Henry Sarel Explained

Henry Sarel
Birth Date:1 November 1823[1]
Death Date:2 January 1887 (aged 63)[2]
Birth Place:London, England[3]
Death Place:Rollesby Hall, Norfolk
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Branch: British Army
Serviceyears:1847–1885
Rank:Lieutenant-General
Battles:Indian Mutiny
Second Opium War
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant-General Henry Andrew Sarel (1 November 1823 – 2 January 1887) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.

Military career

Educated at Rugby School,[4] Sarel became a cornet with the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers in 1847 and subsequently transferred to the 17th Lancers. He fought with his Regiment during the Indian Mutiny in 1857[5] and then joined the China Expedition in 1861.[6] He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1883[7] and lived at Rollesby Hall in Norfolk.[8]

Family

He married Phyllis Molyneux.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Boase . Frederic . Modern English Biography: Containing Many Thousand Concise Memoirs of Persons who Have Died Between the Years 1851-1900, with an Index of the Most Interesting Matter . 1965 . Frank Cass . 413 . en.
  2. Book: Rugby School Register: From April, 1675, to April, 1842 . 1901 . Rugby School . 301 . en.
  3. Book: Admissions to Trinity College, Cambridge ... . 1911 . Macmillan and Company, Limited . 521 . en.
  4. https://archive.org/stream/rugbyschoolregis03rugbuoft/rugbyschoolregis03rugbuoft_djvu.txt Rugby School Register, May 1874 - May 1904
  5. Second medal displayed in portrait
  6. https://www.jstor.org/pss/1798395 Papers read
  7. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Guernsey.html World Statesmen
  8. http://apling.freeservers.com/Villages/Rollesby.htm Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1883, p.476
  9. http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersS.html Unit Histories