| 词条 | Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet |
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| name =Sir Archibald Alison, Bt | image =Archibaldalison.jpg | caption =General Sir Archibald Alison | birth_date ={{birth date|df=y|1826|1|21}} | death_date ={{death date and age|df=y|1907|2|5|1826|1|21}} | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = Edinburgh | death_place = London | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears = | rank =General | unit = | commands =Highland Brigade Deputy Adjutant-General in Ireland (1874-1877) Staff College (1878) Intelligence Department at the War Office (1878-1882) British Troops in Egypt Aldershot Division Military Member of the Council of India (1889) | battles =Crimean War Indian Mutiny Battle of Tel el-Kebir Anglo-Ashanti wars | awards =Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath | relations = | laterwork = }} General Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCB}} (21 January 1826 – 5 February 1907) was a Scottish soldier who achieved high office in the British Army in the 1880s. Military careerBorn on 21 January 1826, in Edinburgh, the son of Archibald Alison, the advocate and historian, and educated at Glasgow University,[1] and Edinburgh University, Alison was commissioned into the 72nd Regiment of Foot in 1846.[2] He went on to serve at the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War in 1855.[2] He served as Military Secretary to Sir Colin Campbell during the Indian Mutiny in 1857, losing an arm at the relief of Lucknow,[3] and was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). He was appointed Assistant Adjutant General in the office of the Inspector General of Infantry in 1862, Assistant Adjutant General for the South Western District in 1864 and Assistant Adjutant General at Aldershot in 1870.[1] In 1873 Alison was given command of the British brigade in West Africa during the Anglo-Ashanti wars and fought at the Battle of Amoaful.[2] He went on to be Deputy Adjutant General in Ireland in 1874, Commandant of the Staff College, Sandhurst in February 1878 and Deputy Quartermaster General, Intelligence in May 1878.[2] He commanded the Highland Brigade during the Battle of Tel el-Kebir in September 1882.[2] In late 1882 he was appointed General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt and in 1883 he became GOC for Aldershot District.[2] He was given the colonelcy of the Essex Regiment in 1896, transferring to be colonel of the Seaforth Highlanders in 1897, a position he held until his death.[4][5] Alison was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1874,[6] and further raised to Knight Grand Cross (GCB) in 1887.[7] He died on 5 February 1907 and is buried near the southern end of "Lord's Row" near the west wall of Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh. FamilyIn 1858 he married Jane Black. They had two sons and four daughters.[2] References1. ^1 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Edward Hamley}}{{s-ttl|title=Commandant of the Staff College, Sandhurst|years=February–May 1878}}{{s-aft|after=Charles Creagh-Osborne}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Sir Archibald Alison at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 3. ^{{cite book|last=Plarr|first=Victor|title=Men and women of the time: a dictionary of contemporaries|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029787136/cu31924029787136_djvu.txt|year=1899|publisher=G. Routledge and sons limited|page=17}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/044Essex.htm |title=The Essex Regiment |publisher=regiments.org |accessdate=14 March 2017 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051225191106/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/044Essex.htm |archivedate=25 December 2005 |df= }} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/072Seaf.htm |title=Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) |publisher=Regiments.org |accessdate=15 May 2016 |deadurl=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051229185548/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/072Seaf.htm |archivedate=December 29, 2005 }} 6. ^{{London Gazette |issue=24082 |date=31 March 1874 |page=1921}} 7. ^{{London Gazette |issue=25712 |date=21 June 1887 |page=3362}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Daniel Lysons}}{{s-ttl|title=GOC-in-C Aldershot Command|years=1883 – 1889}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Evelyn Wood}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Alison, Archibald, 2nd Baronet}} 14 : 1826 births|1907 deaths|British Army generals|Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath|Seaforth Highlanders officers|Alumni of the University of Glasgow|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|People from Edinburgh|Scottish knights|Scottish generals|Scottish Episcopalians|72nd Highlanders officers|Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom|Commandants of the Staff College, Camberley |
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