Edward Hutton (army)
| Sir Edward Thomas Henry Hutton | |
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Major General Edward Hutton c.1900
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| Born |
6 December 1848 Torquay, Devon |
| Died | 4 August 1923 (aged 74) Lyne, Surrey |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | British Army |
| Years of service | 1867–1907 1914–1915 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held |
21st Division (1914–15) 3rd Division (1905–06) General Officer Commanding the Australian Military Forces (1901–04) General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada (1898–00) |
| Battles/wars |
Anglo-Zulu War |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Mentioned in Despatches (12) |
Anglo-Zulu War
First Boer War
Anglo-Egyptian War
Nile Expedition
Second Boer War
Lieutenant General Sir Edward Thomas Henry Hutton KCB, KCMG, FRGS (6 December 1848 – 4 August 1923) was a British military commander, who pioneered the use of mounted infantry in the British Army and later commanded the Canadian Militia and the Australian Army.
Hutton was born in Torquay, Devon in December 1848, the only son of Colonel Sir Edward Thomas Hutton, of Beverly, and stepson of General Sir Arthur Lawrence. The swordsman Alfred Hutton (1839–1910) was his uncle. He was educated at Eton College, leaving in 1867 and taking a commission in the King's Royal Rifle Corps. Promotion to lieutenant came in 1871, and from 1873 to 1877 he served as Adjutant of the 4th Battalion.
He first saw active duty in Africa in 1879, when he served with his regiment in the Anglo-Zulu War, being mentioned in despatches and promoted to captain for his service at the Battle of Gingindlovu. He served with the mounted infantry force in the First Anglo-Boer War of 1880–81, and as a result was appointed to command the mounted infantry in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 as a brevet major. He fought around Alexandria and at the Battle of Tel el-Kebir, where he had a horse killed underneath him and was again mentioned in despatches. In the Nile Expedition of 1884–85, he was appointed to the staff, again in command of the mounted infantry.
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