Henry Hildyard
| Sir Henry Hildyard | |
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Hildyard, 1900
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| Born | 5 July 1846 |
| Died |
25 July 1916 (aged 70) Aspley Heath, Bedfordshire |
| Buried at | St Michaels church, Aspley Heath |
| Allegiance |
 Great Britain
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| Service/branch |
Royal Navy (1859–1864) British Army (1867–1916) |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held |
3rd Infantry Brigade 2nd Infantry Brigade 5th Infantry Division General Officer Commanding South Africa |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches |
| Relations |
Thomas Thoroton-Hildyard (father) Reginald Hildyard (son) |
General Sir Henry John Thoroton Hildyard GCB (5 July 1846 – 25 July 1916) was a British Army officer who saw active service in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 and the Second Boer War. He was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Africa, from 1905 to 1908.
The youngest of the three sons of Thomas Blackborne Thoroton-Hildyard (1821–1888), a Member of Parliament, of Flintham Hall, Flintham, near Newark, Hildyard was educated at Burney's Royal Naval Academy, Gosport.
His brothers were Thomas Blackborne Thoroton Hildyard (1843–1928) and Robert Charles Thoroton Hildyard (1844–1885).
Hildyard entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman and served in the Navy from 1859 to 1864. In 1867, he joined the British Army, as an ensign in the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers, later transferring to the Highland Light Infantry, in which he was lieutenant and adjutant for nearly seven years, and in 1876 was promoted captain. In 1877 he passed the Staff College and transferred into the Somerset Light Infantry, was promoted major in 1882 and brevet lieutenant colonel later the same year; colonel in 1886, and a temporary major general in 1898, made substantive the following year.
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