Robert Garrett (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Sir Robert Garrett KCB KH (1794 – 13 June 1869) was Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong.

Sir Robert Garrett
Major General Sir Robert Garrett, KCB, KH on his horse
Born	1794 Ramsgate, Kent, England[1]
Died	13 June 1869 Pall Mall, London
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	General
Commands held	46th Regiment of Foot Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong South East District
Battles/wars	Peninsular War Crimean War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order

Military career

Garrett was born in Ramsgate, Kent, the son of John Garrett of Ellington House, Isle of Thanet, and Elizabeth Gore.[2] Educated at Harrow School, Garrett was commissioned into the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot in 1811.[3][4] He served in the Peninsular War and was present at the Battle of Fuentes de Onoro in 1811.[4]

In 1846 he was appointed Commanding Officer of the 46th Regiment of Foot[5] and in 1854 was despatched to the Crimean War where he commanded a Brigade of the 4th Division at the Siege of Sevastopol.[4]

In 1858, he was appointed Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong before going on to India where he was General Officer Commanding a Division in Bengal and then in Madras.[4] He returned to England in July 1865 to take command of South-Eastern District.[6]

In retirement he lived in Pall Mall in London.[4]

He was also Colonel of the 43rd Regiment of Foot.[2]

Family

In 1814, he married Charlotte Georgina Sophia Cavendish-Bentinck (1789–1819), daughter of Lord Edward Bentinck and granddaughter of the 2nd Duke of Portland.[7] After her death, in 1821, he married widow Louisa Davaynes, with whom he had a son and a daughter.[4][2]

References

1. 1851 England Census
2. "Sir Robert Garrett, K.C.B., K.H.". Kentish Gazette. 29 June 1869. p. 6. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
3. Dauglish, Milverton Godfrey; Stephenson, Pleydell Keppel (1911). The Harrow School register, 1800-1911. 1st ed., 1894, comp. and ed. by R. Courtenay Welch ... 2d ed., 1901. London, Longmans, Green, and co. p. 34. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
4. Robert Garrett at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
5. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
6. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
7. Lodge, Edmund (1846). The Peerage of the British Empire. p. 425. Retrieved 13 May 2019. Sir Robert Garrett.

Military offices
Preceded by William Jervois	Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong 1854–1857	Succeeded by Thomas Ashburnham
Preceded by Arthur Dalzell	GOC South-Eastern District 1865–1866	Succeeded by William McCleverty
Preceded by James Fergusson	Colonel of the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot 1866–1869	Succeeded by Hon. Sir Augustus Spencer