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British Foreign Policy 1815-65 |
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Commander, 1st Brigade, 2nd Division in the Crimean War
John Lysaght Pennefather was born in 1800, the third son of Rev. John Pennefather
of County Tipperary. On 14 January 1818 he became a Cornet in the 7th Dragoon
Guards, at the age of 17. On 20 February 1823 he was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant; by 5 November 1825, and at the age of 25, he was a Captain on half
pay.
On 8 April 1826 Pennefather was appointed to the 22nd Regiment of Foot (The
Cheshire Regiment); on 22 March 1831 – when he was 30 years old –
he was promoted to the rank of Major. In 1834, he married Katherine, eldest
daughter of John Carr of Mountrath, Queen's County, Ireland.
On 17 February 1843 Pennefather was wounded in the battle of Meanee, while serving under General Napier. For his services in the Scind campaign, Pennefather was awarded the CB (Companion of the Order of the Bath). In 1848, he resigned his command of the 22nd and went on half pay. The following year (1849), he was appointed as Assistant Quartermaster General of the Cork District.
With the
outbreak of the Crimean War in 1854, Pennefather
was appointed to command the 1st Brigade of 2nd Division (Sir
De Lacy Evans' division), at the age of 53. On 20 June 1854 he was promoted
to the rank of Major General and on 20 September 1854 he commanded his Brigade
at the battle of Alma. On 26 October 1854 he commanded
his Brigade at the battle of Little Inkerman and
then on 25 November 1854 he again commanded the Division at the battle
of Inkerman, since De Lacy Evans was ill. For his services during this period,
Pennefather was mentioned in despatches.
In December 1854, Pennefather was appointed as the Commander of the 2nd Division when Evans invalided home, and then was made Colonel of the 46th Regiment. On 5 July 1855 he was given the KCB. A year later, in July 1856 he was invalided home. However, on 25 September 1856 he was appointed to command the troops in Malta.
On 13 February 1860 Pennefather was made Colonel of the 22nd Regiment and in the same year he was appointed to command the troops at Aldershot; on 12 November he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General 60.
On 13 May 1867 he was awarded the GCB (Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath) and on 9 May 1868 he was promoted to the rank of General. Two years later, on 27 August 1870, Pennefather was appointed as Governor of Chelsea Hospital. He died on 9 May 1872 and was buried in Brompton cemetery.
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