General Sir George Richards Greaves GCB KCMG (9 November 1831 – 11 April 1922) was a British Army officer.
Sir George Greaves | |
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 Sir George Greaves | |
| Born | 9 November 1831 Windermere, Westmorland |
| Died | 11 April 1922 (aged 90) Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1849–1893 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Bombay Army |
| Battles / wars | Indian Mutiny Third Anglo-Ashanti War Suakin Expedition |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George |
Military career
editGreaves was commissioned in November 1849.[1] He served in the response to the Indian Rebellion of 1857 before becoming Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General for the Eusufzye Expedition in 1858 and Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General in New Zealand in 1862.[1] He went on to be Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at Headquarters in 1870, Chief of Staff for the Third Anglo-Ashanti War in 1873 and then became Chief of Staff and Chief Secretary to Government of Cyprus in 1878.[2] After that he was appointed Assistant Adjutant General at Headquarters in 1874, Administrator of Cyprus in 1879 and Adjutant-General, India later that year.[2] He then commanded a Division in the Bengal Army from 1885 before serving as Chief of Staff for the Second Suakin Expedition in 1885 and Commander-in-Chief of the Bombay Army from 1891.[1] He retired in March 1893.[2]
Family
editIn 1859 Greaves married Ellen Hutchison; following the death of his first wife, he married Julia Rose Venour (née Morris) in 1908.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Queen's Royal Surreys (Archived) Retrieved 8 January 2020
- ^ a b c d Oxford Dictionary of National Biography