- 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 theIndian Army . He is notable for having served during theIndian mutiny and is believed to have been a senior Officer in theHyderabad 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 theIndian Mutiny with theMadras Artillery . He received theIndian Mutiny Medal (1857-1858) and wasMentioned in Despatches . The Madras Artillery was part of theHonourable East India Company and for this reason Hadow's name is not included in "British" Army lists of recipients of theIndian Mutiny Medal . In 1861 the Madras Artillery was amalgamated with theRoyal Artillery . During the mutiny, Lieutenant Hadow led an expedition to the rebel strongholdsKhinda ,Kudopali andKolabira (about 40 km north ofSambalpur ) looking for mutineers, but no trace of the rebels could be found. AtJharghati 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 ofZamindar 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 andCaptain on May 24 1870. On the 14th August 1889 he was made Major General and is believed to have bee a senior officer in theHyderabad Contingency Force based atSecunderabad .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 asJustice of the Peace .
References
* “Addiscombe, Its Heroes and Men of Note: Index of Addiscombe officers” dated 1852 – 54, page 696
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