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Latest revision as of 11:55, 29 October 2025
British Army general (1804–1880)
Lieutenant-General Thomas Edgar Lacy (7 February 1804 – 22 February 1880) was a British Army officer who became Commandant, Staff College, Sandhurst.
Lacy was commissioned into the 72nd Highlanders in 1826.[3] He was promoted to lieutenant on 3 October 1826,[4] to captain on 11 July 1834[5] and to major on 10 November 1846.[6] He became Town Major of Gibraltar on 13 August 1847.[7] He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 22 June 1854.[8]
He became Commandant, Staff College, Sandhurst on 1 January 1865.[9] He was promoted to lieutenant-general on his retirement in October 1877.[10]
