Queen Victoria. The diplomat Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger, who served in Addis Ababa in 1916, was another son, and father of the author and explorer Wilfred Thesiger. He was the uncle of the actor Ernest Thesiger. Death Chelmsford had a seizure and died while playing billiards at the United Service Club in London on 9 April 1905 in his 78th year. His body was buried in Brompton Cemetery in London. Arms In popular culture Peter O'Toole portrayed Chelmsford in the film Zulu Dawn (1979), which depicted the events at the Battle of Isandlwana. Notes References Bibliography External links 1827 births 1905 deaths Military personnel from London 2 British Army generals British Army personnel of the Anglo-Zulu War British Army personnel of the Crimean War British Life Guards officers British military personnel of the 9th Cape Frontier War British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 Burials at Brompton Cemetery Grenadier Guards officers Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order People educated at Eton College Rifle Brigade officers Sherwood Foresters officers Eldest sons of British hereditary barons Frederic