Arthur Lyttelton-Annesley

Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Lyttelton-Annesley KCB KCVO (2 September 1837 16 February 1926) was a British Army officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

Sir Arthur Lyttelton-Annesley
Born2 September 1837
Died16 February 1926 (1926-02-17) (aged 88)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankLieutenant General
Commands heldCommander-in-Chief, Scotland
Battles/warsCrimean War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Military career

Educated at Harrow School, Lyttelton-Annesley was commissioned into the 11th Hussars in July 1854.[1] He took part in the Siege of Sebastopol in Winter 1854 and the Battle of the Chernaya in August 1855 during the Crimean War.[1] He went out to India in 1866 and then returned to England to take command of his regiment in 1877 before being appointed Assistant-Adjutant-General of the Horse Guards in 1878 and then Adjutant-General of the Bombay Army in 1883.[1] He went on to command the troops in the North British District in 1888[2] before retiring in 1893.[3]

In 1896 he was given the colonelcy of the 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers, transferring in 1902 to be colonel of the 11th Hussars until his death in 1926. He was invested Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1923 New Year Honours. [4]

References

  1. "The Macleods: a short sketch of their clan, history, folk-lore, tales, and biographical notices of some eminent clansmen". Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  2. "No. 25784". The London Gazette. 7 February 1888. p. 819.
  3. "No. 26372". The London Gazette. 14 February 1893. p. 822.
  4. "No. 32782". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1922. p. 3.
Military offices
Preceded by
Alexander Elliot
Commanding the troops in the North British District
18881893
Succeeded by
Arthur Lyon Fremantle
Preceded by
Robert Hale
Colonel of the 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers
1896–1902
Succeeded by
John Cecil Russell
Preceded by
William Charles Forrest
Colonel of the 11th Hussars
1902–1926
Succeeded by
Thomas Tait Pitman
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