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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= | 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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Sir William Green | |
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 William Henry Rodes Green, 1861 photograph (probable identification, National Portrait Gallery, London) | |
| Born | 31 May 1823 Witham, Essex, England |
| Died | 9 September 1912 (aged 89) Harrogate, Yorkshire |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Indian Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Battles/wars | Crimean War Second Anglo-Afghan War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India, Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Major-General Sir William Henry Rodes Green KCSI CB (31 May 1823 – 9 September 1912) was a British Indian Army officer and colonial official.[1]
Green was the son of Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Pellatt Green. He attended the Addiscombe Military Seminary and King's College, London.[1] He was commissioned into the Scinde Horse of the East India Company. During the Crimean War, Green was seconded to the Ottoman Empire to train Turkish Irregular Cavalry forces.[2] 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.[3] He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in March 1868,[4] having transferred to the Bombay Staff Corps.[5] 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.[6][7] In 1875, he was promoted to the rank of Major-General in the Staff Corps.[8] He saw service in the Second Anglo-Afghan War and wrote a book regarding the Battle of Kandahar, which was published in 1881.[9]
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.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Major-General Sir William Green". The Times. 11 September 1912. p. 9.
- ↑ "No. 6492". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 May 1855. p. 563.
- ↑ "No. 24605". The London Gazette. 16 July 1878. p. 4154.
- ↑ "No. 7832". The Edinburgh Gazette. 13 March 1868. p. 296.
- ↑ "No. 22816". The London Gazette. 5 February 1864. p. 554.
- ↑ Shaw, Wm. A. (1906). 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. Vol. 1. London: Sherratt and Hughes. p. 317.
- ↑ "No. 7645". The Edinburgh Gazette. 29 May 1866. p. 656.
- ↑ Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 138.
- ↑ W. Green, The Retention of Kandahar (E. Stanford, 1881).