Charles Ash Windham

General Sir Charles Ash Windham (10 October 1810 – 2 February 1870) was a British Army officer and Liberal Party politician.

Sir Charles Ash Windham
Charles Ash Windham, 1855
Born10 October 1810
Felbrigg, Norfolk
DiedJacksonville, Florida
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankGeneral
Battles/warsCrimean War

Biography

Educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Windham was commissioned as an ensign in the Coldstream Guards on 30 December 1826.[1] He led the charge on the Great Redan to the south of the Malakoff redoubt at Sevastopol on 8 September 1855 during the Battle of the Great Redan in the Crimean War. William Howard Russell, the correspondent of The Times, claimed that in doing so Windham had "saved the honour of the army."[1] He also fought in the Second Battle of Cawnpore during the Indian Rebellion.[1]

Windham became a Member of Parliament (MP) for East Norfolk and held the seat from 1857 to 1859.[2] Promoted to lieutenant-general on 5 February 1866, he became Commander of the British Troops in Canada in October 1867.[1] Windham died in Florida, was interred temporarily in Montreal and finally buried in Hanwell cemetery, Middlesex, England.[1][3]

References

  1. "Charles Ash Windham". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 2)
  3. Obituary: Sir Charles Ash Windham. The Illustrated London News, Volume 56. 1870.

Further reading

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Henry Stracey, Bt
Henry Burroughes
Member of Parliament for East Norfolk
18571859
With: Sir Edward Buxton, Bt 1857–58
Hon. Wenman Coke
Succeeded by
Wenman Coke
Edward Howes
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir John Michel
Commander of the British Troops in Canada
1867–1870
Succeeded by
Sir Charles Doyle


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