Frank Lucas Netlam Giles

Colonel Frank Lucas Netlam Giles (1879-1930), Royal Engineers, D.S.O. (1915), O.B.E. (1923): British soldier and military attaché.

Giles was only son of the Hon. Frank Giles, ICS (North West Province and Oudh),[1] the son of Frank George Giles (1815-) C.E.,[2] elder son of the canal and railway engineer Francis Giles.

Alfred Giles (1816-1895), MP for Southampton, was a great-uncle and Sir Charles Tyrrell Giles, K.C. (1850-1940), was a first cousin-once-removed. He was educated at Marlborough and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

Giles served in Boer/South African War, 1902 (Queen's Medal, three clasps); was part of European War, 1914-17, the West African Frontier Force (WAFF) / Kamerun Campaign in Kamerun / Cameroons Expeditionary Force 1914-1916 (despatches), and was made Lieutenant-Colonel while serving in France in 1916-18 (despatches).[3]

After the Great War Giles served as British Commissioner on the (Serbo) Yugoslav-Bulgarian International Frontier Commission between 1920 and 1922/23 and the (Serbo) Yugoslav-Albanian International Frontier Commission (Albanian Frontier Commission) between 1922 and 1925. He was promoted to Colonel (temporarily) on 30 May 1925. Military attaché to Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia (SCS) in Belgrade and Athens, 1925-until summer 1929. He was a member of the United Service Club; and lived (1928) at Thurlston House, Fleet, Hants, and with the British Legation, in Belgrade and Athens.[4][5]

Family

Briefcase with initials for Elgiva Mary Giles (1890-1970), younger daughter of Captain Charles Ackland-Allen.

In 1916,[6],[7] in St Hilary, with Lt.-Colonel John Brough, C.M.G., M.V.O., as best man,[8][9] he married Elgiva Mary (1890-1970) younger daughter of Captain Charles Ackland-Allen (1854-1934),[10] JP, of The Cross, St Hilary, Vale of Glamorgan, near Cowbridge, by Gertrude (married, June 1886) daughter of Henry Bearcroft, of Mere Hall at Hanbury near Droitwich, by his wife Ellen Vernon (1831-1902), daughter of Bromsgrove solicitor George Croft Vernon, of the Hanbury Hall family.[11]

His sister-in-law was miss Dorothy Florence Ackland-Allen (1887-1963), F.R.H.S. (Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society); served in Great War 1914-18 with Y.M.C.A. (France), War Office 1917-19; chairman Glamorgan Federation of Women's Institutes, formerly member Glamorgan Women's Land Army Advisory committee; J.P. (1942) Glamorgan; lady of the manor of St Hilary : Lived at The Manor House, St. Hilary, Glamorgan (telephone Cowbridge 218).[12]

Father of Frank Thomas Robertson Giles (born 31 July 1919-) and Elizabeth Elgiva Giles (1917-2005).

