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{{Short description|British Indian Army officer, colonial administrator and courtier (1866–1955)}}
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|name= Sir Arthur Bannerman
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|death_date= {{death date and age|1955|4|27|1866|02|20|df=y}}
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|rank= [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]]
|branch=[[British Indian Army|Indian Army]]
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|unit= [[Indian Staff Corps]]
|battles= [[First World War]]
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[[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]] '''Sir Arthur D'Arcy Gordon Bannerman, 12th Baronet''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|KCVO|CIE}} (20 February 1866 – 27 April 1955) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer, colonial administrator and courtier.

Bannerman was the son of Colonel Patrick Wilson Bannerman and Flora Lindsay Vanrenen. He was educated at [[Harrow School]] before attending the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].

He commissioned into the [[Indian Staff Corps]] and was promoted to captain on 29 August 1896.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=26795 |page=6275 |date=17 November 1896}}</ref> In 1903 he was invested as [[Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] after having been Secretary of the Executive Committee for the 1903 [[Delhi Durbar]].<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=11527 |page=617 |city=e |date=30 June 1903}}</ref> He saw active service during the [[First World War]], before becoming Political Resident in Jammu and Kashmir in 1917. Bannerman held the post until 1921, when he became Political [[Aide-de-Camp]] to the [[Secretary of State for India]], serving in the role until 1928. That year he was made [[Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]].

In 1928 he became a [[Gentleman Usher]] to [[George V]]. On 10 March 1934 he succeeded a cousin, [[Sir Alexander Bannerman, 11th Baronet]], as [[baronet]]. He subsequently served as an Extra Gentleman Usher to [[Edward VIII]], [[George VI]] and [[Elizabeth II]] successively until his death in 1955.<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=34306 |supp=y |page=4665 |date=20 July 1936}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette| issue=34376 |page=1407 |date=2 March 1937}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette| issue=39616 |supp=y |page=4198 |date=5 August 1952}}</ref>

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