General Sir Henry Bates (1813 – 2 March 1893) was a senior officer in the British Army. He was born the eldest son of Major Bates of the Royal Marines and educated at

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. He joined the Army as an ensign 9 July 1829 and was promoted Lieutenant in the

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in 1833. In 1836 he transferred to the

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and was promoted Captain in 1845, having spent 3 years in the West Indies on the staff of Lt.-General

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. He exchanged to the 98th Foot and became a Major in 1857. He spent 21 years in India as a staff officer, including terms as aide-de-camp to Sir

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(killed 1846) and Sir

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. He also acted as Military Secretary to

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during the

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of 1857. Made Major-General in 1863 he was put in charge of a brigade at

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. He was commander in the Cork District during the

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of 1866. In 1871 he was appointed a Commissioner for the abolition of purchase (of officer commissions) in the Army, the following year made Lieutenant-General, and in 1873 awarded C.B. He was given the colonelcy of the

9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot The Royal Norfolk Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army until 1959. Its predecessor regiment was raised in 1685 as Henry Cornwall's Regiment of Foot. In 1751, it was numbered like most other British Army regiments and named ...

(subsequently the

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) in 1871, transferring in 1889 to be Colonel of the

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, a position he held until his death. He was made a full General on 1 October 1877 and a

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in 1879. He retired in 1881. He died at his London home in 1893.

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