William Howley Goodenough

Sir William Howley Goodenough
Sir William Howley Goodenough
	Sir William Howley Goodenough
Born	4 April 1833; Wells, Mendip District, Somerset, England
Died	24 October 1898 (aged 65); Erinville, Rondebosch, Western Cape
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1849-1898
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Battles / wars	Indian Rebellion Siege of Lucknow; ; Anglo-Egyptian War;
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Parents	Edmund Goodenough (father); Frances Cockerell (mother);
Relatives	James Graham Goodenough (brother); Samuel Pepys Cockerell (maternal grandfather)

Lieutenant-General Sir William Howley Goodenough KCB (4 April 1833 – 24 October 1898) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding North-West District.

Military career

Born the son of Edmund Goodenough, Head Master of Westminster School,^[1] Goodenough was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 20 June 1849.^[2] He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 April 1851, to captain on 1 January 1856 and to major on 20 July 1858.^[3] He fought and was wounded at the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion.^[1] Promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 25 March 1869, he became military attaché in Vienna in 1871.^[1]

He commanded the artillery during the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882.^[4] He went on to be Inspector-General of Royal Artillery in August 1886, General Officer Commanding North-West District in July 1889 and General Officer Commanding, Chatham District in April 1890.^[5] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope in December 1894, in which capacity he briefly acted as Governor of Cape Colony in 1897, before retiring in October 1898.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Edmund Burke: Annual register. Longmans Green and Co., 1899
^ The new army list, and militia list. 1855, p. 240
^ Hart’s annual Army list, Militia list, and Imperial Yeomanry list. 1870, p. 167
^ "Lieutenant-General Sir William Howley Goodenough (1833-98)". Royal Collection. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 23 December 2015.

Military offices
Preceded by New Post	GOC North Western District 1889–1890	Succeeded by Julian Hall

[burke-1] Edmund Burke: Annual register. Longmans Green and Co., 1899

[2] The new army list, and militia list. 1855, p. 240

[3] Hart’s annual Army list, Militia list, and Imperial Yeomanry list. 1870, p. 167

[4] "Lieutenant-General Sir William Howley Goodenough (1833-98)". Royal Collection. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

[commands-5] "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 23 December 2015.

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