Nathaniel Stevenson | |
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Born | 1840 |
Died | 1911 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1858 - 1899 |
Rank | General |
Commands held | Northern District |
General Nathaniel Stevenson (1840–1911) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.
Stevenson was commissioned as an ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot in 1858.[1] In 1863 he was transferred to the 87th Regiment of Foot.[2] He was appointed assistant adjutant and quartermaster-general for Cork District in 1880[3] and then, having served as Assistant-Adjutant and Quartermaster-General on the Staff, he was appointed Deputy Adjutant-General in Ireland in 1884.[4] He was appointed General Officer Commanding Northern District in 1889, General Officer Commanding North Eastern District later in the year and Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1894.[5] It was in that capacity that he went to Westminster Abbey in 1898 to attend former Prime Minister Gladstone's funeral.[6]
He was appointed Colonel of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 8 March 1902.[7]