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NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904) , field-marshal and colonial governor , was born on the 2nd of December 1826, and entered the Indian army at the age of seventeen. In 1840 his father, who had been for many years a merchant in Cuba, became a partner in a mercantile house
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Ensign Murray of the loth Native Infantry. These brave menwould that the names of all were known to me for record!ascended the rocks in defiance of the enemy, and brought the wounded men down." Norman served in numerous frontier expeditions between 185o and 1854, and in the suppression of the Sonthal rebellion of 185556. In the Mutiny campaign he was constantly engaged, being present at the siege of Delhi, the relief of Lucknow and a number of other affairs. As adjutant-general of the Delhi Field Force, he was one of the leading spirits of the siege, and afterwards became its chief
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governor of Jamaica, an appointment from which he was transferred in 1888 to the governorship of Queensland. Here he remained until 1895, when he came home to act as agent-general for the colony in London. In 1893 he was offered the viceroyalty of India, but, after first accepting, declined it. In 1897 he was chairman of the royal commission of inquiry into the condition of the West Indies. In April 1901 he was appointed governor of the Royal Hospital
See Sir William Lee Warner, Memoirs of Field-marshal Sir Henry
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