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[[General]] '''William Anson McCleverty''' (11 February 1806 – 6 October 1897) was a British soldier who served as the Commander-in-chief of the [[Madras Army]] from 1867 to 1871.

== Early life ==
Born the son of Major-General Robert McCleverty, McCleverty was commissioned in the [[48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot|48th Regiment of Foot]] in 1824.<ref name=bio>{{cite book | title=Dictionary of Indian Biography| url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.501620| last=Buckland| first=C. E.| year=1906| publisher=Swan Sonnenschein & Co| location=London| pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.501620/page/n293 281]}}</ref>

== Military career ==

McCleverty served in campaigns against the Maharajah of [[Coorg]] (1834) and in [[New Zealand]] during the [[Wanganui Campaign]] (1847).<ref name="bio" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18971009.2.47 |accessdate=13 June 2016 |work=[[The Press]] |volume=LIV |issue=9853 |date=9 October 1897 |page=8}}</ref> He lived in New Zealand from 1846 to 1857, and later returned to New Zealand for another period.<ref name="Una Platts">{{cite book | chapter=McCleverty, Lieut.Col. William Anson 1806?–1897 | url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-PlaNine-t1-body-d1-d757.html | accessdate=14 June 2016 | title=Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists | first=Una | last=Platts | publisher=Avon Fine Prints | date=1980 | location=Christchurch | page=157}}</ref> Promoted to [[major-general]], he became commander of Madras district in 1860, General Officer Commanding [[South-Eastern District (British Army)|South-Eastern District]] in October 1866 and Commander-in-Chief of the [[Madras Army]] in November 1867 before retiring from that post in March 1871.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=2 July 2016}}</ref>

From 1868 to 1875 he held the colonelcy of the [[108th (Madras Infantry) Regiment of Foot]] from which he transferred as colonel in 1875 to the [[48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot]], continuing on its amalgamation in 1881 as colonel of the 1st Battalion of the resultant [[Northamptonshire Regiment]], a position he held until his death.<ref> {{cite web| url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/048Nhant.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060103162002/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/048Nhant.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=3 January 2006|title=The Northamptonshire Regiment|publisher= regiments.org|accessdate= 9 March 2017}} </ref> He was promoted full General on 17 March 1876.

McCleverty died on 6 October 1897 at the age of ninety-one.<ref name=bio/>

== Art ==
McCleverty painted in watercolours and several of his works are held by the [[Alexander Turnbull Library]] in [[Wellington]] and the National Library of Australia in Canberra.<ref name="Una Platts" />

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