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.

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Title: Knight

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referencedIn Papers of the 9th Earl of Elgin as Viceroy of India 1894-99, 1894-1898 British Library
creatorOf `Memorandum on the employment of an Indian Force in Egypt, its organization and strength, and the information which is required': paper by Capt (later Lt-Gen Sir) Edwin Henry Hayter Collen (1843-1911), Indian Army, 1st Assistant Military Secretary, G..., 1878 British Library
referencedIn Vol. LXXX (ff. 216). 1873-1880.includes:f. 43 Colonel James Browne, KCSI 1888: Maj.-Gen. 1890. Letter to Lord Northbrook: 1880.: Copy.f. 62 Captain Robert Henry Francis Rennick, of the Bengal Staff Corps; Lieutenant Colonel 1887: Memorandum for ..., 1873-1880 British Library
referencedIn Vol. XLVIII (ff.319). 1909.includes:f. 1 Sir Henry Austin Lee, KCMG: Correspondence with Sir C. Dilke: 1880-1910.: typewritten copies.f. 3 George Ranken Askwith, Baron Askwith 1919: Correspondence with Sir C. Dilke: 1908-1910.f. 7 Pierre Bracqu..., 1909 British Library
referencedIn Vol. XLVI (ff. 290). 1906-1907.includes:f. 1, 3, 52 Robert Threshie Reid, Earl Loreburn; Lord Chancellor: Letters to Sir C. Dilke: 1897-1906.: imperf.f. 4 Frederick Martin, of St Briavels, county Gloouc: Letter to Sir C. Dilke: 1906.ff. 6, 8, 44..., 1906-1907 British Library
creatorOf ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS. Vol. XLVII ('Vol. XXII') (ff. 416). Officers' education, promotion, etc., viz.:-(1) General Staff. ff. 7-62;-(2) Candidates and certificates. ff. 63-178;-(3) Promotions and appointments. ff. 179-318;-(4) Pay and emoluments.... British Library
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