Thomas Dennehy


Sir Thomas Dennehy

Born1829
County Cork, Ireland (now Republic of Ireland)
Died1915
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Indian Army
RankMajor general
Battles / warsSonthal rebellion
Indian Rebellion
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE)

Major-General Sir Thomas Dennehy KCIE (1829โ€“1915), born in County Cork, Ireland and educated in Paris, was an administrator in British India.

Dennehy served in the suppression of Sonthal rebellion in 1855โ€“56 and during the Indian Rebellion.[1] He was Political Agent in Dholpur in 1879โ€“85.[1] He was extra Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria in 1888 and to her successor King Edward VII from 1901.[2]

By 1892, Dennehy had a residence in Ireland, at Brooklodge, Fermoy, County Cork.[1] In January 1896, he was made a Knight Commander of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE).[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Rao, C. Hayavadana (1915). The Indian Biographical Dictionary.
  2. ^ "No. 27336". The London Gazette. 23 July 1901. p. 4838.
  3. ^ Great Britain. India Office The India List and India Office List for 1905, p. 145, at Google Books