Oliver Newmarch
Sir Oliver Newmarch | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1834 Bengal, India |
| Died | 16 February 1920 (aged 85) London, United Kingdom |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Indian Army Bengal Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India |
| Alma mater | |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Isabella Parke
(m. 1858; died 1867)Agnes Mary Norman (m. 1874) |
| Children | two |
Major-General Sir Oliver Richardson Newmarch KCSI (1834–1920) was a senior British Indian Army officer who served as Military Secretary to the India Office.
Military career
[edit]Born the son of Doctor Newmarch and Violet, daughter of Colonel Sherwood, Royal Artillery, Newmarch was educated at Charterhouse School and Merton College, Oxford.[1] Newmarch entered the Indian Army in 1855, and was later commissioned into the Bengal Staff Corps and posted to the 44th Native Infantry.[2][3]
Newmarch saw service during the Indian Mutiny and received a medal for his work during it.[3]
Newmarch served as the Military Secretary to the Government of India from 1884 to 1887.[3] Newmarch was appointed Military Secretary to the India Office in 1889 and served in that role until 1899.[4] While in that role, he was appointed KCSI in 1894.[5]
Family
[edit]In 1858 he married Mary Isabella Parke and they went on to have one son and one daughter. She died in 1867 and he then married Agnes Mary Norman in 1874.[1][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Who's Who, 1916
- ^ "No. 22686". The London Gazette. 2 December 1862. p. 6160.
- ^ a b c Rao, C. Hayavadana, ed. (1915). . The Indian Biographical Dictionary. Madras: Pillar & Co. p. 305. OCLC 8733882 – via Wikisource. [scan
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- ^ Heathcote, T. A. (1995). The Military in British India: The Development of British Land Forces in South Asia, 1600-1947. Manchester University Press. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-7190-3570-8.
- ^ "No. 26516". The London Gazette. 26 May 1894. p. 3117.
- ^ William Walker's relatives
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