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John Neptune Sargent

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Service/branch
  
Allegiance
  
Rank
  
Lieutenant-general

Awards
  
Order of the Bath

Name
  
John Sargent


Commands held
  
2nd Bn Buffs1st Bn BuffsInns of Court VolunteersBrigade Depot at Milford HavenMilitary Depot in OxfordCommander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements

Battles/wars
  
Crimean WarSecond Opium War

Died
  
October 20, 1893, Bexley, United Kingdom

Battles and wars
  

Lieutenant General John Neptune Sargent CB (18 June 1826 – 20 October 1893) was Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements.

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Military career

Sargent was commissioned into the 95th Regiment of Foot in 1844. In 1847 he went to Canton to protect the local factories from violence. He was appointed Adjutant of his Regiment in 1851. He fought in the Crimean War at the Battle of Alma and was wounded; he also fought at the Battle of Inkerman and the Siege of Sevastopol of 1855 where he was again wounded. He also took part in the Second Opium War in 1860, leading a detachment during the storming of the north Taku Forts.

He was made Commanding Officer of the 2nd battalion of the Buffs at Malta in 1861 and then of the 1st battalion in England in 1862. In 1864 he took command of the Inns of Court Volunteers, in 1873 he became Commander of a Brigade Depot at Milford Haven and in 1874 he became Commander of a Military Depot in Oxford.

He was appointed Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements in 1882 and retired in 1890.

He was also Colonel of the 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers from 1891 to his death in 1893.

He lived at Mount Mascal near Bexley in London.

Family

In 1852 he married Miss R S Champion and in 1863 he married Alice Mary Tredwell, daughter of the late Thomas Tredwell.

References

John Neptune Sargent Wikipedia


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