John Miller Adye
Sir John Miller Adye GCB (born November 1, 1819 in Sevenoaks , Kent , † August 26, 1900 in Cragside , Rothbury , Northumberland ) was a British general.
Life
John Miller Adye was educated at Woolwich Military School and joined the artillery in 1836. He took part in the Crimean War and the Sepoy Uprising as adjutant general of the artillery. He also took part in the Sitana campaign in Afghanistan from 1863 to 1864. In 1875 Adye became Major-General and Governor of the Woolwich Military School and in 1881 Lieutenant-General .
In 1882 he took part in the Anglo-Egyptian War as Chief of Staff Garnet Joseph Wolseleys and was then appointed Governor of Gibraltar .
Works
- The defense of Cawnpore by the troops under the order of major-general CA Windham in Nov. 1857. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, London 1858 ( babel.hathitrust.org ).
- A review of the Crimean was in the winter of 1854–55. Hurst and Blackett, London 1860.
- Sitana: a Mountain Campaign on the Borders of Afghanistan in 1863. London 1867 ( archive.org ).
literature
- Ernest Marsh Lloyd: Adye, John Miller . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Suppl. 1, Volume 1: Abbott-Childers. MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1901, pp 18 - 20 (English).
- Adye, Sir John Miller . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 1 : A-Androphagi . London 1910, p. 243–244 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala |
Governor of Gibraltar 1883–1886 |
Arthur Edward Hardinge |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adye, John Miller |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sevenoaks , Kent |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 26, 1900 |
| Place of death | Rothbury |