HAVELOCK, Major-General Sir HENRY, K.C.11., was b. April 5, 1795, at Bishop-wear mouth, in Durham, where his father was a merchant and ship-builder. He entered the army a month or two after the battle of Waterloo, went to India in 1823, and honorably distinguished himself in the Afghan and Sikh wars. In 1856 he commanded a division of the army that invaded Persia. While absent iu that country, news arrived of the Indian mutiny, and he hastened to Calcutta. He was directed to organize a small movable column at Allahabad, and to push on to the relief of the British at Cawnpore and Lucknow. He made a forced march to Futtehpfir, where, at the head of 2,000 men, he engaged and broke the rebels. Ho continued his march upOn Cawupore, and twice defeated the enemy—first at Aeng, and then at the bridge over the Panda Nuddi, 8 in. from Cawupore. The consequence of the latter victory was the massacre of all the European women and children in the hands of Nana Sahib. Havelock had another .battle to tight at Ahirwa, where the rebels were strongly intrenchcd. lie turned their left, and the 78th Highlanders carried the village in a splendid charge. He now entered Cawupore, and gazed with his men upon the mutilated bodies of the unhappy ladies and children. The sight steeled their hearts, and the avenging column quitteu Gawp pore to advance upon Lucknow. Havelock crossed the Ganges, and repulsed the rebels at Uuao, and afterwards on the same day at Busserut Gunge. After lighting eight battles with the rebels, in all which he was victorious, his littld army found itself so thinned by fatigue and sickness, that lie was obliged to retire upon Cawupore. Early in Sept. gen. Outram arrived with reinforcements, and Havelock again advanced to the relief of Lucknow; Outran], with chivalrous generosity, refusing to take the com mand out of his hands. The relieving force, which mustered 2,500 men and 17 guns,
routed the enemy at Mungidwar. It nest engaged them at the Alum Bagh, an isolated building, about 3 m. from the residency of Lucknow. Havelock and his column, with desperate bravery, fought their way through streets of houses, each forming a separate fortress, until they gained the residency, to the indescribable joy of the beleaguered garrison. The victorious army were now in turn besieged, but held their own until when sir Cohn Campbell (now lord Clyde) forced his way to their rescue. After the relief of Lucknow, Havelock was attacked by dysentery, and died Nov. 22, 1857. Befdre his death, news arrived of his elevation to the distinction of x.c.n. .0ther honors were in store for him. but they came too late. He was made maj.gen.; appointed to the colonelcy of the 3d foot; and received a baronetcy, with a proposed pension of £1000 a year. The rank and the pension were given to his widow, daughter of Dr. Marshman, an eminent minister among the Baptists. A new patent of baronetcy was issued in favor of the eldest son, Havelock having died the day before the patent was sealed. A metropolitan statue, raised by public subscription, has been erected to his memory in Trafalgar square. Havelock was a strictly religious man and a severe dis ciplinarian, somewhat after the type of the grave and gallant Puritans who fought and conquered under Cromwell. "For more than forty years," lie said to sir James Outran in his last moments, "I have so ruled my life, that when death came, I might face it without fear." His death, at the moment when the rebellion had been crushed, excited the deepest sympathy and regret, not only in the army of India, but also among the public at home.