [[5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse]], so named after ~~a secretary to Queen Victoria~~. He was eventually promoted to captain on 21 December 1921.		He arrived in India on 10 April 1919, was appointed to the Indian Army on 15 April 1919 and posted to the [[11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers\|11th King Edward VII's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse)]] of the [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]]. As per the ''[[London Gazette]]'' of 12 September 1919 he was promoted lieutenant, antedated to 22 December 1918, but not until the French Republic conferred the Chevalier de la [[Légion d'honneur]] for helping save La Patrie.<ref>10614 Supplement to the London Gazette, 21 August 1919, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31514/supplement/10614/data.pdf</ref> In the same year he fought in the [[Waziristan campaign 1919–1920\|Waziristan Campaign]] between 1919 and 1920. In February 1920 he was promoted Acting Captain whilst attached to the 2/76th Punjabis, additionally being made Adjutant in July 1920. Birdwood returned to the 11th KEO Lancers by March 1921, by which time they had amalgamated with the 12th Cavalry to form [[5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse]], so named after [[Dighton Probyn\|General Sir Dighton Macnaghten Probyn, VC, GCB, GCSI, GCVO, ISO, PC.]] He was eventually promoted to captain on 21 December 1921.{{cn\|date=December 2022}}

	Between 1923 and 1925 he served on the North West Frontier with various units of the Frontier Corps. He was Aide-de-Camp to the Commander-in-Chief at India, his father, between 13 May 1929 and 29 November 1930. He was appointed British Officer in Charge of the King's Indian Orderly Officers in 1932, promoted to major on 21 December 1935. He fought in the Waziristan Campaign again between 1936 and 1937. He was appointed a Squadron Commander in Probyn's Horse 15 January 1938, but was appointed Commandant of the Governors Body Guard, Bombay on 21 March 1938. He was again appointed British Officer in Charge of the King's Indian Orderly Officers in 1939. For this service he was invested as a [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order]] (MVO) in 1939.<ref>London Gazette 8 June 1939</ref> During the [[Second World War]], he returned with Probyn's Horse in August 1940 and rose to become temporary second in command by April 1942, later he served on the Staff. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 21 December 1943 but was retired due to ill-health on 4 June 1945.		Between 1923 and 1925 he served on the North West Frontier with various units of the Frontier Corps. He was Aide-de-Camp to the Commander-in-Chief at India, his father, between 13 May 1929 and 29 November 1930. He was appointed British Officer in Charge of the King's Indian Orderly Officers in 1932, promoted to major on 21 December 1935. He fought in the Waziristan Campaign again between 1936 and 1937. He was appointed a Squadron Commander in Probyn's Horse 15 January 1938, but was appointed Commandant of the Governors Body Guard, Bombay on 21 March 1938. He was again appointed British Officer in Charge of the King's Indian Orderly Officers in 1939.{{cn\|date=December 2022}} For this service he was invested as a [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order]] (MVO) in 1939.<ref>London Gazette 8 June 1939</ref> During the [[Second World War]], he returned with Probyn's Horse in August 1940 and rose to become temporary second in command by April 1942, later he served on the Staff. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 21 December 1943 but was retired due to ill-health on 4 June 1945.{{cn\|date=December 2022}}

	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==
	He married, firstly, [[Elizabeth Vere Drummond Ogilvie]], daughter of Lieutenant Colonel [[George Drummond Ogilvie\|Sir George Drummond Ogilvie]] and Lorna Rome, on 7 March 1931 at [[Delhi]], India. The couple had a son and daughter; they divorced in 1954.~~<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/birdwood1938.htm\|title=Birdwood, Baron (UK, 1938)\|website=cracroftspeerage.co.uk\|accessdate=31 July 2015}}</ref>~~ In the meantime, he had succeeded to his father's titles on 17 May 1951. He married, secondly, [[Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood\|Joan Pollack Graham]], by then known as Jane, daughter of Christopher Norman Graham, on 22 February 1954. After his death, Lady Birdwood became an activist on the far-right of British politics.		He married, firstly, [[Elizabeth Vere Drummond Ogilvie]], daughter of Lieutenant Colonel [[George Drummond Ogilvie\|Sir George Drummond Ogilvie]] and Lorna Rome, on 7 March 1931 at [[Delhi]], India. The couple had a son and daughter; they divorced in 1954.

