1899, he was with the 2nd Battalion of his regiment as it left Southampton for South Africa on the SS Britannic in March 1900. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa from 1900 to 1902, taking part in the Battle of Belfast (August 1900) and operations at Komatipoort. While in South Africa, he was promoted to lieutenant on 20 July 1901. Following the end of the war, Lord Granard left Cape Town for England on the SS Simla in late July 1902. Promotion to captain followed in 1905. In 1908 he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in the Post Office Rifles. He resigned his commissions in the Post Office Rifles in 1910 and the Scots Guards in 1911. In 1916 he was recalled to command the 5th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. He was later Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief of the Salonika Forces from 1917. Apart from his political and military career, Granard was also on the board of Arsenal Football Club, and was club chairman from 1936 to 1939. Family Lord Granard married, in 1909, Beatrice Mills, daughter of the wealthy American businessman Ogden Mills from Staatsburg, New York. She was the twin sister of Gladys Mills Phipps. Her brother, Ogden L. Mills, was the 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury. They had four children, including Eileen Beatrice, the wife of the 5th Marquess of Bute. Lord Granard died one week before his 74th birthday. He was succeeded by his eldest son Arthur. Apart from his seat at Castleforbes, Newtownforbes, County Longford, Ireland, Lord Granard had a London residence at Forbes House, Halkin Street, and a residence at 73 Rue de Varenne, Paris. References Further reading External links Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage 1935, London, p. 297. 1874 births 1948 deaths British Militia officers Gordon Highlanders officers Scots Guards officers Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922) officers British Army personnel of the Second Boer War British Army personnel of World War I Arsenal F.C. directors and chairmen Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Knights of St Patrick Lord-Lieutenants of Longford Members of the Privy Council of Ireland Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Liberal Party (UK) Lords-in-Waiting Members of the 1922 Seanad Members of the 1925 Seanad Members of the 1928 Seanad Members of the 1931 Seanad Presidential appointees to the Council of State (Ireland) Members of the Senate of Southern Ireland Independent members