Henry Hope Crealock

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Henry Hope Crealock, portrait by Robert Russ
Photograph by Felice Beato, 1858–1859

Lieutenant-General Henry Hope Crealock

CMG
(31 March 1831 – 31 May 1891) was a British soldier, artist, and author.

Life

He was born on 31 March 1831, the second son of

90th Light Infantry
on 13 October 1848. He obtained his lieutenancy on 24 December 1852, and his captaincy on 29 December 1854.

On 5 December he landed at Balaklava and served at the siege of Sebastopol. He was mentioned in the despatches for his gallant conduct during the attacks on the Redan on 18 June and 8 September 1855 and was appointed deputy adjutant quartermaster-general at headquarters on 17 September and at Constantinople in December. For his services, he received the brevet rank of major, a medal with a clasp, and the fifth class of the Turkish order of the Medjidie with a medal.

On 26 December 1856 he attained the rank of major, and in March 1857 he was appointed deputy adjutant quartermaster-general to the China

Canton
in December 1857 and January 1858, and received the brevet rank of lieutenant-colonel and a medal with a clasp. On 20 July 1858, he reached the regimental rank of lieutenant-colonel.

He served in the Indian campaigns of

Shajehanpur
, was mentioned in the despatches, and received a medal with a clasp.

In March 1860 he was appointed military secretary to

Tangku and Taku, the engagement at Palichau, and the capture of Pekin
; and received a medal with two clasps. On 6 July 1864 he received his colonelcy, and on 2 January 1870 was gazetted major-general.

During the

No.1 Division, and for his services was created C.M.G. and received a medal with a clasp. He was created a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1869 Birthday Honours[1] and Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1879.[2]

Crealock retired from the army on 4 September 1884 with the rank of lieutenant-general. He died on 31 May 1891, at his residence, 20 Victoria Square, Pimlico.

Works

C. E. Kempe in St Peter's in Ely, Cambridgeshire

Crealock was an accomplished

Illustrated London News. He illustrated Wolf-Hunting, or Wild Sport in Lower Brittany (1875), and George Whyte-Melville's Katerfelto (1875). In 1885 he republished a series of papers which had appeared between 1870 and 1879 on 'the Eastern question' (London), written from a point of view hostile to Russia. At the time of his death, Crealock was engaged on his work Deer-Stalking in the Highlands of Scotland, which appeared in 1892 under the editorship of his brother, Major-general John North Crealock
(1837–1895). The book is profusely illustrated with Crealock's drawings.

References

  1. ^ "No. 23503". The London Gazette. 2 June 1869. p. 3180.
  2. ^ "No. 24793". The London Gazette. 19 December 1879. p. 7483.

External links

Media related to Henry Hope Crealock at Wikimedia Commons

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Crealock, Henry Hope". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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