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Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley KCSI CB CMG (
November 1,
1835 -
February 27,
1881),
British general, third son of George Pomeroy Colley, of Rathangan,
County Kildare, Ireland, and grandson of
the fourth Viscount Harberton.
He entered the 2nd Queen's Regiment from
Sandhurst as
ensign in 1852. From 1854 to 1860, he served in South Africa and was employed in surveying and as a magistrate in charge of the Bashi river district in
Kaffraria. Early in 1860 he went with his regiment to
China to join the Anglo-French expedition and took part in the capture of the Taku forts and the entry into
Peking, returning to
South Africa to complete his work in Kaffraria (brevet-majority).
In 1862 he entered the Staff College and passed out in one year with honours. After serving as brigade-major at
Devonport for five years, he went to the
War Office in 1870 to assist in the preparation of
(Lord) Cardwell's measures of army reform. He was appointed professor of military administration at the Staff College in 1871. Early in 1873 he joined
Sir Garnet Wolseley at the
Gold Coast, where he took charge of the transport, and the success of the Ashanti expedition was in no small degree due to his exertions. He was promoted brevet-colonel and awarded the CB. In 1875 he accompanied Wolseley to
Natal (CMG).
On his return home he was appointed military secretary to
Lord Lytton, governor-general of India, and in 1877 private secretary (
KCSI). In 1879 he joined Wolseley as chief of the staff and brigadier-general in SE Africa, but, on the murder of
Cavagnari at
Kabul, returned to India. In 1880 he succeeded Wolseley in SE Africa as high commissioner and general commanding, and conducted the operations against the rebel Boers. He was defeated at
Laing's Nek and at the Ingogo river, and killed at
Majuba Hill on
27 February 1881. He had a very high reputation not only for a theoretical knowledge of military affairs, but also as a practical soldier.
See
Life of Sir George Pomeroy Colley by
Lieut.-Gen. Sir WF Butler (London, 1899).
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