Milo Talbot

Milo George Talbot (14 September 1854 – 3 September 1931) CB was a British Army officer. The son of the 4th Baron Talbot of Malahide, he was born into an Anglo-Irish family and attended Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich before being commissioned as an officer in the British Army's Royal Engineers. He played a single match of first-class cricket as a young man for the Gentlemen of the South against the Players of the North. Talbot served on the staff of General Ross during the Second Anglo-Afghan War and remained in that country as a member of the Afghan Boundary Commission. He returned to Britain as a staff officer before returning to active duty during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan. During this time he was present at the Battle of Omdurman and served on secondment to the Egyptian Army as a Major-General. Talbot retired in 1905 but was recalled to duty during the First World War when he gave advice on plans for the Gallipoli Campaign and the defence of Sudan. Early life and cricket career The fourth son of James Talbot, 4th Baron Talbot of Malahide and his wife, Maria Margaretta Murray, Talbot was born at Malahide Castle in September 1854. He was educated in England at Wellington College. Talbot made one appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of the South against the Players of the North at Chelsea in 1875. Batting twice in the match, Talbot was dismissed for a single run in the South's first-innings by Fred Morley, while in their second-innings he was dismissed without scoring by the same bowler. Military career Afghanistan