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	\|battles = [[Crimean War]]<br>[[Second Anglo-Afghan War]]		\|battles = [[Crimean War]]<br />[[Second Anglo-Afghan War]]
	\|awards = [[Order of the Star of India\|Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India]], [[Order of the Bath\|Companion of the Order of the Bath]]		\|awards = [[Order of the Star of India\|Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India]], [[Order of the Bath\|Companion of the Order of the Bath]]
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	[[Major-General]] '''Sir William Henry Rodes Green''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|KCSI\|CB}} (31 May 1823 – 9 September 1912) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer and colonial official.<ref name="times">{{cite news \|title=Major-General Sir William Green \|work=[[The Times]] \|page=9 \|date=11 September 1912 }}</ref>		[[Major-General]] '''Sir William Henry Rodes Green''' {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|KCSI\|CB}} (31 May 1823 – 9 September 1912) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer and colonial official.<ref name="times">{{cite news \|title=Major-General Sir William Green \|work=[[The Times]] \|page=9 \|date=11 September 1912 }}</ref>

	Green was the son of Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Pellatt Green. He attended the [[Addiscombe Military Seminary]] and King's College, London.<ref name="times"/> He was commissioned into the [[14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse\|Scinde Horse]] of the [[East India Company]]. During the [[Crimean War]], Green was seconded to the [[Ottoman Empire]] to train Turkish Irregular Cavalry forces.<ref>{{London Gazette\|city=e \|issue=6492 \|date=1 May 1855\|page=563}}</ref> He was promoted to Major in May 1855. For his work in Turkey he was invested as a member of the [[Order of the Medjidie]], in which he was subsequently promoted several times.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=24605\|date=16 July 1878\|page=4154}}</ref> He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in March 1868,<ref>{{London Gazette\|city=e \|issue=7832 \|date=13 March 1868\|page=296}}</ref> having transferred to the [[Bombay Staff Corps]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=22816\|date=5 February 1864\|page=554}}</ref> On 24 May 1866, he was invested as a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India]] in recognition of his service as Political Superintendent in Upper Scinde.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Shaw \|first=Wm. A. \|title=The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of Knights Bachelors \|volume=~~Vol.~~ 1 \|publisher=Sherratt and Hughes \|location=London \|date=1906 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/knightsofengland01shawuoft/page/317 317] \|url=https://archive.org/details/knightsofengland01shawuoft}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette\|city=e \|issue=7645\|date=29 May 1866\|page=656}}</ref> In 1875, he was promoted to the rank of Major-General in the Staff Corps.<ref>{{cite book \|editor-last=Morgan \|editor-first=Henry James \|editor-link=Henry James Morgan \|title=Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada \|location=Toronto \|publisher=Williams Briggs \|date=1903 \|url=https://archive.org/details/typesofcanadianw01morguoft \|page=[https://archive.org/details/typesofcanadianw01morguoft/page/138 138]}}</ref> He saw service in the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] and wrote a book regarding the [[Battle of Kandahar (1880)\|Battle of Kandahar]], which was published in 1881.<ref>W. Green, ''The Retention of Kandahar'' (E. Stanford, 1881).</ref>		Green was the son of Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Pellatt Green. He attended the [[Addiscombe Military Seminary]] and King's College, London.<ref name="times"/> He was commissioned into the [[14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse\|Scinde Horse]] of the [[East India Company]]. During the [[Crimean War]], Green was seconded to the [[Ottoman Empire]] to train Turkish Irregular Cavalry forces.<ref>{{London Gazette\|city=e \|issue=6492 \|date=1 May 1855\|page=563}}</ref> He was promoted to Major in May 1855. For his work in Turkey he was invested as a member of the [[Order of the Medjidie]], in which he was subsequently promoted several times.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=24605\|date=16 July 1878\|page=4154}}</ref> He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in March 1868,<ref>{{London Gazette\|city=e \|issue=7832 \|date=13 March 1868\|page=296}}</ref> having transferred to the [[Bombay Staff Corps]].<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=22816\|date=5 February 1864\|page=554}}</ref> On 24 May 1866, he was invested as a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India]] in recognition of his service as Political Superintendent in Upper Scinde.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Shaw \|first=Wm. A. \|title=The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of Knights Bachelors \|volume=1 \|publisher=Sherratt and Hughes \|location=London \|date=1906 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/knightsofengland01shawuoft/page/317 317] \|url=https://archive.org/details/knightsofengland01shawuoft}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette\|city=e \|issue=7645\|date=29 May 1866\|page=656}}</ref> In 1875, he was promoted to the rank of Major-General in the Staff Corps.<ref>{{cite book \|editor-last=Morgan \|editor-first=Henry James \|editor-link=Henry James Morgan \|title=Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada \|location=Toronto \|publisher=Williams Briggs \|date=1903 \|url=https://archive.org/details/typesofcanadianw01morguoft \|page=[https://archive.org/details/typesofcanadianw01morguoft/page/138 138]}}</ref> He saw service in the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] and wrote a book regarding the [[Battle of Kandahar (1880)\|Battle of Kandahar]], which was published in 1881.<ref>W. Green, ''The Retention of Kandahar'' (E. Stanford, 1881).</ref>

