General Sir Peter Stark Lumsden, G.C.B., C.S.I. record of service 1881 Provenance: From an extensive archive, the General’s papers were passed down through descendants of his brother, General Sir Harry Lumsden. Lumsden himself had no children. General Sir Peter Stark Lumsden, G.C.B., C.S.I.. A.D.C. [1829-1918] had a very interesting career in India, China, and Afghanistan and was the author of the standard work on his brother’s regiment Lumsden of the Guides. He joined the Bengal Army in 1847 and first saw action on the N.W.F. in 1851. In 1857 he was on a special mission to Kandahar and served in the China War with Napier., Bhutan War 1854, Q.M.G. India 1868-72, acting Resident Hyderabad 1873, Chief of the Staff in India in 1879 and headed the British Commission for the Demarkation of the N. W. Boundary of Afghanistan 1884-5. He was made G.C.B. and an A.D.C. to Queen Victoria.