Henry Havelock (1795 - 1857)

Born 5 Apr 1795 in Bishopwearmouth, County Durham, England

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah Shepherd (Marshman) Havelock — married 9 Feb 1829 in Serampore, Bengal, India

Descendants

Died 24 Nov 1857 at age 62 in Lucknow, India

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Henry Havelock was born in County Durham, England.

Major General Sir Henry Havelock KCB (5 April 1795 – 24 November 1857) was a British general who is particularly associated with India and his recapture of Lucknow from rebels during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

Havelock was born at Ford Hall, Bishopwearmouth (now in Sunderland), the son of William Havelock, a wealthy shipbuilder. He was educated at Charterhouse School and then studied law before joining the army at the age of 20. In 1822 he shipped out to India, where he served with distinction in the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–1826), the First Afghan War (1839) and the Sikh Wars (1845). He was well-known as a military historian and a strongly committed Baptist.

After two years in England, he returned to India in 1852 where he was appointed Quartermaster-General, promoted to full colonel, and appointed Adjutant-General, India in 1854. He commanded a division in the Anglo-Persian War (1854). When the Indian Mutiny broke out in 1857, he commanded the force that captured Cawnpore and relieved Lucknow. In the latter city, while besieged by a rebel force, he died of dysentery, living long enough to learn that he bad been made a Baronet for his services.

Sources

• Wikipedia entry for Henry Havelock
• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Havelock,_Henry_(DNB00)
• John Clark Marshman, "Memoirs of Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, K. C. B." Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860.[1]