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Arthur Wellesley Torrens
Sir Arthur Wellesley Torrens (18 August 1809 – 24 August 1855) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. He reached the rank of major-general. Early life He was the second son of Major-general Sir Henry Torrens and his wife, Sarah, daughter of Robert Patton (1742–1812), Robert Patton, governor of St. Helena, born on 18 August 1809; he was a godson of the Duke of Wellington. In 1819 he was appointed a page of honour to the George IV of the United Kingdom, Prince Regent. Torrens passed through the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and obtained a commission as ensign (rank), ensign in the Grenadier Guards, becoming lieutenant on 14 April 1825. He was appointed adjutant of the second battalion with the temporary rank of captain on 11 June 1829. He was promoted captain on 12 June 1830. He continued to serve as adjutant of his battalion until 1838, when he was appointed brigade-major at Quebec on the staff of Major-general James Macdonell (British Army officer), Sir J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crimean War 1854-56 Q71479
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been Russian occupation of Crimea, occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a population of 2.4 million. The peninsula is almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland Ukraine. To the east, the Crimean Bridge, constructed in 2018, spans the Strait of Kerch, linking the peninsula with Krasnodar Krai in Russia. The Arabat Spit, located to the northeast, is a narrow strip of land that separates the Sivash lagoons from the Sea of Azov. Across the Black Sea to the west lies Romania and to the south is Turkey. Crimea (called the Tauric Peninsula until the early modern period) has historically been at the boundary between the Classical antiquity, classical world and the Pontic–Caspian steppe, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
