Life
1829-1908; b. 22 March, Rockwell Castle, Co. Tipperary; ed. Rv. D. Flynn’s
Scho., Harcourt St., Dublin, and East India Co. military academy, Addiscombe;
2nd lieut. Madras Engineers, 1846; served in Indian Mutiny campaign,;
chief engineer at Mysore, 1864-77; est. irrigation dept.; commanded Royal
Engineers on march from Kandahar to Kabul, 1878-1879; major-gen. and CB,
1883; Chairman of Irish Board of Works, 1884-96; KCB 1892; d. 11 Nov.,
32 Grosvenor Place, London. DIB
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