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	He joined the Bombay Army as an ensign in 1838 and was promoted Lieutenant in 1840, Captain in 1852, Major in 1858, Lieutenant Colonel in 1864 and Colonel in 1868.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/104503658?mode=transcription\|title=Harts Army List 1869\|publisher= National Library of Scotland\|accessdate= 13 June ~~2022~~}}</ref>		He joined the Bombay Army as an ensign in 1838 and was promoted Lieutenant in 1840, Captain in 1852, Major in 1858, Lieutenant Colonel in 1864 and Colonel in 1868.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/104503658?mode=transcription\|title=Harts Army List 1869\|publisher= National Library of Scotland\|accessdate= 13 June 2018}}</ref>

	He took part in the Southern Mahratta Campaign of 1844-45, the [[Anglo-Persian War]] of 1856–59 and the [[Indian Mutiny]] of 1857–59. He was a staff officer in the Rajputana Field Force which pursued [[Tantia Tope]]s forces through Rajputana in 1857. In 1867–68 he was appointed head of the Commissariat in the punitive [[British Expedition to Abyssinia\|Abyssinia Expedition]] of 1868 after which he served as Deputy Commissary General in Bombay until 1877.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Dictionary of Indian Biography\|page=254}}</ref>		He took part in the Southern Mahratta Campaign of 1844-45, the [[Anglo-Persian War]] of 1856–59 and the [[Indian Mutiny]] of 1857–59. He was a staff officer in the Rajputana Field Force which pursued [[Tantia Tope]]s forces through Rajputana in 1857. In 1867–68 he was appointed head of the Commissariat in the punitive [[British Expedition to Abyssinia\|Abyssinia Expedition]] of 1868 after which he served as Deputy Commissary General in Bombay until 1877.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Dictionary of Indian Biography\|page=254}}</ref>

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{{Infobox military person
|name= Sir Alfred Lucas
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|birth_name=Alfred William Lucas
|birth_date=5 July 1822<ref>{{cite book |last1=Boase |first1=Frederic |title=Modern English Biography|date=1965 |publisher=Frank Cass |page=85 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Fw4AQAAMAAJ |accessdate=19 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
|death_date= {{dda|19 February 1896|5 July 1822 |df=y}}
|birth_place= [[Greenwich]], London, England<ref name="1881census">''1881 England Census''</ref>
|death_place= [[Newton Abbot]], Devon
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|allegiance= {{UK}}
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|rank= [[General (United Kingdom)|General]]
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|battles=[[Anglo-Persian War]] <br />[[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Mutiny]]<br />[[British Expedition to Abyssinia|Abyssinia Expedition]].
|awards= [[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India|KCB]]
|relations= [[Meriel Lucas]] (daughter)
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General '''Sir Alfred William Lucas''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}} (5 July 1822 – 19 February 1896) was a senior British staff officer in the [[British Indian Army]].

He was born 5 July 1822 and baptised on 3 August 1822 in [[St Alfege Church, Greenwich]], London, the son of Charles and Elizabeth Lucas.

==Army career==
He joined the Bombay Army as an ensign in 1838 and was promoted Lieutenant in 1840, Captain in 1852, Major in 1858, Lieutenant Colonel in 1864 and Colonel in 1868.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/104503658?mode=transcription|title=Harts Army List 1869|publisher= National Library of Scotland|accessdate= 13 June 2022}}</ref>

He took part in the Southern Mahratta Campaign of 1844-45, the [[Anglo-Persian War]] of 1856–59 and the [[Indian Mutiny]] of 1857–59. He was a staff officer in the Rajputana Field Force which pursued [[Tantia Tope]]s forces through Rajputana in 1857. In 1867–68 he was appointed head of the Commissariat in the punitive [[British Expedition to Abyssinia|Abyssinia Expedition]] of 1868 after which he served as Deputy Commissary General in Bombay until 1877.<ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Indian Biography|page=254}}</ref>

He retired on half-pay in 1880, was promoted to Lieutenant-General in 1882<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25104|page=2078|date= 5 May 1882}}</ref> and made full general on 22 January 1889.

==Honours and awards==
He was awarded [[Companion of the Order of the Bath|CB]] in the [[1869 Birthday Honours]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=23503|page=3180|date=1 June 1869}}</ref> and elevated to [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath|KCB]] in the [[1893 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue =26409|page=3251|date= 2 June 1893}}</ref>

==Private life==
He married in 1867 Florence Caswell from New South Wales. He set up a family home in Devon where they raised a large family. He died there aged 73 in 1896. His daughter was the famous badminton player [[Meriel Lucas]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=H3FVqPg4Nj2A3SlU%2B2vHNQ&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=3 April 2021|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857]]
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