Major General

Major General

Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...

 Sir William Lockyer Merewether KCSI

Order of the Star of India

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:# Knight Grand Commander # Knight Commander # Companion...

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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...

 (1825–1880) was a British General who served in a number of places including India and Abyssinia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

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Abyssinia 1867–1868

Merewether played a role as a member of the advance party for the Abyssinia Expedition

1868 Expedition to Abyssinia

The British 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia was a punitive expedition carried out by armed forces of the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire...

 of 1867–68. While a colonel, he landed at Mulkutto on the Gulf of Zula

Gulf of Zula

The Gulf of Zula, also known in various accounts as Annesley Bay, the Bay of Arafali , or the Gulf of Arafali, is a body of water on the Eritrean coastline on the Red Sea, located at ....

 21 October 1867, returning to the settlement at the end of the month, after having first explored along the base of the Ethiopian highlands

Ethiopian Highlands

The Ethiopian Highlands are a rugged mass of mountains in Ethiopia, Eritrea , and northern Somalia in the Horn of Africa...

 south until he encountered the Ragolay River, which empties into the Afar Depression

Afar Depression

The Afar Triangle is a geological depression that is caused by the Afar Triple Junction which is part of the Great Rift Valley. It overlaps Eritrea, Djibouti and the entire Afar Region of Ethiopia. The Afar Triangle includes the Danakil Depression and the lowest point in Africa, Lake Asal...

, then identified Tekonda Pass as the best entrance to the Ethiopian highlands. The next month, another party under his leader pushed further inland to the Senafe Pass, which led from the dry bed of the Kumayli River to Senafe

Senafe

Senafe is a market town in southern Eritrea, on the edge of the Ethiopian highlands. The surrounding area is inhabited by the Saho people and the Tigrinya people....

. After the expedition was successfully concluded, he was promoted to Brigadier General.

Sindh (Pakistan)

He was the Commissioner in Sind from 1867 to 1877.
He was one of the founding members of Sind Club

Sindh Club

The Sind Club is the oldest club located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was started in 1871 as an exclusive gentlemen's club.-Name spelling:Although the province of Sindh is now spelled Sindh, the Sind Club still uses the old spelling given by its founders....

 as well as its first president.

Memorials

Merewether Clock Tower is located in Karachi

Karachi

Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

. There is also a ship pier named after him in Karachi Harbour.