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Thomas Dennehy 
Summary
Major-General Sir Thomas Dennehy KCIE (1829–1915), born in County Cork, Ireland and educated in Paris, was an administrator in British India.
Sir Thomas Dennehy | |
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| Born | 1829 County Cork, Ireland (now Republic of Ireland) |
| Died | 1915 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Indian Army |
| Rank | Major general |
| Battles/wars | Sonthal rebellion Indian Rebellion |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) |
Dennehy served in the suppression of Sonthal rebellion in 1855–56 and during the Indian Rebellion.[1] He was Political Agent in Dholpur in 1879–85.[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 edit
- ^ a b c Rao, C. Hayavadana (1915). The Indian Biographical Dictionary.
- ^ "No. 27336". The London Gazette. 23 July 1901. p. 4838.
- ^ Great Britain. India Office The India List and India Office List for 1905, p. 145, at Google Books