Edward Hutton (British Army officer)

Sir Edward Thomas Henry Hutton
Major-General Edward Hutton c.1900
Born(1848-12-06)6 December 1848
Torquay, Devon
Died4 August 1923(1923-08-04) (aged 74)
Lyne, Surrey
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1867–1907
1914–1915
RankLieutenant-General
Commands21st Division (1914–15)
3rd Division (1905–06)
General Officer Commanding the Australian Military Forces (1901–04)
General Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada (1898–00)
Battles/warsAnglo-Zulu War
First Boer War
Anglo-Egyptian War
Nile Expedition
Second Boer War First World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Mentioned in Despatches (12)

Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Thomas Henry Hutton, KCB, KCMG, DL, FRGS (6 December 1848 – 4 August 1923) was a British military commander, who pioneered the use of mounted infantry in the British Army and later commanded the Canadian Militia and the Australian Army.


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