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NameLt Col Sir Thomas Wolseley Haig 
[9, Andrew Haig, 7 Jan 2004, "Brown/Trotter"], [4, 1881, PRO ref RG11, piece 1320/69, p. 4], [13, Various notices, particularly 1923, 1935, 1938], [360, His own article], [4, 1871: RG10, Piece 788, Folio 71, p. 29], [27, 1914 edition, Haig article, vol I, p. 849]
[9, Andrew Haig, 7 Jan 2004, "Brown/Trotter"], [4, 1881, PRO ref RG11, piece 1320/69, p. 4], [13, Various notices, particularly 1923, 1935, 1938], [360, His own article], [4, 1871: RG10, Piece 788, Folio 71, p. 29], [27, 1914 edition, Haig article, vol I, p. 849]Birth7 Aug 1865, Plumstead, Woolwich, Kent
Death28 Apr 1938, 34 Gledstanes Road, London W14
GeneralSoldier, civil servant, diplomat, herald.
FatherMajor Robert Wolseley Haig (1830-ca1872)
MotherMaria Georgina Brown (1846-ca1878)
Notes for Lt Col Sir Thomas Wolseley Haig
Kt for services in Persia during WW1.
His birth is not found on FreeBMD, But the following look interesting:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Mar 1864
HAIG Cecil Wolseley Kensington 1a 130
Births Mar 1865
HAIG Edric Wolseley Kensington 1a 67
Births Mar 1867
HAIG Henry Wolseley Lewisham 1d 860
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From the Haig family bible page (on E-bay):
“Thomas Wolseley Haig bron 7th August 1865 at Burrage Road Plumstead SE. Christened at the parish Church Woolwich
“Godfathers John Haif of Carnforth Lodge, Hammersmith
and Charles J Haig Capt R.E,
“Godmothers Mrs John Haig of carnforth Lodge
and Alice M Brown Woolwich Rectory”
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In the 1881 census he was aged 15 and a scholar at Wellington College, Sandhurst, Berks.
In 1884, he was appoiinted Lieut in Indian Staff Corps from being a Gent cadet at Sandhurst. (London Gazette).
March Pursuivant herald to Lyon office: 1923; Albany herald 1926, resigned 1 Apr 1935 through ill-health.
The Times also reports that he had been Professor of Oriental languages at Dublin University and Lecturer in Persian at London University. He was British Consul-general in Persia.
He has a Wikipedia article which says he is in Who Was Who. I wonder if he is in ODNB?
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His birth is not found on FreeBMD, But the following look interesting:
Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Mar 1864
HAIG Cecil Wolseley Kensington 1a 130
Births Mar 1865
HAIG Edric Wolseley Kensington 1a 67
Births Mar 1867
HAIG Henry Wolseley Lewisham 1d 860
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From the Haig family bible page (on E-bay):
“Thomas Wolseley Haig bron 7th August 1865 at Burrage Road Plumstead SE. Christened at the parish Church Woolwich
“Godfathers John Haif of Carnforth Lodge, Hammersmith
and Charles J Haig Capt R.E,
“Godmothers Mrs John Haig of carnforth Lodge
and Alice M Brown Woolwich Rectory”
__________________________
In the 1881 census he was aged 15 and a scholar at Wellington College, Sandhurst, Berks.
In 1884, he was appoiinted Lieut in Indian Staff Corps from being a Gent cadet at Sandhurst. (London Gazette).
March Pursuivant herald to Lyon office: 1923; Albany herald 1926, resigned 1 Apr 1935 through ill-health.
The Times also reports that he had been Professor of Oriental languages at Dublin University and Lecturer in Persian at London University. He was British Consul-general in Persia.
He has a Wikipedia article which says he is in Who Was Who. I wonder if he is in ODNB?
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Armorial Blazon notes for Lt Col Sir Thomas Wolseley Haig
Lyon matriculation No 05388 of 30 Aug 1912:
Azure; a saltire between two mullets in chief and base, and a decrescent and increscent in fess Argent, a bordure engrailed and parted per pale Or and Vert charged with three horse shoes counter changed.
