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Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Died
  
May 27, 1874

Rank
  
Major-general

Name
  
Caledon Egerton

Service/branch
  
Relations
  
Grey-Egerton Baronets

Battles and wars
  
Battles/wars
  
Awards
  
Order of the Medjidie


Major-General Caledon Richard Egerton (28 July 1814 - 27 May 1874) was a senior British Army officer from the Egerton family who went on to be Military Secretary.

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Military career

Egerton was commissioned into the 89th Regiment of Foot. He was appointed Adjutant of his Regiment in 1836.

He served in the Crimean War and was decorated with the Order of the Medjidie (5th Class). He features in a photograph taken in the Crimea by Roger Fenton (1855 - Officers & Men of the 89th Regiment).

He was appointed Deputy Adjutant-General in 1866 and Military Secretary in 1871.

He was also Colonel of the 89th Regiment of Foot.

Family

In 1843 he married Margaret Cumming, and they went on to have seven sons and two daughters. Four of their sons were knighted, including Field Marshal Sir Charles Egerton, Sir Reginald Egerton (Private Secretary to the Postmaster-General), Admiral Sir George Egerton, and Sir Brian Egerton (tutor to Ganga Singh, the Maharaja of Bikaner).

References

Caledon Egerton Wikipedia


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