- Reginald Le Normand Brabazon, 13th Earl of Meath
Brigadier-General Reginald Le Normand Brabazon, 13th Earl of Meath CBE (24 November 1869 –10 March 1949 ), known as Lord Ardee from 1887 to 1929, was anAnglo-Irish soldier.Brabazon was the eldest son of
Reginald Brabazon, 12th Earl of Meath and Lady Mary Jane Maitland. He married Lady Aileen May Wyndham-Quin, daughter ofWyndham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Florence Elizabeth Kerr, on12 February 1908 at the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks.Educated at Wellington College he was commissioned in the
Grenadier Guards in 1889. He served in theSecond Boer War from 1899–1902 and was decorated with the Queens Medal, three clasps, and the King's Medal, two clasps. It was during this period that he conceived of his version of awater clock . He served again inWorld War I , and was gassed in 1918. At the conclusion of his service, he had attained the rank ofBrigadier General . His other vocation was gardening, and indeed the gardens atKillruddery the family estate now figure more highly in tourist books than the house itself. He was made a CBE in 1919 and died on10 March 1949 aged 79 at Killruddery.References
* [http://www.firstworldwar.bham.ac.uk/donkey/ardee.htm Centre for First World War Studies ] at www.firstworldwar.bham.ac.uk
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