Sir Charles Arbuthnot GCB KCSI
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Sir Charles George Arbuthnot GCB KCSI (1824 - 1899)

General Sir Charles George Arbuthnot GCB KCSI
Born in Killaloe, County Clare, Irelandmap
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Husband of — married about 1868 in Saint Pancras, London, England, United Kingdommap
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Died at age 74 in Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdommap
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28 May 1894[[Category: Second Anglo-Afgh


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Biography

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General Sir Charles Arbuthnot GCB KCSI was Wounded in Action during Crimean War.

Sir Charles George Arbuthnot, GCB. Born Killaloe 19 May 1824, a twin. Died Richmond Surrey 14 April 1899 (not 1894). He was educated at Rugby, attended the Royal Military Academy,and was commissioned as second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 17 June 1843. He served in the Crimean War as a Captain in the 10th Battalion of the Royal Artillery. I He was slightly wounded in minor actions near Sevastopol on 17 June 1855. He received a severe wound on 23 August 1855. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB), later advanced to become a Knight Commander of the Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) 24 may 1881 and eventually made Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in May 1894. He went to India in 1868, and was actively employed in the Anglo-Afghan War. On his return to England in 1880, he was appointed deputy adjutant-general of artillery, then inspector-general of artillery, and finally president of the ordnance committee. According to his article in the Dictionary of National Biography "his firmness and justice made him a highly respected administrator". He returned to India in 1886 as Commander-in-chief of the Madras Army, the army of the Madras Presidency and one of the three major armies that constituted the bulk of British forces in India. He served as senior military adviser for the Madras Presidency until 1890. Married St Pancras, London, 27 October 1868, Caroline Charlotte Clarke (born Barbados, West Indies 1845-46, died 1909), daughter of Dr William Clarke, MD of Barbados and Eliza Georgiana, nee James. [1]

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