			In the meantime, he had succeeded to his father's titles on 17 May 1951. He married, secondly, [[Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood\|Joan Pollack Graham]], by then known as Jane, daughter of Christopher Norman Graham, on 22 February 1954. After his death, Lady Birdwood became an activist on the far-right of British politics.{{cn\|date=December 2022}}

	Christopher Birdwood had a strong interest in humanitarian affairs: after World War 2 he was briefly Head of the British Red Cross, and later Chairman of the Hungarian Relief Fund. His concern about the spreading influence of communism during the "cold war" was exhibited in his speeches in the House of Lords, in becoming a Director of the Free Czechoslovak Information Service (~~1954-1961~~), his involvement in the British Tibet Society, and in numerous articles for the British press.		Christopher Birdwood had a strong interest in humanitarian affairs: after World War 2 he was briefly Head of the [[British Red Cross]], and later Chairman of the Hungarian Relief Fund. His concern about the spreading influence of communism during the "cold war" was exhibited in his speeches in the [[House of Lords]], in becoming a Director of the Free Czechoslovak Information Service (1954–1961), his involvement in the British Tibet Society, and in numerous articles for the British press.{{cn\|date=December 2022}}

	His son from his first marriage, [[Mark Birdwood, 3rd Baron Birdwood\|Mark William Ogilvie Birdwood]] (1938–2015), succeeded to the title.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11774268/Lord-Birdwood-obituary.html\|title=Lord Birdwood – obituary\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|date=30 July 2015\|accessdate=31 July ~~2015~~}}</ref>		His son from his first marriage, [[Mark Birdwood, 3rd Baron Birdwood\|Mark William Ogilvie Birdwood]] (1938–2015), succeeded to the title.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11774268/Lord-Birdwood-obituary.html\|title=Lord Birdwood – obituary\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|date=30 July 2015\|accessdate=31 July 2022}}</ref>

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'''Christopher Bromhead Birdwood, 2nd Baron Birdwood''', [[Royal Victorian Order|MVO]] (22 May 1899 – 5 January 1962), was a British [[hereditary peer]], soldier and author.

== Early life ==
The son of Field Marshal [[William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood|Lord Birdwood]] and Janetta Hope Gonville Bromhead (daughter of Sir Benjamin Parnell Bromhead, [[Bromhead baronets|4th Baronet]],<ref>http://thepeerage.com/p14257.htm#i142566 {{Bare URL inline|date=June 2021}}</ref> and niece of [[Gonville Bromhead]], [[Victoria Cross|VC]]), Christopher Birdwood was baptised at [[Twickenham]], London, England.

He was educated at [[Clifton College]] "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p326: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948 and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], Berkshire.

== Military career ==
Birdwood was commissioned as a second lieutenant on to the Unattached List, Indian Army on 21 December 1917. In France he was [[Aide-de-Camp]] to the General Officer Commanding the [[Australian Corps]] and 5th Army, his father, from 10 March 1918 to 28 February 1919. For his service he was [[Mentioned in Despatches]]. He was decorated with the [[Order of Aviz]] of [[Portugal]].<ref>London Gazette 21 August 1919</ref>

He arrived in India on 10 April 1919, was appointed to the Indian Army on 15 April 1919 and posted to the [[11th Prince of Wales's Own Lancers|King Edward VII's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse)]] of the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]]. As per the ''[[London Gazette]]'' of 12 September 1919 he was promoted lieutenant, antedated to 22 December 1918, but not until the French Republic conferred the Chevalier de la [[Légion d'honneur]] for helping save La Patrie.<ref>10614 Supplement to the London Gazette, 21 August 1919, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31514/supplement/10614/data.pdf</ref> In the same year he fought in the [[Waziristan campaign 1919–1920|Waziristan Campaign]] between 1919 and 1920. In February 1920 he was promoted Acting Captain whilst attached to the 2/76th Punjabis, additionally being made Adjutant in July 1920. Birdwood returned to the 11th KEO Lancers by March 1921, by which time they had amalgamated with the 12th Cavalry to form [[5th King Edward's Own Probyn's Horse]], so named after a secretary to Queen Victoria. He was eventually promoted to captain on 21 December 1921.