Azure; a saltire between two mullets in chief and base, and a decrescent and increscent in fess Argent, a bordure engrailed and parted per pale Or and Vert charged with three horse shoes counter changed.
DNB Main notes for Lt Col Sir Thomas Wolseley Haig
Who Was Who:
HAIG, Lt-Col Sir (Thomas) Wolseley
KCIE 1922; CSI 1919; CMG 1912; CBE 1920; MA (Dublin)
Born 7 Aug. 1865; e s of late Maj. R. W. Haig, RA, FRS, and Maria Georgina, d of Rev. Henry Brown; m 1892, Beatrice (d 1927), e d of late Michael Lloyd Ferrar, ICS; one s two d ; died 28 April 1938
late Lect. in Persian, Sch. of Oriental Studies, University of London; formerly Professor of Arabic, Persian, and Hindustani, Trinity College, Dublin
EDUCATION
Wellington College; Sandhurst
CAREER
Joined Seaforth Highlanders, 1884; Indian Army, 1887; served Upper Burma, 1887–89 (medal and clasp); entered Berar Commission, 1892; Assistant Commissioner; officiated as Deputy Commissioner, Inspector-General of Police, Jails, Stamps, Registration, and Excise, and Civil and Sessions Judge; officiating Secretary to the Board of Examiners, Fort William, 1897, 1898–99; entered Political Department, 1901; First Assistant to Resident at Hyderabad; Assistant Secretary to Government of India, Foreign Department, 1907; Political Agent in Alwar, 1907–08; officiating Political ADC to Secretary of State for India, 1909–10; HM’s Consul at Kerman, 1910; HBM’s Consul-General and Agent to the Government of India, Khurasan, Persia, 1914–16, at Ispahan, 1916; at Tehran, 1919; retired, 1920; March Pursuivant of Arms in Scotland, 1923; Albany Herald 1927–35
PUBLICATIONS
various, chiefly on Oriental history; is one of the co-editors of the Cambridge History of India
ADDRESS
34 Gledstanes Road, W14
‘HAIG, Lt-Col Sir (Thomas) Wolseley’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowas...ccessed 14 July 2009]
HAIG, Lt-Col Sir (Thomas) Wolseley
KCIE 1922; CSI 1919; CMG 1912; CBE 1920; MA (Dublin)
Born 7 Aug. 1865; e s of late Maj. R. W. Haig, RA, FRS, and Maria Georgina, d of Rev. Henry Brown; m 1892, Beatrice (d 1927), e d of late Michael Lloyd Ferrar, ICS; one s two d ; died 28 April 1938
late Lect. in Persian, Sch. of Oriental Studies, University of London; formerly Professor of Arabic, Persian, and Hindustani, Trinity College, Dublin
EDUCATION
Wellington College; Sandhurst
CAREER
Joined Seaforth Highlanders, 1884; Indian Army, 1887; served Upper Burma, 1887–89 (medal and clasp); entered Berar Commission, 1892; Assistant Commissioner; officiated as Deputy Commissioner, Inspector-General of Police, Jails, Stamps, Registration, and Excise, and Civil and Sessions Judge; officiating Secretary to the Board of Examiners, Fort William, 1897, 1898–99; entered Political Department, 1901; First Assistant to Resident at Hyderabad; Assistant Secretary to Government of India, Foreign Department, 1907; Political Agent in Alwar, 1907–08; officiating Political ADC to Secretary of State for India, 1909–10; HM’s Consul at Kerman, 1910; HBM’s Consul-General and Agent to the Government of India, Khurasan, Persia, 1914–16, at Ispahan, 1916; at Tehran, 1919; retired, 1920; March Pursuivant of Arms in Scotland, 1923; Albany Herald 1927–35
PUBLICATIONS
various, chiefly on Oriental history; is one of the co-editors of the Cambridge History of India
ADDRESS
34 Gledstanes Road, W14
‘HAIG, Lt-Col Sir (Thomas) Wolseley’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowas...ccessed 14 July 2009]