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From Sandhurst, in August 1854 Mackesy was commissioned as an [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] into the [[Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders|79th Cameron Highlanders]].<ref name=BAD/> He served in the Crimean War, taking part in the [[Battle of the Great Redan|assault on Sebastopol]] in 1855. After that, he was posted to [[Bengal]] in [[British India]] and saw action in the Indian Mutiny. He was at the capture of [[Lucknow]] in 1858 and was then posted as an Assistant Field Engineer in the Crimea and in [[Oudh]], from 1858 to 1859; joined the Bengal Staff Corps in 1866; and served the Public Works and Military Works Departments as an engineer. After promotion to Lieutenant General, in 1892 he retired onto the Unemployed Supernumerary List of the Indian Army.<ref name=WW/> |
From Sandhurst, in August 1854 Mackesy was commissioned as an [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] into the [[Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders|79th Cameron Highlanders]].<ref name=BAD/> He served in the Crimean War, taking part in the [[Battle of the Great Redan|assault on Sebastopol]] in 1855. After that, he was posted to [[Bengal]] in [[British India]] and saw action in the Indian Mutiny. He was at the capture of [[Lucknow]] in 1858 and was then posted as an Assistant Field Engineer in the Crimea and in [[Oudh]], from 1858 to 1859; joined the Bengal Staff Corps in 1866; and served the Public Works and Military Works Departments as an engineer. After promotion to Lieutenant General, in 1892 he retired onto the Unemployed Supernumerary List of the Indian Army.<ref name=WW/> |
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Latest revision as of 02:44, 13 November 2025
Officer of the British and Indian Armies
Lieutenant General William Henry Mackesy (1 May 1837 – 5 March 1914) was an Anglo-Irish officer of the British Army and the Indian Army who saw active service in the Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny of 1857.
Mackesy was born on 1 May 1837, a son of John Mackesy MD of Waterford, Ireland. He was educated privately and then for two years at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, as a gentleman cadet, graduating in 1854.
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From Sandhurst, in August 1854 Mackesy was commissioned as an Ensign into the 79th Cameron Highlanders, without purchase.[2] He served in the Crimean War, taking part in the assault on Sebastopol in 1855. After that, he was posted to Bengal in British India and saw action in the Indian Mutiny. He was at the capture of Lucknow in 1858 and was then posted as an Assistant Field Engineer in the Crimea and in Oudh, from 1858 to 1859; joined the Bengal Staff Corps in 1866; and served the Public Works and Military Works Departments as an engineer. After promotion to Lieutenant General, in 1892 he retired onto the Unemployed Supernumerary List of the Indian Army.[1]
In 1870, Mackesy married Teresa Creagh, a daughter of Pierse Creagh of Mount Elva, County Clare, and they had three sons and a daughter. He died on 5 March 1914[1] in St George Hanover Square, Westminster.
His son Pierse Joseph Mackesy also became a British general,[3] and his grandson Piers Mackesy was a military historian.[4]
- ^ a b c “Mackesy, Lt-Gen. William Henry”, Who’s Who, online edition by Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007, accessed 12 November 2025 (subscription required)
- ^ a b British Army Despatch, Friday 11 August 1854, p. 2: “To be Ensigns without purchase… Gentleman Cadet William Henry Mackesy, from the Royal Military College.”
- ^ Roger T. Stearn, “Mackesy, Pierse Joseph (1883–1956)”, in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004), online edition
- ^ “Obituary: Dr Piers Mackesy”, The Scotsman, 24 July 2014, accessed 12 November 2025
