Lieutenant General Sir John Jarvis Bisset KCMG, CB (25 December 1819 – 25 March 1894) was a British Army officer who became colonel of the 106th Regiment of Foot.
Sir John Bisset | |
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Born | 25 December 1819 |
Died | 25 March 1894 | (aged 74)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Commands held | Cape Mounted Riflemen |
Battles/wars | 6th, 7th and 8th Frontier wars |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Military career edit
Bisset arrived in South Africa as a child in 1820 and, having been commissioned as an ensign in the Cape Mounted Riflemen in 1835,[1] fought in the 6th, 7th and 8th Frontier wars.[2] He became Commanding officer of his regiment and went on to be acting Governor of Natal in 1865.[1] He also became colonel of the 106th Regiment of Foot.[3]
Books edit
- Bisset, Major-General. (1875). Sport and War. London: John Murray.
References edit
- ^ a b Wright, William (2014). Warriors of the Queen: Fighting Generals of the Victorian Age. Spellmount. ISBN 978-0752493176.
- ^ Merriman, Nathaniel James (1957). "The Cape Journals of Archdeacon N. J. Merriman, 1848-1855". Van Riebeeck Society. p. 41.
- ^ "Durham Light Infantry Colonels". British Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2015.