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Sir Herbert Charles Chermside (1850–1929)
Sir Herbert Charles Chermside (1850-1929), soldier and governor, was born on 31 July 1850 at Wilton, Wiltshire, England, son of Rev. Richard Seymour Conway Chermside and his wife Emily, née Dawson. Educated at Eton and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Chermside graduated top of his year and was commissioned in the Royal Engineers in 1870.