Henry Wylie Norman
| Sir Henry Norman | |
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Sir Henry Norman circa. 1895
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| 7th Governor of Queensland | |
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In office 1 May 1889 – 31 December 1895 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by | Anthony Musgrave |
| Succeeded by | Lord Lamington |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 December 1826 London, England |
| Died | 26 October 1904 (aged 77) London, England |
| Resting place | Brompton Cemetery, London |
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Indian Army
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| Years of service | 1844–1904 |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
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Field Marshal Sir Henry Wylie Norman GCB GCMG CIE (2 December 1826 – 26 October 1904) was a senior Indian Army officer and colonial administrator. He served in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the campaign against the Kohat Pass Afridis, the suppression of the Santhal rebellion, and the suppression of the Indian Mutiny. He became military member of the Viceroy's Council (in effect Minister for War in India) in 1870, in which role he maintained the policy of ensuring that the Indian Army were less well armed than British troops there to deter another mutiny. As a result, he became a member of the Council of India; and in his later years he became Governor of Jamaica and then Governor of Queensland.
Born one of two sons (his brother was Francis Booth Norman) of James Norman, a merchant who had conducted most of his business in Cuba before moving to Calcutta, and his wife Charlotte Norman (née Wylie), Norman joined the family firm in Calcutta in 1842 and then set about persuading his father to let him join the Bengal Army.
Having obtained a cadetship in the Bengal Native Infantry, Norman was then commissioned as an ensign in the 1st Bengal Native Infantry on 1 March 1844 and then transferred to the 31st Bengal Native Infantry in March 1845. He was posted to Lahore in 1846 and, having been promoted to lieutenant on 25 December 1847, took part in the Battle of Ramnagar in November 1848, the Battle of Chillianwala in January 1849 and the Battle of Gujrat in February 1849 during the Second Anglo-Sikh War. Having attracted the favourable notice of Sir Colin Campbell, Norman was selected by Campbell to accompany an expedition against the Kohat Pass Afridis in 1850 as officiating brigade-major. The subaltern of twenty-four was given a substantive appointment in this capacity for a splendid deed of gallantry, which is recorded by Sir Charles Napier in the following terms:
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