| 词条 | John Elkington (British Army officer) |
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|name=John Elkington |honorific_suffix= |image=Johnelkington.png |caption=John Elkington |birth_date=1830 |death_date=21 February {{death year and age|1889|1830}} |birth_place= |death_place= |placeofburial= |placeofburial_label= |nickname= |allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}} |branch={{army|United Kingdom}} |serviceyears=c.1848 - 1889 |rank=Lieutenant General |unit= |commands= |battles={{plainlist|
}} |awards=Companion of the Order of the Bath |relations= |laterwork= }} Lieutenant General John Henry Ford Elkington {{postnominals|country=GBR|CB}} (1830 – 21 February 1889) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey. Military careerElkington became a lieutenant with the 6th Regiment of Foot in 1849.[1] He served with his Regiment during the 7th and 8th Xhosa Wars.[2] He was appointed Assistant Quartermaster-General to the Ottoman Contingent during the Crimean War and then became Aide-de-Camp to Sir John Michel during the Indian Mutiny.[2] He continued to serve as Aide-de-Camp to Michel during the Second Opium War.[2] In 1880 he became Deputy Adjutant-General for the Auxiliary Forces at Army Headquarters.[3] He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1885 and died in office in 1889.[4] He was also Honorary Colonel of the Fortress and Railway Forces.[5] References1. ^{{London Gazette|issue=20962|page=1038|date=30 March 1849}} {{S-start}}{{s-gov}}{{succession box | title=Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey | before=Henry Sarel | after=Sir Edward Bulwer| years=1885–1889}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Elkington, John}}2. ^1 2 [https://archive.org/stream/newannualarmylis1880hart/newannualarmylis1880hart_djvu.txt Hart's Army List 1880] 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=24838|page=2727|date=27 April 1880}} 4. ^World Statesmen 5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=25812|page=2471|date=1 May 1888}} 8 : 1830 births|1889 deaths|British Army generals|British Army personnel of the Crimean War|British military personnel of the Indian Rebellion of 1857|British Army personnel of the Second Opium War|Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers officers|Companions of the Order of the Bath |
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