Henry Wylie Norman

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CIE
7th Governor of Queensland
In office
1 May 1889 – 31 December 1895
MonarchQueen Victoria
PremierBoyd Dunlop Morehead
Samuel Griffith
Thomas McIlwraith
Hugh Nelson
Preceded byAnthony Musgrave
Succeeded byLord Lamington
Governor of Jamaica
In office
27 October 1883 – April–May 1889
MonarchQueen Victoria
Preceded byAnthony Musgrave
Somerset Wiseman-Clarke (acting)
Dominic Jacotin Gamble (acting)
Succeeded byWilliam Clive Justice (acting)
Henry Arthur Blake
Personal details
Born(1826-12-02)2 December 1826
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire

Governor of Jamaica and then Governor of Queensland
.

Early life

Henry Norman, standing second from left, with John Lawrence, Viceroy of India and other council members. c. 1864

Norman was the eldest son in the family of four sons and six daughters of the merchant James Norman and his wife Charlotte Wylie;

Calcutta. Norman joined the family firm in Calcutta in 1842, and then set about persuading his father to let him join the Bengal Army.[2]

Military career

Having obtained a cadetship in the

Second Anglo-Sikh War.[2] Having attracted the favourable notice of Sir Colin Campbell, Norman was selected by Campbell to accompany an expedition against the Kohat Pass Afridis in 1850 as officiating brigade-major.[2]
The subaltern of twenty-four was given a substantive appointment in this capacity for a splendid deed of gallantry, which is recorded by Sir Charles Napier in the following terms:[3]

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]

Vanity Fair
in 1903.

Promoted to

major-general on 23 March 1869,[11] he was given the substantive rank of lieutenant colonel on 1 March 1870.[12]

Norman went on to become military member of the Governor-General's Council (in effect Minister for War in India) in May 1870,

general on 1 April 1882[16] and retired from active military service.[8]

Later life

In October 1883, Norman became

Viceroy of India in September 1893, Norman left Queensland in November 1895 and returned to London.[18] He was appointed a Commissioner to enquire into the conditions and prospects of the West India Sugar-growing Colonies in December 1896.[21]

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

  1. Mary Lucy Norman b. 25 Apr 1854[28]
  2. Helen Campbell Norman b. 27 Jan 1856, leading military nurse[29][30]
  3. Annie Forde Norman b. 15 Sep 1857[31]

Children of Henry Wylie Norman and Alice Claudine Sandys

  1. Walter Henry Norman b. 14 Jun 1871[32]
  2. Claude Lumsden Norman b. 19 Feb 1876[33]
  3. Grace Alice Norman b.[34]

References

  1. ^ Burke, Bernard; Burke, Ashworth Peter (1895). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry ... Harrison. p. 852.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Heathcote, p.230
  3. ^ a b c Chisholm 1911.
  4. ^ Napier, p. 225
  5. ^ "No. 22299". The London Gazette. 19 August 1859. p. 3143.
  6. ^ "No. 22446". The London Gazette. 13 November 1860. p. 4179.
  7. ^ "No. 22480". The London Gazette. 15 February 1861. p. 655.
  8. ^ a b c d e Heathcote, p. 231
  9. ^ "No. 22769". The London Gazette. 8 September 1863. p. 4384.
  10. ^ "No. 22860". The London Gazette. 3 June 1864. p. 2872.
  11. ^ "No. 23489". The London Gazette. 16 April 1869. p. 2296.
  12. ^ "No. 23636". The London Gazette. 22 July 1870. p. 3480.
  13. ^ "No. 23619". The London Gazette. 27 May 1870. p. 2743.
  14. ^ "No. 23979". The London Gazette. 24 May 1873. p. 2583.
  15. ^ "No. 24508". The London Gazette. 2 October 1877. p. 5458.
  16. ^ "No. 25104". The London Gazette. 5 May 1882. p. 2078.
  17. ^ "No. 25283". The London Gazette. 30 October 1883. p. 5146.
  18. ^ a b c d Heathcote, p. 232
  19. ^ "No. 25703". The London Gazette. 24 May 1887. p. 2855.
  20. ^ "No. 25773". The London Gazette. 5 January 1888. p. 212.
  21. ^ "No. 26807". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1896. p. 7669.
  22. ^ "No. 27319". The London Gazette. 31 May 1901. p. 3697.
  23. ^ "No. 27448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 June 1902. p. 4190.
  24. ^ "No. 27474". The London Gazette. 16 September 1902. p. 5951.
  25. Sinclair, W.
    p. 461: London; Chapman & Hall, Ltd; 1909
  26. ^
    ISSN 1833-7538
    . Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  27. ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Norman, General Sir Henry Wylie" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  28. ^ "Mary Lucy Norman". FamilySearch. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  29. ^ "Hellen Campbell Norman". FamilySearch. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  30. ^ "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.
  31. ^ "Annie Forde Norman". FamilySearch. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  32. ^ "Walter Henry Norman". FamilySearch. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  33. ^ "Claude Lumsden Norman". FamilySearch. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  34. ^ "Grace Alice Norman". FamilySearch. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

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External links

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Government offices
Preceded by
Governor of Jamaica

1883–1889
Succeeded by
William Clive Justice, acting
Preceded by Governor of Queensland
1889–1895
Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by Governor, Royal Hospital Chelsea
1901–1904
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