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  • Henry Wylie Norman
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  • Field Marshal Sir Henry Wylie Norman GCB, GCMG, CIE (2 December 1826 – 26 October 1904) was a senior Indian Army officer and colonial administrator. He served in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the campaign against the Kohat Pass Afridis, the suppression of the Santhal rebellion and the suppression of the Indian Mutiny. He became military member of the Viceroy's Council (in effect Minister for War in Inia) in 1870, in which role he maintained the policy of ensuring that the Indian Army were less well armed than British troops there to deter another mutiny. After that he became a member of the Council of India. In his later years he became Governor of Jamaica and then Governor of Queensland.
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serviceyears
  • 1844
Birth Date
  • 1826-12-02
Branch
  • 23
death place
  • London, England
Name
  • Sir Henry Norman
Caption
  • Sir Henry Norman circa. 1895
Birth Place
  • London, England
Title
Awards
death date
  • 1904-10-26
Rank
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  • 250
Allegiance
  • United Kingdom
Battles
Before
Years
  • 1883
  • 1889
  • 1901
After
laterwork
placeofburial
  • Brompton Cemetery, London
abstract
  • Field Marshal Sir Henry Wylie Norman GCB, GCMG, CIE (2 December 1826 – 26 October 1904) was a senior Indian Army officer and colonial administrator. He served in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the campaign against the Kohat Pass Afridis, the suppression of the Santhal rebellion and the suppression of the Indian Mutiny. He became military member of the Viceroy's Council (in effect Minister for War in Inia) in 1870, in which role he maintained the policy of ensuring that the Indian Army were less well armed than British troops there to deter another mutiny. After that he became a member of the Council of India. In his later years he became Governor of Jamaica and then Governor of Queensland.