Trevor Chute

Major-General Sir Trevor Chute KCB (31 July 1816 – 12 March 1886) was an Irish soldier in the British army, whose six week campaign during the Second Taranaki War was the last to be carried out in New Zealand by imperial troops.

Trevor Chute was born to Francis Chute and Mary Ann Chute (née Bomford) on 31 July 1816. His birthplace is alleged to have been Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland.

Chute entered the British army in 1832, serving first in the Ceylon Rifles and then in the 70th (Surrey) Regiment. By 1847 he had been promoted to Major, performing duty in Ireland in 1848 before being transferred with the 70th regiment to India in 1849. In India Chute was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, commanding the regiment at Peshawar. He was promoted to Colonel in 1854, and organized flying columns for pacification purposes during the Indian mutiny of 1857–1858.

In 1861 Chute and his regiment arrived in New Zealand, where they helped construct the military road from Drury to the Waikato River. During this time he presided over a court of inquiry into the conduct of the ‘battle’ of Waireka. In March 1863 he was promoted to Brigadier-General commanding the troops stationed in Australia. Returning to New Zealand as a Major-General in 1865, he replaced Duncan Cameron as head of the British forces while also retaining his Australian command.

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