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]
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.
In 1877 he married Kath Maisey.[5]