Francis Colborne

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Sir Francis Colborne
Born23 April 1817
Florence, Italy
Died26 November 1895 (aged 78)
Buckerell, Devon, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branchFlag of the British Army.svg British Army
RankGeneral
Commands heldCommander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements
Battles/warsCrimean War
Perak Expedition
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

General Sir Francis Colborne KCB (23 April 1817 – 26 November 1895) was Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements.

Early years[]

Born in 1817 the second son of John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton and educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, due to his father's posting between 1821 and 1828 as Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey.[1]

Military career[]

Colborne was commissioned into the 15th Regiment of Foot in 1836.[2] He served in the Crimean War in 1855.[2]

He was appointed Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements in 1874.[2] He commanded the Perak Expedition in 1875 and quickly put down the insurrection taking place in North West Malaysia.[3] He was made a full general on 1 April 1882 and retired in 1883.[2]

In 1881 he was made Colonel of the First Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, a position he held until 1885, when he transferred to be Colonel of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment until his death in 1895.[4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ "John Colborne 1st Baron Seaton". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Sir Francis Colborne". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Strait Settlements". 1902 Encyclopedia. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  4. ^ "The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [UK]". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 4 January 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  5. ^ Westlake, pp. 114–22.

Sources[]

Military offices
Preceded by Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong
and the Straits Settlements

1874–1878
Succeeded by
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