William Merewether

Major General Sir William Lockyer Merewether KCSI CB (1825–1880) was a British Indian Army officer who served in a number of places including India and Abyssinia.

Sir William Merewether
Born1825
Died1880
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Indian Army
RankMajor-General
Battles/warsAbyssinia Expedition
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Star of India
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Service

Aden (Yemen)

He was the British Resident at Aden from 1863 to 1867.[1]

Abyssinia 1867–1868

Merewether played a role as a member of the advance party for the Abyssinia Expedition of 1867–68. While a colonel, he landed at Mulkutto on the Gulf of Zula 21 October 1867, returning to the settlement at the end of the month, after having first explored along the base of the Ethiopian highlands south until he encountered the Ragolay River, which empties into the Afar Depression, then identified Tekonda Pass as the best entrance to the Ethiopian highlands. The next month, another party under his leadership pushed further inland to the Senafe Pass, which led from the dry bed of the Kumayli River to Senafe.[2] After the expedition was successfully concluded, he was promoted to Brigadier General.

Sindh (Pakistan)

He was the Commissioner in Sind from 1867 to 1877.[3] He was one of the founding members of Sind Club as well as its first president.

Memorials

Merewether Clock Tower is located in Karachi.[4] There is also a ship pier named after him in Karachi Harbour.[5]

References
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  2. C. R. Markham, "Geographical Results of the Abyssinian Expedition", Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 38 (1868), pp. 14, 16, 34
  3. Behram Sohrab H.J. Rustomji, Karachi 1839-1947 A Short History of the Foundation and Growth of Karachi, in Karachi During the British Era Two Histories of a Modern City, Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2007. Pg 104
  4. J.W. Smyth, Gazetteer of the Province of Sind B Vol 1 Karachi District, Government Central Press, Bombay 1919. Reprinted by Pakistan Herald Publications Ltd, Karachi Pg 62
  5. J.W. Smyth, Gazetteer of the Province of Sind B Vol 1 Karachi District, Government Central Press, Bombay 1919. Reprinted by Pakistan Herald Publications Ltd, Karachi Pg 86
Government offices
Preceded by
Samuel Mansfield		 Commissioner in Sind
1867–77		 Succeeded by
Francis Dawes Melville


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