Henry Colvile

Major-General Sir Henry Edward Colvile, KCMG, CB (10 July 1852 – 25 November 1907) was an English soldier.

At the close of the Expedition he was Chief of the Intelligence Department of the Frontier Force ; was present at the Battle of Ginnis; was mentioned in despatches, and was promoted to the rank of colonel.

In 1893 he succeeded the late Sir Gerald Portal as Commissioner (Acting) for Uganda, commanded the Unyoro Expedition, which resulted in the inclusion of that country into the Protectorate ; received the Central Africa Medal, was created Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG), and received the second-class Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar.

During the early part of the war he commanded the Guards Brigade, including during the Battle of Modder River in November 1899.

[4] The following year he was on 10 February 1900 appointed in command of the 9th Division, with the local rank of lieutenant-general whilst so employed.

Their son, Gilbert de Préville Colvile (1887–1966) who lived in Kenya married Diana Caldwell (1913–1987), later the third wife of Thomas Cholmondeley, 4th Baron Delamere.

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Colonel Colvile as caricatured by Spy ( Leslie Ward ) in Vanity Fair , October 1895
A formative photograph of 17 men. Eight stand, seven sit on chairs and two are on the floor. Sir Byron Leighton Claud Grenfel Major Frederick Russell Burnham Captain Gordon Forbes Abe Bailey unidentified Lord Brooke Major Bobby White Lord Downe Major-General Sir Henry Edward Colville Major Harry White Major Joe Laycock Sir Winston Churchill Sir Charles Bentinck Colonel Maurice Gifford unidentified
Returning from the Boer War on the RMS Dunottar Castle , July 1900. [ 1 ] Standing L-R: Sir Byron Leighton, Claud Grenfel, Major Frederick Russell Burnham , Captain Gordon Forbes, Abe Bailey (his son John would marry Diana Churchill in 1932), next two unidentified, John Weston Brooke . Seated L-R: Major Bobby White, Lord Downe , General Sir Henry Edward Colvile (a year later Churchill as MP would demand an inquiry over his dismissal from South Africa), Major Harry White, Major Joe Laycock , Winston Churchill , Sir Charles Bentinck. Sitting L-R: unidentified, Col. Maurice Gifford (who had lost his arm in the Second Matabele War).