Sir Henry Wilmot, 5th Baronet

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Colonel Sir Henry Wilmot 5th Baronet VC (3 February 1831-7 April 1901) was a British soldier and Conservative politician.

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[edit] Military career

Wilmot was born in Chaddesden, Derby[1]. He fought in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 as a captain in the 2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own). On 11 March 1858 at Lucknow, India, Wilmot's company was engaged with a large number of the enemy near the Iron Bridge. He found himself at one stage, at the end of a street with only four of his men opposed to a considerable body of the enemy. One of his men was shot through both legs and two (David Hawkes and William Nash) of the others lifted him and although one of them was severely wounded they carried their comrade for a considerable distance, Wilmot firing with the men's rifles and covering the retreat of the party. For his actions he was awarded the Victoria Cross. He later achieved the rank of Colonel.

[edit] Political career

Wilmot sat as Conservative Member of Parliament for Derbyshire from 1869 to 1885. He died in April 1901, aged 70, and was buried at Chaddesden. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester, England.

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Derbyshire at VictoriaCross.org Accessed June 2007

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Rowland Smith
Sir Thomas Gresley		 Member of Parliament for Derbyshire
with Rowland Smith 1869–1874
Thomas William Evans 1874–1885
1869–1885		 Succeeded by
Henry Wardle
(representation reduced to one member 1885)
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Henry Sacheverell Wilmot		 Baronet
(of Chaddesden)
1872–1901		 Succeeded by
Ralph Henry Sacheverell Wilmot