Henry Sarel

Lieutenant-General Henry Andrew Sarel CB (1 November 1823 – 2 January 1887) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.

Henry Sarel
Henry Sarel
Born1 November 1823[1]
London, England[2]
Died2 January 1887 (aged 63)[3]
Rollesby Hall, Norfolk
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1847–1885
RankLieutenant-General
Battles/warsIndian Mutiny
Second Opium War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Military career

Educated at Rugby School,[4] Sarel became a cornet with the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers in 1847[5] and subsequently transferred to the 17th Lancers.[6] He fought with his Regiment during the Indian Mutiny in 1857[7] and then joined the China Expedition in 1861.[8] He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1883[9] and lived at Rollesby Hall in Norfolk.[10]

Family

He married Phyllis Molyneux.[11]

References
  1. Boase, Frederic (1965). Modern English Biography: Containing Many Thousand Concise Memoirs of Persons who Have Died Between the Years 1851-1900, with an Index of the Most Interesting Matter. Frank Cass. p. 413.
  2. Admissions to Trinity College, Cambridge ... Macmillan and Company, Limited. 1911. p. 521.
  3. Rugby School Register: From April, 1675, to April, 1842. Rugby School. 1901. p. 301.
  4. Rugby School Register, May 1874 - May 1904
  5. "No. 20753". The London Gazette. 13 July 1847. p. 2559.
  6. "No. 22117". The London Gazette. 24 March 1858. p. 1571.
  7. Second medal displayed in portrait
  8. Papers read Royal Geographical Society, 11 November 1861
  9. World Statesmen
  10. Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1883, p.476
  11. Unit Histories
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