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See also:HARRIS, See also:GEORGE, 1ST See also:BARON (1746–1829) , See also:British See also:general, was the son of the Rev George Harris, See also:curate of Brasted, See also:Kent, and was See also:born on the 18th of See also:March 1746. Educated at See also:Westminster school and at the Royal Military See also:Academy, See also:Woolwich, he was commissioned to the Royal See also:Artillery in 176o, transferring to an ensigncy in the 5th See also:foot (See also:Northumberland Fusiliers) in 1762. Three years later he became See also:lieutenant, and in 1771 See also:captain. His first active service was in the See also:American See also:War of See also:Independence, in which he served at See also:Lexington, Bunker See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill (severely wounded) and in every engagement of See also:Howe's See also:army except one up to See also:November 1778. By this See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time he had obtained his See also:majority, and his next service was under See also:Major-General Medows at See also:Santa See also:Lucia in 1778–1779, after which his See also:regiment served as See also:marines in See also:Rodney's See also:fleet. Later in 1779 he was for a time a prisoner of war. Shortly before his promotion to lieutenant-See also:colonel in his regiment (178o) he married. After commanding the 5th in See also:Ireland for some years, he exchanged and went with General Medows to Bombay, and served with that officer in See also:India until 1792, taking See also:part in various battles and engagements, notably See also:Lord See also:Cornwallis's attack on See also:Seringapatam. In 1794, after a See also:short See also:period of See also:home service, he was again in India. In the same See also:year he became major-general, and in 1796 See also:local lieutenant-general in See also:Madras. Up to 1800 he commanded the troops in the See also:presidency, and for a short time he exercised the See also:civil See also:government as well. In See also:December 1798 he was appointed by Lord See also:Wellesley, the See also:governor-general, to command the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field army which was intended to attack Tipu See also:Sahib, and in a few months Harris reduced the See also:Mysore See also:country and stormed the See also:great stronghold of Seringapatam. His success established his reputation as a capable and experienced See also:commander, and its See also:political importance led to his being offered the See also:reward (which he declined) of an Irish See also:peerage. He returned home in 1800, became lieutenant-general in the army the following year, and attained the See also:rank of full general in 1812. In 1815 he was made a peer of the See also:United See also:Kingdom under the See also:title Baron Harris of Seringapatam and Mysore, and of See also:Belmont, Kent. In 182o he received the G.C.B., and in 1824 the governorship of See also:Dumbarton See also:Castle. Lord Harris died at Belmont in May 1829. He had been colonel of the 73rd Highlanders since 'Soo.
His descendant, the 4th Baron Harris (b. 1851), best known as a cricketer, was under-secretary for India (1885–1886), under-secretary for war (1886–1889) and governor of Bombay (189o–1895).
See Rt. Hon. S. Lushington, See also:Life of Lord Harris (See also:London, 1840), and the regimental histories of the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers and 73rd Highlanders.
End of Article: HARRIS, GEORGE, 1ST BARON (1746–1829)
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