Ernest Makins

Brigadier-General Sir Ernest Makins, KBE, CB, DSO (14 October 1869 – 18 May 1959) was a British military officer, statesman and Conservative Party politician.

Making was educated at Winchester College and Christ Church, Oxford.

Making was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st (Royal) Dragoons on 23 January 1892, was promoted to lieutenant on 31 August 1893, and to captain on 2 February 1898. He fought in the Second Boer War between 1899 and 1902, where he took part in the Relief of Ladysmith, including the battles of Colenso (15 December 1899), Spion Kop (20-24 January 1900), Vaal Krantz (5-7 February 1900), and the Tugela Heights and Pieter´s Hill (14-27 February 1900).

In the following months he tok part in operations in Natal March to June, and in the Orange River Colony until November 1900. He was mentioned in despatches (including the Final Despatch by Lord Kitchener dated 23 June 1902) and appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his service during the war. After peace was declared in May 1902, Makins left South Africa on board the SS Bavarian and arrived in the United Kingdom the following month. On 3 September 1902 he was promoted to major.

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