British Indian Army general and peer (1899–1962)
Christopher Bromhead Birdwood, 2nd Baron Birdwood, MVO (22 May 1899 – 5 January 1962), was a British hereditary peer, soldier and author.
Early life.
The son of Field Marshal Lord Birdwood and Janetta Hope Gonville Bromhead (daughter of Sir Benjamin Parnell Bromhead, 4th Baronet, and niece of Gonville Bromhead, VC), Christopher Birdwood was born and baptised at Twickenham, London, England.
He was educated at Clifton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire.
Military career.
He arrived in India on 10 April 1919, was appointed to the Indian Army on 15 April 1919 and posted to the 11th King Edward VII's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse) of the Indian Army.
For this service, he was invested as a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in 1939.
Personal life.
He married, firstly, Elizabeth Vere Drummond Ogilvie, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Sir George Drummond Ogilvie and Lorna Rome, on 7 March 1931 at Delhi, India. The couple had a son and daughter; they divorced in 1954.
His son from his first marriage, Mark William Ogilvie Birdwood (1938–2015), succeeded to the title.