About Michael Saward
Lived 1841 – 1928 (aged 86–87). Michael Saward was a British military officer.
Major-General Michael Henry Saward (22 December 1840 – 1928) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.
Military career Saward became a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in Bengal in 1862. He remained in Bengal throughout his career and was ultimately appointed Assistant Adjutant General of the Royal Artillery in Bengal, a post he only relinquished in 1894. He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1899.
He is buried at St John the Evangelist Church at Dormansland in Surrey. He was also a Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery.
Family In 1877 he married Kath Maisey.
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Who was Michael Saward?
British Army general
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Michael Saward was born in 1841.
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Michael Saward died in 1928.
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Michael Saward was a military officer.
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Michael Saward was British.
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