Jahleel Brenton Carey
Jahleel Brenton Carey (1847–1883) was a British officer who became notorious for his alleged responsibility for the death in action of Napoléon, Prince Imperial (1856–1879), at the hands of Zulu warriors in South Africa. Biographical background Jahleel Carey was born in Hinckley, Leicestershire, on 18 July 1847. He was the son of Adolphus Frederick Carey, Vicar of Brixham, Devon, a member of the Carey family of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. Like many sons of the Guernsey Carey line, Jahleel was educated at Caen in Normandy. By 1864 he was a cadet at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and was gazetted as an ensign in 1865. He joined the 3rd West India Regiment in 1865, and served with the expeditionary force in British Honduras in 1867, where he was mentioned in despatches. In 1868 he was made a lieutenant in the 98th Regiment of Foot. The Death of the Prince Imperial During the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, an incident took place which was to drastically alter the hitherto pro ...
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