William Howley Goodenough
Sir William Howley Goodenough | |
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Born | 4 April 1833 Wells, Mendip District, Somerset, England |
Died | 24 October 1898 Erinville, Rondebosch, Western Cape |
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Rank | Lieutenant-General |
Battles/wars | Indian Rebellion Anglo-Egyptian War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant-General Sir William Howley Goodenough KCB (4 April 1833 – 24 October 1898) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding North-West District.
Military career
Born the son of Edmund Goodenough, Head Master of Westminster School,[1] Goodenough was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 20 June 1849.[2] He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 April 1851, to captain on 1 January 1856 and to major on 20 July 1858.[3] He fought and was wounded at the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion.[1] Promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 25 March 1869, he became military attaché in Vienna in 1871.[1]
He commanded the artillery during the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882.[4] He went on to be Inspector-General of Royal Artillery in August 1886, General Officer Commanding North-West District in July 1889 and General Officer Commanding, Chatham District in April 1890.[5] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope in December 1894, in which capacity he briefly acted as Governor of Cape Colony in 1897, before retiring in October 1898.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Edmund Burke: Annual register. Longmans Green and Co., 1899
- ^ The new army list, and militia list. 1855, p. 240
- ^ Hart’s annual Army list, Militia list, and Imperial Yeomanry list. 1870, p. 167
- ^ "Lieutenant-General Sir William Howley Goodenough (1833-98)". Royal Collection. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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Preceded by New Post | GOC North Western District 1889–1890 | Succeeded by Julian Hall |
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1814–1910
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- Hercules Robinson
- Leicester Smyth
- Henry Torrens
- Henry Augustus Smyth
- Henry Loch
- William Gordon Cameron
- Hercules Robinson
- William Howley Goodenough
- Alfred Milner
- William Butler
- Walter Hely-Hutchinson
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