Edmund Haythorne

Sir Edmund Haythorne
Born 1818
Died 18 October 1888
Reading, Berkshire
Buried at Reading, Berkshire
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Army
Years of service 1837–1866
Rank General
Battles/wars First Opium War
Second Anglo-Sikh War
Crimean War
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

General Sir Edmund Haythorne KCB (1818 – 18 October 1888) was a British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General in India.

Military career

Educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Haythorne was commissioned into the 98th Regiment of Foot on 12 May 1837.[1] He took part in the Battle of Chinkiang in July 1842 during the First Opium War.[1] He also served as aide-de-camp to General Sir Colin Campbell at the Battle of Chillianwala in January 1849 and the Battle of Gujrat in February 1849 during the Second Anglo-Sikh War.[1] He was brigade major at the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854 and then commanded the 1st Battalion of the 1st Royals during the Siege of Sevastopol in Spring 1855 during the Crimean War.[1] He became Adjutant-General in India in June 1860[2] before retiring in January 1866.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Haythorne, Sir Edmund". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 22397. p. 2361. 22 June 1860.
  3. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 26 November 2015.
Military offices
Preceded by
William Pakenham
Adjutant-General, India
1860–1866
Succeeded by
Henry Longden
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