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1860 Birthday Honours
The 1860 Birthday Honours were appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of the Queen, and were published in ''The London Gazette'' on 18 May 1860. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, ''etc.'') and then divisions (Military, Civil, ''etc.'') as appropriate. United Kingdom and British Empire The Most Honourable Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) =Military Division= ;;Royal Navy *Admiral of the Fleet Sir John West *Admiral Sir William Hall Gage Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom *Admiral Sir Francis William Austen *General Sir James Douglas *General Sir George Scovell *General the Lord Downes *Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane *Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour ;;Army * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of List of monarchs in Britain by length of reign, any previous British monarch and is known as the Victorian era. It was a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. In 1876, the British Parliament voted to grant her the additional title of Empress of India. Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (the fourth son of King George III), and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After the deaths of her father and grandfather in 1820, she was Kensington System, raised under close supervision by her mother and her comptroller, John Conroy. She inherited the throne aged 18 af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Fanshawe
Admiral Sir Arthur Fanshawe (5 February 1794 – 14 June 1864) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth. Naval career Born the son of Robert Fanshawe, Fanshawe joined the Royal Navy in 1804. Promoted to Captain in 1816, he commanded HMS ''Donegal'' from 1832 and then HMS ''Princess Charlotte'' during the Oriental Crisis in 1840. Fanshawe was appointed Commodore, West Coast of Africa in 1849, Commander-in-chief, North America and West Indies in 1853 and Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in 1858. His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth from June 1860. Fanshawe died at Regent's Park in London and left his estates in Hampshire to his nephew In the lineal kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a niece or nephew is a child of the subject's sibling or sibling-in-law. The converse relationship, the relationship from the niece or nephew's perspective, is that of an ..., Admiral Sir Edward Fansha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Melvill Melvill
Major-General Sir Peter Melvill Melvill (2 July 1803''England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975'' – 5 November 1895) was a British military commander in the Bombay Army who was military and naval secretary to the Governor of Bombay. Early life Melvill was born at Pendennis Castle, near Falmouth, Cornwall, where his father was Governor.''1861 England Census'' He was the youngest son of Capt. Philip Melvill (1762–1811) and Elizabeth Carey Dobrée (1770–1845). His family was strongly associated with the East India Company. His elder brothers included Sir James Cosmo Melvill, secretary of the East India Company; Philip Melvill, Military Secretary to the India Office; and Henry Melvill, principal of the East India Company College. Career He joined the Bombay Army in 1819 and was employed with the revenue survey of Gujarat from 1822–27. He served as Fort Adjutant of the garrison of Bombay and ''aide-to-camp'' to the Governor in 1828. In 1829, he was on special duty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard James Holwell Birch
General Sir Richard James Holwell Birch (26 January 1803 – 25 February 1875) was a British officer of the Bengal Army of the East India Company, who served during the Sikh Wars and the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Life He came from a well-known Anglo-Indian family, and was the son of Richard Comyns Birch, of the Bengal Civil Service, and afterwards of Writtle, Essex, who was a grandson of John Zephaniah Holwell, author of the famous account of his sufferings in the Black Hole of Calcutta. Birch was born in 1803 and received a commission as an ensign in the infantry of the Bengal Army in 1821. His numerous circle of relations in India ensured his rapid promotion and almost continuous service on the staff, and after acting as deputy- judge advocate-general at Meerut, and as assistant secretary in the military department at Calcutta, he was appointed judge-advocate-general to the forces in Bengal in 1841. In the same capacity he accompanied the army in the First Sikh War of 1845 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Hamilton, 6th Baronet
Sir Robert North Collie Hamilton, 6th Baronet (7 April 1802 – 31 May 1887) was a British politician and East India Company civil servant. Hamilton was the eldest son of Sir Frederic Hamilton, 5th Baronet, and his wife, Eliza Ducarel Collie. He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1853. Career He entered the East India Company civil service in 1820, and served in Benares until 1830. He was appointed Magistrate and Collector of Meerut in 1834 and served in this post for three years before moving to be Commissioner of the Agra Division from 1837 to 1841, including during the famine. His next post was as secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Provinces from 1841 to 1852, before he became Agent to the Governor-General in Central India (1852–60). He was appointed a member of the Governor-General's Council in 1859 and Knight Commander of the KCB in 1860, before retiring from the East India Company in the latter year. On his return to England, he was a Deputy Lieuten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick James Halliday
Sir Frederick James Halliday (25 December 1806 – 22 October 1901) was a British civil servant and the first Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal. Early life and career Frederick James Halliday was born on 25 December 1806 at Ewell, Surrey. According to the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', he was educated at Rugby School. However, a 1901 publication says that, although he went to Rugby in 1814, he entered St Paul's School, London in 1815, spent seven years there and thus "he may fairly be claimed as a Scholar of St. Paul's." This is also the opinion of a historian of St. Paul's, Michael McDonnell, who notes that Halliday was sent to Rugby to be under the influence of its head master, John Sleath, and moved to St. Paul's as a consequence of Sleath being appointed as High Master there. Subsequently, he attended the East India College in Haileybury, before joining the Bengal civil service in 1824. He attended Fort William College in Calcutta, where he was taught by I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Burdon Ellis
