Английская Википедия:Edward Westby Donovan
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person Lieutenant General Edward Westby Donovan KLH (6 September 1821 – 1897) was Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements.
Military career
Donovan was commissioned into the 33rd Regiment of Foot in 1840.[1] He fought in the Crimean War and was severely wounded at the Siege of Sevastopol in 1855.[2] For this he was made a Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur.[3]
In 1878 he was appointed Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements, a post he held until 1882.[4] He retired in 1887 with the honorary rank of full general.[5]
Following, he was made Colonel of the East Yorkshire Regiment (1891—1897).[6]
Family
Edward Westby Donovan belonged to the distinguished Ballymore sept of the O'Donovans of Clanloughlin.[7]
References
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- ↑ Thom, Adam Bissett, The Upper Ten Thousand, for 1877. London: Kelly and Co. p. 167
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- ↑ Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons. 9th edition, 1899. p. 119–20
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