Henry Hallam Parr

Major-General Sir Henry Hallam Parr KCB CMG (24 July 1847 – 4 April 1914) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding North-Western District.

Sir Henry Hallam Parr
Born24 July 1847
Died4 April 1914 (1914-04-05) (aged 66)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1865–1903
RankMajor-General
Commands heldNorth-Western District
Battles/warsAnglo-Zulu War
First Boer War
Anglo-Egyptian War
Mahdist War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Military career

Educated at Twyford School, Hallam Parr was commissioned as an ensign in the 13th Regiment of Foot on 8 September 1865.[1] He fought in the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879, in the First Boer War in 1881 and in the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882.[2] He also saw action at the Battle of Tamai in March 1884 and took part in the Nile Expedition later that year during the Mahdist War.[2] He served as adjutant-general to Lord Grenfell, in his capacity as Sirdar of the Egyptian Army, in the late 1880s.[3] He became Commander, Shorncliffe Garrison, in July 1898, General Officer Commanding South-Eastern District in October 1899 and General Officer Commanding North-Western District in May 1902; he retired in November 1903.[4]

Works
  • Parr, Henry Hallam (2008). Major-General Sir Henry Hallam Parr: Recollections and Correspondence. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 978-1437131970.

References
  1. "No. 23011". The London Gazette. 8 September 1865. p. 4320.
  2. Keown-Boyd, Henry (1996). Soldiers of the Nile: Biographical History of the British Officers of the Egyptian Army, 1882-1925. Thornbury Publications. ISBN 978-0952804703.
  3. "Major-General Sir Henry Hallam Parr: Recollections and Correspondence". The Spectator. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  4. "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Leslie Rundle		 GOC South-Eastern District
1899–1902		 Succeeded by
Leslie Rundle
Preceded by
Leopold Swaine		 GOC North-Western District
1902–1903		 Succeeded by
Francis Howard
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