Dictionary of Indian Biography/Adye, Sir John Miller

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2401373Dictionary of Indian Biography — Adye, Sir John MillerCharles Edward Buckland

ADYE, SIR JOHN MILLER (1891–1900)

Born Nov. 1, 1819, son of Major J. P. Adye, R.A. : entered the Royal Artillery in Dec. 1836 : in the Crimea as Brig-Major to the Artillery; Brevet-Lt-Colonel, 1854, and C.B. : through the mutiny as A.A.G. for Royal Artillery: with General Windham at Cawnpur and at the defeat of the Gwalior contingent, Dec. 6, 1857 : commanded the R.A. in Madras in 1859 : D.A.G. of Artillery in India, 1863; in the Sitana (Umbeyla) campaign : Director of Artillery at the War Office, 1870 : to the Crimea in 1872, to report on the British cemeteries and monuments : Governor of R.M.A. Woolwich, 1875 : wrote largely on the question of the Russians in Central Asia and on Afghanistan, opposing a forward policy : Surveyor-General of Ordnance, 1880 : Chief of the Staff to Lord Wolseley in the Egyptian campaign, 1882 : Governor of Gibraltar, 1883–1886 : K.C.B. in 1873 : Commander of the Legion of Honour, 1874 : G.C.B. in 1882, and the Order of the Medjidie : General, Nov. 20, 1884 : died Aug. 26, 1900. He wrote on India, viz.. The Defence of Cawnpur, Sitana, a Mountain Campaign, Indian Frontier History,and an autobiography.