 Complete the following phrase:  Born the son of Colonel Charles James Briggs, JP, DL, Briggs education took place largely abroad, including periods in France and Germany. He was commissioned into the 1st Kings Dragoon Guards on 30 January 1886 and served as ADC to the General Officer Commanding Egypt from 1892 to 1893. Promoted to captain on 1 March 1893, he became Adjutant of the 1st Dragoon Guards in November 1894 and Brigade Adjutant of the 4th Cavalry Brigade in April 1897. He served in the Second Boer War as Brigade Major of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade and was wounded at the 