Allegiance United Kingdom Awards Order of the Bath Died 1878 | Name Philip Nelson Service/branch British Army Rank Lieutenant-general | |
Commands held British Troops at Danapur
Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong
Lieutenant Governor of Jersey | ||
Lieutenant General Sir Philip Melmoth Nelson Guy KCB (1804–1878) was Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong and Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.
Military career
Guy was commissioned into the 5th Regiment of Foot in 1824. He went on to command the British Troops at Danapur in India in 1857.
He was appointed Commander of British Troops in China and Hong Kong in 1864 and Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1868, a post he relinquished in 1873.
References
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