Battles/wars Crimean War Service/branch British Army Name Edward Donovan Rank Lieutenant-general | Died 1897 Allegiance United Kingdom Battles and wars Crimean War | |
Commands held Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements Awards Knight of the Legion d'honneur | ||
Lieutenant General Edward Westby Donovan (6 September 1821 - 1897) was Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements.
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Military career
Donovan was commissioned into the 33rd Regiment of Foot in 1840. He fought in the Crimean War and was severely wounded at the Siege of Sevastopol in 1855. For this he was made a Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur.
In 1878 he was appointed Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements, a post he held until 1882. He retired in 1887.
He was also Colonel of the East Yorkshire Regiment.
Family
Edward Westby Donovan belonged to the distinguished Ballymore sept of the O'Donovans of Clan Loughlin, and was a cousin of the 18th century Juliana Donovan, Countess of Anglesey.
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