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Richard Hebden O'Grady Haly

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Richard O'Grady Haly
Richard O'Grady Haly
Born(1841-02-22)22 February 1841
Frant, Sussex
Died8 July 1911(1911-07-08) (aged 70)
Camberley, Surrey
Buried
Frimley, Surrey
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1858–c.1902
RankMajor General
CommandsGeneral Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada
1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment
Battles / warsMahdist War
Second Boer War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in dispatches
RelationsGeneral Sir William O'Grady Haly (father)

Major General Richard Hebden O'Grady-Haly, KCB, DSO (22 February 1841 – 8 July 1911) was a British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada from 1900 to 1902.

Military career

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Born the son of General Sir William O'Grady Haly, O'Grady-Haly was commissioned into the British Army in 1858.[1]

He served with the Nile Expedition in 1882 and took part in the action of El Maffar, both actions at Kassassin and the Battle of Tel el-Kebir.[1]

He commanded the Second Column of the Hazara Field Force and was mentioned in dispatches in 1888.[1]

He commanded the 1st Battalion the Suffolk Regiment in India and went on to be Assistant Adjutant-General in Belfast in 1891.[1] He was appointed General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada in 1900.[2]

He also was a surveyor and when he was a lieutenant colonel, and invented a compass clinometer system which was built by Elliott Bros. Pictures of the compass can be seen in the online compass museum COMPASSIPEDIA.[3]

Family

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In 1865 he married Geraldine Mary Gostling and they went on to have four daughters.[1]

References

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Military offices
Preceded by General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada
1900–1902
Succeeded by