Frederick Edward Hadow

Major-General Frederick Edward Hadow (born 28 October 1836 in Hackney, London, England - died 15 May 1915, Hereford) was an officer in the Indian Army. He is notable for having served during the Indian mutiny and is believed to have been a senior Officer in the Hyderabad Contingency Force.

Family Background

Hadow was the son of Charles Scott Hadow (1801-1849) and Marianne Sarah Abbott (1808 - 1887). Charles Hadow was a partner in Willis, Hadow and Co, wine merchants of Scot's Yard, Bush lane, London [The London Gazette, 28the June 1842] and also traded in India. Charles was the son of the Reverend James Hadow. Marianne Abbott was the sister of Major General Herbert Edward Stacy Abbott.

His cousin Dr Gilbert Bethune Hadow was present at the siege of Lucknow.

Military career

Frederick Edward Hadow attended The India Military Seminary at Addiscombe from 1852 to 1854. He was commissioned on the 8th June 1854. He served during the Indian Mutiny with the Madras Artillery. He received the Indian Mutiny Medal (1857-1858) and was Mentioned in Despatches. The Madras Artillery was part of the Honourable East India Company and for this reason Hadow's name is not included in "British" Army lists of recipients of the Indian Mutiny Medal. In 1861 the Madras Artillery was amalgamated with the Royal Artillery. During the mutiny, Lieutenant Hadow led an expedition to the rebel strongholds Khinda, Kudopali and Kolabira (about 40 km north of Sambalpur) looking for mutineers, but no trace of the rebels could be found. At Jharghati a little further on, the rebels offered some resistance. The artillery of the British won the day. The rebels suffered some casualty and dispersed [Board Proceedings, Political (Orissa StateArchives Accession (No.172), G.F. Cockburn to Secretary to Government of Bengal, 6 November 1857] . He was responsible for the destruction of the house of Zamindar Karunakar at Kolabira [ [http://orissagov.nic.in/e-magazine/orissareview/august-2007/engpdf/aug07.pdf Untitled-2 ] ]

He was made Lieutenant on August 27th 1858 and Captain on May 24 1870. On the 14th August 1889 he was made Major General and is believed to have bee a senior officer in the Hyderabad Contingency Force based at Secunderabad.

Personal life

He married Frances Emma Anderson (born 2nd February 1839 at Scoonie, Fife and died 1st October 1883 at Harleck, Wales. They had six children.

Retirement

Hadow retired from the army on the 1st February 1892. He retired to Hereford, England and resided at Great Ethelbert House, Cantilupe Street. Here he served as Justice of the Peace.

References

* “Addiscombe, Its Heroes and Men of Note: Index of Addiscombe officers” dated 1852 – 54, page 696