James Craufurd | |
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Died | 1888 |
Allegiance |
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Service/branch |
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Rank | General |
Commands held | Brigade of Guards |
Battles/wars | Crimean War |
General James Robertson Craufurd (died 1888) was a senior British Army officer.
Military career[]
Crauford was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards.[1] He was Commander of the Brigade of Guards during the Crimean War.[2] He then became Major General commanding the Brigade of Guards in 1861.[3] He was promoted to Lieutenant General in 1863[4] and to General in 1871;[5] he retired in 1877.[6]
He became Colonel of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot in 1864[7] and then of the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot in 1870.[8]
He lived at Princes Gardens in London.[2]
Family[]
He married Elizabeth Georgiana Harriett Cavendish.
References[]
- ↑ A List of the officers of the Army and of the Corps of Royal Marines in 1827, p. 146
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "'Princes Gate and Princes Gardens: the Freake Estate: Some Former Residents', Survey of London: volume 45: Knightsbridge (2000), pp. 209-210.". http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45943. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
- ↑ Army Estimates Hansard, 3 March 1862
- ↑ "No. 22714". 6 March 1863. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22714/page/
- ↑ "No. 23810". 22 December 1871. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/23810/page/
- ↑ "No. 24508". 2 October 1877. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24508/page/
- ↑ "No. 22852". 10 May 1864. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22852/page/
- ↑ "No. 23658". 16 September 1870. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/23658/page/
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