John Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone.
British soldier and politician (1868–1947)
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About John Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone
John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone,, also known as Jack Seely, was a British Army general and politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1904 and a Liberal MP from 1904 to 1922 and from 1923 to 1924. He was Secretary of State for War for the two years prior to the First World War, before being forced to resign as a result of the Curragh Incident. He led one of the last great cavalry charges in history at the Battle of Moreuil Wood on his war horse Warrior in March 1918. Seely was a great friend of Winston Churchill and the only former cabinet minister to go to the front in 1914 and still be there four years later.
Everything about John Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone →- Occupation
- politician, non-fiction writer, military officer, minister
- Position held
- Secretary of State for War, Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, member of the 33rd Parliament of the United Kingdom, member of the 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- May 31, 1868, 1868
- Died
- November 7, 1947, 1947