Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-27
OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERsONAGEs
ABROAD.
Death Of Sir Henry HavrIock.


The death Of General Sir Henry HavelOck
has fallen upon the British public with the sud-
denness Of n thunderclap, and the regret ex-
pressed by all, both high and low is such as
can scarcely be surpassed by the lamentatiou
of the nation on learning the death of Nelson in
the hour Of victory, or of Sir John Moore in a
moment Of no dshonorable retreat General
HavelOck. however, has died in the zenith of
his fame and glory, and has beaueatbed to his
countrymen name which will long he a house
hold word in the homes of England and India
Major General Sir Henry Hayelock, X. C. b.,
was born at BlShopwearmouthi in 1895, and ed
ueated at the Charter House. About 1913 in
consequence of adverse fortune Ingress Park.
MS father property in Kent, was sold to Gov
ernment, and Havelock was entered of the
Middle Temple, and attended the lectures of
Entity, the eminent special pieader where his
most intimate associate was the late Sir Thomas
Ialfourd, the author of :" Ion" An elder
brother had distinguished himself in the Pen
1nsular war and at Waterloo, and Henry, yield
ing to the military propensities of his family
endeavored to obtain commission. month
after Waterloo, he was appointed Second Lieu
tenant of the Rifle Brigade, (the 95th,) where
bis military training was assisted by Captain
afterwards Sir Henry Smith, the victor of
;alwal. Havelock served for eight years in
England, Scotland and Ireland and having at
length exchanged into the 18th Light Infantry,
embarked for India in 1928. Next year the
hrst Burmese war broke out, and Havelock was
appointed Deputy-AssistantA Adjutant- General,
and was prcsentat the actions at n apadee, Pa
tanagOh and Psghan. At the close of the war
ne was sSsociated with Captain Lumsden and
Dr knox on a mission to the Court of Ava, and
had an audience of the Golden Foot when
thetreaty of IandabOo was signed In 1927
he published the . History of the Ava Cam
pagns, and in that year he was appointed
AdJutant OF the military depot formed at Chin
Surah by Lord Combermere
Inc Chlnsurah establishment having been
broken up, Havelock returned to his regiment
he subsequently visited Calcutta, and having
passed In the languages at the College, was ap-
pointed Adjutdnt of his corps by Lord William
Benunek- In 1888 he was promoted to a COM
pany, after having served % years as a subaI-
tern. An army was now collected for the in
vaslon of Afghanis.an, and Havelock accom-
panied 1t on the staff Of Sir Willoughby Cotton
he went through the first Afghan campaign
was present at the storming Of Ghuznee, and
the occupation of Cabul, and then returned to
India with Sir Willoughby Cotton. Having
obtained leave to visit the presidency, he pre-
pared = Memoir of the Afghan Campaign, :"
which was soon after printed in London. He
returned to the Punjab in charge of detach-
ment, and was placed on the staff of General
ElphlnstOne, as Persian interpreter
When the eastern Ghilzies, having risen,
blcckaded Cabul Havelock was sent to ioin
Slr Robert Sale, then marching back to India
and was present at the forcing of the Khoord
Cabul Pass, at the action of Tezeen, and all
the other engagement of that force till it reach
ed Jellalabad. In the final attacks on Ma
homet Akbar, in April, 1912. which Obliged
that chief to raise the siege, Havelock COM
manded the right column, and defeated him
before the other columns could come up For
this he was promoted to a brevet majority, and
was made Companion of the Bath He was
then nominated Persian interpreter to General
POLLOCK, and was present at the action Of Mamoo
Nell, and the second engagement at Tezeeu
lie then proceeded with Sir John M'Caskilrs
force into the kOhiStan, and had an important
share In the brilliant affair at IStaliff
Next year he was promoted To a regiment
majority, and nominated Persian INTERPRETER To
the CoInmander-ln-Chief, Sir Hugh Cough At
the close of iSi3 he accompanied the army to
tiavalOir and was engaged i'm the hattie of
MaharaJp0re In 1874 he was promoted to the
rank OF Lieutenant Colonel by breyet. In
leiJ he proceeded with the army to meet the
Invasion Of the Sikhs. and was actively en-
gagged In the battles of MOodkee Ferozeshah
and SObraon. At MOOdkee he had two horses
shot under him at Sobraon a third horse was
sInltten down by cannon shot which passed
through the saddle cloth. On the conclusion
of the SutleJ campaign he was appointed Dep
uty- -Adlutant-Gen-ral Of the Queens troops
at Bomla ay. The second Sikh war now broke
out, and his elder brother Col William Have
lock, was killed at Ramnuggur. His own req
lment. the 53l, having been ordered into the
held, be quilted his staff employment at Bonn.
bay, IN order to join it, and had proceeded as
lar as indOre, when his further progress was
conntermandei, and he returned to his post.
twenty-five years of incessant and laborious
service now began to tell on his constitution
and his medical advisers, in 1919. sent him TO
Europe Tor two years for the restoration of his
health. He returned to Bombay y 1851. and
was soon after made Brevet-CololeI, and ap-
pointed, through The kindness Of Lord Hardinge.
by whose side ne had fOu ght in the three battles
OF the SutleJ, teuartermaster General and then
AdJutant-General, of the Queens trooDs in
India On the dispatch of the expedition to
PeIsIa he was appointed to the second division
and commanded the troops at Mohammerah.
the glory ofwhich action as, howe, :, reserved
ior tne naval force. On the conclusion of peace
ne returned to Bombay, and embarked in the
EJtn for Calcutta, in which vessel he was
wrecked, In 1897, of the coast of Ceylon Five
days after be Obt&ined a passage in the Fire
gteeH, and, on reaching Calcutta was imme-
dlately sent up to Allahabad as Brigader-Gen-
eral, TO command the mOyeable column
His subsequent career has been so recently
the subject of public admiration, that we need
do no more than recapitulate the leading Incl
dents. With the greater portion Of the 9th
and 18th regim giments he first attacked the mutt
neerS at FutteypOre, OF the 18th Of July and,
on the 10Th, at AouDg, and at PandOo Nuddee;
Oh '"O iotH AZ NdNhpOre, Where he had horse
shot under him, and where the enemy lost 23
guns Advancing from Cawnpore on the 29th,
ne captured Oonao and BuIseerut Gunge and
l9 guns This position he was obliged to give
up, out Tetook II on the 5th Of August infiict
ing great slaughter. On the 18th Of August he
again defeated the mutineers, and on the 10th
attacked them at Bithoor. Eventually receiy.
lnS relnforcements under Sir James Outram.
he entered Lucknow on the 18th of Septemher
and held his ground there until the garrison
was hnaiiy relieved by Sir Colin Camp pbell Oh
the 18th of November
For his first exploits in the early Summer.
Brigader General Havelock was rewarded with
gOod-service pension of tloO year-all, we
may here remark, that the eCommander-in-cbiei
then had il in his power to bestow. Since that
time we have heard, in rapid succession how
Havelock has been raised to the rank of gen.
eral officer, been h0nored with the ribbon of a
knight-COmmander Of the Bath. and rewarded
with the mJre substantial prizes OF 1 900 an
nual pension and the ColOnelcy OF the Sd Bluffs