Sir William Howley Goodenough
Sir William Howley Goodenough
Born4 April 1833
Wells, Mendip District, Somerset, England
Died24 October 1898
Erinville, Rondebosch, Western Cape
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankLieutenant-General
Battles/warsIndian Rebellion
Anglo-Egyptian War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Lieutenant-General Sir William Howley Goodenough KCB (4 April 1833 – 24 October 1898) was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding North-West District.

Military career

Born the son of Edmund Goodenough, Head Master of Westminster School,[1] Goodenough was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 20 June 1849.[2] He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 April 1851, to captain on 1 January 1856 and to major on 20 July 1858.[3] He fought and was wounded at the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion.[1] Promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 25 March 1869, he became military attaché in Vienna in 1871.[1]

He commanded the artillery during the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882.[4] He went on to be Inspector-General of Royal Artillery in August 1886, General Officer Commanding North-West District in July 1889 and General Officer Commanding, Chatham District in April 1890.[5] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope in December 1894, in which capacity he briefly acted as Governor of Cape Colony in 1897, before retiring in October 1898.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Edmund Burke: Annual register. Longmans Green and Co., 1899
  2. ^ The new army list, and militia list. 1855, p. 240
  3. ^ Hart’s annual Army list, Militia list, and Imperial Yeomanry list. 1870, p. 167
  4. ^ "Lieutenant-General Sir William Howley Goodenough (1833-98)". Royal Collection. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 23 December 2015.
Military offices Preceded byNew Post GOC North Western District 1889–1890 Succeeded byJulian Hall
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