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Lieutenant-General Sir Edmond Roche Elles, GCIE KCB (9 June 1848 – 6 January 1934) was a British Army officer who served in Egypt and India during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Military career
Elles entered the Royal Artillery in 1867 and was promoted to Colonel in 1891. He was Assistant Quartermaster-General at Headquarters in India (intelligence branch) when he was in November 1893 appointed Deputy Quartermaster-General Bengal. In 1900 he was promoted Major-General. He served in Egypt and India, including the Indian Frontier, and became acting Adjutant-General, India in 1900. In December 1900 he was appointed to command a First class district in India, but was replaced four months later, in April 1901, after he had been appointed an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor-General of India in March 1901. He was promoted Lieutenant-general 1907, and retired from the army in 1908.
In 1908, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Surrey.