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SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 673 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SHA-SIV
SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON , Bart. (1826-1907), the elder of the sons, entered the 72nd Highlanders in 1846. He served at the siege of Sevastopol; and during the Indian Mutiny he was military secretary to Sir Colin Campbell and was severely wounded at the
relief
  of Lucknow, losing an arm. From 1862 to 1873 he was assistant
adjutant
 -general at headquarters, Portsmouth and Aldershot. He was second in command of the Ashanti expedition 18731874, and was made a K.C.B. For three years Alison was
deputy
 
adjutant
 -general in Ireland, and then, for a few months, commandant of the Staff College. He was promoted to be major-general in 1877, and was head of the intelligence branch of the war office (18781882). He commanded the troops at
Alexandria
  in 1882 until the arrival of Sir
Garnet
  Wolseley, led the Highland brigade at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir, and remained in command of the army of occupation until 1883. He commanded at Aldershot 18831888, was for some months adjutant-general to the forces during Lord Wolseley's
absence
  in
Egypt
 , was made G.C.B. in 1887, was promoted general, and became a military member of the Council of India in 1889. He retired in 1893 and died in 1907.


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