Between 1923 and 1925 he served on the North West Frontier with various units of the Frontier Corps. He was Aide-de-Camp to the Commander-in-Chief at India, his father, between 13 May 1929 and 29 November 1930. He was appointed British Officer in Charge of the King's Indian Orderly Officers in 1932, promoted to major on 21 December 1935. He fought in the Waziristan Campaign again between 1936 and 1937. He was appointed a Squadron Commander in Probyn's Horse 15 January 1938, but was appointed Commandant of the Governors Body Guard, Bombay on 21 March 1938. He was again appointed British Officer in Charge of the King's Indian Orderly Officers in 1939. For this service he was invested as a [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order]] (MVO) in 1939.<ref>London Gazette 8 June 1939</ref> During the [[Second World War]], he returned with Probyn's Horse in August 1940 and rose to become temporary second in command by April 1942, later he served on the Staff. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 21 December 1943 but was retired due to ill-health on 4 June 1945.

== Personal life ==
He married, firstly, [[Elizabeth Vere Drummond Ogilvie]], daughter of Lieutenant Colonel [[George Drummond Ogilvie|Sir George Drummond Ogilvie]] and Lorna Rome, on 7 March 1931 at [[Delhi]], India. The couple had a son and daughter; they divorced in 1954.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/birdwood1938.htm|title=Birdwood, Baron (UK, 1938)|website=cracroftspeerage.co.uk|accessdate=31 July 2015}}</ref> In the meantime, he had succeeded to his father's titles on 17 May 1951. He married, secondly, [[Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood|Joan Pollack Graham]], by then known as Jane, daughter of Christopher Norman Graham, on 22 February 1954. After his death, Lady Birdwood became an activist on the far-right of British politics.

Christopher Birdwood had a strong interest in humanitarian affairs: after World War 2 he was briefly Head of the British Red Cross, and later Chairman of the Hungarian Relief Fund. His concern about the spreading influence of communism during the "cold war" was exhibited in his speeches in the House of Lords, in becoming a Director of the Free Czechoslovak Information Service (1954-1961), his involvement in the British Tibet Society, and in numerous articles for the British press.

His son from his first marriage, [[Mark Birdwood, 3rd Baron Birdwood|Mark William Ogilvie Birdwood]] (1938–2015), succeeded to the title.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11774268/Lord-Birdwood-obituary.html|title=Lord Birdwood – obituary|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=30 July 2015|accessdate=31 July 2015}}</ref>

==Works==

* ''The Worcestershire Regiment, 1922–1950'' (Gale & Polden, 1952)
* ''A Continent Decides'' (Praeger, 1954)
* ''Two Nations and Kashmir'' (Robert Hale, 1956)
* ''Nuri as-Said: a study in Arab leadership'' (Cassell, 1959)
* ''A Continent Experiments'' (Literary Licensing, 2013). {{ISBN|1258605570}}.

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|crest = Out of a Mural Crown Gules a Martlet Argent between two Branches of Laurel proper
|escutcheon = Azure five Martlets two two and one within an Inescutcheon voided a representation of the [[Crux#Cultural significance|Southern Cross]] all Argent
|supporters=Dexter: a Sergeant of the XIIth (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers mounted on a Bay Horse; Sinister: a Sikh Daffadar of the XIth (Prince of Wales's Own) Bengal Lancers mounted on a Chestnut Horse, both habited and accoutred proper
|motto = In Bello Quies (Calm in action)
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Internet Archive film clip|id=gov.archives.arc.95823|description="Longines Chronoscope with Lord Christopher B. Birdwood"}}

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