Havelock, Sir

HENRY, K.C.B., a distinguished English general, B. in co. Durham, 1795. He entered the army at an early age, went to India in 1823, and there honorably acquitted himself in the Afghan and Sikh wars. In 1856 he commanded a division of the army which invaded Persia. In 1857, upon the breaking out of the Sepoy mutiny, H. made a forced march from Allah a bad to Cawnpore, at the head of a column of 2,000 men, but reached the latter city too late to prevent the hideous ma acre which occurred there. After defeating the rebels in three different engagements, H. continued his march toward Lucknow, then beleaguered by a formidable force of mutineers. After victoriously fighting eight more battles with the enemy, and having his force increased by 500 men, H. fought his way through the besieging army around Lucknow, and accomplished the relief of its exhausted garrison. For this service he received general rank, was created a baronet, and decorated with the cro of the Bath. Sir Henry D., universally regretted, in 1869.