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Thomas Holmes Tidy (c.1808 – 1 July 1874) was a

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officer who became General Officer Commanding Eastern District.

Early life

Thomas Tidy was the son of Colonel Francis Skelly Tidy (1775–1835). Frank Tidy was the son of

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Thomas Holmes Tidy (1766–), chaplain to His Majesty's

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, and Henrietta Augusta Skelly (1766–). Thomas Tidy's son was British soldier, Australian jackaroo and tutor, journalist, and minister of religion

Gordon Tidy Gordon Tidy (7 January 1862 – 30 April 1953)In 1912 Tidy stated as a reason for returning from attempting the Catholic priesthood that he was 54, making his date of birth c. 1858 (Forbes Times, 1 May 1912). Registration documents and a 1939 c ...

(c. 1862–1953).

Military career

Tidy was commissioned as an

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in the

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on 14 April 1825. He became Deputy Adjutant-General in

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in the late 1850s, Assistant Adjutant General at Horse Guards in the early 1860s and General Officer Commanding Eastern District in April 1866.

References

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