[Illustration: AGE 14.
_From a Photograph._]
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_From a Photograph._]
[Illustration: AGE 40.
_From a Photo. by Dickinson & Foster._]
[Illustration: PRESENT DAY.
_From a Photo. by Merlin, Athens._]
Lord Charles Beresford, son of the Marquis of Waterford, entered the
Royal Navy at thirteen, served on several warships, and accompanied the
Prince of Wales to India, in 1875, as Naval _Aide-de-Camp_. At the
bombardment of Alexandria he was in command of the gunboat _Condor_, and
his gallant conduct in bearing down on the Marabout batteries and
silencing guns immensely superior to his own was so conspicuous that the
Admiral's ship signalled: "Well done, _Condor_!" In 1884 he assisted
Lord Wolseley in the Nile Expedition.