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'''Alan Maxwell Boisragon''' (22 January 1860 – 18 March 1922) was a [[British Army]] officer, and author, and was Captain Superintendent of the [[Shanghai Municipal Police]] from | '''Alan Maxwell Boisragon''' (22 January 1860 – 18 March 1922) was a [[British Army]] officer, and author, and was Captain Superintendent of the [[Shanghai Municipal Police]] from 1901 to 1906. | ||
==Life== | ==Life== | ||
Born in Bengal, India, on 22 January 1860, the son of an army officer of [[Huguenot]] ancestry, Major-General Theodore Boisragon, CB, A. M. His father divorced his wife, Margaret Emma Boisragon (born Gerrard), in 1864 after she ran off with Charles William Moore, a judge in Bengal. Charles and Margaret's children included [[Ethel Grimwood|Ethel Moore]], his half-sister, who was born in 1867.<ref>{{Cite ODNB|title=Grimwood [née Moore; other married name Miller], Ethel Brabazon [pseud. Ethel St Clair Grimwood] (1867–1928), the heroine of Manipur|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-101006|access-date=2020-10-11|year=2010|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/101006|last1=Reynolds|first1=K. D.}}</ref> | Born in Bengal, India, on 22 January 1860, the son of an army officer of [[Huguenot]] ancestry, Major-General Theodore Boisragon, CB, A. M. His father divorced his wife, Margaret Emma Boisragon (born Gerrard), in 1864 after she ran off with Charles William Moore, a judge in Bengal. Charles and Margaret's children included [[Ethel Grimwood|Ethel Moore]], his half-sister, who was born in 1867.<ref>{{Cite ODNB|title=Grimwood [née Moore; other married name Miller], Ethel Brabazon [pseud. Ethel St Clair Grimwood] (1867–1928), the heroine of Manipur|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-101006|access-date=2020-10-11|year=2010|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/101006|last1=Reynolds|first1=K. D.}}</ref> | ||
Boisragon entered the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] in 1878, and served in the [[Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922)|Royal Irish Regiment]]—with seven years in India, and action in the 1884-85 [[Nile expedition]]—until 1891, when he retired. He joined the colonial service in the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]], where he initially served as Assistant Inspector of Constabulary.<ref>David C.A. Agnew, ''Protestant Exiles from France in the Reign of Louis XIV ..., Volume 2'' (Reeves & Turner ; Edinburgh : William Paterson, 1871), p. 206</ref> In 1894 he was appointed Commandant of the newly established [[Niger Coast Protectorate|Niger Coast Protectorate Force]], in which position he came to know [[Roger Casement]].<ref>''1895 [C.7596] Africa. No. 1 (1895). Report on the administration of the Niger Coast Protectorate, August 1891 to August 1894''(London: HMSO, 1895), pp.15-16; Angus Mitchell (ed.), ''Sir Roger Casement's Heart of Darkness: The 1911 Documents'' (Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2003), p.383.</ref> In January 1897 he was only one of two survivors of a small British expedition to Benin which was attacked and defeated, the incident prompting the [[Benin Expedition of 1897]]. Boisragon published his account of the incident as ''The Benin Massacre'' in 1897.<ref>Captain Alan Boisragon, ''The Benin Massacre'' (London: Methuen, 1898)</ref> He then rejoined the Royal Irish Regiment as a | Boisragon entered the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] in 1878, and served in the [[Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922)|Royal Irish Regiment]]—with seven years in India, and action in the 1884-85 [[Nile expedition]]—until 1891, when he retired. He joined the colonial service in the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]], where he initially served as Assistant Inspector of Constabulary.<ref>David C.A. Agnew, ''Protestant Exiles from France in the Reign of Louis XIV ..., Volume 2'' (Reeves & Turner ; Edinburgh : William Paterson, 1871), p. 206</ref> In 1894 he was appointed Commandant of the newly established [[Niger Coast Protectorate|Niger Coast Protectorate Force]], in which position he came to know [[Roger Casement]].<ref>''1895 [C.7596] Africa. No. 1 (1895). Report on the administration of the Niger Coast Protectorate, August 1891 to August 1894''(London: HMSO, 1895), pp.15-16; Angus Mitchell (ed.), ''Sir Roger Casement's Heart of Darkness: The 1911 Documents'' (Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2003), p.383.</ref> In January 1897 he was only one of two survivors of a small British expedition to Benin which was attacked and defeated, the incident prompting the [[Benin Expedition of 1897]]. Boisragon published his account of the incident as ''The Benin Massacre'' in 1897.<ref>Captain Alan Boisragon, ''The Benin Massacre'' (London: Methuen, 1898)</ref> He then rejoined the Royal Irish Regiment as a captain in the 3rd Battalion, its [[Militia (United Kingdom)|Militia]] battalion.<ref>''The London Gazette'', 12 May 1891, p. 2543; 15 April 1898, p.2386; 19 February 1901, p.1236.</ref> | ||
In early 1901 Boisragon was seconded from the army, and appointed Captain Superintendent of the [[Shanghai Municipal Police]], arriving in March 1901 to take over command.<ref>''North China Herald'', 13 March 1901</ref> He was forced to resign in the aftermath of the 1905 Shanghai [[Mixed Court Riot]].<ref>[[Robert Bickers]], ''Empire Made Me: An Englishman adrift in Shanghai'' (London: Allen Lane, 2003)</ref> In 1915 Boisragon published a book for boys, ''Jack Scarlett Sandhurst cadet: A story for boys'', with illustrations by J. F. Campbell. He died in London on 18 March 1922.<ref>''The Times'', 20 March 1922</ref> | In early 1901 Boisragon was seconded from the army, and appointed Captain Superintendent of the [[Shanghai Municipal Police]], arriving in March 1901 to take over command.<ref>''North China Herald'', 13 March 1901</ref> He was forced to resign in the aftermath of the 1905 Shanghai [[Mixed Court Riot]].<ref>[[Robert Bickers]], ''Empire Made Me: An Englishman adrift in Shanghai'' (London: Allen Lane, 2003)</ref> In 1915 Boisragon published a book for boys, ''Jack Scarlett Sandhurst cadet: A story for boys'', with illustrations by J. F. Campbell. He died in London on 18 March 1922.<ref>''The Times'', 20 March 1922</ref> | ||
==Family== | ==Family== | ||