Alan Coulston Gardner
{{Short description|British politician and soldier (1842-1907)}}
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| birth_date = 19 November 1842
| death_date = 25 December 1907
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Col. Alan Colstoun Gardner (19 November 1842 – 25 December 1907) was a British Liberal Party politician and soldier.{{cite web|url=https://www.bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/news/author-restores-grave-of-zulu-war-hero-9093000/|website=bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk|title=Author restores grave of Stansted Zulu War hero|date=13 December 2019|access-date=19 December 2019}} He was a son of Alan Legge Gardner.
Military career
Capt Alan Gardner passed Staff College in 1872. He served in the 11th Hussars and the 14th King's Hussars. He was involved in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, and was present at the Battle of Isandlwana where he was one of only five British officers to survive. At the Battle of Hlobane Mountain his horse was killed. At the Battle of Kambula he was severely wounded. He was mentioned in despatches twice and received the medal{{clarify|date=December 2024}} with clasp for services during the Anglo-Zulu Wars. He was a brevet-major.
He was aide-de-camp to the Viceroy of Ireland Earl Cowper in 1880. He was also involved in the 1st Boer War in 1881.
In 1885, Gardner married Hon. Nora Beatrice Blyth. They had two sons and three daughters.
Political career
In politics he was a member of the Liberal Party. Gardner contested the Conservative seat of Marylebone East in 1895, coming second. He was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Essex.
He served as a Justice of the Peace in Gloucestershire. He gained the Ross Division of Herefordshire from the Liberal Unionists at the General Election of January 1906, sitting until his death in 1907.British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, Craig, F. W. S.
Death
He became ill during the winter of 1907 and took a holiday in Gibraltar in order to recuperate, but finally succumbed to Pneumonia on Christmas Day whilst in Algeciras.Greaves (2011), p.168-169
Sources
- British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, Craig, F. W. S.{{page needed|date=November 2021}}
- {{Cite book|title=Isandlwana: How the Zulus humbled the British Empire|first=Adrian|last=Greaves|publisher=Pen & Sword Military Ltd.|location=South Yorkshire|year=2011|isbn=978-1-84884-532-9|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isandlwanahowzul0000grea}}
- {{cite book| first=Kate| last=Birbeck| title=Rifle Rifle and Spear with the Zulu: The Life of Lt Col Alan Colstoun Gardner|date=5 March 2018|url=http://www.alangardnerbook.com/| location=Cedar city, Utah|publisher=Dreadnought Publishing |isbn=978-1999958701}}
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Category:Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies
Category:British military personnel of the First Boer War
Category:British Army personnel of the Anglo-Zulu War
Category:11th Hussars officers