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{{Infobox military person | {{Infobox military person | ||
|name= Sir Thomas Dennehy | |honorific_prefix = [[Major general]] | ||
|name= Sir Thomas Dennehy | |||
|honorific_suffix = [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]] | |||
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|rank=[[Major | |rank=[[Major general]] | ||
|branch={{army|British India|23px}} | |branch={{army|British India|23px}} | ||
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|battles=[[Sonthal rebellion]]<br>[[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Rebellion]] | |battles=[[Sonthal rebellion]]<br>[[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Rebellion]] | ||
|awards= [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (KCIE) | |awards= [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (KCIE) | ||
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[[Major-General]] '''Sir Thomas Dennehy''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCIE}} (1829–1915), born in [[County Cork]], [[Ireland]] and educated in [[Paris]], was an administrator in [[British India]]. | [[Major-General]] '''Sir Thomas Dennehy''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCIE}} (1829–1915), born in [[County Cork]], [[Ireland]] and educated in [[Paris]], was an administrator in [[British India]]. | ||
Dennehy served in the suppression of [[Sonthal rebellion]] in 1855–56 and during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Rebellion]].<ref name=dict>{{cite book|title=The Indian Biographical Dictionary |url=https://archive.org/details/indianbiographic00raoc |year=1915|first= C. Hayavadana |last=Rao}}</ref> He was Political Agent in [[Dholpur]] in 1879–85.<ref name=dict/> He was extra Groom in Waiting to [[Queen Victoria]] in 1888 and to her successor [[King Edward VII]] from 1901.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27336 |date=23 July 1901 |page=4838 }}</ref> | Dennehy served in the suppression of [[Sonthal rebellion]] in 1855–56 and during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Rebellion]].<ref name=dict>{{cite book|title=The Indian Biographical Dictionary |url=https://archive.org/details/indianbiographic00raoc |year=1915|first= C. Hayavadana |last=Rao}}</ref> He was Political Agent in [[Dholpur]] in 1879–85.<ref name=dict/> He was extra Groom in Waiting to [[Queen Victoria]] in 1888 and to her successor [[King Edward VII]] from 1901.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27336 |date=23 July 1901 |page=4838 }}</ref> | ||
By 1892, Dennehy had a residence in Ireland, at ''Brooklodge'', [[Fermoy]], Co. Cork.<ref name=dict/> | By 1892, Dennehy had a residence in Ireland, at ''Brooklodge'', [[Fermoy]], Co. Cork.<ref name=dict/> | ||
In January 1896, he was made a | In January 1896, he was made a Knight Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE).<ref name=List>Great Britain. India Office {{google books|b2NPAAAAMAAJ|The India List and India Office List for 1905|page=145}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||