Allegiance United Kingdom Name John Maurice Service/branch British Army | Years of service 1861–1912 Rank Major General Grandchildren Joan Robinson | |
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Battles/wars Anglo-Ashanti Wars
Zulu War Relations Frederick Maurice (father)
Frederick Barton Maurice (son)
Joan Robinson (grand-daughter) Died 1912, Camberley, United Kingdom Books Military History of the Campaign of 1882 in Egypt Battles and wars Anglo-Ashanti wars, Anglo-Zulu War | ||
Children Frederick Barton Maurice Parents Frederick Denison Maurice | ||
Major-General Sir John Frederick Maurice KCB (1841–1912) was an English soldier, born in London. He studied at the Royal India Military College, Addiscombe, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and entered the Royal Artillery in 1861. He was private secretary to Sir Garnet Wolseley in the Ashanti Campaign of 1873–1874; served in the Zulu War in 1880; was deputy assistant adjutant general of the Egyptian expedition in 1882; and was brevetted colonel in 1885. In 1885–1892 Maurice was professor of military history at the Staff College and in 1895 he was promoted to major general. Later in his career he was commander of the Woolwich District until 1902.
In 1905 Maurice was part of a team which went to Berlin to negotiate with the Germans on the problems of the Navy estimates and the escalating threat posed to the Empire. In January 1906 news was leaked to The Times that implicated him in the leaking of war materiel purchases, which he had discussed. Campbell-Bannerman complained to Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign Secretary
"...an outrageous interview with Genl. Sir F. Maurice in a French paper, describing all that wd. happen if Germany & France went to war; how we of course should join France...."
Later in the same parliament British government policy evolved around Grey's adherence to the Entente Cordiale and the British willingness to defend the neutrality of the Low Countries.
His reputation depends chiefly on his military writings, which include: