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Edward Westby Donovan : ウィキペディア英語版 | Edward Westby Donovan
Lieutenant General Edward Westby Donovan (6 September 1821 - 1897) was Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements. ==Military career== Donovan was commissioned into the 33rd Regiment of Foot in 1840. He fought in the Crimean War and was severely wounded at the Siege of Sevastopol in 1855. For this he was made a Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur.〔Thom, Adam Bissett, ''(The Upper Ten Thousand, for 1877 ).'' London: Kelly and Co. p. 167〕 In 1878 he was appointed Commander of British Troops in China, Hong Kong and the Straits Settlements, a post he held until 1882. He retired in 1887. He was also Colonel of the East Yorkshire Regiment.
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