| 词条 | T. E. Hickman |
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Hickman was one of sixteen children of Sir Alfred Hickman, industrialist and member of parliament for Wolverhampton West.[1][2] Educated at Cheltenham School, in 1881 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot, which became the 2nd Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment in July of the same year.[2] From 1884 to 1894 and again from 1896 to 1900 he was attached to the Egyptian Army, serving in the Camel Corps during the Mahdist War.[1][2] He was awarded the Osminieh Order (fourth class)[3] and Order of the Medjidie (fourth class)[4] by the Khedive of Egypt, and made a companion of the Distinguished Service Order.[5] He also served in the Second Anglo-Boer War, and he remained in South Africa until 1908.[1] He was placed on half-pay on return to the United Kingdom, and officially retired from the army with the rank of brigadier-general in April 1914.[2] Hickman entered politics, and was elected as Conservative member of parliament for Wolverhampton South at the general election of January 1910.[1] He held the seat until its abolition at the 1918 general election.[1] With the outbreak of World War I Hickman returned to the army, and was appointed general officer commanding the 109th Brigade, 36th (Ulster) Division, in September 1914.[2] He remained with the brigade in France until 1916, then involving himself in recruitment activities.[1] At the 1918 general election he was elected as Coalition Conservative MP for the new seat of Wolverhampton Bilston.[1] He retired from parliament at the next election in 1922.[1] He was the director of a number of companies and was master of the Albrighton Hunt. He died at his residence, Wergs Hall, near Wolverhampton, aged 71.[1][6] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite news|title=Obituary: Brigadier-General Hickman|date=25 October 1930|work=The Times|page=17}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/warstudies/research/projects/lionsdonkeys/d.aspx|title=Thomas Edgecumbe Hickman|last=Bourne|first=John|work=Centre for First World War Studies|publisher=University of Birmingham|accessdate=15 May 2011}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=From the London Gazette|date=28 August 1886|work=The Times|page=11}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=From the London Gazette|date=18 January 1890|work=The Times|page=10}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=From the London Gazette|date=9 November 1889|work=The Times|page=8}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=Wills & Bequests: General Hickman's Estate|date=19 January 1931|work=The Times|page=17}} External links
| title = Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South | years = January 1910–1918 }}{{s-non | reason = Constituency abolished }}{{s-new | constituency}}{{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton Bilston | years = 1918–1922 }}{{s-aft |after = Charles Howard-Bury }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hickman, Thomas Edgecumbe}} 12 : 1859 births|1930 deaths|People educated at Cheltenham College|Worcestershire Regiment officers|British Army personnel of World War I|Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|People from Bilston|UK MPs 1910|UK MPs 1910–18|UK MPs 1918–22|Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie, 4th class|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order |
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