Richard Wilbraham

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Sir Richard Wilbraham
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Colonel Richard Wilbraham, CB, outside his tent
Born12 April 1811
Scholar Green, Cheshire
Died30 April 1900
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branchFlag of the British Army.svg British Army
RankGeneral
Battles/warsSyrian War
Crimean War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

General Sir Richard Wilbraham KCB (12 April 1811 – 30 April 1900) was a British Army officer who became colonel of the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).

Military career[]

In the mid-1830s, Captain Wilbraham was attached to the Persian army to instruct local riflemen.[1] The account of his travels in the lands between the Caspian and the Black Sea, including Georgia and the Caucasus, was published in London in 1839.[2]

Wilbraham then served in the Syrian War.[3] Promoted to major in the 7th Regiment of foot, Wilbraham served as Adjutant General of the 2nd Division during the Crimean War.[4] He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in February 1855 and to colonel in August 1855.[4] He also served as colonel of the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) taking up the post in 1881.[5][6] He lived at Rode Hall and died in 1900.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Wright, Denis (2001). The English amongst the Persians: imperial lives in nineteenth-century Iran (2nd ed.). I.B. Tauris. p. 57. ISBN 9781860646386.
  2. ^ Cross, Anthony (2014). In the lands of the Romanovs: an annotated bibliography of first-hand English-language accounts of the Russian Empire (1613–1917). Open Book Publishers. p. 164. ISBN 9781783740574.
  3. ^ "The 7th Royal Fusiliersin the Crimea" (PDF). Royal Fusiliers Museum. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Letters and papers of Colonel (later General Sir) Richard Wilbraham". National Archives. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Royal Fusiliers Colonels". British Empire. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  6. ^ "No. 25040". The London Gazette. 22 November 1881. p. 5713.
  7. ^ "History". Rode Hall. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by Colonel of the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
1881–1900 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Charles Crutchley
 Colonel of the 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers)
1875–1881 		Succeeded by
Regiment amalgamated with the 38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot
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