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General First nameLt.-Col. Sir Henry Beaufoy
LastnameThornhill
GenderMale
CountryEngland
Date of birth1854-01-07
Place of birthAgra, Bengal, India
Date of death1942-04-26
Place of deathMontreux, Switzerland


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From The Times, 28 April 1942:

Obituary – Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Beaufoy Thornhill – A Mutiny “Baby”

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Beaufoy Thornhill, K.C.I.E., C.M.G., died at Montreux, Switzerland, on April 26. Son of the late Mr. Cudbert Thornhill, C.S.I., of the Indian Civil Service, lie was born at Agra on January 7, 1854, and could remember, as a child of three, the Indian Mutiny, when his mother and her young family took refuge in the fort there for over a year.

He was educated at Eton, where he was in the Reverend W. B. Marriott’s house, and obtained a commission in the Fifth Fusiliers, but after a short time he returned to the East and joined the Indian Army, serving in the Afghan War of 1878 to 1879. He was gazetted lieutenant-colonel in 1899. Later on he was appointed to the Cantonment Magistrates’ Department.

In the course of his services he travelled widely in India. and his duties brought him into close touch with the Indian people. He found his greatest recreation in studying the animals and plants, and, though an excellent shot, rarely killed except for food. Big game shooting was abhorrent to him.

After his retirement in 1912 he was attached to the War Office as Inspector of Prisoners of War Camps during the last war, and was appointed A.A.G. in 1915. He was made C.IE. in 1903, was advanced to K.C.I.E. in 1911, and became a C.M.K.G. in 1918. In 1882 he married Margaret Massy, daughter of the late Lieutenant-General G. Wheeler, Indian Army. She died in 1917. They had two sons and a daughter. He married secondly in 1925, Ethel May, only daughter of the late Mr. W. Jobson.

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Archive statistics Career1881 - 1913
Tournament wins0
Matches4
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Tournaments South of England Championships - 1913 Buxton - 1897 Buxton - 1896 Sussex County Lawn Tennis Tournament - 1881