References

  1. ↑ Educated at Marlborough College. Served in India from 1873-1898. Secretary and Member of the provisional legislative council November 1893 - January 1894. Superintendent Dehra Dun, 1896. (The India List and India Office List, London, 1905).
  2. ↑ Educated Charterhouse (1826). (LIST of CARTHUSIANS, 1800 TO 1879, edited by William Douglas Parish (1833-1904), Chancellor of Chichester Cathedral, Vicar of Selmeston with Alciston, Sussex, published by Farncombe and Co., Lewes, 1879).
  3. ↑ Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1928.
  4. ↑ 'Who Was Who, Volume III, 1929-1940', London 1941, and, Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1928.
  5. ↑ University College London, [UCL archives, http://archives.ucl.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Browse2.tcl&dsqItem=GIL/1/3&dsqKey=RefNo]. Reference Number GIL/1-12. 1921-1928 : 'The papers chiefly cover Colonel Giles's service on the Albanian Frontier Commission, but the collection also contains papers from his time on the Yugoslav-Bulgarian International Boundary Commission and as a military attaché to Belgrade, Athens and Prague.' Includes Reports of the Albanian Frontier Commission (Commission Internationale de Délimitation des Frontières de L'Albanie), 1922-1926. UCL SSEES.
  6. ↑ Ceremony was performed by the Ven. Archdeacon Edmondes (late of Llandaff).
  7. ↑ FROM the Glamorgan Gazette, 7 July 1916: 'The bride, who was given away by her father, looked charming in a gown of white satin, veiled in ninon, in addition to which she wore a magnificent court train chiefly composed of old Limerick lace (lent by the bride's grandmother, Mrs. Thomas Allen). Her veil was of white tulle, over which was worn an empire wreath of green leaves; and her only ornament was a diamond water-lily brooch, the gift of the bridegroom. She was attended by three bridesmaids-Miss Dorothy Ackland-Allen (sister of the bride) [1887-1960], Miss Edith Read, and Miss Olive Nicholl and Master David Lindsay (in full Highland costume), youngest son of Colonel and Mrs. Morgan Lindsay, Ystrad Mynach. The bridegroom was supported by Lt.-Colonel J. Brough, C.M.G. and M.V.O., R.M.A., as best man. The bridesmaids were attired in picturesque dresses of pink and white flowered chine silk, made in Romney style, and wore large black picture hats, with pink streamers. They carried shower bouquets of pink roses, which, with brooches of the Regimental Badge of the Royal Engineers in gold and enamel, were the gifts of the bridegroom. The bride's mother was gowned in white charmeuse, veiled in black lace, and wore a black hat. She carried a bouquet of mauve sweet peas. A small reception was held after the ceremony at St. Hilary Manor, where the numerous and costly presents were on view. Later in the afternoon, the bride and bridegroom left for London, en route for the New Forest, where the honeymoon will be spent. The bride's going away dress was of beige-coloured cloth, faced with pale pink silk, and a small black hat. Amongst those present at the ceremony were: Mr. F. Giles (father of the bridegroom) the Misses Robertson (aunts of bridegroom); Mrs. Thomas Allen (grandmother of bride) Mr. and Mrs. T. Mansel Franklen; Mrs. Morgan Lindsay, Ystrad Mynach; General and Mrs. Tyler, Llantrithyd; Mrs. Arthur Bearcroft, Worcestershire; Miss Vernon, Worcestershire; Mrs. F. J. Wood; Colonel and Mrs. Edwardes-Vaughan; Major and Mrs. Stewart, Carmarthenshire; Mrs. Powell-Rees, Monmouthshire; Colonel and Mrs. Nicholl, Merthyrmawr; Mrs. Williams, Miskin; Colonel and Mrs. Prichard; Mrs. Jenner, Wenvoe; Mr. Peter Powlett, Monmouthshire; Captain Lionel Lindsay; and many others.'
  8. ↑ Glamorgan Gazette, 7 July 1916.
