Henry brackenbury biography

Henry was educated at Tonbridge School and Eton, then at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
General Sir Henry Brackenbury, GCB, KCSI, PC was a British Army officer who was assistant to Garnet Wolseley in the 1870s and became part of his 'Ring' of loyal officers.
Sir Henry Brackenbury is a now largely forgotten but extremely important soldier, writer, and administrator of the late Victorian era.

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Henry Brackenbury

British Army general

For the Conservative MP, see Henry Langton Brackenbury.

GeneralSir Henry Brackenbury, GCB, KCSI, PC (1 September 1837 – 20 April 1914) was a British Army officer who was assistant to Garnet Wolseley in the 1870s and became part of his 'Ring' of loyal officers. He also wrote several books of military history and memoirs.

Life and career

Henry Brackenbury was born in Old Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire on 1 September 1837^[1] and was a younger brother of Charles Booth Brackenbury.^[2] He was the son of William Brackenbury (1789-1844) and Maria Atkinson (1795-1870). Henry was educated at Tonbridge School and Eton, then at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.^[1] He joined the British Army in 1856, served in the Central Indian Campaign in 1857–58 and observed the Franco-Prussian War in 1870–71.^[1]

After making Wolseley's acquaintance, Brackenbury offered to join his Ashanti Campaign (1873–74) at which time he became part of the Wolseley ring, and later acted as his military secr

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Henry Brackenbury

Henry Brackenbury, né le à Bolingbroke et mort le à Nice, est un général de l'armée de terre britannique, qui est l'assistant de Garnet Wolseley dans les années 1870 et fit partie de son « cercle » d'officiers loyaux. Il est l'auteur de plusieurs livres d'histoire militaire et de mémoires.

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Henry Brackenbury est né à Bolingbroke , dans le Lincolnshire le . Il étudia à Tonbridge School (dans le Kent) puis à Eton, et enfin à l'Académie royale militaire de Woolwich. Il entra dans l'armée de terre britannique en 1856, combattit durant la révolte des Cipayes en 1857–1858 et assista à la Guerre franco-prussienne de 1870 au titre de l'aide aux victimes.

Après avoir fait la connaissance de Garnet Wolseley, Brackenbury lui proposa de rejoindre sa campagne ashantie (1873–74) et devint membre du « cercle de Wolseley (en) ». Il joua ensuite le rôle de son secrétaire militaire durant la Guerre anglo-zouloue de 1879. Wolseley l'avait en haute estime et l'aida dans sa carrière. Brackenbury était cependa

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Dictionary of National Biography, 1927 supplement/Brackenbury, Henry

BRACKENBURY, Sir HENRY (1887-1914), general and writer on military subjects, was born at Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire, 1 September 1837. He was the youngest son of William Brackenbury, of Aswardby, Lincolnshire, formerly lieutenant in the 61st Regiment, by his wife, Maria, daughter of James Atkinson, of Newry, county Down, and widow of James Wallace. Their third son was Major-General Charles Booth Brackenbury [q.v.]. Henry Brackenbury’s schooling was interrupted by youthful vagaries. He was at Tonbridge School from 1846 to 1849, and afterwards went to Eton, where he was from 1850 to 1852 in the house of the Rev. Charles Wolley (afterwards Wolley-Dod). He was then sent to Canada, but a brief probation in a notary’s office in Quebec led to no satisfactory result, and it was not until he entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in 1854 that he settled down to work. The Crimean War caused a demand for officers, and Brackenbury had not served the full number of courses before he received a commission in