Martin Andrew Dillon
General Sir Martin Andrew Dillon, GCB CSI (19 June 1826–1913) was a senior officer of Irish extraction in the British Army.[1]
He was the son of Major Andrew Dillon and entered the British Army in 1843.
He was present as a captain at the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and as a major in the subsequent Oudh campaign of 1858. In the China Campaign of 1860 he served as an assistant adjutant-general on the staff of Major-General Sir Robert Napier and as the latter's military secretary in India and Abbysinia. He was Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria from 1868 to 1878 [2] when, now promoted Major-general, he was appointed assistant military secretary to Prince George, Duke of Cambridge.
He was made K.C.B. in 1887 and G.C.B in 1902. Promoted lieutenant-general in 1887 and full general on 16 July 1892, he was given the colonelcy of The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) in 1897, transferring in 1913 to be briefly colonel-commandant of the 1st Battalion of the Rifle Brigade.
References
- ↑ "Et Cetera". The Tablet. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ↑ Foster, Joseph. The baronetage and knightage. p. 747.
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Arthur Frederick Warren |
Colonel-commandant of the 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade 1913 |
Succeeded by Sir Christopher Rice Havard Nicholl |
| Preceded by Alfred Thomas Heyland |
Colonel of The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 1897–1904 |
Succeeded by William Hanbury Hawley |