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Henry Richard Abadie (25 March 1841 – 9 May 1915) was a

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officer. He was GOC Eastern District at the end of the 19th century and the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey for four years thereafter.

Background

Abadie was the son of Louis Pascal Abadie, who came from Chateau de Pellepoix in

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. He was married first to Kate Sandeman and following her death in 1883 to Caroline, daughter of Colonel Fanshawe Gostling in 1890. His four sons with Kate Sandeman all died while on military service: two in Africa to disease and two during the First World War.

Military career

Abadie joined the army in 1858 and served in the

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, where he was involved in the

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. He was made a captain 1872 and fought in the

Second Anglo-Afghan War The Second Anglo-Afghan War (Dari: جنگ دوم افغان و انگلیس, ps, د افغان-انګرېز دويمه جګړه) was a military conflict fought between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the l ...

, including the

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in 1880. He was with the

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and commanded the Cavalry Depot at

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from 1894 to 1897. From 1899 to 1900 he commanded Eastern District, during which he was promoted to

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and awarded a Companion of the Order of the Bath.

Jersey

Thereafter Abadie was appointed the

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, a post he held until 1904. There is a painting of him at his regimental museum in Derby by John St Helier Lander,Abadie
painting, Derby Museum and Art Gallery, accessed September 2011 an artist whom he met while living in Jersey.

References

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