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Entry TypePerson
SurnameColvile
ForenamesHenry Edward
Pre TitleSir
TitleMajor-General
Dates1852-1907
Gender IdentityMale
Key Events10 July 1852: born, Kirkby Hall, Leicestershire
1870: joined the Grenadier Guards
1884-1885: served in the Nile Expedition as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General
1893: appointed Commissioner (Acting) for Uganda
1899-1900: served in the Second Boer War (the South African War)
1901: retired
25 November 1907: died
Family TreeSon of Charles Robert Colvile and Hon. Katherine Sarah Georgina Colvile nee Russell.
Authorised Form of NameColvile; Sir; Henry Edward (1852-1907); Major-General

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