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FLASHMAN, Harry Paget, Brigadier-general, VC, KCB, KCIE; Chevalier, Légion d'Honneur; US Medal of Honor; San Serafino Order of Purity and Truth, 4th Class. b.1822, s. H.Flashman, Esq, Ashby, and Hon.Alicia Paget; Educ. Rugby School: m. Elspeth Renie Morrison, d. Lord Paisley; one s., one d. Served Afghanistan, 1841-42 (medals, thanks of Parliament); Crimea (staff); India Mutiny (Lucknow, etc, VC); China, Taiping Rebelllion. Served US Army (major, Union forces, 1862); colonel (staff) Army of the Confederacy, 1863. Travelled extensively in military and civilian capacities; a.d.c. Emperor Maximilian of Mexico; milit. adviser, HM Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar; chief of staff to Rajan of Sarawak; dep.marshall, US. Chmn, Flashman and Bottomley Ltd; dir. British Opium Tradin Co; governor, Rugby School; hon.pres. Mission for the Reclamation of reduced Females. Publications: Dawns and Departures of a Soldier's Life; Twixt Cossack and Cannon; The Case Against Army Reform. Clubs: White's, United Service, Blackjack (Batavia).
Recreations: oriental studies, angling. Address: Gandamack Lodge, Ashby, Leics.
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Entry from the 1909 edition of Who's Who, reproduced in Flashman, p. 11, Pan edition 12th printing, 1979.





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