Frederick Edward Hadow attended the East India Company's Military Seminary at Addiscombe from 1852 to 1854.
The Madras Artillery was part of the Honourable East India Company and for this reason Hadow's name is not included in British Army lists of recipients of the Indian Mutiny Medal.
[2] He was responsible for the destruction of the house of Zamindar Karunakar at Kolabira[3] He was made Lieutenant on 27 August 1858 and Captain on 24 May 1870.
On 14 August 1889 he was made Major General and is believed to have been a senior officer in the Hyderabad Contingency Force based at Secunderabad.
He married Frances Emma Anderson (born 2 February 1839 at Scoonie, Fife and died 1 October 1883 at Harlech, Wales) on 17 April 1860.