| Sir Hugh McCalmont | |
|---|---|
|
File:Hugh mccalmont.jpg Sir Hugh McCalmont | |
| Born | 1845 |
| Died | May 2, 1924 |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 British Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands held | 8th Division |
| Battles/wars |
Red River Rebellion Third Anglo-Ashanti War Russo-Turkish War South African War Second Anglo-Afghan War Anglo-Egyptian War Nile Expedition |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
Major-General Sir Hugh McCalmont KCB CVO (1845 – 2 May 1924) was a British politician. He was elected as an Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for North Antrim in 1895, resigning in 1899 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.
Career[]
McCalmont was commissioned into the 6th Dragoon Guards in 1865.[1] He saw service in the Red River Rebellion in 1870, the Third Anglo-Ashanti War in 1873 and the Russo-Turkish War in 1877.[2] McCalmont also took part in the South African War in 1879, the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1879 and the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882 as well as the Nile Expedition in 1884.[2]
In 1884 he became aide-de-camp to General Wolseley.[3] He was elected as an Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for North Antrim in 1895 but resigned in 1899 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.[4] He became General Officer Commanding 8th Division in Ireland in 1902.[5]
He lived at Abbeylands sited within the townland of White Abbey, which the village of Whiteabbey takes its name, near Belfast, County Antrim until it was burnt down in 1914 in a firebomb attack by Suffragette radicals.[6]
Family[]
In 1885 he married the Hon. Rose Elizabeth Bingham, daughter of John Charles Robert Bingham, 4th Baron Clanmorris of Newbrook.[7]
References[]
- ↑ "No. 22983". 23 June 1865. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22983/page/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The families of French of Belturbet and Nixon of Fermanagh, and their descendants by Henry Biddall Swanzy, p.15
- ↑ C.E. Callwell (ed.), The Memoirs of Major-General Sir Hugh McCalmont (Hutchinson, London, 1924), pp. 47-48.
- ↑ New Ulster Biography
- ↑ Army Commands
- ↑ Burning Outrage in Ireland The Mercury, 30 March 1914
- ↑ The Peerage.com
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