Borton, Arthur, Sir, 1814-1893, Knight, army officer

1832 ensign, 9th (East Norfolk) regiment; 1833-1835 travelled to Ireland, Mauritius and India with the regiment; 1838-1839 studied at the senior department of the Royal Military College; 1839 returned to India; 1842 served in the First Anglo-Afghan War; 1845-1846 served in the First Anglo-Sikh War; 1846 brevet major; 1847 returned to Britain; 1848 served at Winchester; 1849-1854 served in Ireland; 1853 lieutenant-colonel, commander of the 9th Norfolk regiment; 1854 colonel; 1854-1856 served in the Crimean War; 1855 CB; 1856-1857 served in Canada; 1865 colonel, commander of the troops at Colchester; 1866 brigadier-general, command, the infantry brigade at the Curragh, Ireland; 1868 major-general; 1870-1875 command, the Mysore division of the Madras army; 1875 lieutenant-general; 1876 colonel, 1st battalion of the West India regiment; 1877 general and KCB; 1878-1880 governor and commander-in-chief of Malta; 1880 GCMG; 1884 GCB; 1889 colonel of the Norfolk regiment.

Epithet: army officer

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