Henry Marion Durand
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Sir Henry Marion Durand (1812-1871) was a British soldier and colonial administrator. He left Britain for India in 1829, arriving in India in May 1830.
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[edit] Career
He served initially as Second Lieutenant in the Bengal Engineers. He attained the rank of Major-General, and served in the First Afghan War (1839 - 1842), and the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848 - 1849). He also served as Chief Commissioner of Tenasserim (1844 - 1846), as Resident of Gwalior (1849 - 1852), and acting Resident of Baroda (March 1852 - March 1854).
[edit] War of 1857
During the Indian Rebellion (1857 - 1858), he served as a military commander in western Malwa.
[edit] Lieutenant-Governor
He served finally as Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab (June 1, 1870 - January 1, 1871).
[edit] Death
He was killed on January 1, 1871 when passing on an elephant under a gateway in the city of Tonk now Tank, Pakistan.
[edit] Books
He was the author of The First Afghan War and Its Causes and his memoirs, The Life of Major General Sir Henry Marion Durand of the Royal Engineers (London: W H Allen, 1883) were published posthumously.
His son, Henry Mortimer Durand, also served in the Indian Civil Service and later in the British diplomatic service.
