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Dec 08, 1805 Died on 08 Apr 1879 (aged 73)
British general
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About Horatio Shirley
- General Sir Horatio Shirley (8 December 1805 – 8 April 1879) was a British general of the Victorian era.
- His disinclination for studies led his family to purchase him a commission in the Rifle Brigade in 1825; in 1833, he obtained a captaincy in the Connaught Rangers.
- He rose to become lieutenant-colonel commanding that regiment in 1848 and led it to the Crimean War in 1854.
- During the Siege of Sevastopol, Shirley supervised a successful attack on the Quarries in front of the Great Redan and received the CB and command of a brigade.
- Wounded in the Battle of the Great Redan, he returned home on leave and commanded troops in Great Britain and Ireland until 1861.
- Made a K.C.B.
- and a general in retirement, he became colonel of his old regiment before his death in 1879.
