About Thomas Edgar Lacy
Lived 1804 – 1880 (aged 76). Thomas Edgar Lacy was a military leader.
Lieutenant-General Thomas Edgar Lacy (7 February 1804 – 22 February 1880) was a British Army officer who became Commandant, Staff College, Sandhurst.
Military career Lacy was commissioned into the 72nd Highlanders in 1826. He was promoted to lieutenant on 3 October 1826, to captain on 11 July 1834 and to major on 10 November 1846. He became Town Major of Gibraltar on 13 August 1847. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 22 June 1854.
He became Commandant, Staff College, Sandhurst on 1 January 1865. He was promoted to lieutenant-general on his retirement in October 1877.
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British Army general (1804–1880)
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Thomas Edgar Lacy was born on 7 February 1804 in London.
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Thomas Edgar Lacy died on 22 February 1880 in Middlesex.
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Thomas Edgar Lacy was a military leader.
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