Cardwell Reforms
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The Cardwell Reforms were a series of reforms of the British Army undertaken by Secretary of State for War Edward Cardwell between 1868 and 1874 with the support of Liberal prime minister William Ewar
Edward Cardwell, depicted in an 1869 caricature by Carlo "Ape" Pellegrini
The French Army of the East is disarmed after their disastrous defeat by Prussia in 1871; this war showed the need of the British armed forces to modernise.
Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell, was a prominent British politician in the Peelite and Liberal parties during the middle of the 19th century. He is best remembered for his tenure as Secretary o
Cardwell Reforms
…The Cardwell Reforms were a series of reforms of the British Army undertaken by Secretary of State for War Edward Cardwell between 1868 and 1874 with the support of Liberal prime minister William Ewart Gladstone. Gladstone paid little attention to military affairs but he…
The 1st Viscount Cardwell, c. 1878
Cardwell caricatured by Ape in Vanity Fair, 1869
Portrait of Lord Cardwell by George Richmond, 1871.
Grave of Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell, in Highgate Cemetery