Henry Brackenbury

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Henry Brackenbury

Sir Henry Brackenbury RA , GCB , KCSI , PC (born September 1, 1837 in Bolingbroke , Lincs , † April 20, 1914 ) was a British general and author.

Life and military career

Henry Brackenbury was a son of William Brackenbury, who had served in the 61st Regiment, and Maria, daughter of James Atkinson and widow of James L. Wallace. Brackenbury was educated and trained at Tonbridge , Eton College and the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich . On April 7, 1856, he joined the Royal Artillery. During the Sepoy uprising (1857-58) he was used in central India ( Banda , Kirwee ; medal with clasp). 1870-71 he took part in the Franco-German War as an observer.

1873-1874 Brackenbury participated in the Gold Coast at the Ashanti War under Garnet Joseph Wolseley part (Amouful, Kumasi; Medal with clasp). Brackenbury was one of the 35 officers Wolseley had selected for this mission and who later formed the so-called Ashanti ring (the group gained a significant influence on the Victorian British Army through mutual support and assumed the leading positions by the end of the century).

1879-80 he fought in the Zulu War (medal with clasp). Brackenbury was 1880 private secretary of Lord Lyttons , the Viceroy of India , 1881-82 he was military attaché in Paris and in 1882 second undersecretary of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland .

Brackenbury took part in Wolseley's Gordon Relief Expedition to the rescue of Gordon Pasha and the relief of Khartoum during the Mahdi uprising in Sudan in 1884-85 . While the main force ( River Column ), under Major General William Earle, was supposed to advance from Kurti with steamers on the Nile, the so-called Camel Corps under Sir Herbert Stewart marched directly through the desert. After Earle's death, Brackenbury ran the River Column in 1885 . Because of his merits, he was promoted to major general.

From January 1, 1886 to January 20, 1891 he was director of the military intelligence service, 1891–96 military member of the Council of the Viceroy of India, 1896–99 President of the Ordnance Committee , since 1897 Colonel Commandant Royal Artillery and 1899–1904 Director-General of Ordnance in the War Department. In 1901 he was promoted to full general and in 1904 retired from active service.

Marriages

  • 1861, Emilia († 1905), daughter of Edmund Storr Halswell and widow of Reginald Morley
  • 1905, Edith, daughter of Louis Desanges

Awards

Works

  • The Last Campaign of Hanover: A lecture delivered at the Royal United Service Institution on April 1st, 1870 , Mitchell, 1870
  • The Tactics of the Three Arms , 1873
  • Fanti and Ashanti: Three papers read on board the SS Ambriz on the voyage to the Gold Coast , W. Blackwood and Sons, London, 1873
  • The Ashantee War: A Narrative. Prepared from the Official Document by Permission of Major-General Sir Garnet Wolseley , 2 volumes, 1874 (reprint N&MP, 2002, ISBN 1843423995 )
  • The River Column: A narrative of the advance of the River Column of the Nile Expeditionary Force, and its return down the rapids , W. Blackwood & Sons, London, 1885 (reprint Battery Press, 1993, ISBN 0898391849 )
  • Some Memories of My Spare Time , W. Blackwood & Sons , London, 1909

swell

  • Who Was Who 1897-1916. - London, 1920
  • The Foreign Office List 1900 / compiled under the superintendence of Sir Edward Hertslet. - London: Harrison, 1900
personal data
SURNAME Brackenbury, Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general and author
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Bolingbroke , Lincs
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1914