Henry Tempest Hicks

Brigadier-General Henry Tempest Hicks CB JP (25 November 1852^[1] – 10 November 1922^[2]) was a British Army officer who served in the South African War and was mentioned in despatches three times and subsequently made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He later served in Aden.

Early life[edit]

Tempest Hicks was born in 1852, the son of George H. Tempest Hicks of Hillgrove, Wells. He was educated at Harrow School and the University of Cambridge.^[3]

Military career[edit]

Tempest Hicks served in the South African War in command of the 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was mentioned in despatches three times and subsequently made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He later served in Aden. He reached the rank of brigadier general. In 1907, Hicks's address was given as Gladsmuir, Monken Hadley.^[3]

Family[edit]

Hicks married in 1885 Anna Clara Georgina Hemery, daughter of Charles Hemery of Monken Hadley.^[3] The couple had children Captain Charles Edward Henry Tempest-Hicks, who died in action 1918,^[4] and Anne Monica Georgiana Tempest-Hicks, who married Thomas Hall Rokeby Plumer, 2nd Viscount Plumer, son of Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, in 1919. Anne died 2 May 1963.^{[citation needed]}

References[edit]

^ "Brigadier-General Tempest-Hicks". The Times. No. 43186. 11 November 1922. p. 13.
^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 43186. 11 November 1922. p. 1.
^ ^a ^b ^c Wills, Walter H. (Ed.) (1907) The Anglo-African Who's Who and Biographical Sketchbook, 1907, p. 175.
^ CHARLES EDWARD HENRY TEMPEST-HICKS. Every Man Remembered, Royal British Legion. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

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[1] "Brigadier-General Tempest-Hicks". The Times. No. 43186. 11 November 1922. p. 13.

[2] "Deaths". The Times. No. 43186. 11 November 1922. p. 1.

[anglo-3] Wills, Walter H. (Ed.) (1907) The Anglo-African Who's Who and Biographical Sketchbook, 1907, p. 175.

[4] CHARLES EDWARD HENRY TEMPEST-HICKS. Every Man Remembered, Royal British Legion. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

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