Years of service 1853-1893 Awards Order of the Bath Name John Hudson | Role Military Officer Rank Lieutenant general Died June 8, 1893 | |
Commands held Rohilkhand brigadeQuetta divisionAllahabad divisionBombay Army Battles/wars Indian MutinySecond Anglo-Afghan WarSuakin Expedition Battles and wars Indian Rebellion of 1857, Second Anglo-Afghan War, Suakin Expedition | ||
Lieutenant-General Sir John Hudson KCB (1833 – 8 June 1893) was a British officer in the Indian Army.
Military career
Educated at the Royal Naval School, New Cross, Hudson was commissioned into the 64th Regiment of Foot in 1853. He served as deputy assistant adjutant-general during the response to the Indian Mutiny.
He commanded six companies of the 28th Punjab Infantry in 1879 during the Second Anglo-Afghan War and later commanded the Indian contingent during the Second Suakin Expedition in 1885. He went on to be commander of the Rohilkhand brigade of the Bengal Army in 1886, the Quetta division of the Indian Army in 1888 and the Allahabad division of the Bengal Army in 1889. He became Commander-in-Chief Bombay Army in April 1893 but was killed just two months later by a fall from his horse in June 1893.