Ivo Branch
Ivo Branch | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1872-1898 |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Unit | The Life Guards |
| Commands | Cavalry Division |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
| Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
| Relations | Edward Branch (father) |
Ivo William Ulick Fennell Branch CB CVO (b. 1851; d. 1928) was a British Army officer.
Life and military career
[edit]Educated at Eton and University College, Oxford, Branch was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards in March 1872.[1]
He served as aide-de-camp to George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, 1874-77.[1] Branch had a particularly undistinguished military career being criticised for 'rashness' and 'absent-minded, uncalculating enthusiasm' in the face of the enemy during the British occupation of Egypt.[2][3] His reputation was besmirched by accusations of bisexuality.[4][5] Branch was one of several senior army officers implicated in the Cleveland Street scandal in 1889, accused of being protected by his privilege.[2][6]
He was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1898.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Obituary, The Times, 16 May 1928
- ^ a b "The Profligate Branch: Ivo Branch and His Excess". The Journal of Glamorgan History. 6 (1): 16. 2008
- ^ "Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives - King's Collections / Archive Catalogues". archives.kingscollections.org. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
- ^ "Branch, Ivo". Glamorgan Family History Society Journal. 33: 16. 2007."
- ^ a b Obituary: Brigadier Ivo Branch The Daily Telegraph, 17 May 1928
- ^ Heffer, Simon, The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914, (London: Penguin Random House, 2017)