  9. ↑ MARRIAGE Of MISS ACKLAND-ALLEN. LIST OF PRESENTS. The following is list of wedding presents, which through want of space was unavoidably held over from our last issue:—
    • Bridegroom to Bride: Diamond water-lily brooch.
    • Bride to Bridegroom: Miniature.
    • Captain Ackland-Allen: Gold wrist-Watch.
    • Mrs. Ackland-Allen: Diamond cluster ring and silver and glass match stands.
    • Mr. Giles: Silver Queen Anne tea set.
    • Mr. and Mrs. St. George Caulfield: Silver salver.
    • Miss Robertson: Cheque, and mother of pearl opera glasses.
    • Miss M. Robertson: Cheque. [aunts]
    • Miss A. L. Robertson: Cheque.
    • Mr. and Mrs. Tyrell Giles: Entree dishes.
    • Mrs. Thomas Allen: Silver tea kettle and silver cigarette-box. [grandmother]
    • Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Franklen: Silver fitted dressing case and silver matchbox.
    • Miss Ackland-Allen: Silver cigarette case on chain and silver cigarette lighter. [sister]
    • General and Mrs. Tyler: Pony-skin coat. [Trevor Bruce Tyler (1841-1923), D.L., J.P., of Llantrithyd. Inspector-General of Artillery, India, 1897-1903. (The Indian Biographical Dictionary, 1915)]
    • The Mackintosh and Mrs. Mackintosh: Pearl and enamel brooch. [28th chief of Clan Mackintosh].
    • Colonel and Mrs. Walwyn: Pair of silver sauce boats.
    • Col. Brough: Case of silver liqueur glasses. [best man]
    • Major Travers: Pair of old Sheffield-plate candlesticks.
    • Lady Georgina Vernon [(1840-1928)]: Case of silver buttons and buckle.
    • Sir Harry Vernon [(1834-1920) 1st Baronet MP]: Silver cream jug. [cousin]
    • Miss Vernon: Seed-pearl necklace and bracelet.
    • Miss Talbot: Diamond pendant.
    • Colonel and Mrs. Nicholl: Rosewood work table.
    • Mrs. and Misses Rhodes: Silver chafing dish.
    • Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dobie: Silver dessert dishes.
    • Mr. and Mrs. Powlett: Pair of old sporting prints.
    • Mr. Peter Powlett: Silver napkin ring.
    • Mrs. Arthur Bearcroft: Single-stone amethyst necklace and ear-rings.
    • Mrs. and Miss George Bearcroft: Pair of silver candlesticks.
    • Mrs. F. J. Wood: Pearl horse-shoe brooch.
    • The Staff at St. Hilary Manor: Silver egg- poacher and breakfast dish.
    • Old Servants at The Cottage, St. Hilary, and 42 Connaught Square, London: Silver inkstand.
    • Mrs. Powell Rees: Mahogany occasional table.
    • Miss Hale: Silver porringer.
    • Mrs. Hickman: Spirit flask.
    • Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Williams: Silver coffee pot.
    • Colonel and Mrs. Curre (Ilton Court): Silver milk jug.
    • Colonel R. C. Bond: Muff.
    • Mrs. R. C. Bond: Leather fitted jewel case.
    • Major and Mrs. Stewart: Cut-glass jam jar.
    • Colonel and Mrs. Jerome: Case of silver Salisbury spoons.
    • Captain A. B. Clough: Silver sugar basin. [Arthur Butler Clough (1888-1989), CBE, MC, SGM (Sea Gallantry Medal). Born in Lanarkshire; educated at RMA Woolwich, commissioned into the Royal Engineers, 1909. He was a Lieutenant in Nigeria at the outbreak of the war in 1914 and was sent to the Cameroons, sapper and surveyor attached to a party of Marines engaged in raiding coastal villages. Sent home from West Africa in 1916. Later a Brigadier.]
    • Lady Carey: Brass hot-water cans.
    • Miss Maud Ward: Bronze photo, frame.
    • Mrs. and Misses Booker: Muffin dish.
    • General and Mrs. Rice Nicholl: Silver teacaddy.
    • Miss Charlotte Tyler: Old glass goblets.
    • Archdeacon Edmondes: Old lace scarf.
    • Miss C. C. Hood: Set of glass finger bowls.
    • Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Homfray: French clock.
    • Mrs. Traherne: Opera glasses.
