Francis Cunningham Scott

Major-General Sir Francis Cunningham Scott, KCB, KCMG (1834 - 26 June 1902), was a British Army officer, who commanded the Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War 1895-96.

Scott was born in India in 1834, the son of Carteret George Scott, of Malleny, Midlothian, by his wife Emily Coffin, daughter of Admiral Coffin.

He obtained a commission with the 42nd Highlanders in 1852 and was commissioned a lieutenant on 18 August 1854 He served with this regiment in the Crimean War (1854-1856), where he took part in the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55), including the battles of Alma (20 September 1854) and Balaclava (25 October 1854). Promoted to captain on 6 September 1855, he followed the regiment to India 1856-68, where he took part in the Relief of Lucknow in 1857. He was promoted to major on 26 March 1868. Seven years later, he took part in the First Ashanti Expedition in 1874, for which he was mentioned in despatches, appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB), and received a brevet promotion to lieutenant-colonel on 1 April 1874.

...
Wikipedia