Michael Saward (British Army officer) explained

Michael Saward
Birth Date:22 December 1840[1]
Death Date:1928
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Branch: British Army
Serviceyears:c.1860 - 1903
Rank:Major-General

Major-General Michael Henry Saward (22 December 1840 – 1928) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.[2]

Military career

Saward became a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in Bengal in 1862. He remained in Bengal throughout his career and was ultimately appointed Assistant Adjutant General of the Royal Artillery in Bengal, a post he only relinquished in 1894. He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1899.[3]

He is buried at St John the Evangelist Church at Dormansland in Surrey.[4] He was also a Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery.

Family

In 1877 he married Kath Maisey.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Robinson . Charles John . A Register of the Scholars Admitted into Merchant Taylor's School . 1883 . Printed and published for the editor by Farncombe & Company . 311 . en.
  2. Book: Buckland . Charles Edward . Dictionary of Indian Biography . 1906 . S. Sonnenschein . 376 . en.
  3. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Guernsey.html World Statesmen
  4. http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/gravedetails.php?available=yes&fullname=Michael%20Henry%20Saward&grave=124997&personid=266895 Gravestone Photos
  5. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2003-10/1065062823 Roots.web