Brigadier-General Henry Tempest Hicks (25 November 1852 – 10 November 1922) was a British Army officer who served in the

South African War The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sout ...

and was

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three times and subsequently made a

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. He later served in Aden.

Early life

Tempest Hicks was born in 1852, the son of George H. Tempest Hicks of Hillgrove, Wells. He was educated at

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

and the University of Cambridge.

Military career

Tempest Hicks served in the

in command of the 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was

three times and subsequently made a

. He later served in Aden. He reached the rank of brigadier general. In 1907, Hicks's address was given as Gladsmuir, Monken Hadley.Wills, Walter H. (Ed.) (1907)
The Anglo-African Who's Who and Biographical Sketchbook, 1907
', p. 175.

Family

Hicks married in 1885 Anna Clara Georgina Hemery, daughter of Charles Hemery of Monken Hadley. The couple had children Captain Charles Edward Henry Tempest-Hicks, who died in action 1918,CHARLES EDWARD HENRY TEMPEST-HICKS.
Every Man Remembered, Royal British Legion. Retrieved 7 August 2015. and Anne Monica Georgiana Tempest-Hicks, who married Thomas Hall Rokeby Plumer, 2nd Viscount Plumer, son of Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, in 1919. Anne died 2 May 1963.

References

External links

*http://www.thepeerage.com/p24072.htm *http://family-tree.cobboldfht.com/tree/view/person:8438 *http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp61994/anne-monica-georgiana-plumer-nee-tempest-hicks-viscountess-plumer *http://www.gutenberg.org/files/25618/25618-h/25618-h.htm British Army generals of World War I Royal Dublin Fusiliers officers 1852 births 1922 deaths People from Wells, Somerset Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge People educated at Harrow School Companions of the Order of the Bath British Army personnel of the Second Boer War Military personnel from London British Army brigadiers {{UK-army-bio-stub