	In 1868, he married Louisa Dunn, daughter of [[John Henry Dunn]], Receiver General for Upper Canada. His son was the [[British Army]] officer [[Henry Green (British Army officer)\|Henry Green]].<ref name="times"/>		In 1868, he married Louisa Dunn, daughter of [[John Henry Dunn]], Receiver General for Upper Canada. His son was the [[British Army]] officer [[Henry Green (British Army officer)\|Henry Green]].<ref name="times"/>
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{{Infobox military person
|name = Sir William Green
|image = William Henry Rodes Green.png
|caption = William Henry Rodes Green, 1861 photograph (probable identification, National Portrait Gallery, London)
|birth_date = 31 May 1823
|birth_place = [[Witham]], [[Essex]], England
|death_date = {{dda|1912|9|9|1823|5|31|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Harrogate]], Yorkshire
|rank = [[Major-General]]
|serviceyears =
|allegiance = {{UK}}
|branch = {{army|British India|23px}}
|commands =
|battles = [[Crimean War]]<br>[[Second Anglo-Afghan War]]
|awards = [[Order of the Star of India|Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India]], [[Order of the Bath|Companion of the Order of the Bath]]
}}

[[Major-General]] '''Sir William Henry Rodes Green''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCSI|CB}} (31 May 1823 – 9 September 1912) was a [[British Indian Army]] officer and colonial official.<ref name="times">{{cite news |title=Major-General Sir William Green |work=[[The Times]] |page=9 |date=11 September 1912 }}</ref>

Green was the son of Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Pellatt Green. He attended the [[Addiscombe Military Seminary]] and King's College, London.<ref name="times"/> He was commissioned into the [[14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse|Scinde Horse]] of the [[East India Company]]. During the [[Crimean War]], Green was seconded to the [[Ottoman Empire]] to train Turkish Irregular Cavalry forces.<ref>{{London Gazette|city=e |issue=6492 |date=1 May 1855|page=563}}</ref> He was promoted to Major in May 1855. For his work in Turkey he was invested as a member of the [[Order of the Medjidie]], in which he was subsequently promoted several times.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24605|date=16 July 1878|page=4154}}</ref> He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in March 1868,<ref>{{London Gazette|city=e |issue=7832 |date=13 March 1868|page=296}}</ref> having transferred to the [[Bombay Staff Corps]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22816|date=5 February 1864|page=554}}</ref> On 24 May 1866, he was invested as a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India]] in recognition of his service as Political Superintendent in Upper Scinde.<ref>{{cite book |last=Shaw |first=Wm. A. |title=The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of Knights Bachelors |volume=Vol. 1 |publisher=Sherratt and Hughes |location=London |date=1906 |page=[https://archive.org/details/knightsofengland01shawuoft/page/317 317] |url=https://archive.org/details/knightsofengland01shawuoft}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|city=e |issue=7645|date=29 May 1866|page=656}}</ref> In 1875, he was promoted to the rank of Major-General in the Staff Corps.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Morgan |editor-first=Henry James |editor-link=Henry James Morgan |title=Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada |location=Toronto |publisher=Williams Briggs |date=1903 |url=https://archive.org/details/typesofcanadianw01morguoft |page=[https://archive.org/details/typesofcanadianw01morguoft/page/138 138]}}</ref> He saw service in the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] and wrote a book regarding the [[Battle of Kandahar (1880)|Battle of Kandahar]], which was published in 1881.<ref>W. Green, ''The Retention of Kandahar'' (E. Stanford, 1881).</ref>

In 1868, he married Louisa Dunn, daughter of [[John Henry Dunn]], Receiver General for Upper Canada. His son was the [[British Army]] officer [[Henry Green (British Army officer)|Henry Green]].<ref name="times"/>

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