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	{{Short description\|British army officer ~~for~~ the East India Company}}		{{Short description\|British architect and army officer of the East India Company}}
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	General '''Henry St Clair Wilkins''' (3 December 1828 – 15 December 1896) was a British army officer who served the [[East India Company]] in India, Aden and later in Abyssinia. He was also a noted architect and is credited with having designed several buildings.<ref name="DNB">{{DNB\|wstitle=Wilkins, Henry St. Clair\|first=Robert Hamilton\|last=Vetch\|authorlink=~~s:author:~~Robert Hamilton Vetch\|volume=61\|page=263-264}}</ref>		[[General]] '''Henry St Clair Wilkins''' (3 December 1828 – 15 December 1896) was a British army officer who served the [[East India Company]] in India, Aden and later in Abyssinia. He was also a noted architect and is credited with having designed several buildings.<ref name="DNB">{{DNB\|wstitle=Wilkins, Henry St. Clair\|first=Robert Hamilton\|last=Vetch\|authorlink=Robert Hamilton Vetch\|volume=61\|page=263-264}}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
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	* at Aden, the restoration of the [[Cisterns of Tawila\|ancient tanks in the Tawella Valley]], dating from about 600 A.D.;		* at Aden, the restoration of the [[Cisterns of Tawila\|ancient tanks in the Tawella Valley]], dating from about 600 A.D.;
	* at [[Bombay]], the Government and the Public Works Secretariats (he also won the first prize in a competition with his design for the European General Hospital).		* at [[Bombay]], the Government and the Public Works Secretariats (he also won the first prize in a competition with his design for the European General Hospital).
	* at [[Poona]], the [[Sassoon Hospital]], the [[Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute\|Deccan College]], the [[Ohel David Synagogue]], and the mausoleum of [[David Sassoon]] and other members of the [[Sassoon family]].		* at [[Poona]], the [[Sassoon Hospital]], the [[Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute\|Deccan College]], the [[Ohel David Synagogue]], and the mausoleum of [[David Sassoon (treasurer)\|David Sassoon]] and other members of the [[Sassoon family]].
	* at [[Bhuj]], the palace ([[Prag Mahal]]) of the [[Cutch State\|Rao of Kach]].<ref>Bhuj: art, architecture, history by Azhar Tyabji, Environmental Planning Collaborative (Ahmadābād, India) - 2006 - Part 4 - Page 281</ref>		* at [[Bhuj]], the palace ([[Prag Mahal]]) of the [[Cutch State\|Rao of Kach]].<ref>Bhuj: art, architecture, history by Azhar Tyabji, Environmental Planning Collaborative (Ahmadābād, India) - 2006 - Part 4 - Page 281</ref>
	* at [[Bhejapur]] in [[Orissa, India\|Orissa]], the restoration and adaptation of ancient buildings to the requirements of a new station.		* at [[Bhejapur]] in [[Orissa, India\|Orissa]], the restoration and adaptation of ancient buildings to the requirements of a new station.

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{{Short description|British army officer for the East India Company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
General '''Henry St Clair Wilkins''' (3 December 1828 – 15 December 1896) was a British army officer who served the [[East India Company]] in India, Aden and later in Abyssinia. He was also a noted architect and is credited with having designed several buildings.<ref name="DNB">{{DNB|wstitle=Wilkins, Henry St. Clair|first=Robert Hamilton|last=Vetch|authorlink=s:author:Robert Hamilton Vetch|volume=61|page=263-264}}</ref>

==Biography==
[[File:Frere-Hall-Karachi-Shamail.jpg|thumb|[[Frere Hall]] is one of [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]'s most iconic sights, and was designed by Wilkins]]
He was the son of George Wilkins, [[Archdeacon]] of [[Nottingham]] and was born on 3 December 1828.<ref name="DNB"/> After passing through the military college of the [[East India Company]] at [[Addiscombe]] he received a commission as lieutenant in the [[Bombay Engineers]] on 11 June 1847. He was promoted as captain in 1858, lieutenant-colonel in 1867, colonel in 1868, major-general in 1877, lieutenant-general in 1878 and finally as a general in 1882, when he retired.<ref name=DNB/>

