Claude George Henry Sitwell (1858-1900) followed his father into the British Army, initially as a militia subaltern. He served in the Afghan War of 1879-1880, and in Egypt during 1882. Sitwell was a Captain in the Manchester Regiment attached to the Egyptian Army when he accepted employment in the civil administration of Uganda in 1895. Sitwell was recruited because his recent experience in Egypt and knowledge of Arabic made him well-qualified to lead the Sudanese troops which formed Uganda’s military forces. He was Superintendent of the Nandi station during 1895, and then served as Collector at Toro from 1897 to 1899. Sitwell journeyed to South Africa with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in 1899 to fight in the Second Boer War. Sadly, he was killed in action at Hart’s Hill on 24 Feb. 1900.