Henry Errington Longden

Sir Henry Errington Longden
Born January 1819
Died 29 January 1890
Bournemouth, Dorset
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Army
Years of service 1836–1880
Rank General
Battles/wars First Anglo-Sikh War
Second Anglo-Sikh War
Indian Rebellion
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire

General Sir Henry Errington Longden KCB, CIE (January 1819 – 29 January 1890) was a British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General in India.

Military career

Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Longden was commissioned into the 10th Regiment of Foot on 16 September 1836.[1] He fought at the Battle of Sobraon in February 1846 during the First Anglo-Sikh War as well as the Siege of Multan in Autumn 1848 and the Battle of Gujrat in February 1849 during the Second Anglo-Sikh War.[1] He also took part in the Siege of Lucknow in Autumn 1857 and the subsequent relief of Azamgarh during the Indian Rebellion.[1] He became Adjutant-General in India in January 1866 before retiring in 1880.[2]

He was given the colonelcy of the Hampshire Regiment in 1883, transferring in 1888 to be colonel of the Lincolnshire Regiment until his death. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Longden, Sir Henry Errington". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  2. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  3. "The Royal Hampshire Regiment". regiments.org. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Edmund Haythorne
Adjutant-General, India
1866–1869
Succeeded by
Frederic Thesiger
Preceded by
Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar
Colonel of the Lincolnshire Regiment
1888–1890
Succeeded by
Reginald Shipley
Preceded by
William Mark Wood
Colonel of the Hampshire Regiment
1883–1888
Succeeded by
Thomas Edmond Knox
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