Collen, Edwin Henry Hayter, Sir, 1843-1911, Knight, army officer

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1863 lieutenant in the Royal Artillery; 1867-1868 served in the Abyssinian expedition; 1873 transferred to Indian Army; 1875 captain; 1876 assistant secretary in the military department of the government of India; 1877-1878 attached to intelligence branch at the War Office; 1877 deputy assistant quartermaster-general at the Delhi durbar; 1878 secretary of the Indian army organization commission; 1880 assistant controller-general; 1883 major; 1885 served in eastern Sudan expedition, brevet lieutenant-colonel; 1886 accountant-general; 1887-1896 military secretary to the government of India; 1889 colonel; 1893 KCIE; 1896 military member of the executive council; 1900 major-general; 1901 GCIE; 1901-1904 served on the War Office regulations committee; 1904 chairman of the Staff College committee; 1905 lieutenant-general.

Epithet: army officer

Title: Knight

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