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	[[Major-general (United Kingdom)\|Major-General]] '''Holled Wallace Henry Coxe''' (16 October 1820 – 24 January 1898) was a British soldier and administrator of [[British India]] and a member of [[Henry Lawrence's "Young Men"]].		[[Major-general (United Kingdom)\|Major-General]] '''Holled Wallace Henry Coxe''' (16 October 1820 – 24 January 1898) was a British soldier and administrator of [[British India]] and a member of [[Henry Lawrence's "Young Men"]].

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[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Holled Wallace Henry Coxe''' (16 October 1820 – 24 January 1898) was a British soldier and administrator of [[British India]] and a member of [[Henry Lawrence's "Young Men"]].

==Biography==
Henry was born in [[Bangalore]], part of the [[Madras Presidency]] in British India. His father was a chaplain with the [[East India Company]] but died whilst his wife was pregnant with Henry.<ref name=:1>{{cite web|url=http://www.greathead.org/Wonersh2-o/p226.htm|title=Henry Coxe|website=Wonersh our village}}</ref> He matriculated from [[Worcester College, Oxford]] in May 1839.<ref>{{cite wikisource |chapter=331 |wslink=Alumni Oxoniensis (1715-1886) volume 1.djvu |plaintitle=Page:Alumni Oxoniensis (1715-1886) volume 1.djvu}}</ref> His paternal uncle was [[Henry Coxe|Henry Octavius Coxe]].<ref name=:4>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsMadrasVol2Cotton/List+of+Inscriptions+on+Tombs+or+Monuments++Madras+Vol+2+%28Cotton%29_djvu.txt|title=Henry Coxe|website=Archive.org}}</ref>

Henry entered the [[Bengal Army]] in June 1841 and first saw action in the [[Gwalior Campaign]] of 1843 and was present at the Battle of Maharajpore.<ref name=:2>{{cite web|url=https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/1036/5865/103658651.23.pdf|title=The New Annual Army List, Militia List and Indian Civil Service List|website=National Library of Scotland}}</ref> He became a Lieutenant in April 1850 and in June 1856 he was promoted to captain.<ref name=:2>{{cite web|url=https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/1036/5865/103658651.23.pdf|title=The New Annual Army List, Militia List and Indian Civil Service List|website=National Library of Scotland}}</ref> As a Captain he was employed in the Expeditionary Force under [[Neville Bowles Chamberlain]] against the Mahsood Wuzleerees in 1860 and was present at the actions of Paloseen and Bunrah for which he had a medal with clasp.<ref name=:2>{{cite web|url=https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/1036/5865/103658651.23.pdf|title=The New Annual Army List, Militia List and Indian Civil Service List|website=National Library of Scotland}}</ref>
He was made a Major in June 1861 and Lieutenant Colonel in June 1867.<ref name=:2>{{cite web|url=https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/1036/5865/103658651.23.pdf|title=The New Annual Army List, Militia List and Indian Civil Service List|website=National Library of Scotland}}</ref>

He retired in 1874, and the following January he was gazetted a Major General. He died on 24 January 1898 in [[Leatherhead]], [[England]] at the age of 77 and was buried at the [[Church of St Mary & St Nicholas, Leatherhead]].<ref name=:1>{{cite web|url=http://www.greathead.org/Wonersh2-o/p226.htm|title=Henry Coxe|website=Wonersh our village}}</ref>

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