Edmund Haythorne Explained

Sir Edmund Haythorne
Birth Date:28 May 1818[1]
Birth Place:Bristol, England
Death Place:Reading, Berkshire, England
Placeofburial:Reading, Berkshire
Serviceyears:1837–1866
Rank:General
Battles:First Opium War
Second Anglo-Sikh War
Crimean War
Awards:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

General Sir Edmund Haythorne (28 May 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.[2] He took part in the Battle of Chinkiang in July 1842 during the First Opium War.[2] 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.[2] 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.[2] He became Adjutant-General in India in June 1860 before retiring in January 1866.[3]

On his return to England he was given the colonelcy of the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot in 1878, transferring in 1879 to the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot. When the 37th Foot and the 67th Foot amalgamated in 1881 to form the Hampshire Regiment, he became colonel of the 1st Battalion of the new regiment until his death.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Boase . Frederic . Modern English Biography (volume 1 of 4) A-H . 2018 . Litres . 9785041269647 . 1792 . en.
  2. Haythorne, Sir Edmund. 2004 . 10.1093/ref:odnb/12791 . 26 November 2015.
  3. Web site: Army Commands . 26 November 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112744/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf . 4 March 2016 .
  4. Web site: Royal Hampshire Regiment . Regiments.org . 29 December 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070220093634/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/037Hamps.htm . 20 February 2007 .