LEVESON

Henry Astbury . b. 18 June 1828; entered Madras army 10 Jany. 1845, ensign 13 Madras N.I. 2 April 1845, lieut. 15 Dec. 1846, resigned 15 April 1853; a well known sportsman in India 1845–53; on Turkish staff in Crime an war, being only English officer so employed; at the Alma, at Inkerman and at siege of Sebastopol 1854–5; served with Garibaldi in 1860; colonial sec. at Lagos 1863, where in fighting the natives he received an iron bullet in his head, from the effect of which he never fully recovered, invalided home 8 Feb. 1864, voted £500 by the colony and £500 by parliament; served in the Aby in i an war 1868; killed more game in all parts of the world than any other man; author of The spear and the rifle, or recollections of sport in India. By An Old Shekarree 1860; The hunting grounds of the old world 1860; England rendered impregnable by the organisation and equipment of national forces 1871; The forest and the field. By H.A.L., the Old Shekarree 1867, 2 ed. 1874; Camp life and its acquirements for soldiers, travellers and sportsmen 1872; Wrinkles or hints to sportsmen and travellers 1874. d. at residence of his mother 4 Lansdowne terrace west, Brighton 7 Sep. 1875. Sport in many lands. By H.A.L. 2 vols. (1879), memoir vol. i pp. xv–xxxii , portrait ; Illust. sp. and dr. news , iii 585, 587 (1875), portrait .