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Thomas Dennehy
Sir Thomas Dennehy, KCIE | |
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| Born | 1829 County Cork, Ireland (now Republic of Ireland) |
| Died | 1915 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Indian Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Battles/wars | Sonthal rebellion Indian Rebellion |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) |
Major-General Sir Thomas Dennehy 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.[1] He was Political Agent in Dholpur in 1879–85.[1] He was extra Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria in 1888 and to her successor King Edward VII from 1901.[2]
By 1892, Dennehy had a residence in Ireland, at Brooklodge, Fermoy, Co. Cork.[1] In January 1896, he was made a Knights Commander of India (KCIE).[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rao, C. Hayavadana (1915). The Indian Biographical Dictionary.
- ↑ "No. 27336". The London Gazette. 23 July 1901. p. 4838.
- ↑ Great Britain. India Office The India List and India Office List for 1905, p. 145, at Google Books