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Nathaniel Stevenson

1840 – 1911

British Army general

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Lived 1840 – 1911 (aged 70–71). Nathaniel Stevenson was a British military leader.

General Nathaniel Stevenson (1840–1911) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.

Military career Stevenson was commissioned as an ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot in 1858. In 1863 he was transferred to the 87th Regiment of Foot. He was appointed assistant adjutant and quartermaster-general for Cork District in 1880 and then, having served as Assistant-Adjutant and Quartermaster-General on the Staff, he was appointed Deputy Adjutant-General in Ireland in 1884. He was appointed General Officer Commanding Northern District in 1889, General Officer Commanding North Eastern District later in the year and Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1894. It was in that capacity that he went to Westminster Abbey in 1898 to attend former Prime Minister Gladstone's funeral.

He was appointed Colonel of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 8 March 1902.

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Born
1840
Birth century
Died
1911, Machrihanish
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Who was Nathaniel Stevenson?

British Army general

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Nathaniel Stevenson was born in 1840.

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Nathaniel Stevenson died in 1911 in Machrihanish.

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Nathaniel Stevenson was a military leader.

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Nathaniel Stevenson was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Nathaniel Stevenson

· Wikidata: Q6969877

· DBpedia: Nathaniel Stevenson

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