He served with the field force from [[Aden]] against the Arabs in 1858. He commanded the [[Royal Engineers]] throughout the [[British Expedition to Abyssinia|Abyssinian campaign of 1868]], and was [[mentioned in despatches]] by Lord [[Napier of Magdala]] for his ‘invaluable and important services during the expedition.<ref>Royal Engineers Records and Professional Papers, vol. xvii. (1869); Despatches; Times, December 1896; Memoir by General John Fuller, R.E., in Royal Engineers' Journal, 1897.</ref> He was appointed [[aide-de-camp]] to [[Queen Victoria]], with the rank of [[colonel]] in the army, and received the medal.<ref name=DNB/>

An accomplished [[Drawing|draughtsman]] and artist, Wilkins was employed in architectural and engineering works in the [[public works department]] of [[British India]], and his designs were remarkable for their fitness and beauty.<ref name=DNB/><ref>Islamic Art in the 19th Century: Tradition, Innovation, And Eclecticism edited by Doris Behrens-Abouseif, Stephen Vernoit, 2009, pp:390</ref><ref>Report on the state and requirements of the Kurrachee ...by Sind publ. works dept, Henry St. Clair Wilkins - Page 1, 1878</ref>

Among them may be noted:<ref name=DNB/>
* at Aden, the restoration of the [[Cisterns of Tawila|ancient tanks in the Tawella Valley]], dating from about 600 A.D.;
* at [[Bombay]], the Government and the Public Works Secretariats (he also won the first prize in a competition with his design for the European General Hospital).
* at [[Poona]], the [[Sassoon Hospital]], the [[Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute|Deccan College]], the [[Ohel David Synagogue]], and the mausoleum of [[David Sassoon]] and other members of the [[Sassoon family]].
* at [[Bhuj]], the palace ([[Prag Mahal]]) of the [[Cutch State|Rao of Kach]].<ref>Bhuj: art, architecture, history by Azhar Tyabji, Environmental Planning Collaborative (Ahmadābād, India) - 2006 - Part 4 - Page 281</ref>
* at [[Bhejapur]] in [[Orissa, India|Orissa]], the restoration and adaptation of ancient buildings to the requirements of a new station.

==Author==
Wilkins published the following books:-
* ‘Reconnoitring in Abyssinia,’ 1868;
* ‘The Indian Civil Engineering College: Remarks’, 1871;
* ‘Report on the state and requirements of the [[Karachi|Kurrachee]] harbour works’, Sind Public Works Deptt. 1878;
* ‘A Treatise on Mountain Roads, Live Loads, and Bridges,’ 1879.

==Death==
[[File:Grave of Henry Saint Clair Wilkins in Brookwood Cemetery.jpg|thumb|right|The grave of Henry Saint Clair Wilkins in [[Brookwood Cemetery]]]]
He died suddenly on 15 December 1896 at his residence at Queen's Gate, [[South Kensington]]. Wilkins was married in 1856 to Violet, daughter of Colonel Colin Campbell McIntyre, C.B., of the [[78th Highlanders]]. He is buried with his wife in [[Brookwood Cemetery]] in [[Surrey]].

==Gallery==
Architecture by Wilkins:
<gallery>
File:Sassoon hospital.jpg|Sassoon Hospital built in 1867.
File:David Sassoon tomb.jpg|Tomb of David Sassoon, 1864.
File:Ohel David Synagogue.jpg|Ohel David Synagogue, 1867.
File:Prag Mahal Bhuj.jpg|Prag Mahal at Bhuj completed in 1879.
File:Cisterns of Tawila 2007.jpg|[[Cisterns of Tawila]] restoration work 1895–96
</gallery>

==References==
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