Major-General Caledon Richard Egerton (28 July 1814 – 27 May 1874) was a senior

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officer from the Egerton family who went on to be Military Secretary.

Military career

Egerton was commissioned into the

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. He was appointed

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of his regiment in 1836. He served in the

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and was decorated with the Order of the Medjidie (5th Class). He features in a photograph taken in the Crimea by Roger Fenton (1855 – Officers & Men of the 89th Regiment). He was appointed deputy adjutant-general in 1866 and Military Secretary in 1871. He was also

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of the

Family

In 1843 he married Margaret Cumming, and they went on to have seven sons and two daughters. Four of their sons were knighted, including

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Sir Charles Egerton, Sir Reginald Egerton (private secretary to the postmaster-general),

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Sir George Egerton, and Sir Brian Egerton (tutor to

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Egerton, Caledon 1814 births 1874 deaths Royal Irish Fusiliers officers British Army major generals British Army personnel of the Crimean War Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie, 5th class