Frederick Sleigh Roberts

Frederick Sleigh Roberts, first Earl Roberts (1832–1914), was a British field marshal and one of the most popular soldiers of the Victorian age. Born in India, he won the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny, and became famous in the Second Afghan War for his march from Kabul to relieve Kandahar in 1880. He was commander-in-chief in India from 1885 to 1893 and wrote Forty-one Years in India. In 1899 he took command in South Africa, reversing early British defeats in the Boer War, and later campaigned for national service. He died while visiting troops in France in 1914.