Hugh MacMahon (Indian Army officer)

Hugh Francis Edward MacMahon
Born	13 October 1880
Died	18 February 1939 London
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Indian Army
Years of service	1900–1937
Rank	Major-General
Unit	Indian Staff Corps, 27th Punjabis
Battles / wars	First World War
Awards	CB CSI CBE MC

Major-General Hugh Francis Edward MacMahon, CB, CSI, CBE, MC (13 October 1880 – 18 February 1939) was a senior British Indian Army officer.

Biography

Born in 1880, MacMahon was educated at Bedford School and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He received his first commission as a second lieutenant in the Indian Staff Corps on 20 January 1900 and served with the 27th Punjabis in Waziristan between 1901 and 1902. He was promoted to lieutenant on 20 April 1902. During the First World War he served in France and Mesopotamia. He served in Kurdistan, in 1919, in Waziristan, between 1923 and 1924, and on the North West Frontier, between 1927 and 1928. He was appointed Aide-de-camp to King George V in 1929, promoted to the rank of major general in 1930, and was deputy adjutant and quartermaster general, Northern Command, between 1933 and 1937.

Major General Hugh MacMahon became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1925, a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1931, and a Companion of the Order of the Star of India in 1937. He retired from the British Indian Army in 1937 and died in London on 18 February 1939.