Lothian Nicholson ( Eng. Lothian Nicholson ; January 19, 1827 - June 27, 1893) - General of the British Army , Governor of Gibraltar .
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria | ||||||
| Predecessor | Leicester Smith | ||||||
| Successor | Robert Biddulf | ||||||
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| Years of service | 1846 - 1893 | ||||||
| Affiliation |  Great Britain British army | ||||||
| Type of army | Ground forces | ||||||
| Rank | The general | ||||||
| Battles | Siege of Sevastopol ( Crimean War ) | ||||||
Biography
The third child in the family of George Thomas Nicholson and Ann Elizabeth Nicholson, daughter of a member of parliament from Norwich William Smith [2] .
After graduating from Mallison's school in Hove, he entered the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich. In 1846, Nicholson received an officer rank and joined the Royal Engineering Corps [2] . In 1855 he was sent to the Crimean War , where he participated in the siege of Sevastopol [2] . In 1857, he was relocated to Calcutta to suppress the Sipai Rebellion [2] . Participated in the capture of Lucknow [3] .
In 1861 he headed the Royal Engineers in the London District, and then in 1868 in Gibraltar . In the same year, he was promoted to assistant adjutant general of the Royal Engineers in Ireland [2] .
In 1878 he was appointed lieutenant governor of New Jersey, in 1886 - inspector general of fortifications [2] . The rank of general was awarded in 1888 [4] . In 1891 he became governor of Gibraltar , while in this position he died in 1893 from a fever [2] . He was buried there in the garrison cemetery [5] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 The Peerage - 717826 copies.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lothian Nicholson . Article in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ↑ Edward Talbot Thackeray. Biographical Notices of Officers of the Royal Engineers . - BiblioBazaar, 2009. - P. 66. - ISBN 978-1-110-03794-0 .
- ↑ Obituary . Papers Past.
- ↑ North Front Cemetery . Archived August 31, 2012.