    • Miss Tyler: Topaz ear-rings and pendant.
    • Miss Alma Tyler: Sheffield-plate sugar basin.
    • Servants at 29 Kensington Gate: Silver bonbon dish.
    • Mrs. Dobey: Silver salt cellars.
    • Miss A. T. Dobie: Silver salt cellars.
    • Mrs. Inglefield: Amethyst buttons.
    • Mrs. Edmondes: Enamel and pearl pendant.
    • Major R. M. Tyler: Cheque.
    • Miss Moddridge: Silver cream jug.
    • Rev. Osborn and Mrs. Allen: Cheque.
    • Col. and Mrs. Edwards-Vaughan: Cheque.
    • Mr. John Bain: Cut-glass wine glasses and relic from Field of Balaclava.
    • Mrs. and Miss Mackenzie: Keats' poems.
    • Miss Franklen: Silver pepper pots.
    • Miss Franklen and Miss S. Franklen: Set of silver tea spoons.
    • Colonel and Mrs. Morgan Lindsay: Silver cream jug.
    • Mrs. Williams (Miskin): Umbrella.
    • Mrs. Blair: Mahogany occasional table.
    • Mr. Went: Amber and gold cigarette holder.
    • Mrs. Gould: Silver coffee spoons.
    • Colonel and Mrs. Gascoigne: Silver cream jug.
    • Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Randall: Silver cream jug.
    • Mr. and Mrs. Lyall: Pair of cut-glass salt cellars.
    • Colonel and Mrs. Prichard: Set of old glass goblets.
    • Mr. and Mrs. Percy Hill: Lace handkerchief.
    • Miss Campkin: Longfellow's poems.
    • Mrs. Robert Knight: Glass rose bowl.
    • Sophie and Nicholls: Silver-mounted butter dish.
    • Mr. and Misses Husey: Pair of oak candlesticks.
    • Miss E. Llewellyn: Water colour sketches.
    • Miss L. Llewellyn: Enamel powder box.
    • Miss M. Llewellyn: Early-morning tea set.
    • Mrs. Cook: Book.
    • Miss Gladys Gwynne: Essays of Elia.
    • Mrs. Henry Ward: Leather blotter.
    • Mrs. Stanley Clay Old pastel drawing.
    • Captain and Mrs. Kentish: Silver mustard pot.
    • Colonel and Mrs. Usher: Leather reference rack.
    • Mrs. Jenner: Pair of Worcester vases.
    • Misses Prichard: Pair of glass scent bottles and tray.
    • Mr. and Mrs. Pryse-Rice: Pair of silver spoons.
    • Miss Norah Lloyd: Old brass candlesticks.
    • Rev. T. and Mrs. Cartwright: Old brass hob.
    • Miss Jessie Allen: Set of coffee cups.
    • Tatters, Hamish and Scout: Fitted vanity bag.
    • Cats at St. Hilary Manor: Black mascot cat.
    • William: Pincushion.
    • Miss Moore: Tea cosy.
    • Mrs. Franklen: Cheque.
    • Miss Bates: Cheque.
    • Mr. and Mrs. Gwyn (Cowbridge): Silver chain bag.
    • Colonel E. D. Swinton: Book.
    • Captain W. J. Graham: Silver-mounted cigarette holder.
    • Major and Mrs. Wellman: Pair of silver candlesticks.
    • Major Stacey: Silver pot.
    • Miss Dorothy Bearcroft: Antique silver spoons.
    • Mr. W. W. Cheriton: Silver-mounted inkpot.
    • Mr. Seymour Allen: Cheque.
    • Miss O. T. Nicholl: Japanese sketches.
    • Mrs. and Miss Read: Old Sheffield-plate wine coolers.
    • Mrs. Moody (Aburthin): Set of lustre jugs.
    • Major and Mrs. Herbert Watson: Pearl and diamond brooch.
    • Mrs. and Misses Bruce: Sheffield-plate tea caddy.
    • Mr. and Mrs. Vyvyan: Cheque.
    • Sir Charles and Lady Fox: Silver sauce boat.
    • Mrs. T. Byng Morris: Lace handkerchiefs.
    • Mrs. Nicholl-Carne: Silver inkstand.
    • Miss Nicholl-Carne: Silver pen-tray.
    • Miss Mollie Byass: Silver mustard-pot.
    • Mrs. Charles Edmondes: Cheque.
    • Mr. and Mrs. Thurstan Basset: Antique Dutch spoon.
    • Colonel and Mrs. Homfray: Silver tea caddy.
    • Miss Marie Nicholl: Sheffield-plate tray.
    • Lady Pryce-Fothergill: Silver cream jug. [Isabella Elizabeth (1839–1918), widow of Sir Rose Lambart Price, 3rd Bart (1837–1899) of Hensol Castle].
    • Miss Alinson: Set of dessert d'oyleys.
    • Mrs. Horsburgh: Silver ash tray.
