Sir John Bisset
Sir John Bisset
Born25 December 1819
Died25 March 1894 (1894-03-26) (aged 74)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankLieutenant General
Commands heldCape Mounted Riflemen
Battles/wars6th, 7th and 8th Frontier wars
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant General Sir John Jarvis Bisset KCMG, CB (25 December 1819 – 25 March 1894) was a British Army officer who became colonel of the 106th Regiment of Foot.

Military career

Bisset arrived in South Africa as a child in 1820 and, having been commissioned as an ensign in the Cape Mounted Riflemen in 1835,[1] fought in the 6th, 7th and 8th Frontier wars.[2] He became Commanding officer of his regiment and went on to be acting Governor of Natal in 1865.[1] He also became colonel of the 106th Regiment of Foot.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Wright, William (2014). Warriors of the Queen: Fighting Generals of the Victorian Age. Spellmount. ISBN 978-0752493176.
  2. ^ Merriman, Nathaniel James (1957). "The Cape Journals of Archdeacon N. J. Merriman, 1848-1855". Van Riebeeck Society. p. 41.
  3. ^ "Durham Light Infantry Colonels". British Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
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