Henry Richard Abadie

Henry Richard Abadie
Born	25 March 1841
Died	9 May 1915
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major General
Commands held	Eastern District
Battles/wars	1868 Expedition to Abyssinia Second Anglo-Afghan War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

Major-General Henry Richard Abadie CB (25 March 1841 – 9 May 1915) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Abadie joined the army in 1858 and served in the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia.^[1] In 1879, Abadie fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War including the Battle of Kandahar.^[1] He was with the 9th Lancers and commanded the Cavalry Depot at Canterbury from 1894 to 1897.^[1]

From 1899 to 1900, he commanded the British Military Eastern District, during which he was promoted to Major-General and appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath.^[1]

From 1900 to 1904, Abadie was the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.^[1] There is a painting of him in Derby at his regimental museum which is copyright until 2014.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e C., Buckland (1906). Charles Edward Buckland. ed. Dictionary of Indian Biography. Harvard University, Digitized July 8, 2005: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim: London. pp. page 1. http://books.google.com/books?id=InFTmnS4crYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=dictionary+biography&as_brr=1&ie=ISO-8859-1.
^ Abadie, painting, Derby Museum and Art Gallery, accessed September 2011

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Edward Hopton	Lieutenant Governor of Jersey 1900–1904	Succeeded by Hugh Gough

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Name	Abadie, Henry Richard
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Date of birth	25 March 1841
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Date of death	9 May 1915
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