Henry Wylie Norman
CIE | |
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7th Governor of Queensland | |
In office 1 May 1889 – 31 December 1895 | |
Monarch | Queen Victoria |
Premier | Boyd Dunlop Morehead Samuel Griffith Thomas McIlwraith Hugh Nelson |
Preceded by | Anthony Musgrave |
Succeeded by | Lord Lamington |
Governor of Jamaica | |
In office 27 October 1883 – April–May 1889 | |
Monarch | Queen Victoria |
Preceded by | Anthony Musgrave Somerset Wiseman-Clarke (acting) Dominic Jacotin Gamble (acting) |
Succeeded by | William Clive Justice (acting) Henry Arthur Blake |
Personal details | |
Born | Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire | 2 December 1826
Early life
Norman was the eldest son in the family of four sons and six daughters of the merchant James Norman and his wife Charlotte Wylie;
Military career
Having obtained a cadetship in the
In the pass of Kohat a sepoy picket, descending a precipitous mountain under fire and the rolling of large stones, had some men killed and wounded. Four of the latter, dreadfully hurt, crept under some rocks for shelter. They were not missed until the picket reached the bottom, but were then discovered by our glasses, high up and helpless. Fortunately the enemy did not see them, and some sepoys volunteered a rescue, headed by Norman of the 31st Native Infantry and Ensign Murray of the 70th Native Infantry. These brave men would that the names of all were known to me for record ascended the rocks in defiance of the enemy, and brought the wounded men down.[4]
Norman served in numerous frontier expeditions between 1850 and 1854 and in the suppression of the Santhal rebellion of 1855 to 1856[3] before becoming assistant adjutant general in India in May 1856.[2] During the Indian Mutiny he was constantly engaged, being present at the Siege of Delhi in Summer 1857, the Siege of Lucknow in November 1857,[3] the Second Battle of Cawnpore in December 1857 and the Capture of Lucknow in March 1858.[2] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 17 August 1859.[5]
Promoted to
Norman went on to become military member of the Governor-General's Council (in effect Minister for War in India) in May 1870,
Later life
In October 1883, Norman became
Norman became governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in April 1901,[22] and, having been promoted to field marshal on 26 June 1902,[23] became a Commissioner to inquire into the military preparations for the Second Boer War in September 1902.[24] He died at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on 26 October 1904 and was buried in Brompton Cemetery.[18]
There is a memorial to him in St Paul's Cathedral.[25]
Family
On 14 April 1853, at Peshawar in India, Norman married Selina Eliza Davidson (d.1862) by whom he had three daughters.[26] He married a widow, Jemima Anne Temple (née Knowles), in September 1864 but she died the year after.[26] Then on 1 March 1870 he married Alice Claudine Sandys, daughter of Teignmouth Sandys of the Bengal Civil Service. They had two sons and a daughter.[27]
Children of Henry Wylie Norman and Selina Eliza Davidson
- Mary Lucy Norman b. 25 Apr 1854[28]
- Helen Campbell Norman b. 27 Jan 1856, leading military nurse[29][30]
- Annie Forde Norman b. 15 Sep 1857[31]
Children of Henry Wylie Norman and Alice Claudine Sandys
- Walter Henry Norman b. 14 Jun 1871[32]
- Claude Lumsden Norman b. 19 Feb 1876[33]
- Grace Alice Norman b.[34]
References
- ^ Burke, Bernard; Burke, Ashworth Peter (1895). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry ... Harrison. p. 852.
- ^ a b c d e f Heathcote, p.230
- ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Napier, p. 225
- ^ "No. 22299". The London Gazette. 19 August 1859. p. 3143.
- ^ "No. 22446". The London Gazette. 13 November 1860. p. 4179.
- ^ "No. 22480". The London Gazette. 15 February 1861. p. 655.
- ^ a b c d e Heathcote, p. 231
- ^ "No. 22769". The London Gazette. 8 September 1863. p. 4384.
- ^ "No. 22860". The London Gazette. 3 June 1864. p. 2872.
- ^ "No. 23489". The London Gazette. 16 April 1869. p. 2296.
- ^ "No. 23636". The London Gazette. 22 July 1870. p. 3480.
- ^ "No. 23619". The London Gazette. 27 May 1870. p. 2743.
- ^ "No. 23979". The London Gazette. 24 May 1873. p. 2583.
- ^ "No. 24508". The London Gazette. 2 October 1877. p. 5458.
- ^ "No. 25104". The London Gazette. 5 May 1882. p. 2078.
- ^ "No. 25283". The London Gazette. 30 October 1883. p. 5146.
- ^ a b c d Heathcote, p. 232
- ^ "No. 25703". The London Gazette. 24 May 1887. p. 2855.
- ^ "No. 25773". The London Gazette. 5 January 1888. p. 212.
- ^ "No. 26807". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1896. p. 7669.
- ^ "No. 27319". The London Gazette. 31 May 1901. p. 3697.
- ^ "No. 27448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 June 1902. p. 4190.
- ^ "No. 27474". The London Gazette. 16 September 1902. p. 5951.
- Sinclair, W.p. 461: London; Chapman & Hall, Ltd; 1909
- ^ ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Mary Lucy Norman". FamilySearch. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Hellen Campbell Norman". FamilySearch. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Netley Military Cemetery – research about the people who are laid to rest there – Norman Helen Campbell". www.netley-military-cemetery.co.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Annie Forde Norman". FamilySearch. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Walter Henry Norman". FamilySearch. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Claude Lumsden Norman". FamilySearch. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ^ "Grace Alice Norman". FamilySearch. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
Sources
- Napier, Sir Charles (1857). Defects, Civil and military. Charles Westerton. ASIN B0008BMON2.
- Heathcote, Tony (1999). The British Field Marshals 1736 – 1997. Leo Cooper. ISBN 0-85052-696-5.
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Norman, Sir Henry Wylie". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 748. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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