James Melville Babington

Lieutenant General Sir James Melville Babington KCB, KCMG was a British Army officer and a renowned leader of cavalry, making a name for himself for his actions in the Second Boer War. He was Commander of the New Zealand Defence Force and one of the most respected British generals in the First World War, in command of the 23rd Division. After the war he was Commander of the British Forces in Italy.

Babington was born in Scotland at Hanley House, Corstorphine, on theJuly 1854 to William Babington and Augusta Mary Melville , daughter of James Moncrieff Melville, writer to the signet. He was a cousin to Sir Anthony Babington.

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