Dictionary of Indian Biography/Brackenbury, Sir Henry
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BRACKENBURY, SIR HENRY (1837–)
Born Sept. 1, 1837: educated at Eton and R.M.C., Woolwich: joined the Royal Artillery, 1856: in the Indian mutiny: served in Central India, 1857–8: Ashanti war, 1873–4: Zulu war, 1879–80: Private Secretary to Lord Lytton, the Viceroy of India, 1880: Military Attache at Paris, 1881–2: commanded River Column, Egypt, 1884–5: promoted Maj-General for distinguished service in the field: Director of Military Intelligence, 1886–91: Military Member of the Supreme Council of India, 1891–6: Director-General of Ordnance at the War Office, 1899: K.C.B., 1894: K.C.S.I., 1896: G.C.B., 1900: General R.A., 1901: P.C.