lord william henry cavendish - bentinck was the governor general when the revolt of 1857 broke out.
lord william henry cavendish - bentinck was the governor general when the revolt of 1857 broke out.
who was the governor general when the revolt of 1857 broke out?
lord william henry cavendish - bentinck
after the siege was over he joined lord gough on 10 february 1849, and served with distinction at gujrát. he was promoted to colonel on 20 june 1854, and took command of the jalandhar brigade on 11 may 1855. he had handed over his command, and was going home on sick leave when the mutiny of 1857 broke out. thereupon he refused to go to england, and remained at calcutta until his health was sufficiently restored to enable him to take the field. in january 1858 he was appointed to command the 4th infantry division in the field, with the rank of brigadier-general. this division, nearly six thousand strong, was intended to carry out a favourite scheme of lord canning. franks was directed to march across the north-eastern frontier of oude, driving the mutineers before him. he was then to meet sir jung bahadur, the prime minister of nepal, who had promised to bring a force of goorkhas to the assistance of the english. the two corps were to co-operate in sir colin campbell's operations against lucknow. this programme was successfully carried out; on 19 and 23 feb. franks inflicted defeats on the rebel leader, muhammad hussein nazim, at chanda, and between badshahganj and sultánpur. the effect of these victories, in which franks lost only two men killed and sixteen wounded, was, however, reduced by the severe check that he received in an attempt to take dohrighat. campbell was much incensed at this defeat, and after the final capture of lucknow he refused to give franks another command.
thomas harte franks
the governor general's foot guards originated in ottawa, ontario, on 7 june 1872 as the 1st battalion governor general's foot guards. it was redesignated as the governor general's foot guards on 16 september 1887; as the governor general's foot guards on 1 april 1896; as the 2nd (reserve) battalion, the governor general's foot guards on 7 november 1941; as the governor general's foot guards on 31 january 1946; as the governor general's foot guards (5th battalion, the canadian guards) on 1 september 1954; as the governor general's foot guards (5th battalion, the canadian guards) on 25 april 1958; and finally returned to the name "governor general's foot guards" on 1 september 1976.
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