General Sir Samuel Burdon Ellis (bapt. 10 March 1782 – 10 March 1865) was a senior Royal Marines officer. Early life Ellis was born in 1782, the son of Captain Charles Ellis, R.N. and his wife Susanna. Life Ellis entered the Royal Marine Light Infantry as a second lieutenant on 1 January 1804. He was at once sent on board ship, and, after first seeing service in Sir Robert Calder's action off Cape Finisterre, was present at the Battle of Trafalgar. He was quickly promoted to lieutenant in 1806. He was present in the Walcheren expedition in 1809 and in the capture of Guadeloupe in 1810, and being on board , was later employed off the coast. Firstly, he was employed off the coast of Spain and then of southern France during the latter years of the Peninsular war. He specially distinguished himself in the operations which the navy took in helping to form the siege of Bayonne, after Wellington's victory of the Nive and Soult's retreat on Toulouse. His ship was then ordered to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Harding (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant General Sir George Judd Harding (1788 – 5 July 1860) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. Military career Harding was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1802. He took part in the Napoleonic Wars, being deployed first to Messina in 1807, and then to Gibraltar, where in 1810 he worked with Sir Charles Holloway on the demolition of two Spanish forts and the rest of the Spanish Lines of Contravallation of Gibraltar. He was the Chief Engineer on Gibraltar in about 1831. He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1856 and was also Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Royal Engineers. In 1860 he was appointed to the Order of the Bath. accessed June 2013 He died later that year. Legacy On Gibraltar, he worked on a num ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Charles Whinyates
General Sir Edward Charles Whinyates, (6 May 1782 – 25 December 1865) was a senior British Army artillery officer. Biography Whinyates was the son of Major Thomas Whinyates of Abbotsleigh, Devon, and his wife Katharine Frankland, and was educated at Newcombe's School in Hackney. In 1796 he entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich as a cadet and was commissioned as second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 1 March 1798. He became lieutenant in 1799 and accompanied the expedition in that year to Den Helder in the Netherlands and the expedition to Madeira in 1801. When Madeira was evacuated at the Peace of Amiens, he went with his company to Jamaica and was made adjutant. In 1805 he was promoted second captain and came home. He served as adjutant to the artillery in the attack on Copenhagen in 1807 and the following year was posted to D troop of the Royal Horse Artillery. In February 1810 he embarked with his unit for the Peninsula, but their transport ship ''Camilla'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Stephen Gore
General Sir Charles Stephen Gore (26 December 1793 – 4 September 1869), also styled as the Honorable Charles Gore, was a British general. Early life Gore was a son of Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran and, his third wife, the former Elizabeth Underwood. Among his siblings were Lady Cecilia Underwood (the second wife of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, the sixth son of King George III). From his father's first marriage to Catherine Annesley (the only daughter of the 1st Viscount Glerawly), his half-siblings included Arthur Gore, 3rd Earl of Arran, Lady Anne Jane Gore (the third wife of John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn), and Lady Catherine Charlotte Gore (wife of John Evans-Freke, 6th Baron Carbery). His paternal grandparents were Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran (eldest son of Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Baronet) and the former Jane Worth (widow of William Worth of Rathfarnham). His maternal grandparents were Richard Underwood, Esq. and the former Christiana Goold (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Napier (British Army Officer)
General Sir Thomas Erskine Napier (10 May 1790 – 5 July 1863) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland. Military career Napier was commissioned into the 52nd Regiment of Foot on 3 July 1805. He took part in the Battle of Copenhagen in August 1807, at the Battle of Corunna in January 1809 and at the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro in May 1811 during the Napoleonic Wars. He also took part in the Battle of the Nive in December 1813 where he was wounded. He went on to be assistant adjutant-general in Belfast and then served as Commander-in-Chief, Scotland and also as Governor of Edinburgh Castle from 1852 to 1854. From 1854 to 1857 he was Colonel of the 16th (Bedfordshire) Regiment and from 1857 to his death Colonel of the 71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot The 71st Regiment of Foot was a Highland regiment in the British Army, raised in 1777. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot to become the 1st Battalion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Bainbrigge
Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Bainbrigge (4 February 1786 – 20 December 1862) was a British Army officer. He was present at the sieges and storming of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, and later the advance to Madrid. He later joined the British army in its advance to Paris, and held positions in Belfast and Ceylon. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath and died at St. Margaret's in 1862. Biography Family and early life Bainbrigge was descended from an ancient family long resident in the counties of Leicester and Derby. He was the eldest son of Lieutenant-colonel Philip Bainbrigge, of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, and Rachel, daughter of Peter Dobrée, Esq., of Beauregard, Guernsey, Beauregard, Guernsey, and was born in London in 1786. He entered the navy as a midshipman in the HMS Caesar, ''Caesar'', under Admiral Sir James Saumarez, in 1799, but left it from ill-health. His father, who served under the Duke of York in the expedition to Hollan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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