    • Miss Duke: Rose-letter frame.
    • Colonel and Mrs. Frederick Allen: Silver tea strainer.
    • Dr. and Mrs. Hastings Torney: Travelling clock.
    • Mrs. H. C. R. Homfray: Silver cigarette case.
    • Colonel and Miss Tyler: Silver travelling clock.
    • Mr. Roper Tyler: Berkeley thumb stick.
    • Mr. Godfrey Clark and Mrs Wyndham Clark: Pair of glass rose bowls.
    • Rev. and Mrs. Donald Campbell: Glass rose bowl.
    • Miss Nicholl: Picture.
    • Miss R. Nicholl: Enamel powder box.
    • Mrs. Williams (Llanrumney): Silver salver.
    • Miss V. Williams: Silver toast rack.
    • Mr. and Mrs. C. David (St. Hilary): Case of silver tea spoons.
    • Rev. L. S. Crockett and Mr. and Mrs. Morgan: Pair of silver flower vases.
    • Miss E. J. Bell: Tea set.
    • Miss Howe-Browne: Silver-mounted magnifying glass.
    • Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Waldron: Stamped Morocco address book.
    • Mrs. Blandy Jenkins: Silver Georgian teapot.
    • Mrs. C. Williams (Llanrumney): Set of glass goblets.
    • Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Clark: Silver pepper pots.
    • Mr. and Misses Tyler (Mount Gernons): Old paste pendant.
    • Miss Teall: Picture.
    • Mrs. Mashiter: Fitted motor bag.
    • Mrs. Haggard and Miss Vaughan: Set of coffee cups.
    • Mrs. Hughes (Glebe Farm): China flower pots.
    • Mr. Will Allen: Pair of cut-glass jugs.
    • Rev. I. and Mrs. Roberts: Gold-mounted Prayer Book.
    • Mrs. Hewson: Silver inkstand.
    • Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Evans: Silver sauce boat.
    • Mrs. J. H. Brain: Silver sauce boat.
    • The Misses Tovey: Cut-glass pickle jar.
    • Miss Joyce: Embroidered pin cushion.
    • Mr. Barrett: Silver muffineer.
    • Miss Llewellyn: Table cloth.
    • Mrs. Drage: Tray cloth.
    • Mr. and Mrs Oliver Jones: Silver and tortoiseshell clock.
    • Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Williams: Antique mahogany cabinet.
    • Sergt. and Mrs. Young: Silver hat-pin stands.
    • Captain and Mrs. Claud Lindsay: Silver sauce boat.
    • Mrs. and Miss Davies (Eastdown Farm): Silver-mounted butter dish.
    • Mrs. Rees (St. Hilary): Old willow cream jug and sugar basin.
    • Mrs. Sheperd: Silver trinket box.
    • Rev. W. Evans, Cowbridge School: Ebony and silver letter clip.
    • Mr. Lewis Nicholl: Lace scarf.
    • Miss B. Goss Silver mustard pot.
    • Mr. and Mrs. Walmsley Pethway: Four Sheffield-plate candlesticks.
    • Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Lloyd Thomas: Silver stand.
    • Mrs. and Miss M. Bruce: Silver butter dish.
    • Mr. and Mrs. Mordecai (Cot Farm, Beaupre): Painted vase.
    • Mrs. Price (Llantrithyd): Picture.
    • Mrs. Tovey: Tea cloth.
    • Mr. and Mrs. John Trott: Enamel and gold spoons.
    • Mrs. Mordecai (Bush Inn): Pair of cases.
    • Mrs. Grafton: D'oyleys.
    • The Misses Howells: Tea cups.
    • Mrs. Evans (Tynycai Farm): China dishes. (Glamorgan Gazette, 14 July 1916).
  10. ↑ HIS WIFE'S DESCENT FROM ADMIRAL TYLER: Captain Charles Ackland-Allen's mother, Emily Winifred Ackland, had married, September 1849, Thomas Allen of Freestone, county Pembroke, and 42 Connaught Square, London (a barrister). Her father Robert Innes Ackland (died 1851), of Boulston, Pembroke, had married, June 1817, Caroline Tyler (died 1864) second daughter of the famous Admiral Sir Charles Tyler, GCH, (1760-1835) by (they married November 1788) Margaret, daughter of Abraham Leach (1729-1811), of Corston, Pembroke (Pembroke mayor, 1791).
  11. ↑ The Longcrofts: 500 Years of a British Family by James Phillips-Evans (2012).
  12. ↑ Kelley's Handbook, 1954.


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