| 词条 | William Jervois (British Army officer) |
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| name =William Jervois | image = | caption = | birth_date =1782 | death_date =5 November 1862 | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears = | rank =General | unit = | commands =Commander and Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong | battles =Peninsular War | awards =Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order | relations = | laterwork = }}General William Jervois KH (1782 – 5 November 1862) was Commander and Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong. Jervois Street in Hong Kong was named after him.[1] Military careerJervois served in the Peninsular War[2] and, having been promoted to Lieutenant General in 1846,[3] went on to be Commander and Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong in 1851.[4] He was also Colonel of the 76th Regiment of Foot.[5] He was promoted General on 3 August 1860.[6] FamilyHe married Elizabeth Maitland and had at least one son (William Francis Drummond Jervois).[2] References1. ^{{cite book | title=Signs of a Colonial Era | publisher=Hong Kong University Press | author=Andrew Yanne| author2=Gillis Heller | year=2009 | pages=83 | isbn=962-209-944-0}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box | before=William Staveley | title=Commander and Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong | years=1851–1854 | after=Sir Robert Garrett}}2. ^1 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=20660|page=3988|date=10 November 1846}} 4. ^British and Indian armies on the China coast 1785-1985 by Harfield, A G, Published by A and J Partnership, 1990, Pages 483-484 {{ISBN|0-9516065-0-6}} 5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=21440|page=1398|date=17 May 1853}} 6. ^{{London Gazette|city = e|issue = 7044|page=1067|date= 28 August 1860}} |-{{s-bef | before=Sir Robert Arbuthnot}}{{s-ttl | title=Colonel of 76th Regiment of Foot | years=1853–1862}}{{s-aft | after=Joseph Clarke}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Jervois, William}} 5 : 1782 births|1862 deaths|Knights of the Royal Guelphic Order|British Army generals|British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars |
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