Oliver Newmarch

Sir Oliver Newmarch
Born	31 October 1834 Bengal, India
Died	16 February 1920 London, United Kingdom
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Indian Army
Rank	Major-General
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India

Major-General Sir Oliver Richardson Newmarch KCSI (1834–1920) was a senior British Indian Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary to the India Office.

Military career

Born the son of Doctor Newmarch and Violet, daughter of Colonel Sherwood, Royal Artillery, Newmarch was educated at Charterhouse School and Merton College, Oxford.^[1] Newmarch was commissioned into the Bengal Staff Corps and posted to the 44th Native Infantry.^[2]

He saw service during the Indian Mutiny, in actions at Agra, Gunga and Pattialee.

He was appointed Military Secretary to the India Office in 1889^[3] and in that role was appointed KCSI in 1894.^[4]

Family

In 1858 he married Mary Isabella Parke and they went on to have one son and one daughters. She died in 1867 and he then married Agnes Mary Norman in 1874.^[5][6]

References

1. Who's Who, 1916
2. The London Gazette: no. 22686. p. 6160. 2 December 1862. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
3. The military in British India: the development of British Land Forces in South Asia, 1600-1947 By T. A. Heathcote, Page265 Manchester University Press, 1995, ISBN 978-0-7190-3570-8
4. The London Gazette: no. 26516. p. 3117. 26 May 1894. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
5. Who's Who, 1916
6. William Walker's relatives