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{{Short description|British Army officer (1842-1925)}}
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| name = Vincent William Tregear
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Major-General '''Sir Vincent William Tregear''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCB}} (25 June 1842 - 17 june 1925) was a British army officer.

The son of Vincent Tregear of the Indian Educational Department, he was educated privately. He entered the [[Bengal Army]] in 1859.

He was appointed a Major in 1879,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24761|page=5456|date=12 September 1879}}</ref> Brevet Lieutenant Colonel in 1884,<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=25440|page=578|date=10 February 1885}}</ref> Lieutenant-Colonel in 1885,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25501|page=3785|date=14 August 1885}}</ref> and Colonel in 1888.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25864|page=5545|date=9 October 1888}}</ref> He was appointed a Major-General in 1897 and retired in the same year. He was transferred to the Unemployed Supernumerary List in 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27486|page=6651|date=21 October 1902}}</ref>

Tregear commanded the 9th Bengal Infantry and was Colonel on the Staff at Multan from 1895-97.

He served in the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]], 1879-80 and took part in the [[Chin-Lushai Expedition]] for both the expedition of 1888 and the expedition of 1889-1890. For his services in the Chin-Lushai Expedition, he was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Bath]] (CB) in 1890.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26106|page=6023|date=14 November 1890}}</ref>

He married Jane Charlotte (died 1899), daughter of William Oswald Bell, in 1867.

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the [[Order of the Bath]] in the [[1909 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28263|page=4854|date=22 June 1909|supp=y}}</ref>

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite IBD1915|wstitle= Tregear, Major-General Sir Vincent William |volume= 21.6 |page= 430 |year=1915|short=}}

*{{cite web |last1=Peters |first1=Larry |title=Vincent William Tregear |url=https://records.myheritagelibraryedition.com/research/record-1-152280411-25-507790/vincent-william-tregear-in-myheritage-family-trees |website=MyHeritage}}
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