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Capt Gonville Warneford

Header: Capt Gonville Warneford
Also known as: Capt Gonville Warneford; primary name: Warneford, Gonville
Details: individual; military/naval; British; Male
Life dates: 1872-3 March 1904
Biography: Born Limerick, Ireland; moved to Preston, Gloucestershire; trained as a cadet and joined the Indian Army Staff Corps, and rose to become Assistant Political Resident in Aden. He was appointed Political Officer with the Boundary Delimitation Commission of England and Turkey but was murdered by a local policeman while on service at Am Rija in the Aden hinterland on 3 March 1904 (see Hansard, HC Deb 28 July 1904 vol 138 c1451 when the matter was raised in parliament). During the previous year he was proud to acquire an ancient South Arabian inscription at Utbara. After his death this object was sold to the British Museum by his father Capt W.J.J. Warneford (q.v.), who was acting as his executor. He was survived by his sister Winifred Warneford (1874-1955). A memorial plaque to Capt. G. Warneford exists in the Church of St Michael & All Angels in Highworth.