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{{Short description|British peer and professional soldier}}
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'''Gerald Oakley Cadogan, 6th Earl Cadogan''', [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]] (28 May 1869 &ndash; 4 October 1933) was a British peer and professional soldier.

He was the son of [[George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan]] and inherited his titles on 6 March 1915 on the death of his father, with two elder brothers having died without male heirs. He married Lilian Eleanor Marie Coxon, daughter of George Stewart Coxon, on 7 June 1911 at Christ Church, [[Mayfair, London]]. They had three children, the eldest son of whom was his heir [[William Gerald Charles Cadogan, 7th Earl Cadogan]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Person Page|url=https://thepeerage.com/p2748.htm#i27477|access-date=2021-08-04|website=thepeerage.com}}</ref>

He joined the Army as a lieutenant in the Life Guards, but received a staff appointment as [[Aide-de-Camp]] (ADC) to his father when the latter became [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] in 1895. Cadogan continued as an Extra-ADC to [[William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley|Lord Dudley]], who became Lord Lieutenant in August 1902,<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ireland |date=17 September 1902 |page=8 |issue=36875| }}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27479|page=6277|date=3 October 1902}}</ref> but resigned with him in 1905.

In July 1897 he was appointed a [[Captain (BARM)|captain]] in the [[3rd (West Suffolk Militia) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment]]. In January 1900 he was seconded for active service as a special service officer in [[South African Republic|South Africa]] during the [[Second Boer War]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27175 |page=1882 |date=20 March 1900}}</ref><ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The War - Appointments |date=29 January 1900 |page=10 |issue=36051| }}</ref> and he left [[Southampton]] early the following month on board the SS ''Canada''.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times | title=The War - Embarcation of Troops |date=5 February 1900 |page=10 |issue=36057| }}</ref> He later served with the [[South African Constabulary]] under the Military Governor of [[Pretoria]], and returned to [[London]] in January 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The War - return of troops|date=31 January 1902 |page=6 |issue=36679| }}</ref>

He was made a [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)]] in 1919 and became Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Suffolk. He was awarded the rank of Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in the Suffolk Volunteer Regiment of the [[Volunteer Training Corps]]. He was a member of the [[International Olympic Committee]] from 1922 to 1929.<ref>[http://olympic-museum.de/iocmembers/iocmembers1907.html Members of the International Olympic Committee 1907 - 1920] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203050015/http://olympic-museum.de/iocmembers/iocmembers1907.html |date=3 December 2010 }} Olympic Games Museum</ref> In that role he is portrayed, by actor [[Patrick Magee (actor)|Patrick Magee]], in the 1981 film ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'' as urging runner [[Eric Liddell]] to appear in an event where the [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|Prince of Wales]] would be present that was on Sunday at the [[1924 Summer Olympics]] in Paris.
 
On his death in 1933 aged 64 he was succeeded by his son [[William Gerald Charles Cadogan, 7th Earl Cadogan]]. His wife remarried.

[[Culford Park]], the family seat, was sold and is now a private school.

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