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Sir Edmund Haythorne (28 May 1818 – 18 October 1888) was a
British Army
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officer who served as
Adjutant-General in India.
Military career
Educated at the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst
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, Haythorne was commissioned into the
98th Regiment of Foot
The 98th (Prince of Wales) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army. It was originally raised in 1824 as the 98th Regiment of Foot, before assuming the title of the 98th (Prince of Wales) Regiment of Foot in 1876. Later, in 1 ...
on 12 May 1837.
He took part in the
Battle of Chinkiang
The Battle of Chinkiang () was fought between British and Chinese forces in Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), Jiangsu province, China, on 21July 1842 during the First Opium War. It was the last major battle of the war. The Chinese force consisted of a garri ...
in July 1842 during the
First Opium War
The First Opium War (), also known as the Opium War or the Anglo-Sino War was a series of military engagements fought between Britain and the Qing dynasty of China between 1839 and 1842. The immediate issue was the Chinese enforcement of the ...
.
[ He also served as aide-de-camp to General Sir Colin Campbell at the Battle of Chillianwala in January 1849 and the ]Battle of Gujrat
The Battle of Gujrat was a decisive battle in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, fought on 21 February 1849, between the forces of the East India Company, and a Sikh army in rebellion against the company's control of the Sikh Empire, represented by ...
in February 1849 during the Second Anglo-Sikh War
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.[ He was brigade ]major
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at the Battle of Balaclava
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in October 1854 and then commanded the 1st Battalion of the 1st Royals
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during the Siege of Sevastopol in Spring 1855 during the Crimean War
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Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ...
.[ He became Adjutant-General in India in June 1860 before retiring in January 1866.]
On his return to England he was given the colonelcy of the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot
The 55th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment, raised in 1755. After 1782 it had a county designation added, becoming known as the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 34th (Cum ...
in 1878, transferring in 1879 to the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot
The 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in Ireland in February 1702. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot to become the Hampshire R ...
. When the 37th Foot and the 67th Foot
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amalgamated in 1881 to form the Hampshire Regiment
The Hampshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot and the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot. The regi ...
, he became colonel of the 1st Battalion of the new regiment until his death.
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1818 births
1888 deaths
Military personnel from Bristol
Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
98th Regiment of Foot officers
British Army generals
British Army personnel of the Crimean War
British military personnel of the First Opium War
British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Sikh War
Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath