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Sir George William Hacket Pain
Born5 February 1855
Died14 February 1924 (aged 69)
Member of Parliament
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Early career

Hacket Pain joined the

captain
followed on 15 February 1886.

Sudan

From 1888, Hacket Pain served in the

Order of Medjidie Third Class. In February 1891 he was present at the capture of Tokar, in command of a battalion of Egyptian infantry; his horse was shot from under him.[7] At the end of the war, he was awarded the Order of Osmanieh Third Class, which he was given a Royal Licence to wear on his British uniform.[8]

Colonial Africa

On 15 May 1894 Captain Hacket Pain became a

mentioned in despatches.[7]

In November 1896 Hacket Pain was promoted from major to

lieutenant-colonel. He was still employed with the Egyptian Army,[10] and served in Egypt with the Nile Expedition as an Acting Adjutant-General of the Egyptian Army at their base[7] from 1896 to 1898.[6]

On 27 December 1898, he married Saidie Merton, an

will which gave her the proceeds of the investment of £1,500 but provided that it would be cut off should she marry outside the Jewish faith.[12]

South African war

Hacket Pain served in

colonel.[2] During Spring 1902 he fell ill, and was only discharged from hospital in late July, after the end of the war the previous month.[15] He left Cape Town for the United Kingdom a few days later,[16] and returned to Southampton in August. Back in Britain, he received the actual decoration of CB from King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October 1902.[17]

His promotion to full colonel was confirmed on 23 February 1907,[2] and in 1908 he was placed in command of the South Midland district, in which post he served for three years.[6] He was put on half pay on 21 April 1911, and left the Army on Retired Pay on 5 February 1912.[2][18]

Ulster Volunteers

Hacket Pain's retirement from the Army coincided with preparations in the north of Ireland for active resistance to

George Richardson, the General Officer Commanding of the Volunteers was announced in September 1913.[20] Hacket Pain was English and a member of the Church of England.[12]

Under Hacket Pain's guidance, the Volunteers were organised and trained in military effectiveness.

Ballynafeigh in August 1914.[23]

Larne Gun Running

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Larne Gun Running

Just as the Ulster Volunteers knew they needed armaments, the British authorities were keen to stop them from landing guns on Irish shores. At the end of March 1914, just as the Ulster Volunteers were readying for an imminent civil war, a Norwegian steamer called Fanny was filled full of 35,000 rifles from Germany, and gave its destination as "Öreland" (sic). Two English-speaking people were said to be on board.[24] The owners of the ship insisted that the destination was in fact South America, and some connected the cargo with the Mexican Revolution,[25] but on 25 April the Fanny (disguised as the Mountjoy) landed its cargo at Larne, Bangor and Donaghadee having outwitted Customs. The Ulster Volunteers had been given a general mobilisation order on Friday 24 April and made sure that all roads leading to the disembarking centres had been blocked and that key telephone wires had been cut.[26] 500 cars were used to distribute the rifles.[27]

According to his obituary in

Edward Carson.[29] After their safe landing, he issued a memorandum instructing all units that "in the event of any attempt being made to seize arms, etc. ... intimation will be given to the officers in charge of the Constabulary that their armed attempt will be promptly and firmly resisted."[30]

First World War

Ulster Volunteers preparations for civil war were short-cut by the outbreak of the

First World War. Hacket Pain re-enlisted in the British Army, and raised the 108th Infantry Brigade (part of the 36th (Ulster) Division) by recruiting the Ulster Volunteers. The Army welcomed the fact that the Volunteers were trained and armed, and Hacket Pain was appointed on 4 September to command the 108th Infantry Brigade in France.[18] After two years he transferred back to Ireland to command the Northern Ireland district, where he served for three years.[6]

As Chief Military Officer he faced the opening of the Irish War of Independence; in August 1919 he prohibited an Irish Nationalist procession from marching on the city walls of Derry, fearing that grave disorders would occur.[31] However Hacket Pain sometimes resisted pressure. In January 1919 Dawson Bates wrote to Sir James Craig telling him that Hacket Pain was reluctant to bring out troops against Sinn Féin-inspired strikes in Belfast, or to do anything that might make the workers think they were being intimidated, despite pressure from people Bates described as "scare-mongers".[32]

Irish war of independence

On 1 November 1919[33] he retired from the Army again with the rank of brigadier-general, and received the award of Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[6] However, he was immediately re-employed as divisional commander of the Royal Irish Constabulary in Belfast.

Carson's army was responsible for protecting Roman Catholics.[34] After riots and the murder of an RIC District Inspector in Lisburn, he put the town under military control in August 1920.[35] Hacket Pain was reported to have resigned in early November 1920.[36]

Member of Parliament

On 18 January 1922, Hacket Pain was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament at Westminster for South Londonderry.[37] His election came after the Government of Ireland Act 1920 had provided for a reduction of the number of Members of Parliament representing Ireland, which made it unlikely that Hacket Pain would have a long Parliamentary career. He made his maiden, and only, speech on 10 May 1922 in support of the Constabulary (Ireland) Act 1922.[38] Hacket Pain served on the Standing Committee examining the Bill.[39]

Death

Retiring at the general election in October 1922, Hacket Pain lived at the United Services Club in Pall Mall for a short time.[40] In October 1923 he was taken ill and became a patient at King Edward VII Convalescent Home for Officers at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. He died there on 14 February 1924, and was buried at Whippingham on 18 February.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Naval And Military Intelligence", The Times, 28 October 1875, p. 11.
  2. ^ a b c d "Army List for the Quarter ending 31 December 1919", HM Stationery Office, 1920, p. 1963.
  3. ^ The Times, 20 November 1875, p. 8.
  4. ^ "No. 24268". The London Gazette. 19 November 1875. pp. 5518–5519.
  5. ^ "No. 24276". The London Gazette. 17 December 1875. p. 6468.
  6. ^ a b c d e M. Stenton and S. Lees, "Who's Who of British MPs" Vol. III (Harvester Humanities, 1979), p. 272.
  7. ^ a b c d "Hart's Annual Army List", 1915 Volume II, John Murray, p. 1564.
  8. ^ The Times, 19 August 1891, p. 6.
  9. ^ The Times, 16 May 1894, p. 11.
  10. ^ The Times, 18 November 1896, p. 10.
  11. ^ "Marriages", The Times, 28 December 1898, p. 1.
  12. ^ a b "In Re Joseph–Pain v. Joseph", The Times, 31 January 1908. p. 18.
  13. ^ "No. 27165". The London Gazette. 16 February 1900. p. 1078.
  14. ^ "No. 27359". The London Gazette. 27 September 1901. p. 6314.
  15. ^ "The Army in South Africa - officers discharged to duty". The Times. No. 36836. London. 2 August 1902. p. 6.
  16. ^ "The Army in South Africa - Troops returning home". The Times. No. 36833. London. 30 July 1902. p. 11.
  17. ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36908. London. 25 October 1902. p. 8.
  18. ^ a b c d "Sir W. Hacket Pain" (Obituary), The Times, 15 February 1924, p. 15.
  19. ^ Timothy Bowman, "Carson's Army", Manchester University Press, 2007, p. 58.
  20. ^ "'Ulster Staff' Appointments", The Manchester Guardian, 23 September 1913, p. 7.
  21. ^ "The Volunteers of Ulster", The Times, 19 March 1914, p. 6.
  22. ^ Timothy Bowman, "Carson's Army", Manchester University Press, 2007, p. 82.
  23. ^ Timothy Bowman, "Carson's Army", Manchester University Press, 2007, p. 128.
  24. ^ "Gun-Smuggling in the Baltic", The Times, 1 April 1914, p. 7.
  25. ^ "Mystery of an Arms Cargo", The Times, 2 April 1914, p. 7.
  26. ^ "The Arming of Ulster", The Times, 27 April 1914, p. 8.
  27. ^ "Landing The Cargo", The Times, 27 April 1914, p. 8.
  28. ^ Timothy Bowman, "Carson's Army", Manchester University Press, 2007, p. 139.
  29. ^ Patrick Buckland (ed.), "Irish Unionism 1885-1923: A Documentary History", Belfast, HMSO, 1973, p. 239, 243-4.
  30. ^ Patrick Buckland (ed.), "Irish Unionism 1885-1923: A Documentary History", Belfast, 1973, p. 259-60.
  31. ^ "Derry Procession Prohibited", The Times, 15 August 1919, p. 10.
  32. ^ Patrick Buckland (ed.), "Irish Unionism 1885-1923: A Documentary History", Belfast, 1973, p. 431.
  33. ^ Hansard, 5th series, House of Commons, vol. 134, col. 858.
  34. ^ "Prinkipo Policy Triumphant", The Times, 27 July 1920, p. 14.
  35. ^ "The Lisburn Riots", The Times, 25 August 1920, p. 10.
  36. ^ "Sir Hacket Pain", The Times, 5 November 1920, p. 12.
  37. ^ "New M.P. For South Londonderry", The Times, 19 January 1922, p. 10.
  38. ^ Hansard, 5th series, House of Commons, vol. 153, cols. 2254-6.
  39. ^ Hansard, 5th series, House of Commons, vol. 154, col. 244-5.
  40. ^ Legal notice, The Times, 1 July 1924, p. 5.

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