About Edmund Haythorne
Lived 1818 – 1888 (aged 70). Edmund Haythorne was a military personnel.
General Sir Edmund Haythorne (28 May 1818 – 18 October 1888) was a British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General in India.
Military career Educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Haythorne was commissioned into the 98th Regiment of Foot on 12 May 1837. He took part in the Battle of Chinkiang in July 1842 during the First Opium War. before retiring in January 1866.
On his return to England he was given the colonelcy of the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot in 1878, transferring in 1879 to the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot. When the 37th Foot and the 67th Foot amalgamated in 1881 to form the Hampshire Regiment, he became colonel of the 1st Battalion of the new regiment until his death.
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Who was Edmund Haythorne?
Haythorne, Sir Edmund (1818–1888), army officer
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Edmund Haythorne was born on 17 January 1818 in Bristol.
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Edmund Haythorne died on 17 January 1888 in Reading.
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Edmund Haythorne was a military personnel.
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