Henry Knight Storks
| Sir Henry Storks | |
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Caricature by Ape published in Vanity Fair in 1870
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| Born | 1811 |
| Died | 6 September 1874 |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1828 - 1874 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
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Lieutenant General Sir Henry Knight Storks GCB GCMG (1811 – 6 September 1874) was a British soldier and colonial governor.
Educated at Charterhouse School, he entered the Army on 10 January 1828 as an ensign of the 61st Regiment of Foot. He was promoted lieutenant on 2 March 1832, exchanged to the 14th Regiment of Foot on 23 March 1832 and was promoted captain on 30 October 1835. Exchanging to the 38th Regiment of Foot on 30 May 1836, he served with them in the Ionian Islands in 1840 and was promoted major on 7 August 1840.
He went on half pay from the regiment on 23 May 1845 and served in a variety of staff posts. He served as an Assistant Adjutant General during the seventh of the Cape Frontier Wars from 1846 to 1847, and was subsequently promoted to an unattached lieutenant colonelcy on 15 September 1848. From 1849 to 1854, he was Assistant Military Secretary at Mauritius, and was promoted colonel on 28 November 1854.
Promoted major-general, Storks superintended the British bases set up in Ottoman territory during the Crimean War, where he supported the nursing efforts of Florence Nightingale. After the war, he was awarded the KCB (2 January 1857) and employed from 1857 to 1859 by the War Office as Secretary for Military Correspondence.
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