Henry Sarel

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Henry Sarel
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Henry Sarel
Born1 November 1823[1]
London, England[2]
Died2 January 1887 (aged 63)[3]
Rollesby Hall, Norfolk
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branchFlag of the British Army.svg British Army
Years of service1847–1885
RankLieutenant-General
Battles/warsIndian Mutiny
Second Opium War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant-General Henry Andrew Sarel CB (1 November 1823 – 2 January 1887) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.

Military career[]

Educated at Rugby School,[4] Sarel became a cornet with the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers in 1847[5] and subsequently transferred to the 17th Lancers.[6] He fought with his Regiment during the Indian Mutiny in 1857[7] and then joined the China Expedition in 1861.[8] He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1883[9] and lived at Rollesby Hall in Norfolk.[10]

Family[]

He married Phyllis Molyneux.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Boase, Frederic (1965). Modern English Biography: Containing Many Thousand Concise Memoirs of Persons who Have Died Between the Years 1851-1900, with an Index of the Most Interesting Matter. Frank Cass. p. 413.
  2. ^ Admissions to Trinity College, Cambridge ... Macmillan and Company, Limited. 1911. p. 521.
  3. ^ Rugby School Register: From April, 1675, to April, 1842. Rugby School. 1901. p. 301.
  4. ^ Rugby School Register, May 1874 - May 1904
  5. ^ "No. 20753". The London Gazette. 13 July 1847. p. 2559.
  6. ^ "No. 22117". The London Gazette. 24 March 1858. p. 1571.
  7. ^ Second medal displayed in portrait
  8. ^ Papers read Royal Geographical Society, 11 November 1861
  9. ^ World Statesmen
  10. ^ Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1883, p.476
  11. ^ Unit Histories
Government offices
Preceded by
Sir Alexander Nelson 		Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
1883–1885 		Succeeded by
John Elkington
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