Windham, Charles ___ 1810-1870 ___ British ___ soldier

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
There is no information about Windham readily available on the internet. He was an officer in the Coldsream Guards, and then went to the Crimea as assistant Quarter-Master General under Sir George Cathcart, and then under Lord Raglan. He is most well known for his part in the assault on Redan, one of the Russian fortifications at Sebastopol. Subsequently, he was appointed Governor of a part of Sebastopol. On returning to England, he was knighted, and served briefly as an MP. He was sent to India during the mutiny, and also commanded forces in Canada. Although his published diaries only seem to cover the Crimean War, the Hertfordshire Archives claims ot have diaries from the 1830s.
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DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1830-1836 1854-1861 ___ military

WEB TEXT LINKS
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ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies - 1830-1836
Norfolk Record Office - 1854-1861

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
The Crimean Diary and Letters of Lieut.-General Sir Charles Ash Windham, KCB

July 2005, August 2008
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