Ivo Branch | |
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Allegiance | ![]() |
Service | ![]() |
Years of service | 1872-1898 |
Rank | Brigadier |
Unit | The Life Guards |
Commands | Cavalry Division |
Battles / wars | |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
Alma mater | University College, Oxford |
Relations | Edward Branch (father) |
Ivo William Ulick Fennell Branch CB CVO (b. 1851; d. 1928) was a British Army officer.
Educated at Eton and University College, Oxford, Branch was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards in March 1872. [1]
He served as aide-de-camp to George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, 1874-77. [1] Branch had a particularly undistinguished military career being criticised for 'rashness' and 'absent-minded, uncalculating enthusiasm' in the face of the enemy during the British occupation of Egypt. [2] [3] His reputation was besmirched by accusations of bisexuality. [4] [5] Branch was one of several senior army officers implicated in the Cleveland Street scandal in 1889, accused of being protected by his privilege. [2] [6]
He was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1898. [5]