Alexander Bruce Tulloch
Sir Alexander Bruce Tulloch | |
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Portrait taken in 1892 | |
| Born | 2 September 1838 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 26 May 1920 (aged 81) Crickhowell, Wales |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands | Commandant of the Victorian Military Forces |
| Battles / wars | Second Opium War Mahdist War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George |
Major General Sir Alexander Bruce Tulloch, KCB, CMG (2 September 1838[1] – 26 May 1920)[2] was a British Army officer who served as military commandant for the Colony of Victoria, a war correspondent and an author.
Military career
Tulloch was born in Edinburgh,[2] the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Tulloch.[1] He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and entered the army as an ensign in the 1st Foot, in May 1855.[1] He became lieutenant of that regiment in 1857; captain 96th Regiment of Foot in 1864; captain 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot in 1866; brevet major in 1877; major Welsh Regiment in 1881; brevet lieutenant colonel in 1882; lieutenant colonel Welsh Regiment in 1883; colonel in the army in 1886, and was placed on half-pay in 1888.[1] He was appointed Commandant of the Victorian Military Forces with the local rank of major general, on 20 September 1889.[1]
In 1890, Tulloch founded the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) of Victoria, a security and defense think tank.[3] He based it on the RUSI in London, of which he was a member.[3]
In 1892, he presided over the commission appointed by the New South Wales Government to inquire into the military condition of that colony.[1] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902,[4][5] and invested as such by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October 1902.[6] Due to economic conditions in the 1890s, Tulloch chose to resign as commandant to make way for a less costly commandant.[3] He left Melbourne in 1894.[3]
From July 1918 until his death, Tulloch was the colonel of the Welsh Regiment.[7][8]
Tulloch was a Times war correspondent in Manchuria in 1904 and wrote several books including Forty Years' Service, The Highland Rising of the '45, A Soldier's Sailoring, and Possible Battlefields in the next European War.[2]
After retirement Major General Tulloch lived quietly at Glaslyn Court, Crickhowell, Brecknockshire, Wales, where he died in 1920.[2]
Family
Tulloch was married twice, first in 1865 to Arabella Healis, daughter of Stephen Healis.[1] He had five sons,[2] including Sylvester Stephen Gregorie Tulloch, who lived in India.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b c d e "Notable Soldier Dies". Zeehan and Dundas Herald. Tas.: National Library of Australia: Trove. 28 May 1920. p. 1. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d Fielding, Marcus (10 July 2013). "Major-General Sir Alexander Bruce Tulloch, K.C.B., C.M.G. Founder of the Royal United Service Institute of Victoria". Military History & Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "The Coronation Honours". The Times. No. 36804. London. 26 June 1902. p. 5.
- ^ "No. 27448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1902. p. 4190.
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36908. London. 25 October 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "The Welch Regiment [UK]". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 4 January 2006. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ "No. 30864". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 August 1918. p. 9949.