Havelock

Sir Henry, an English general; born in 1795. In 1856 he commanded a division of the army which invaded Persia. In 1857, upon the breaking out of the Sepoy mutiny, he made a forced march from Allah a bad to Cawnpur, but reached the ' Jatter city too late to prevent the ma acre which occurred there. After defeating the rebels in three different engagements, he continued his march toward Lucknow, then beleaguered by a formidable force of mutineers. After victoriously fighting eight more battles with the enemy he fought his way through the besieging army around Lucknow, and accomplished the relief of its exahusted garrison. For this service he was created a_ baronet. He died in 1869.