Henry Joseph Pelly
British army officer and general in Indian Army
About Henry Joseph Pelly
Lived 1818 – 1891 (aged 72–73).
General Henry Joseph Pelly (9 January 1818 - 10 December 1891) was a British Army officer and a general in the Indian Army's Bombay Staff Corps.
Biography Henry Joseph Pelly was born on 9 January 1818, the son of John Hinde Pelly and Elizabeth Lewis. He was promoted to general on 1 October 1877.
He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.
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British army officer and general in Indian Army
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Henry Joseph Pelly was born on 9 January 1818.
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Henry Joseph Pelly died in 1891.
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