Richard Taylor (General, 1819)

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Sir Richard Chambré Hayes Taylor , GCB (alternative spelling of the name: Taylour ; born March 19, 1819 in Dublin ; † December 6, 1904 ) was a British general in the British Army who held one of the highest posts in the army as acting adjutant-general in 1882 was Governor of the Royal Military College Sandhurst from 1883 to 1886 .

Life

Family origins, officer training and Crimean War

Richard Chambré Hayes Taylor was the son of the Anglican clergyman Henry Edward Taylour and his wife Marianne St. Leger. His older brother was the politician Thomas Edward Taylor , the longtime also a member of the lower house ( House of Commons ) and two-time Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster was. His paternal grandfather was Thomas Taylour, 1st Earl of Bective , while his maternal great grandfather was St Leger St Leger, 1st Viscount Doneraile . His paternal uncles included MP Thomas Taylour , who later became 1st  Marquess of Headfort , General and MP Robert Taylor, and MP Clotworthy Rowley , who was later also raised to the nobility as 1st  Baron Langford .

He graduated after visiting the Hazelwood School officer training at the Royal Military College Sandhurst and came to their conclusion on 11 December 1835 as a lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) in the line infantry regiment 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders) a. There took place on March 29, 1839 was promoted to lieutenant (First Lieutenant) and on August 23, 1844 to captain (Captain) . As a member of the Infantry Regiment The Royal Irish Regiment , he took part in the Second Anglo-Burmese War between 1852 and 1853 and in the Crimean War, which lasted from 1853 to 1856 . In the further course of the war he took part in the Battle of the Alma (September 20, 1854), the Battle of Balaklava (October 25, 1854), the Battle of Inkerman (November 5, 1854) and the siege of Sevastopol (October 17, 1854 to September 9, 1855). There he was on 12 December 1854 Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant-Colonel) promoted and took over on March 9, 1855 the post of commander of the 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders) , the part at the time of the Highland Brigade were. Most recently he was in command of the Royal Artillery of the Highland Brigade during the siege of Sevastopol .

Adjutant General and Governor of the Royal Military College

After his return, Taylor initially acted as the commander of the depot battalion of Fort George fortress near Inverness between 1856 and 1859 and then took part in the Indian uprising of 1857 for the British East India Company . As commander of the 79th Regiment of Foot (Cameron Highlanders) he took part in the siege of Lucknow , which was finally captured by British troops on March 15, 1858. Between November 1858 and January 1859 he was in command of the brigade stationed in Avadh and on his return in 1860 was assigned to the Army General Staff. There took place on March 6, 1868 was promoted to Major General (Major-General) and as such was between August 1873 and November 1876 the Inspector General for the recruitment beings (Inspector-General of Recruiting) . Subsequently, he served from November 1876 to October 1878 as Deputy Adjutant General (Deputy Adjutant General) and received in this application on 23 August 1877 was promoted to Lieutenant General (Lieutenant General) . At the same time he was 1876 chairman of the Royal Institute of the United Armed Forces ( Royal United Services Institute ) .

Richard Taylor, who was promoted to general on January 30, 1880 , held the post of Adjutant-General between August and November 1882 , one of the highest positions within the Army, since the actual incumbent General Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley was absent during this time as Commander in Chief of the British Forces in the Anglo-Egyptian War . Because of his merits, he was beaten on November 24, 1882 to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB), so that from then on he carried the suffix "Sir". As the successor to Major General William Craig Emilius Napier , he became Governor of the Royal Military College Sandhurst in January 1883 and held this post until his replacement by General David Anderson in 1886. On June 26, 1902 he was raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB).

Marriage and offspring

Richard Chambré Hayes Taylor married Lady Jane Hay on June 9, 1863, a daughter of Field Marshal George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale and his wife Lady Susan Montagu. From this marriage there were four daughters and one son. By marrying Lady Jane Hay he became brother-in-law of Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale , Fleet Admiral Lord John Hay and the politician George Hay, Earl of Gifford .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 47
  2. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 39
  3. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 6
  4. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES
  5. ↑ SENIOR ARMY APPOINTMENTS SINCE 1860, p. 296
  6. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES
personal data
SURNAME Taylor, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taylor, Richard Chambré Hayes (full name); Taylour (different spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British general
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1904