Facts: - death place: ivy , sussex house , london road , ore , hastings - honorific prefix: major-general - honorific suffix: j.p. - battles: 1853 1854 : battle of inkerman 1855 : assault on the : quarries 1855 : siege of sevastopol 1855 : battle of crimean the great redan 1878-80 : second anglo-afghan war war 1854 : battle of alma - death date: 22 june 1900 - allegiance: united kingdom of great britain and ireland - spouse: annabella harriette james 2 june 1864 22 june 1900 - placeofburial: hastings cemetery , sussex - birth date: 29 january 1831 - serviceyears: 1853-1886 - name: john granville harkness - branch: 55th regiment of foot 5th fusiliers - image: john granville harkness -lrb- 1831-1900 -rrb- . jpg - birth place: limehouse , london - rank: major-general Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john granville harkness .
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major-general john granville harkness , j.p. -lrb- 29 january 1831 -- 22 june 1900 -rrb- was a major-general in the british army during the victorian era .early life he was born 29 january 1831 at limehouse , london , to john samuel harkness , md -lrb- 1797 -- 1842 -rrb- and his wife anne harriette , nee eliot -lrb- 1807 -- 1884 -rrb- .as such , he descended from northern irish doctors on his paternal side and from a significant british military family on his maternal side .this side included his grandfather , lieutenant-colonel william granville eliot rha , his great-grandfather colonel francis perceval eliot , his gg-grandfather , general granville elliott and his ggg-grandfather major-general roger elliott .he was also a great-nephew of edward john eliot .during the 1830s , his family moved to ivy lodge , london road , ore , hastings , sussex , where he attended the misses borrow 's preparatory school , hastings , and later temple school , brighton .military career he entered the army on 13 may 1853 as ensign in the 55th regiment , without purchase - on the recommendation of the duke of wellington for his grandfather 's service .in 1854 , he was promoted to lieutenant and served throughout the crimean campaign 1854-55 .he carried the queen 's colour at the alma .for heroic conduct , both he and his friend , william hamilton richards , were nominated for the victoria cross by major-general sir charles warren .he fought at inkerman , the assault on the quarries , the sortie of 26 october 1854 , the siege and the fall of sevastopol and the battle of the great redan .two pencil drawings of the crimea war by harkness survive at the national army museum in 1862 , he was appointed to the 5th fusiliers and adc to sir william stevenson , the governor of british mauritius .he served in south africa 1864-67 .he was promoted brevet major in march 1872 , and major in october 1877 , before taking part in the second anglo-afghan war 1878-1880 .he commanded the column that cleared the entrance to the khaibar...