George Malcolm (army officer)
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General Sir George Malcolm CB
KCB
GCB
(10 September 1818 – August 1897) was an officer in the Bombay Army
and British East India Company
.
in Tiverton, Edinburgh University and at the Addiscombe Military Academy
. He was commissioned into the East India Company
on 10 June 1836, and was posted to the 1st Bombay Native Infantry
on 18 July 1837.
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
KCB
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
GCB
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
(10 September 1818 – August 1897) was an officer in the Bombay Army
Bombay Army
The Bombay Army was the army of the Bombay Presidency, one of the three Presidencies of British India, in South Asia.The Presidency armies, like the presidencies themselves, belonged to the East India Company until the Government of India Act 1858 transferred all three presidencies to the direct...
and British East India Company
East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
.
Early life
Malcolm was born in Bombay and educated at Blundell's SchoolBlundell's School
Blundell's School is a co-educational day and boarding independent school located in the town of Tiverton in the county of Devon, England. The school was founded in 1604 by the will of Peter Blundell, one of the richest men in England at the time, and relocated to its present location on the...
in Tiverton, Edinburgh University and at the Addiscombe Military Academy
Addiscombe Military Academy
The East India Company Military Seminary, colloquially known as Addiscombe Seminary, Addiscombe College, or Addiscombe Military Academy was a British military academy at Addiscombe, Surrey, in what is now the London Borough of Croydon. It was established in 1809, and closed in 1861...
. He was commissioned into the East India Company
East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
on 10 June 1836, and was posted to the 1st Bombay Native Infantry
102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers
The 102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1796, when they were raised as the 13th Battalion, Bombay Native Infantry....
on 18 July 1837.
Military career
- 1838-39 - Served in as Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General and Baggage Master with the Bombay Division of the Army of the Indus in the First Anglo-Afghan WarFirst Anglo-Afghan WarThe First Anglo-Afghan War was fought between British India and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. It was one of the first major conflicts during the Great Game, the 19th century competition for power and influence in Central Asia between the United Kingdom and Russia, and also marked one of the worst...
. He was present at the Battle of GhazniBattle of GhazniThe Battle of Ghazni took place in city of Ghazni in central Afghanistan on July 23, 1839 during the First Anglo-Afghan War.-Prelude:...
and subsequent occupation of KabulKabulKabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...
. - 1840-1842 - Commanded the outposts of the Sind Irregular Horse14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde HorseThe 14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse was a regular cavalry regiment of the British Indian Army it can trace its formation back to two regiments of Scinde Irregular Horse raised at Hyderabad in 1839 and 1846 respectively....
in Eastern Kutchi and was constantly engaged in active operations against the Hill BeluchisBaloch peopleThe Baloch or Baluch are an ethnic group that belong to the larger Iranian peoples. Baluch people mainly inhabit the Balochistan region and Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Western Asia....
. He became lieutenant on 31 August 1840 and, at the head of a detachment of Sind Irregular Horse, he joined the force sent under Major Clibborn to relieve KahanKahanKahan is located in Kohlu District of Balochistan, Pakistan. Kahan is famous for being the native village of Nawab Khair Baksh Marri, the Nawab of Kohlu Agency...
in BaluchistanBalochistan (region)Balochistan or Baluchistan is an arid, mountainous region in the Iranian plateau in Southwest Asia; it includes part of southeastern Iran, western Pakistan, and southwestern Afghanistan. The area is named after the numerous Baloch tribes, Iranian peoples who moved into the area from the west...
, took part in the attempt to force the Nafusk pass, and was mentioned in despatches for his gallantry. He was also engaged in the operations against Nusseer KhanKhan of KalatKhan of Kalat or Khan-e-Qalat is the title of former rulers of State of Kalat. Kalat state is now part of Balochistan, Pakistan. The rulers in Kalat were always subject to the political authority of a larger state, after the Mongol invasion they were subject to the Mughal emperors in Delhi, then...
and the Brahoes and the capture of their camp near Kanda on 1 December 1840. - 1843 Served under Colonel John Jacob during the subjugation of Sind, and was present at the battle of Shadadpur and the capture of Shahpur.
- 1844-49 Served with the Sind Horse during Sir Charles Napier'sCharles James NapierGeneral Sir Charles James Napier, GCB , was a general of the British Empire and the British Army's Commander-in-Chief in India, notable for conquering the Sindh Province in what is now Pakistan.- His genealogy :...
campaign He commanded headquarters 2nd Regiment Sind Horse and a detachment of the 1st Sind Horse with the Bombay column in the Punjab campaignSecond Anglo-Sikh WarThe Second Anglo-Sikh War took place in 1848 and 1849, between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company. It resulted in the subjugation of the Sikh Empire, and the annexation of the Punjab and what subsequently became the North-West Frontier Province by the East India Company.-Background...
of 1846-49, including the siege and surrender of MultanMultanMultan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...
, the battle of Gujarat, the pursuit and surrender of the Sikh army, and the occupation of PeshawarPeshawarPeshawar is the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative center and central economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan....
. He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette, 19 April 1849), received the medal, and on becoming captain in his regiment (1st Bombay native infantry) he was given a brevet majority on 22 June 1849. - 1854 Promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 28 November 1854.
- 1856-7 – Served in the Anglo-Persian WarAnglo-Persian WarThe Anglo-Persian War lasted between November 1, 1856 and April 4, 1857, and was fought between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Persia . In the war, the British opposed an attempt by Persia to reacquire the city of Herat...
of 1856-57 and the Indian Mutiny, commanding the field detachment of the Southern Mahratta Horse and two companies of the 28th Bombay Native Infantry128th PioneersThe 128th Pioneers were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. The regiment traces their origins to 1846, when they were raised as the 28th Bombay Native Infantry....
, which stormed and captured Hulgullee on November 30, 1857. - 1858 - Commanded the field force in the operations against ShorapurShorapurShorapur is a town in Yadgir district in the Indian state of Karnataka.-Demographics: India census, Shorapur had a population of 43,591. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Shorapur has an average literacy rate of 55%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is...
, which ended in the occupation of the fortress on February 9, 1858. He also commanded the field force in the operations against the rebel chief of Nurgoond, which ended in the capture of the town and fortress on June 1, 1858 (C.B. and medal). - Promoted to colonel on 30 August 1860.
- Promoted to major-general on 15 December 1867.
- 1867-68 - Commanded the second division in the Abyssinian War1868 Expedition to AbyssiniaThe British 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia was a punitive expedition carried out by armed forces of the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire...
, which guarded the line of communications (received the thanks of Parliament, K.C.B., and medal). - Promoted to lieutenant-general on 29 May 1875.
- Promoted to general on 1 October 1877.
- 1881 Placed on the unemployed supernumerary list 1 July 1881.
Honours and awards
Malcolm received the following awards:- 1858 – CBOrder of the BathThe Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
- 1868 - KCBOrder of the BathThe Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
- 1886 – GCBOrder of the BathThe Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
Sources
- Obituary of General Sir George Malcolm, The Times, Wednesday, 7 April 1897 (pg. 12; Issue 35171; col D)
- Dictionary of National Biography, Supplement, Vol III, The Macmillan Company, London 1901