Henry Richard Abadie
Henry Richard Abadie | |
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 A portrait of H. R. Abadie, by John St Helier Lander, 1904 | |
| Born | 25 March 1841 |
| Died | 9 May 1915 (aged 74) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Rank | Major General |
| Commands held | Eastern District |
| Battles/wars | 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia Second Anglo-Afghan War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Major-General Henry Richard Abadie CB (25 March 1841 – 9 May 1915) was a British Army officer. He was GOC Eastern District at the end of the 19th century and the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey for four years thereafter.
Background[edit]
Abadie was the son of Louis Pascal Abadie, who came from Chateau de Pellepoix in France.[1] He was married first to Kate Sandeman and following her death in 1883 to Caroline, daughter of Colonel Fanshawe Gostling in 1890.[1] His four sons with Kate Sandeman all died while on military service: two in Africa to disease and two during the First World War.[2]
Military career[edit]
Abadie joined the army in 1858 and served in the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia,[3] where he was involved in the Battle of Magdala.[1] He was made a captain 1872 and fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, including the Battle of Kandahar in 1880.[3] He was with the 9th Lancers and commanded the Cavalry Depot at Canterbury from 1894 to 1897.[3]
From 1899 to 1900 he commanded Eastern District, during which he was promoted to major-general and awarded a Companion of the Order of the Bath.[3]
Jersey[edit]
Thereafter Abadie was appointed the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey, a post he held until 1904.[3] There is a painting of him at his regimental museum in Derby by John St Helier Lander,[4] an artist whom he met while living in Jersey.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Who was Who 1897-1916. London: A. & C. Black, Ltd. 1920.
- ^ The sons of Kate, Caroline and Henry Abadie, accessed April 2020
- ^ a b c d e C., Buckland (1906). Charles Edward Buckland (ed.). Dictionary of Indian Biography. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. pp. 1.
dictionary biography.
- ^ Abadie, painting, Derby Museum and Art Gallery, accessed September 2011