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McCleverty served in campaigns against the Maharajah of [[Coorg]] (1834) and in [[New Zealand]] during the [[Wanganui Campaign]] (1847).<ref name="bio" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18971009.2.47 |accessdate=13 June 2016 |work=[[The Press]] |volume=LIV |issue=9853 |date=9 October 1897 |page=8}}</ref> He lived in New Zealand from 1846 to 1857, and later returned to New Zealand for another period.<ref name="Una Platts">{{cite book | chapter=McCleverty, Lieut.Col. William Anson 1806?–1897 | url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-PlaNine-t1-body-d1-d757.html | accessdate=14 June 2016 | title=Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists | first=Una | last=Platts | publisher=Avon Fine Prints | date=1980 | location=Christchurch | page=157}}</ref> Promoted to [[major-general]], he became commander of Madras district in 1860, General Officer Commanding [[South-Eastern District (British Army)|South-Eastern District]] in October 1866 and Commander-in-Chief of the [[Madras Army]] in November 1867 before retiring from that post in March 1871.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=2 July 2016}}</ref> |
McCleverty served in campaigns against the Maharajah of [[Coorg]] (1834) and in [[New Zealand]] during the [[Wanganui Campaign]] (1847).<ref name="bio" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP18971009.2.47 |accessdate=13 June 2016 |work=[[The Press]] |volume=LIV |issue=9853 |date=9 October 1897 |page=8}}</ref> He lived in New Zealand from 1846 to 1857, and later returned to New Zealand for another period.<ref name="Una Platts">{{cite book | chapter=McCleverty, Lieut.Col. William Anson 1806?–1897 | url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-PlaNine-t1-body-d1-d757.html | accessdate=14 June 2016 | title=Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists | first=Una | last=Platts | publisher=Avon Fine Prints | date=1980 | location=Christchurch | page=157}}</ref> Promoted to [[major-general]], he became commander of Madras district in 1860, General Officer Commanding [[South-Eastern District (British Army)|South-Eastern District]] in October 1866 and Commander-in-Chief of the [[Madras Army]] in November 1867 before retiring from that post in March 1871.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=2 July 2016}}</ref> |
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From 1868 to 1875 he held the colonelcy of the [[108th (Madras Infantry) Regiment of Foot]] from which he transferred as colonel in 1875 to the [[48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot]], continuing on its amalgamation in 1881 as colonel of the 1st Battalion of the resultant [[Northamptonshire Regiment]], a position he held until his death.<ref> {{cite web| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060103162002/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/048Nhant.htm|title=The Northamptonshire Regiment|publisher= regiments.org|accessdate= 9 March 2017}} </ref> |
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McCleverty died on 6 October 1897 at the age of ninety-one.<ref name=bio/> |
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William Anson McCleverty | |
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 William Anson McCleverty | |
| Born | 11 February 1806 |
| Died | 6 October 1897 (aged 91) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands held | Madras Army |
Lieutenant-General William Anson McCleverty (11 February 1806 – 6 October 1897) was a British soldier who served as the Commander-in-chief of the Madras Army from 1867 to 1871.
Early life
Born the son of Major-General Robert McCleverty, McCleverty was commissioned in the 48th Regiment of Foot in 1824.[1]
Military career
McCleverty served in campaigns against the Maharajah of Coorg (1834) and in New Zealand during the Wanganui Campaign (1847).[1][2] He lived in New Zealand from 1846 to 1857, and later returned to New Zealand for another period.[3] Promoted to major-general, he became commander of Madras district in 1860, General Officer Commanding South-Eastern District in October 1866 and Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army in November 1867 before retiring from that post in March 1871.[4]
From 1868 to 1875 he held the colonelcy of the 108th (Madras Infantry) Regiment of Foot from which he transferred as colonel in 1875 to the 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot, continuing on its amalgamation in 1881 as colonel of the 1st Battalion of the resultant Northamptonshire Regiment, a position he held until his death.[5]
McCleverty died on 6 October 1897 at the age of ninety-one.[1]
Art
McCleverty painted in watercolours and several of his works are held by the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Buckland, C. E. (1906). Dictionary of Indian Biography. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. p. 281.
- ^ "Obituary". The Press. Vol. LIV, no. 9853. 9 October 1897. p. 8. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ a b Platts, Una (1980). "McCleverty, Lieut.Col. William Anson 1806?–1897". Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists. Christchurch: Avon Fine Prints. p. 157. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "The Northamptonshire Regiment". regiments.org. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
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