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{{Short description|British Army general (1895–1979)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox military person
| name = Sir Evelyn Fanshawe
| birth_name = Evelyn Dalrymple Fanshawe
| birth_date = 25 May 1895
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], British India
| death_date = 14 March 1979 (aged 83)
| death_place = [[Guilsborough House]], [[Northampton]], England
| image =
| caption =
| nickname =
| allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| serviceyears = 1914–1945
| servicenumber = 9530
| rank = [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]]
| branch = {{army|United Kingdom}}
| commands = 20th Mechanical Cavalry Brigade; [[20th Light Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)|20th Armoured Brigade]]
| unit =
| battles = [[World War I|First World War]]<br/>[[World War II|Second World War]]
| awards = [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]]<br/>[[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]
| laterwork = Director of the [[International Refugee Organisation]] in the [[Allied Occupation Zones in Germany#British Zone of Occupation|British Zone of Germany]]<br />[[High Sheriff of Northamptonshire]]
}}
Major-General '''Sir Evelyn Dalrymple Fanshawe''', [[Order of the Bath|CB]], [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (25 May 1895 – 14 March 1979) was a [[British Army]] officer and the Director of the [[International Refugee Organisation]] in the [[Allied Occupation Zones in Germany#British Zone of Occupation|British Zone of Germany]] from 1948 to 1952.<ref name="times">{{cite news |title= Obituary: Maj-Gen Sir Evelyn Fanshawe |work=[[The Times]] |date=16 March 1979 |page=16 }}</ref>

A grandson on his mother's side of [[Evelyn Wood (British Army officer)|Sir Evelyn Wood]], he was born to Lt. Gen. Sir [[Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe]] and Anna Paulina Mary Wood in [[British India]] in 1895.<ref>''India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947''</ref> He married Marie Harari in 1920, daughter of Sir Victor Harari.<ref name="times"/><ref>{{Cite journal|journal=Who Was Who|title=FANSHAWE, Maj.-Gen. Sir Evelyn Dalrymple|publisher=A & C Black|place=London|year=2007|edition=Online|url=http://ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U154350}}</ref>

==Military career==
After being educated at [[The King's School, Canterbury]] and attending the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]],{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=100}} Fanshawe was commissioned into the [[Queen's Bays]] in 1914 and saw service in [[France]], [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], [[Mesopotamia]], [[Persia]], [[Russia]] and [[Syria]] during [[World War I]]; among his assignments during this period was [[Aide-de-camp]] to his father who was [[General Officer Commanding]] the British Cavalry Corps (1915). From 1915 to 1919 he was seconded to the [[Royal Flying Corps]].{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=100}}

He returned to his regiment as [[Adjutant]] in 1919. In 1939 he was appointed Commander of the [[20th Light Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)|20th Armoured Brigade]]<ref name=dk>[http://www.generals.dk/general/Fanshawe/Sir_Evelyn_Dalrymple/Great_Britain.html Generals.dk]</ref> and following promotion to Major General he held the post of the Armoured Training and Commander of the [[Royal Armoured Corps]] Training Establishment from 1942 to the end of the War.<ref name=dk/>

==Later career==
Fanshawe retired from the Army in 1945 whereupon he became the [[United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration|UN Relief and Rehabilitation]] Administration Director in the [[Allied Occupation Zones in Germany#British Zone of Occupation|British Zone of Germany]] (1945–1948). Subsequently, he was Director of the [[International Refugee Organisation]] in the British Zone of Germany from 1948 to 1952. In 1952 he was attached to the Dominion Countries UN Organisation Mission,<ref>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/FANSHAWE2.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref> and in 1960 was [[High Sheriff of Northamptonshire]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=41986|page=2025|date=18 March 1960}}</ref> He lived at [[Guilsborough House]] near [[Northampton]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=41227|page=6622|date=15 November 1957}}</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}}

==External links==
*[https://generals.dk/general/Fanshawe/Evelyn_Dalrymple/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]

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