Philip Melmoth Nelson Guy Explained

Honorific Prefix:Lieutenant-General
Sir Philip Guy
Birth Date:1804
Death Date:10 March 1878
Birth Place:Sidmouth, Devon, England
Death Place:Wiesbaden, Germany
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Branch: British Army
Rank:Lieutenant-General
Commands:British Troops at Danapur
Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong
Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
Battles:Siege of Lucknow
Awards:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Melmoth Nelson Guy (1804–1878) was Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong and Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

Military career

Guy was commissioned into the 5th Regiment of Foot in 1824. He went on to command the British Troops at Danapur in India in 1857.

He was appointed Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong in 1864[1] and Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1868, a post he relinquished in 1873.

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Notes and References

  1. British and Indian armies on the China coast 1785-1985 by Harfield, A G, Published by A and J Partnership, 1990, Pages 483-484