Francis Worgan Festing

Major General Sir Francis Worgan Festing, KCMG, CB (24 July 1833 – 21 November 1886) was a British Royal Marines officer.

He commanded a mortar in the flotilla employed against Sebastopol from June 1855 until the fall of that fortress and was also at the bombardment and surrender of Kinburn.

Festing, using the RMA cutter used for towing targets for Fort Cumberland manned by 12 Hayling fishermen, rescued three from the crew of five.

He held a dormant commission to administer the government of the Gold Coast while commanding the regular troops, and was of the executive council.

He was specially allowed to retain the rank of colonel (brevet colonel, 7 January 1874) in the army for his distinguished services in the field at the conclusion of the war, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 31 March 1874, knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George on 8 May 1874, and received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament on 30 March 1874.