William Howley Goodenough

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Lieutenant-General Sir William Howley Goodenough , KCB , FGS (born April 5, 1833 , † June 24, 1898 in Anerley ) was a British officer.

Life

William Howley Goodenough was born on April 5, 1833, the third son of Dr. Born Edmund Goodenough , Headmaster of Westminster School . He received his training in Westminster and at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich . After completing his schooling, Goodenough joined the Royal Artillery on June 20, 1849 as a second lieutenant .

On April 1, 1851, Goodenough was promoted to First Lieutenant. On January 1, 1856 he was promoted to captain, on July 20, 1858 to major. In 1857/58 he was transferred to India , where he was involved in the suppression of the Indian uprising . He was wounded during the siege of Lucknow .

On March 25, 1869, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. From 1871 to 1874 Goodenough was a military attaché in Vienna . This was followed by employment with and with the British Army quartermaster general . During the occupation of Egypt in 1882 under Garnet Joseph Wolseley in the course of the defeat of the Urabi movement , Colonel Goodenough commanded the artillery. From 1886 to 1889 he was General of Artillery at Headquarters .

From April 21, 1895, after Hercules Robinson had been recalled to Great Britain and left Cape Town, to May 5, 1897, the day of the arrival of Alfred Milner's successor , Goodenough served as Governor and High Commissioner of the Cape Colony and South Africa.

On December 21, 1864, Major Goodenough was accepted as a Fellow of the Geological Society of London .

Goodenough married Countess Anna Kinsky in 1874. The marriage resulted in two daughters.

Lieutenant-General William Howley Goodenough died on October 24, 1898 in Anerley .

Publications

  • William Howley Goodenough et al .: The Army Book for the British Empire. A Record of the Development and Present Composition of the Military Forces and Their Duties in Peace and War. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1893 (new edition. BiblioBazaar, Charleston SC 2010, ISBN 978-1-146-29245-0 ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Edmund Burke: Annual register. Longmans Green and Co., 1899 (English, partially digitized )
  2. ↑ a b The new army list, and militia list. 1855, p. 240 (English, digitized version )
  3. ↑ a b Hart’s annual Army list, Militia list, and Imperial Yeomanry list. 1870, p. 167 (English, digitized version )
  4. ↑ Eric Anderson Walker: A history of southern Africa. Longmans, 1957, p. XX (English, partially digitized )
  5. ^ The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. The Society, 1865, p. 137 (English, digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Goodenough, William Howley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British officer
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1833
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1898
Place of death Anerley