Sir Alexander Bannerman, 11th Baronet

Major Sir Alexander Bannerman, 11th Baronet (16 December 1871 – 10 March 1934) [http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB1.htm] was a pioneer British military aviator.

Bannerman was born in Brackley in Northamptonshire and educated at Wellington College. He succeeded to the title of 11th Baronet Bannerman, of Elsick in Kincardineshire on the death of his father the 10th Baronet on 2 December 1901. [ [http://www.angloboerwar.com/people/surname_b.htm Surname B ] at www.angloboerwar.com]

Bannerman served as a Royal Engineers captain in the Second Boer War and was mentioned in Lord Roberts' despatches. After the war he returned to England only to depart again in 1903 on a special mission to Japan on behalf of the War Office. [ [http://www.angloboerwar.com/people/surname_b.htm Surname B ] at www.angloboerwar.com]

In early 1910, Bannerman replaced Colonel J E Capper as the officer commanding the British Army's School of Ballooning. [cite book |last=Turner |first=Charles Cyril |title=The Old Flying Days |origyear=1927 |year=1972 |publisher=Ayer Publishing |isbn=040503783X |pages=294|chapter=XXII ] In 1911, when the School of Ballooning was reorganized to become the Air Battalion, Bannerman served as its first commandant.

He died on 10 March 1934 at the age of 62 in George in the Cape Province, South Africa. [ [http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1934/1934%20-%200261.html Air force | air ministry | air arm | 1934 | 0261 | Flight Archive ] at www.flightglobal.com]

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