Charles Creagh-Osborne | |
Birth Date: | 20 December 1823 |
Death Date: | 17 August 1892 |
Branch: | British Army |
Rank: | Lieutenant-General |
Commands: | Staff College, Sandhurst |
Battles: | Indian Mutiny |
Awards: | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant General Charles Osborne Creagh-Osborne CB (20 December 1823 – 17 August 1892) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Staff College, Sandhurst.
Creagh-Osborne was commissioned as an ensign into the 6th Regiment of Foot in 1841.[1] He served with the Scinde Camel Corps during Sir Charles Napier's campaign in India in 1842.[1] He also took part in the response to Indian Mutiny of 1857 being present at the assault on Jagdispur.[1] He became Superintendent of Garrison Instructors in India in 1873 and Commandant of the Staff College, Sandhurst in 1878. There is a memorial to him in Boldre Churchyard.[2]
In 1866 he married Harriet Frances Crozier; they had three sons and three daughters.[3]